Rice
Rice is a cereal grain and in its domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa —or, much less commonly, Oryza glaberrima. Asian rice was domesticated in China some 13,500 to 8,200 years ago; African rice was domesticated in Africa about 3,000 years ago. Rice has become commonplace in many cultures worldwide; in 2023, 800 million tons were produced, placing it third after sugarcane and maize. Only some 8% of rice is traded internationally. China, India, and Indonesia are the largest consumers of rice. A substantial amount of the rice produced in developing nations is lost after harvest through factors such as poor transport and storage. Rice yields can be reduced by pests including insects, rodents, and birds, as well as by weeds, and by diseases such as rice blast. Traditional rice polycultures such as rice-duck farming, and modern integrated pest management seek to control damage from pests in a sustainable way.
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CRISPR-Mediated Enhancement of Photosynthetic Efficiency in Oryza sativa
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CRISPR/Cas Genome Editing and Its Applications in Cereal Crop Improvement.
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Starvation as a weapon in fungal-plant warfare.
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Decoding heterosis in rice: from classical theories to modern omics...
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MicroRNA networks in rice seeds: unveiling key regulators of develo...
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Conserved and Divergent: Salicylic Acid Biosynthesis and Signaling ...
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Characterization of Grain Quality and Starch Properties of Rice und...
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Functional Conservation and Diversity of Phytochrome B and its Pote...
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Crop biofortification for global food security: advances in genetic...
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Phosphorus-arsenic interaction mitigates toxicity and accumulation ...
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HDAC-mediated non-histone deacetylation as a central regulatory net...
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Assessing climate change effects on streamflow and paddy production...
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Signal transduction and regulatory networks of the rice root system...
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An improved Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method for genome...
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Molecular basis of delayed leaf senescence induced by short-term tr...
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The ELD4-OsPRR95 module represses OsMADS51 in regulating rice heading date.
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Genome-wide identification of the ARR-B gene family and functional ...
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Triacontanol-biochar synergy regulates redox homeostasis and stress...
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A comparative framework for trichome and trichome-derived epidermal...
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Molecular characterization of superoxide dismutase (SOD) genes for ...
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Harnessing plant growth-promoting bacteria for nanoparticle biosynt...
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The transcription factor OsbHLH55 regulates leaf inclination throug...
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Genotype-specific optimization of in vitro regeneration and Agrobac...
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TKC-MC: An Effective Strategy for Generating Heritable Heterozygous...
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NUTCRACKER orchestrates cortical cell divisions and sustains stem c...
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Mitochondrial-Nuclear Interactions, Co-Transcription, and Adaptive ...
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The rice DEAD-box RNA helicase OseIF4AIIa associates with the CCR4-...
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Base editing in rice using nuclease-deactivated CRISPR/Cas-SF01.
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PCdb: A comprehensive plant genome-editing database integrating sgR...
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Comprehensive Analysis of OsENTH Genes and Functional Characterizat...
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Methylviologen resistance in loss-of-function mutants of the polyam...
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