J. E. Sheehy

TL;DR: This report provides a direct evidence of decreased rice yields from increased nighttime temperature associated with global warming and a close linkage between rice grain yield and mean minimum temperature during the dry cropping season.

TL;DR: Lower spikelet fertility and cultivar difference at high temperature were due mainly to decreased pollen production and pollen reception, which resulted in fewer filled grains, lower grain weight per panicle, and decreased harvest index.

TL;DR: Factors that cause poor grain filling and low biomass production of the NPT lines have been identified and selecting parents with good grain filling traits, introduction of indica genes into NPT's tropical japonica background, and a refinement of the original NPT design are expected to improve the performance of theNPT lines.

TL;DR: This work discusses approaches that should allow proof of concept to be tested before any major investment of time and money is made in generating C4 rice.

TL;DR: Based on projected rice production requirements, Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper estimate that the total annual nutrient demand for irrigated rice will be about 9 to 13 × 106 t N, 9 to 15 × 106 T K, 1.2 to 2.4 × 106T P and 0.9 to 1.5 × 106t S in 2025, amounts that represent an increase of 65 to 70% above 1990 requirements.