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  • Thousands of farmers in China have started to grow a remarkable new perennial rice

    Nov 9, 2022 10:00 am by National Public RadioIllinois in the News
    Dr. Fengyi Hu helped develop perennial rice, which has living roots that could help preserve valuable soil. Photo by Erik Sacks

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    • Dr. Fengyi Hu helped develop perennial rice, which has living roots that could help preserve valuable soil. Photo by Erik Sacks

    NPR ( Nov. 7) 'This is a really big deal. This is a change in the way that we think about agriculture,' says Erik Sacks, a plant geneticist at the U. of I. who collaborated with the Chinese scientists and co-wrote a new study.