Global food demand is expected to nearly double by 2050 due to an increase in the world's
population. The Green Revolution has played a key role in the past century by increasing …

Over half of the world's population relies on rice as their staple food. The brown planthopper
(Nilaparvata lugens Stål, BPH) is a significant insect pest that leads to global reductions in …

An urgent need exists to identify more brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stål, BPH)
resistance genes, which will allow the development of rice varieties with resistance to BPH …

Salinity stress affects global food producing areas by limiting both crop growth and yield.
Attempts to develop salinity-tolerant rice varieties have had limited success due to the …

Key message A BPH-resistant locus designated as Bph34 identified in Oryza nivara acc.
IRGC104646 on long arm of chromosome 4 using high-resolution mapping with 50 K SNP …

Background The number of panicles per plant, number of grains per panicle, and 1000-grain
weight are important factors contributing to the grain yield per plant in rice. The Rice …

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 …

Brown planthopper (BPH), a monophagous phloem feeder, consumes a large amount of
photoassimilates in rice and causes wilting. A near-isogenic line 'TNG71-Bph45'was …

Bacterial symbionts exhibiting co-evolutionary patterns with insect hosts play a vital role in
the nutrient synthesis, metabolism, development, reproduction, and immunity of insects. The …

Introduction The brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stål, BPH) is one of the most
economically significant pests of rice. The Bph30 gene has been successfully cloned and …