Grain appearance, one of the key determinants of rice quality, reflects the ability to attract
consumers, and is characterized by four major properties: grain shape, chalkiness …

Research in the past decade has uncovered new and surprising information about the
pathways of starch synthesis and degradation. This includes the discovery of previously …

Phosphate (Pi) is essential to plant growth and crop yield. However, it remains unknown
how Pi homeostasis is maintained during cereal grain filling. Here, we identified a rice grain …

In angiosperms, a double fertilization event initiates the development of two distinct
structures, the embryo and endosperm. The endosperm plays an important role in …

(扬州大学农学院植物功能基因组学教育部重点实验室/江苏省粮食作物现代产业技术协同创新
中心, 江苏扬州225009)水稻是中国重要的粮食作物之一, 高产与优质一直是品种改良的主要 …

Starch and storage proteins determine the weight and quality of cereal grains. Synthesis of
these two grain components has been comprehensively investigated, but the transcription …

Plant metabolism is finely orchestrated to allow the occurrence of complementary and
sometimes opposite metabolic pathways. In part this is achieved by the allosteric regulation …

The eating and cooking quality (ECQ) of rice is critical for determining its economic value in
the marketplace and promoting consumer acceptance. It has therefore been of paramount …

To elucidate the starch synthesis pathway and the role of this reserve in rice pollen, we
characterized mutations in the plastidic phosphoglucomutase, OspPGM, and the plastidic …

Starch accounts for up to 90% of the dry weight of rice endosperm and is a key determinant
of grain quality. Although starch biosynthesis enzymes have been comprehensively studied …