Rice yield is subjected to severe losses due to adverse effect of a number of stress factors.
The most effective method of controlling reduced crop production is utilization of host …

The narrow genetic base of modern crop cultivars is a serious obstacle to sustain and
improve crop productivity due to rapidly occurring vulnerability of genetically uniform …

Background The identification and introgression of major-effect QTLs for grain yield under
drought are some of the best and well-proven approaches for improving the drought …

In order to understand cold adaptability and explore additional genetic resources for the cold
tolerance improvement of rice, we investigated the genetic variation of 529 rice accessions …

Abstract Key message Twenty-seven QTLs were identified for rice seed vigor, in which 16
were novel QTLs. Fifteen elite parental combinations were designed for improving seed …

Grain appearance quality and milling quality are the main determinants of market value of
rice. Breeding for improved grain quality is a major objective of rice breeding worldwide …

Rice seed storage protein (SSP) is an important source of nutrition and energy.
Understanding the genetic basis of SSP content and mining favorable alleles that control it …

Understanding the population structure and genetic diversity is a very important goal to
improve the economic value of crops. In rice, a loss of genetic diversity in the last few …

Phenotypic characterisation of germplasm collections is a decisive step towards association
mapping analyses, but it is particularly expensive and tedious for woody perennial plant …

Molecular markers are useful tools for evaluating genetic diversity and determining cultivar
identity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the genetic diversity within a diverse …