Rice starch has been used in various agri-food products due to its hypoallergenic properties.
However, rice starch has poor solubility, lower resistant starch content with reduced …

Grain chalkiness, an undesirable trait caused by complex factors, has great negative
impacts on the quality and economic value of rice. However, little is known about the …

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 …

This study investigated the potential of highland barley and quinoa dietary fibers, rich in β-
glucan and pectin respectively, as cost-effective and nutritionally valuable physical modifiers …

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 …

Global warming poses a serious threat to food security because of its impacts on
thermosensitive food crop production. Rice is of paramount significance due to the world's …

Head rice yield (HRY) measures rice milling quality and determines final grain yield and
commercial value. Here, we report that two major quantitative trait loci for milling quality in …

Head rice yield (HRY) is an essential quality trait, and is sensitive to environmental stresses
during the grain-filling, harvest, and postharvest stages. It is therefore important for rice …

Improving the quality of the appearance of rice is critical to meet market acceptance. Mining
putative quality-related genes has been geared towards the development of effective …

Rice varieties are required to have high yield and good grain quality. Grain chalkiness and
grain shape are two important traits of rice grain quality. Low chalkiness slender grains are …