Abscisic acid promotes jasmonic acid biosynthesis via a ‘SAPK10-bZIP72-AOC’...
August 07th,2020
In south China regions, high temperature and frequent rain usually cause pre-harvest sprouting, which ultimately leads to losses of grain yield and quality. Both rice quality and pre-harvest sprouting tolerence are directly influenced by germination behav...
FED:a web tool for foreign element detection of genome-edited organism
July 22th,2020
Recently, researchers from China National Rice Research Institute (CNRRI), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Institute of Genetics and Development Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences jointly reported a web tool named Foreign Element Detector (...
The C2H2 zinc-finger protein LACKING RUDIMENTARY GLUME 1 regulates spikelet developm...
April 20th,2020
Recently, CNRRI scientists cloned a novel regulatory factor involved in spikelet development, lacking rudimentary glume 1 (lrg1) and revealed the mechanism by which lrg1 regulates spikelet organ identity and grain size.
A strigolactones biosynthesis gene contributed to the Green Revolution in rice
April 09th,2020
CNRRI scientists have identified a beneficial allele of the strigolactone biosynthesis gene, HIGH TILLERING AND DWARF 1 (HTD1HZ), which was found to be co-selected with the beneficial allele of Semidwarf 1 ...
Natural variation in the promoter of TGW2 determines grain width and weight...
March 26th,2020
Recently, a paper entitled “Natural variation in the promoter of TGW2 determines grain width and weight in rice” was published online by New Phytologist. In the paper, CNRRI researchers report the cloning and characterization of a new se...