Adequate silicon fertilization greatly boosts rice yield and mitigates biotic and abiotic stress,
and improves grain quality through lowering the content of cadmium and inorganic arsenic …

Plant secondary cell-wall (SCW) deposition and lignification are affected by both seasonal
factors and abiotic stress, and these responses may involve the hormone abscisic acid …

Plant growth and crop production are highly reduced by adverse environmental conditions
and rice is particularly sensitive to abiotic stresses. Plants have developed a number of …

Plant responses to abiotic stresses are coordinated by arrays of growth and developmental
programs. Phytohormones such as abscisic acid (ABA) and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) play …

NPR1 is a central regulator of salicylic-acid (SA)-mediated defense signaling in Arabidopsis.
Here, we report the characterization of OsNPR1, an Oryzae sativa (rice) ortholog of NPR1 …

The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) family is one of the largest and most diverse transcription
factors in eukaryotes participating in many essential plant processes. We identified 141 bZIP …

Panicle exsertion, an essential physiological process for obtaining high grain yield in rice is
mainly driven by peduncle (uppermost internode) elongation. Drought at heading/panicle …

Cadmium (Cd), a highly toxic heavy metal for crops in China, poses a significant threat to
rice cultivation. It is crucial to identify the genotypes with robust resistance to heavy metals …

In orthodox seeds, the transcriptional activator ABI3 regulates two major stages in embryo
maturation: a mid‐maturation (MAT) stage leading to accumulation of storage compounds …

The response of aquatic plants to abiotic factors is a crucial study topic, because the
diversity of aquatic vegetation is strongly related to specific adaptations to a variety of …