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...

Scientists Further Reveal the Infection Mechanism of Ustilaginoidea virens

January 17^th，2022

Ustilaginoidea virens, the causal agent of the rice false smut disease, is an economically important fungal pathogen posing threats to rice production. The infection of U. virens not only reduces the quality and yield of rice, but also contaminates rice s...