weedy rice (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

weedy rice

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Weedy rice competes with cultivated rice for resources throughout the growing season, robbing the crop of nutrients and water. Here, researchers identify and collect weedy rice samples from a field in Arkansas.

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Marshall Wedger, Washington University in St. Louis

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