The current unpredictable climate changes are causing frequent and severe droughts. Such
circumstances emphasize the need to understand the response of plants to drought stress …

The Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats associated Cas9/sgRNA
system is a novel targeted genome-editing technique derived from bacterial immune system …

Melatonin, a natural phytohormone in plants, plays multiple critical roles in plant growth and
stress responses. Although melatonin biosynthesis‐related genes have been suggested to …

Drought is a major environmental stress limiting crop yields worldwide. Upland rice (Oryza
sativa) has evolved complex genetic mechanisms for adaptative growth under drought …

Drought is a serious problem, which causes heavy yield losses for rice. Heat-shock factors
(HSFs) had been implicated in tolerance to drought and high temperature. However, there …

Climatic variations have increased the occurrence of heat stress during critical growth
stages, which negatively affects grain yield in rice. Plants adapt to harsh environments, and …

Stomata are adjustable pores in the aerial epidermis of plants. The role of stomata is usually
described in terms of the trade-off between CO2 uptake and water loss. Little consideration …

Improving nutrient uptake is an objective in crop breeding, especially in tropical areas where
infertile soils dominate and farmers may not have the resources to improve soil fertility …

Background In this study we carried out a genome-wide association analysis for plant and
grain morphology and root architecture in a unique panel of temperate rice accessions …

Genome editing refers to a process by which a specific chromosomal sequence is changed.
The edited chromosomal sequence may comprise an insertion of at least one nucleotide, a …