Drought is the leading threat to agricultural food production, especially in the cultivation of
rice, a semi-aquatic plant. Drought tolerance is a complex quantitative trait with a …

Genome editing by sequence-specific nucleases (SSNs) has revolutionized biology by
enabling targeted modifications of genomes. Although routine plant genome editing …

Rice blast is one of the most destructive diseases affecting rice worldwide. The adoption of
host resistance has proven to be the most economical and effective approach to control rice …

There is a rapidly rising trend in the development and application of molecular marker
assays for gene mapping and discovery in field crops and trees. Thus far, more than 50 SNP …

Crops carrying broad-spectrum resistance loci provide an effective strategy for controlling
infectious disease because these loci typically confer resistance to diverse races of a …

Over the last few decades, the use of molecular markers has played an increasing role in
rice breeding and genetics. Of the different types of molecular markers, microsatellites have …

The world's population is increasing very rapidly, reducing the cultivable land of rice,
decreasing table water, emerging new diseases and pests, and the climate changes are …

Salinity critically limits rice metabolism, growth, and productivity worldwide. Improvement of
the salt resistance of locally grown high-yielding cultivars is a slow process. The objective of …

Diseases severely affect crop yield and quality, thereby threatening global food security.
Genetic improvement of plant disease resistance is essential for sustainable agriculture …

Rice yield is subjected to severe losses due to adverse effect of a number of stress factors.
The most effective method of controlling reduced crop production is utilization of host …