Salinity-alkalinity is incipient abiotic stress that impairs plant growth and development. Rice
(Oryza sativa) is a major food crop greatly affected by soil salinity and alkalinity, requiring …

Key message CSSLs are a complete library of introgression lines with chromosomal
segments of usually a distant genotype in an adapted background and are valuable genetic …

The MADS box transcription factors are critical regulators of rice (Oryza sativa) reproductive
development. Here, we here report the functional characterization of a rice MADS box family …

Seed germination plays a pivotal role in the plant life cycle, and its precise regulatory
mechanisms are not clear. In this study, 19 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with rice …

Key message Two major loci with functional candidate genes were identified and validated
affecting flag leaf size, which offer desirable genes to improve leaf architecture and …

Grain chalkiness is an important grain quality related to starch granules in the endosperm. A
high percentage of grain chalkiness is a major problem because it diminishes grain quality …

Background Seed dormancy, a quality characteristic that plays a role in seed germination,
seedling establishment and grain yield, is affected by multiple genes and environmental …

Seed traits like dormancy, germination rate, and longevity determine the start of the life cycle
of plants. The desired values for these traits can be very different for plants growing under …

The narrow base of genetic diversity of modern rice varieties is mainly attributed to the
overuse of the common backbone parents that leads to the lack of varied favorable alleles in …

Low-temperature stress (LTS) is one of the major abiotic stresses that affect crop growth and
ultimately decrease grain yield. The development of rice varieties with low-temperature …