Hongliang Zhang

TL;DR: Analyses of genetic variation and population structure based on over 3,000 cultivated rice (Oryza sativa) genomes reveal subpopulations that correlate with geographic location and patterns of introgression consistent with multiple rice domestication events.

TL;DR: Overexpression of OsMYB48-1 in rice significantly improved tolerance to simulated drought and salinity stresses caused by mannitol, PEG, and NaCl, respectively, and drought stress was caused by drying the soil.

TL;DR: The status quo of hybrid breeding efforts for the autogamous cereals wheat, rice, barley, and triticale is summarized and a quantitative genetic framework is presented as a first step to compare selection gain of hybrid versus line breeding.

TL;DR: It is suggested that OsASR5 plays multiple roles in response to drought stress by regulating ABA biosynthesis, promoting stomatal closure, as well as acting as chaperone‐like protein that possibly prevents drought stress‐related proteins from inactivation.

TL;DR: A doubled haploid population from a cross between two japonica cultivars for seven root traits under three different growing conditions was evaluated, and co-localized and common QTLs will facilitate marker-assisted selection for root traits in rice breeding programs.