Improvement in traits of agronomic importance is the top breeding priority of crop
improvement programs. Majority of these agronomic traits show complex quantitative …

Rice is one of the most important crops in the world. The wild species of rice are expected to
have novel beneficial alleles that have been lost from cultivated rice during the process of …

Abstract Worldwide, more than 3.5 billion people depend on rice for more than 20% of their
daily calories. Global rice demand is estimated to rise from 723 million tons in 2015 to 763 …

QTLs for rice grain yield under reproductive stage drought stress (qDTY) identified earlier
with low density markers have shown linkage drag and need to be fine mapped before their …

Background Improving yield and yield-related traits is the crucial goal in breeding
programmes of cereals. Meta-QTL (MQTL) analysis discovers the most stable QTLs …

Polished rice is one of the commonly consumed staple foods across the world. However, it
contains limited nutrients especially iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn). To identify promising …

Background As whole-genome sequencing is becoming a routine technique, it is important
to identify a cost-effective depth of sequencing for such studies. However, the relationship …

Grain size is a key factor influencing grain yield and appearance quality in rice. We identified
twelve quantitative trait loci (QTL) for grain length (GL), nine for grain width (GW), and nine …

Abstract Background Brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål), is one of the most
destructive pests of rice accounting for 52% of annual yield loss. The breakdown of …

Rice improvement depends on the availability of genetic variation, and AA genome Oryza
species are the natural reservoir of favorable alleles that are useful for rice breeding. To …