Researchers in Japan reveal tools to enhance rice production.

Researchers from the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) in Japan might have found a solution for rice producers reoccurring challenge of "chalky grains" through nitrogen fertilizer.

Hiroshi Nakano, a researcher at the Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, NARO and partners share their research in a recently published study in the Agronomy Journal.

Chalky grains are a result of rice plant exposure to elevated temperatures. Once exposed, these grains are easily crushed throughout the milling process, resulting in a loss of profits from the damaged grains.

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