Roots are crucial for nutrient and water acquisition and can be targeted to enhance plant
productivity under a broad range of growing conditions. A current challenge for plant …

Rice root growth encompasses a remarkable genetic diversity in terms of growth patterns,
architecture, and environmental adaptations. In order to harness this valuable diversity for …

Heritable variation in plant phenotypes, and thus potential for evolutionary change, can in
principle not only be caused by variation in DNA sequence, but also by underlying …

Abiotic stresses increasingly curtail crop yield as a result of global climate change and
scarcity of water and nutrients. One way to minimize the negative impact of these factors on …

Plant growth and development are influenced by the genetic composition of the plant (G),
the environment (E), and the interaction between them (G× E). To produce suitable …

Developing a deep root system is an important strategy for avoiding drought stress in rice.
Using the 'basket'method, the ratio of deep rooting (RDR; the proportion of total roots that …

Abstract An F 4: 5 population of 490 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) from the cross Apo/2*
Swarna was used to detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) with large effects on grain yield under …

Many of the world's rice-growing regions lack adequate irrigation facilities, and drought
frequently reduces yield. This paper reviews drought-resistance traits in rice and their …

Drought stress is the major constraint to rice (Oryza sativa L.) production and yield stability in
rainfed ecosystems. Identifying genomic regions contributing to drought resistance will help …

Three‐week old plants of rice (Oryza sativa L. cv CT9993 and cv IR62266) developed
gradual water stress over 23 days of transpiration without watering, during which period the …