With increasingly frequent extreme weather events, lodging has become an important
limiting factor for crop yield and quality and for mechanical harvesting. Lodging resistance is …

Rice is an important food crop in the world and the study of its growth and plasticity has a
profound influence on sustainable development. Ethylene modulates multiple agronomic …

Strigolactones and abscisic acid (ABA) are apocarotenoid-derived plant hormones. Their
biosynthesis starts with the conversion of trans-carotenes into cis forms, which serve as …

Wheat and rice are two main staple food crops that may suffer from yield losses due to
drought episodes that are increasingly impacted by climate change, in addition to new …

The frequent occurrence of global extreme weather conditions and the problem of lodging
restrict crops' stability and high-yield production, posing a serious threat to global food …

The “Green revolution” gene sd1 has been used widely in the breeding of modern rice
varieties for over half a century. The application of this gene has increased rice yields and …

The contribution of rice breeding for ensuring food security in India is well known. Organized
rice breeding is nearly eight decades old in the country which started with the establishment …

The traditional Basmati rices grown in north-western foothills of Himalayas in India are
known world-wide for their exquisite aroma and exceptional eating and cooking qualities …

Plants NADP-malic enzymes (NADP-MEs) act as a class of oxidative decarboxylase to
mediate malic acid metabolism in organisms. Despite NADP-MEs have been demonstrated …

Gene resources associated with plant stature and flowering time are invaluable for maize
breeding. In this study, using an F 2: 3 population derived from a natural semi-dwarf mutant …