Asymmetry of investment in crop research leads to knowledge gaps and lost opportunities to
accelerate genetic gain through identifying new sources and combinations of traits and …

Since the projection of global warming emerged in 1980s with the potential of laying
enormous impacts on agriculture and food security of the world, we have conducted …

This paper focuses on the yield prospects of wheat, rice and maize since these cereals
dominate human diet, and since continued yield growth is considered the major route to …

Yield potential in rice has remained stagnant since the development of IR8 by International
Rice Research Institute (IRRI), especially in tropical environments. We conducted field …

Crop physiological traits of Liangyoupeijiu, a “super” hybrid rice variety recently bred in
China, were compared with those of Takanari and Nipponbare in 2003 and 2004 in Kyoto …

The annual rate of rice yield increase in the world declined from 2.7% in the 1980s to 1.1%
in the1990s. The continued world population increase requires resumption of the previous …

The aims of the present study were to determine the optimum sowing time of newly
developed rice genotypes for high crop water productivity in non-flooded dry-seeded rice …

The rapid development of genomic technology has made high throughput genotyping widely
accessible but the associated high throughput phenotyping is now the major limiting factor in …

Grain-filling is a crucial process that determines final grain yield in rice (Oryza sativa L.). To
understand the genetic basis of dynamics of grain-filling, quantitative trait locus (QTL) …

The better performance of hybrid rice compared with elite inbreds has been associated in
previous studies with higher harvest index and higher shoot biomass at maturity, with the …