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 …

Despite the dramatic increase in food production thanks to the Green Revolution, hunger is
increasing among human populations around the world, affecting one in nine people. The …

For over 50 years, host-plant resistance has been regarded as an efficient method to reduce
yield losses to rice caused by delphacid and cicadelid hoppers. Already a number of …

Rice (Oryza sativa) is both a vital source of food and a key model cereal for genomic
research. Insect pests are major factors constraining rice production. Here, we provide an …

Wild species of rice (genus Oryza) contain many useful genes but a vast majority of these
genes remain untapped to date because it is often difficult to transfer these genes into …

The wild relatives of rice contain a virtually untapped reservoir of traits that can be used help
drive the 21st century green revolution aimed at solving world food security issues by 2050 …

Progress in plant breeding depends on the development of genetic resources, genetic
knowledge, and breeding techniques. The core of plant breeding is the use of naturally …

The brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål), is one of the most serious and
destructive pests of rice, and can be found throughout the rice-growing areas of Asia. To …

The brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stål; BPH) has become a severe constraint on
rice production. Identification and pyramiding BPH-resistance genes is an economical and …

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 …