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Fragrance is a premium trait of grain quality in the traditional, Jasmine-style rice (Oryza sativa L.) variety Phka Rumduol (PRD). Rice fragrance is a combination of various volatile compounds with characteristic...
Asian cultivated rice is one of the most important crops in the world. According to archaeological studies, carbonated rice grains in Taiwan were quite small before 3300 BP, but rice seeds from excavated sites...
The limited availability of ideal cadmium (Cd) hyperaccumulating plants remains a significant challenge for phytoremediating Cd-contaminated soils. This study aims to find out if the high biomass giant rice ca...
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple crop for over half of the global population, yet its cultivation faces significant threats from biotic stresses, particularly root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.). Among these...
Gibberellins (GAs) are crucial in the regulation of plant growth and development, and in responses to adverse environments. Here, we report that a Cys2 /His2 zinc finger protein in rice, HSTL (heat stress tole...
The Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)-CRISPR-associated protein (Cas)9 genome-editing technology has become a cornerstone for generating knockout mutations in plant functional ...
miR168a, a plant-specific microRNA (miRNA) derived from the MIR168a gene, plays a pivotal role in modulating rice blast disease resistance and critical agronomic traits such as flowering time and yield. However, ...
Rice is an important human staple food providing calories and useful elements, even though vulnerable to heavy metal contamination. Breeding tools for improving the concentration of nutrient and reduce levels ...
Powdery mildew (PM) is one of the most devastating and widespread foliar diseases globally. Despite the critical need for developing a durable PM resistance, the number of cloned genes remains limited, along w...
The plant cell wall serves as the primary structural barrier against herbivorous insect damage. Calcium ions (Ca2+) play a crucial role as a second messenger in plants. Exogenous calcium application has been demo...
Herbicides are pivotal for modern agriculture, but challenges like weed resistance and crop rotation issues necessitate the development of herbicide-resistant genetic resources. This study focused on acetolact...
Rising food demand has led to heavy use of chemical fertilizers, which are costly and pose serious threats to soil health and the environment. This two-year field study evaluated whether integrating beneficial...
The 14-3-3 proteins are highly conserved and widely distributed across eukaryotes. Some 14-3-3 proteins have been identified as regulators of phosphorus (Pi) deficiency tolerance in rice, but their diverse fun...
Rho GTPase-activating proteins (RhoGAPs) play crucial roles in regulating various biological processes. However, the functions of RhoGAP family genes in rice (Oryza sativa) remain largely unexplored. Here, we ide...
Wheat provides staple food and industrial raw material for humans and animals, but its production decreased due to leaf rust (Lr) disease caused by Puccinia triticina by up to 15%. It is challenging to identify L...
Chilling stress can severely damage rice and lead to yield losses. The genetic mechanisms underlying responses of rice to chilling stress are complex and can vary depending on the genetic background, developme...
Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is a widespread post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism in eukaryotes that modulates gene expression by generating transcript variants. The development of young panicles in ...
The main purpose of the present study was to study the degeneration of the high-quality japonica rice varieties during long-term cultivation, with a focus on changes in yield, rice quality and indices related to ...
Sheath rot disease, caused by Sarocladium oryzae, is a severe problem in rice cultivation and can result in significant yield loss worldwide. In this study, we analyzed the function of LOC_Os09G23084, encoding an...
Interspecific and intersubspecific hybrid rice have demonstrated substantial heterosis and increased yield potential, yet they are frequently restricted by complex hybrid sterility (HS). Gene regulation has pr...
Precise regulation of floral primordia initiation is essential for normal flower development. However, the mechanisms regulating floral primordia initiation (PI) are complex and poorly understood. Herein, we i...
Phase separation (PS) of BARENTSZ (BTZ), a core member of the exon-junction complex (EJC), is involved in various physiological and developmental processes in animals. However, less is known about plant equiva...
Brassinosteroids (BRs) and gibberellins (GAs) are two important phytohormones that regulate plant growth and development. Crosstalk between BR and GA has been unveiled in Arabidopsis but the molecular mechanis...
This review synthesizes how amino acid (AA) metabolism regulates rice stress tolerance, growth and quality through stress protection and growth-modulating pathways, bridging mechanisms to field applications. U...
Nitrogen (N) dynamics critically regulate rice productivity through root-mediated absorption and assimilation processes. This study investigates the differential responses of japonica (Suxiu 867) and indica (Yang...
This study presents a detailed analysis of the molecular mechanisms involved in heat stress tolerance in rice, focusing on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) protein processing pathway. Through RNA sequencing (RNA...
Melatonin (Mel), a multifunctional molecule, has emerged as a pivotal regulator of plant stress responses, enhancing antioxidant defenses, and modulating metabolic pathways. This meta-analysis evaluated the ro...
Biopesticides are promising alternatives to chemical pesticides because of their low residual effects, high selectivity, and capacity for long-term disease control. Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) may be...
Plants defend themselves against pathogens through pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) and effector-triggered immunity (ETI), with the latter often inducing a hypersensitive response (HR) characterized by localiz...
Calcineurin B-like interacting protein kinases (CIPKs) are central regulators of plant development and stress adaptation. However, the specific roles of individual CIPK family members remain largely unexplored in...
Rice cultivation involves the large amounts of fertilizers application, but nitrogen (N) use efficiency remains low. Endophytes are considered key microorganisms that regulate nitrogen utilization and gaseous ...
Polyploidy plays a crucial role in plant evolution, as polyploid plants possess larger genomes compared to their diploid counterparts. This genomic expansion leads to changes in gene redundancy and interaction...
Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is a globally important staple crop that faces increasing challenges from climate change, particularly the combined effects of heat and drought stress. The BTB (Broad Complex, Tramtrack,...
Rice production is gravely threatened by bacterial leaf streak (BLS). BLS prevention and control rely heavily on chemical pesticides, which contaminate the environment and endanger human health. Here, we evalu...
Salt stress is a major limiting factor for rice productivity worldwide, and improving salt tolerance is crucial for ensuring sustainable agricultural production. In this study, we investigate the use of RNA ap...
Seed storability is critical for seed production and germplasm conservation. Numerous studies have linked seed storability to abscisic acid (ABA) metabolism; however, the use of biotechnological approaches to ...
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) has been a vital staple crop in East and Southeast Asia for thousands of years, playing a key role in the development of human civilizations. Over time, different ethnic groups in these reg...
Molybdenum (Mo) is an essential micronutrient for plants, forming the Mo cofactor (Moco) necessary for molybdoenzyme activity. While only a single type of molybdate transporter (MOT) has been identified in pla...
Rice is one of the most important staple crops, providing food for more than one-half of the world’s population worldwide. Identifying the localization of encoded proteins is the key to understanding their fun...
Salt damage significantly affects rice growth and development, posing a threat to food security. Understanding the mechanisms underlying rice's response to salt stress is crucial for enhancing its tolerance. T...
Rice is a staple crop and a primary food source for nearly half of the global population. Its cultivation is heavily dependent on irrigation systems, which is crucial in determining productivity. Beyond irriga...
Plants have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to cope with drought stress. A resilient root system, coupled with appropriate levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), is crucial for optimal growth and increased ...
Iron (Fe) is essential for normal plant growth and development. In rice, Fe deficiency leads to stunted growth, leaf chlorosis, reduced photosynthetic capacity, and ultimately, yield loss. Most studies have fo...
Hybrid breeding has emerged as a pivotal strategy to enhance wheat crop yield, a critical step to meet the escalating food demand for the growing global population. Heterosis in wheat can boost crop yield; how...
The fungal species Leucocalocybe mongolica has garnered attention due to its plant growth-promoting capabilities without fertilizers and emerged as a significant subject of research offering promising application...
Identifying genes resistant to anaerobic germination can provides key genetic targets for breeding direct seeding rice varieties with anaerobic tolerance. In this study, genome-wide association analysis (GWAS)...
Rice (Oryza sativa L.), one of the most vital staple crops globally, suffers severe yield losses due to metabolic dysregulation under salt stress. However, the systemic mechanisms by which non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs...
Azolla spp. are floating ferns used for centuries as biofertilizers to enrich the soil with inorganic nitrogen and improve rice yields. However, the molecular interactions between Azolla and co-cultivated rice...
Salt stress poses a severe threat to global rice productivity, and developing salt-tolerant cultivars represents a critical strategy to address this challenge. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying salt...
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