Simple Summary Rice is one of the most significant food crops worldwide, predominantly in
Asian countries. Rice plant growth and yield are profoundly affected by salinity stress …

High-throughput sequencing technologies (HSTs) have revolutionized crop breeding. The
advent of these technologies has enabled the identification of beneficial quantitative trait loci …

A genetic resource for studying genetic architecture of agronomic traits and environmental
adaptation is essential for crop improvements. Here, we report the development of a rice …

Molecular markers play a crucial role in the improvement of rice. To benefit from these
markers, genotyping is carried out to identify the differences at a specific position in the …

Burgeoning human population dents, globally, the brimming buffer stock as well as gain in
food grain production. However, an imminent global starvation was averted through precise …

Rice blast, caused by Pyricularia oryzae, is one of the main rice diseases worldwide. The
pyramiding of blast-resistance (Pi) genes, coupled to Marker-Assisted BackCrossing …

Bacterial wilt (BW) disease, which is caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, is one globally
prevalent plant disease leading to significant losses of crop production and yield with the …

Rice production is a critical component of global food security. To date, rice is grown in over
100 countries and is the primary source of food for more than 3 billion people. Despite its …

Introduction of modern tools and techniques into crop breeding and genetics are necessary
to meet the growing demand for food and extreme environmental changes. Traditionally …

The recent advancement of bioinformatics tools and next-generation sequencing (NGS) has
created enormous opportunities for a thorough understanding of quantitative (complex) traits …