Defense against stress and active suppression of growth are two complementary strategies
by which plants respond to adverse environments. Although beneficial for plant survival …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important crops in the world. Since the completion of
rice reference genome sequences, tremendous progress has been achieved in …

Modern green revolution varieties of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) confer semi-dwarf and
lodging-resistant plant architecture owing to the Reduced height-B1b (Rht-B1b) and Rht …

The accomplishment of further optimization of crop productivity in grain yield and quality is a
great challenge. Grain size is one of the crucial determinants of rice yield and quality; all of …

The potential of genome editing to improve the agronomic performance of crops is often
limited by low plant regeneration efficiencies and few transformable genotypes. Here, we …

Brassinosteroids (BRs) are a group of polyhydroxylated plant steroid hormones that are
crucial for many aspects of a plant's life. BRs were originally characterized for their function …

Enhancing global food security by increasing the productivity of green revolution varieties of
cereals risks increasing the collateral environmental damage produced by inorganic …

The size of seeds affects not only evolutionary fitness but also grain yield of crops.
Understanding the mechanisms controlling seed size has become an important research …

Grain size is a major determinant of grain yield in cereal crops. qSW5/GW5, which exerts the
greatest effect on rice grain width and weight, was fine-mapped to a 2,263-bp/21-kb …

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 …