Grain appearance, one of the key determinants of rice quality, reflects the ability to attract
consumers, and is characterized by four major properties: grain shape, chalkiness …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the most important food crop for at least half of the world's
population. Due to improved living standards, the cultivation of high‐quality rice for different …

Alkaline stress (high pH) severely damages root cells, and consequently, inhibits rice (Oryza
sativa L.) seedling growth. In this study, we demonstrate the accumulation of reactive oxygen …

Hybrid sterility is a major form of postzygotic reproductive isolation that restricts gene flow
between populations. Cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) consists of two subspecies, indica and …

Heat stress results in misfolding and aggregation of cellular proteins. Heat shock proteins
(Hsp) enable the cells to maintain proper folding of proteins, both in unstressed as well as …

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 …

Rice among other cereals is key to food security for at least half the world population. Since
the 1960s, productivity of rice has largely been improved during the G reen R evolution …

Starch and storage proteins are the main components of rice (Oryza sativa L.) grains.
Despite their importance, the molecular regulatory mechanisms of storage protein and …

The unfolded protein response (UPR) activates a set of genes to overcome accumulation of
unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a condition termed ER stress, and …

With rising living standards, there is an increasing demand for high-quality rice. Rice quality
is mainly defined by milling quality, appearance quality, cooking and eating quality, and …