FZP determines Grain Size and Sterile Lemma Fate in Rice

November 19^th，2018

Three major components, panicle number per plant, grain number per panicle, and grain weight, determine rice yield. Grain size is an important agronomic trait that determines grain weight, but the regulatory mechanisms that control grain size are still la...

Genomic Clues for Crop–Weed Interactions and Evolution

November 02^th，2018

Recently, the germplasm innovation team of CNRRI and Zhejiang University jointly published a review paper entitled Genomic clues for crop-weed interactions and evolution on Journal of Trends in Plant Science. The progress of molecular mechanism o...

OsPK2 encodes a plastidic pyruvate kinase involved in rice endosperm starch...

May 14^th，2018

Recently, a research team led by Professor Hu Peisong from China Rice Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) has made a great progress on new regulatory mechanism of rice starch synthesis and grain development.

The N terminus of Autographa californica Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus DNA Polymeras...

May 14^th，2018

Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) DNA polymerase (DNApol) plays a crucial role in viral DNA synthesis and the N terminus (residues 1 to 186) is highly conserved in the baculovirus DNApol family. However, the functional role of ...

Characterization of a major QTL for Mn accumulation in rice grain

February 02^th，2018

Some diets lack sufficient Manganese (Mn), an essential trace element for life. Although increasing Mn in grain by biofortification could prevent Mn deficiency, it may increase levels of the toxic element cadmium (Cd). Recently, researchers from China Nat...