Heat stress (HS) caused by rapidly warming climate has become a serious threat to global
food security. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food crop for over half of the world's …

C and N are the most important essential elements constituting organic compounds in
plants. The shoots and roots depend on each other by exchanging C and N through the …

Microplastic accumulation in agricultural soils can stress plants and affects quality of the
products. Current research on the effects of microplastics on plants is not consistent and the …

Grain appearance, one of the key determinants of rice quality, reflects the ability to attract
consumers, and is characterized by four major properties: grain shape, chalkiness …

Microplastics might affect the nitrogen (N)-use efficiency, crop production, and reactive N
losses in agricultural system. However, it remains unclear whether the effects are dependent …

Background Grain chalkiness is one of important factors affected rice grain quality. It is
known that chalkiness is affected by the high temperature during the seed filling period …

Increase in the nitrogen (N)‐use efficiency and optimization of N response in crop species
are urgently needed. Although transcription factor‐based genetic engineering is a promising …

Rice varieties whose quality is graded as excellent have a lower percent grain chalkiness
(PGC) of two per cent and below with higher whole grain yields upon milling, leading to …

Dry cultivation of high-yielding or drought-resistant rice cultivars relieves the current
pressure on rice cultivation systems. However, the metabolites and metabolic pathways that …

The frequent occurrence of chalky rice (Oryza sativa L.) grains becomes a serious problem
as a result of climate change. The molecular mechanism underlying chalkiness is largely …