Current global agricultural production must feed over 7 billion people. However, productivity
varies greatly across the globe and is under threat from both increased competitions for land …

Key message Summary of rice grain size. Abstract Rice is one of the most important crops in
the world. Increasing rice yield has been an urgent need to support the rapid growth of …

Grain number is a flexible trait that strongly contributes to grain yield. In rice (Oryza sativa),
the OsMKKK10-OsMKK4-OsMPK6 cascade, which is negatively regulated by the dual …

Crop domestication has fundamentally altered the course of human history, causing a shift
from hunter-gatherer to agricultural societies and stimulating the rise of modern civilization …

Rice panicle architecture determines the grain number per panicle and therefore impacts
grain yield. The OsER1–OsMKKK10–OsMKK4–OsMPK6 pathway shapes panicle …

The domestication of new crops would promote agricultural diversity and could provide a
solution to many of the problems associated with intensive agriculture. We suggest here that …

During rice domestication and improvement, increasing grain yield to meet human needs
was the primary objective. Rice grain yield is a quantitative trait determined by multiple …

It was suggested that the most effective way to improve rice grain yield is to increase the
grain number per panicle (GN) through the breeding practice in recent decades. GN is a …

Here, we review recent progress in genetic and genomic studies of the diversity of Oryza
species. In recent years, unlocking the genetic diversity of Oryza species has provided …

Since the completion of the rice genome sequencing project in 2005, we have entered the
era of rice genomics, which is still in its ascendancy. Rice genomics studies can be …