Rice is a global food grain crop for more than one-third of the human population and a
source for food and nutritional security. Rice production is subjected to various stresses; …

Yield stability of legume crops is constrained by a number of pest and diseases. Major
diseases are rusts, powdery and downy mildews, ascochyta blights, botrytis gray molds …

Rice (Oryza sativa) is sensitive to low temperatures, which affects the yield and quality of
rice. Therefore, uncovering the molecular mechanisms behind chilling tolerance is a critical …

OsWRKY76 encodes a group IIa WRKY transcription factor of rice. The expression of
OsWRKY76 was induced within 48h after inoculation with rice blast fungus (Magnaporthe …

Ethylene plays diverse roles in plant growth, development and stress responses. However,
the roles of ethylene signaling in immune responses remain largely unknown. In this study …

Abstract The Plant Resistance Genes database (PRGdb; http://prgdb. org/prgdb4/) has been
greatly expanded, kee** pace with the increasing amount of available knowledge and …

Potassium (K+), as a vital element, is involved in regulating important cellular processes
such as enzyme activity, cell turgor, and nutrient movement in plant cells, which affects plant …

Background Receptor-like kinases are well-known to play key roles in disease resistance.
Among them, the Wall-associated kinases (WAKs) have been shown to be positive …

Abstract Background Pentatricopeptide-repeat proteins (PPRs) are characterized by tandem
arrays of a degenerate 35-amino-acid (PPR motifs), which can bind RNA strands and …

Simple Summary Environmental stresses adversely affect rice production. Understanding
the molecular responses of rice to these stresses will have an enormous impact on the …