Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important crops in the world. Since the completion of
rice reference genome sequences, tremendous progress has been achieved in …

The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-associated protein9
(Cas9) genome editing system (CRISPR/Cas9) is adapted from the prokaryotic type II …

Exploitation of crop heterosis is crucial for increasing global agriculture production.
However, the quantitative genomic analysis of heterosis was lacking, and there is currently …

Increasing grain yield is a long-term goal in crop breeding to meet the demand for global
food security. Heterosis, when a hybrid shows higher performance for a trait than both …

Hybrid rice breeding offers an important strategy to improve rice production, in which the
cultivation of a male sterile line is the key to the success of cross-breeding. CRISPR/Cas9 …

In many plant species, male-sterile female lines with cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) or
nuclear-controlled environment-sensitive genic male sterility (EGMS) have long been used …

The breeding and large-scale adoption of hybrid seeds is an important achievement in
agriculture. Rice hybrid seed production uses cytoplasmic male sterile lines or …

Abnormal environmental temperature affects plant growth and threatens crop production.
Understanding temperature signal sensing and the balance between defense and …

The challenge of meeting the increasing demand for worldwide rice production has driven a
sustained quest for advances in rice breeding for yield. Two breakthroughs that led to …

Global food security is one of the utmost essential challenges in the 21st century in providing
enough food for the growing population while coping with the already stressed environment …