Rice is the staple food for nearly half the world's population, and its continued increased
production to meet the enhanced demand due to ever-increasing population faces many …

Seed shattering refers to the natural shedding of seeds when they ripe, a phenomenon
typically observed in wild and weedy plant species. The timing and extent of this …

Crop domestication provided the calories that fueled the rise of civilization,,. For many crop
species, domestication was accompanied by the evolution of weedy crop relatives, which …

One of the major problems regarding consumer acceptance of genetically modified
organisms (GMOs) is the possibility that their transgenes could have adverse effects on the …

The global agricultural landscape regarding the commercial cultivation of genetically
modified (GM) crops is mosaic. Meanwhile, a new plant breeding technique, genome editing …

Rice is one of the most important food crops in the world. Weeds seriously affect the rice
yield and grain quality. In recent years, there are tremendous progresses in the research …

Weedy rice refers to the unwanted plants of the genus Oryza that have some undesirable
agronomic traits and pose a major threat to sustainable rice production worldwide …

Weeds have continually interrupted crop plants since their domestication, leading to a
greater yield loss compared to diseases and pests that necessitated the practice of weed …

Weedy rice is a close relative of cultivated rice that devastates rice productivity worldwide. In
the southern United States, two distinct strains have been historically predominant, but the …

Rice is the staple food for about half of the world population. Rice grain yield and quality are
affected by climatic changes. Arguably, rice cultivars' genetic diversity is diminished from …