The cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) has two subspecies, indica and japonica. The japonica
rice germplasm has a narrower genetic diversity compared to the indica subspecies. Rice …

Rice Research: Past, Present and Future Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a major crop in the world
and provides the staple food for over half of the world 抯 population. From thousands of …

As a weed of rice paddy fields, weedy rice has spread worldwide. In northern China, the
expansion of weedy rice has been rapid over the past two decades. Its evolutionary history …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a vital staple food globally, but its genetic diversity has decreased
due to extensive breeding. However, research on genome evolution and diversity of wild …

Agro-ecosystems are dominated by crop plants and the weedy species that thrive under
agricultural conditions. Weedy crop relatives are some of the most difficult weeds to manage …

Japonica rice mainly distributes in north of China, which accounts for more than half of the
total japonica rice cultivated area of China. High yield, good grain quality and early heading …

Dongxiang common wild rice (Oryza rufipogon Griff.) is believed to have the northernmost
distribution of any wild rice species. Many favorable genes were lost during rice …

Weedy rice is conspecific, the most troublesome weed of cultivated rice identified as a threat
to global rice production. The weed has inherited high reproductive ability and high …

Huanghuazhan and Huazhan are the most widely used indica conventional rice and
restorer line in China, respectively. In fact, both of them are all derivatives of Fengbazhan …

Low and unstable rice productivity in many areas of Asia is associated with many abiotic and
biotic stresses such as drought, salinity, anaerobic conditions during germination …