Rice is a staple crop for half the world's population, which is expected to grow by 3 billion
over the next 30 years. It is also a key model for studying the genomics of agroecosystems …

Producing sufficient food with finite resources to feed the growing global population while
having a smaller impact on the environment has always been a great challenge. Here, we …

Preharvest sprouting (PHS) due to lack of seed dormancy seriously threatens crop
production worldwide. As a complex quantitative trait, breeding of crop cultivars with suitable …

Climate change is a defining challenge of the 21st century, and this decade is a critical time
for action to mitigate the worst effects on human populations and ecosystems. Plant science …

Rice tungro disease (RTD) is a serious constraint in rice production across tropical Asia.
RTD is caused by the interaction between Rice tungro spherical virus (RTSV) and Rice …

The concept of pan-genome, which is the collection of all genomes from a population, has
shown a great potential in genomics study, especially for crop sciences. The rice pan …

Grain size is an important component trait of grain yield, which is frequently threatened by
abiotic stress. However, little is known about how grain yield and abiotic stress tolerance are …

Using genetic resistance against bacterial blight (BB) caused by Xanthomonas oryzae
pathovar oryzae (Xoo) is a major objective in rice breeding programmes. Prime editing (PE) …

Over-application of nitrogen fertilizer in fields has had a negative impact on both
environment and human health. Domesticated rice varieties with high nitrogen use efficiency …

Background Targeting specificity has been a barrier to applying genome editing systems in
functional genomics, precise medicine and plant breeding. In plants, only limited studies …