Grain size is one of the most important factors determining rice yield. As a quantitative trait,
grain size is predominantly and tightly controlled by genetic factors. Several quantitative trait …

Rice yield potentiality has been enhanced much after incorporating semi-dwarf trait in rice,
which has led to the Green Revolution worldwide, but afterward, yield potentiality has …

Background Rice is one of the major staple foods in the world, especially in the developing
countries of Asia. Its consumption as a dietary source is also increasing in Africa. To meet …

Rice seed size is an important agronomic trait in determining the yield potential, and four
seed size related genes (GS3, GW2, qSW5/GW5 and GIF1) have been cloned in rice so far …

The cytochrome P450 (CYP450) gene family plays a critical role in plant growth and
developmental processes, nutrition, and detoxification of xenobiotics in plants. In the present …

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 …

Hybridization between indica and japonica rice combined with utilization of ideal plant type
has led to the development of high-yielding japonica rice in northern China. However, the …

Rice panicle number per plant is a grain yield component that directly influences rice yield.
The identification of the genes controlling panicle number will play a vital role in high-yield …

Panicle architecture is closely related to yield formation. The qPE9-1 gene has been proved
to be widely used in high-yield rice cultivar developments, conferring erect panicle character …

GW2, a grain weight quantitative trait locus (QTL) in rice encodes a ring type E-3 ubiquitin
ligase. A single nucleotide deletion at the 346th nucleotide position in the ligase domain of …