Water is the most limiting resource on land for plant growth, and its uptake by plants is
affected by many abiotic stresses, such as salinity, cold, heat, and drought. While much …

Rice is the staple food for more than half of the world's population. Although rice production
has doubled in the last 30 years as a result of the development of high-yield, widely …

Background Root system architecture (RSA) traits are of interest for breeding selection;
however, measurement of these traits is difficult, resource intensive, and results in large …

Future rice (Oryza sativa) crops will likely experience a range of growth conditions, and root
architectural plasticity will be an important characteristic to confer adaptability across …

Aquaporin activity and root anatomy may affect root hydraulic properties under drought
stress. To better understand the function of aquaporins in rice root water fluxes under …

Roots play a number of important roles in crop adaptation to various abiotic stresses such as
water stress. However, traits responsible for such adaptation may differ with environments …

The underground reserve (root) has been an uncharted research territory with its untapped
genetic variation yet to be exploited. Identifying ideal traits and breeding new rice varieties …

Number of spikelets per panicle (NSP) is a key trait to increase yield potential in rice (O.
sativa). The architecture of the rice inflorescence which is mainly determined by the length …

Aims Drought stress is one of the most limiting factors for agriculture and ecosystem
productivity. Climate change exacerbates this threat by inducing increasingly intense and …

Drought is the major abiotic stress to rice grain yield under unpredictable changing climatic
scenarios. The widely grown, high yielding but drought susceptible rice varieties need to be …