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Switch to perennial rice promotes sustainable farming

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The successful breeding and cultivation of perennial rice enables up to eight grain harvests from a single planting, with reduced labour input, improved soil health and potential to affect farming systems in frost-free environments between 40° N and 40° S. Perennial rice reconciles food production with environmental security in a changing climate.

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Fig. 1: Performance and potential of perennial rice.

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This is a summary of: Zhang, S. et al. Sustained productivity and agronomic potential of perennial rice. Nat. Sustain. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00997-3 (2022).

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Switch to perennial rice promotes sustainable farming. Nat Sustain 6, 17–18 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-01002-7

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