AH2 encodes a MYB domain protein that determines hull fate and affects grai...
September 18th，2019
Improved grain yield and quality are the eternal pursuit of rice breeders. Thousand-grain weight, an essential component of the former, is largely determined by grain shape and size. Although rice genes that regulate grain size and quality through formati...
Breakthrough made in rice defense mechanism to bacterial blight
June 19th，2019
Recently, Prof. Zhang Jian and Prof. Huang Shiwen’s teams from China National Rice Research Institute (CNRRI), CAAS published their research work entitled “SAPK10-mediated phosphorylation on WRKY72 releases its suppression on jasmonic acid ...
Discovery of a new member of rice male sterility genes——TIP3, regulating Ub...
Male reproductive development involves a complex series of biological events and precise transcriptional regulation is essential for this biological process in flowering plants. Several transcriptional factors have been reported to regulate tapetum and po...
OsMS1 regulates programmed tapetum development and pollen exine formation i...
January 25th，2019
Recently, the Molecular Breeding team from China National Rice Research Institute (CNRRI) has revealed that OsMS1 functions as a transcriptional activator to regulate programmed tapetum development and pollen exine formation in rice ...
xCas9 expands the scope of genome editing with reduced efficiency in rice
January 16th，2019
Recently, researchers led by Professor Kejian Wang at China National Rice Research Institute (CNRRI) of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) reported the SpCas9 variant xCas9 with a broad PAM compatibility in rice. This study has been published...
