Co-culturing with high-stalk rice improves yield and cuts carbon footprint from aqua...

September 01^th，2023

Recently, researchers from China National Rice Research Institute of CAAS reported a novel pathway, culturing with a specially developed high-stalk rice variety, to mitigate Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission from ponds. Relevant results were published in Envi...

Study Reveals How the Clock Component OsLUX Regulates Rice Heading

August 26^th，2022

Critical as it is for optimal reproductive growth and yield in cereals, flowering time (heading date) is controlled by a sophisticated genetic network. Among the network components, the circadian oscillator genes play vital roles in coordinating internal ...

Scientists Further Unravelled the Underlying Mechanism of Heading Date Control in Ri...

August 10^th，2022

Rice heading date (flowering time) marks the floral transition from the vegetative stage to the reproductive stage in rice. It is a vital agronomic trait that influences rice reproduction and an important target trait in breeding. Heading date control in ...

Improving the efficiency of prime editing in rice

July 19^th，2022

Recently, researchers from China National Rice Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences have successfully developed an efficient and widely applicable pri...

A New Infection Mechanism of Ustilaginoidea virens is Revealed

June 30^th，2022

Rice false smut (RFS) is one of the most destructive diseases in rice. Its epidemics during recent years not only lead to grain yield loss but also threaten grain quality and safety because of multiple mycotoxins generated by its causal pathogen Ustilagin...