Genetic mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance that translate to crop yield stability

MV Mickelbart, PM Hasegawa… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Crop yield reduction as a consequence of increasingly severe climatic events threatens
global food security. Genetic loci that ensure productivity in challenging environments exist …

Crop production under cold stress: An understanding of plant responses, acclimation processes, and management strategies

S Soualiou, F Duan, X Li, W Zhou - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
In the context of climate change, the magnitude and frequency of temperature extremes (low
and high temperatures) are increasing worldwide. Changes to the lower extremes of …

The landscape of gene–CDS–haplotype diversity in rice: Properties, population organization, footprints of domestication and breeding, and implications for genetic …

F Zhang, C Wang, M Li, Y Cui, Y Shi, Z Wu, Z Hu… - Molecular plant, 2021 - cell.com
Polymorphisms within gene coding regions represent the most important part of the overall
genetic diversity of rice. We characterized the gene–coding sequence–haplotype (gcHap) …

Identification of main-effect quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for low-temperature stress tolerance germination- and early seedling vigor-related traits in rice (Oryza sativa L …

S Najeeb, J Ali, A Mahender, YL Pang, J Zilhas… - Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
An attempt was made in the current study to identify the main-effect and co-localized
quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for germination and early seedling growth traits under low …

Identification and fine mapping of a stably expressed QTL for cold tolerance at the booting stage using an interconnected breeding population in rice

Y Zhu, K Chen, X Mi, T Chen, J Ali, G Ye, J Xu, Z Li - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Cold stress is one of the major abiotic stresses that impede rice production. A interconnected
breeding (IB) population consisted of 497 advanced lines developed using HHZ as the …

[HTML][HTML] Selective and comparative genome architecture of Asian cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) attributed to domestication and modern breeding

X Wang, W Wang, S Tai, M Li, Q Gao, Z Hu… - Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Rice, Oryza sativa L.(Os), is one of the oldest domesticated cereals that
has also gone through extensive improvement in modern breeding. Objectives How rice was …

Harnessing the hidden genetic diversity for improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

J Ali, JL Xu, YM Gao, XF Ma, LJ Meng, Y Wang… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
To develop superior rice varieties with improved yield in most rainfed areas of Asia/Africa,
we started an introgression-breeding program for simultaneously improving yield and …

Xa39, a novel dominant gene conferring broad‐spectrum resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in rice

F Zhang, DL Zhuo, F Zhang, LY Huang… - Plant …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial blight (BB), caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), is one of the most
devastating rice diseases worldwide. In this study, a rice introgression line (IL), FF 329 …

Simultaneous improvement and genetic dissection of drought and submergence tolerances in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by selective introgression

C Zhang, M Li, JD Rey, T Feng, R Lafitte… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Drought and submergence are contrasting abiotic stresses that often occur in
the same rice crop season and cause complete crop failure in many rain-fed lowland areas …

[HTML][HTML] Breeding by selective introgression: Theory, practices, and lessons learned from rice

F Zhang, Y Shi, J Ali, J Xu, Z Li - The Crop Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Future demands for increased productivity and resilience to abiotic/biotic stresses of major
crops require new technologies of breeding by design (BBD) built on massive information …