Qingyao Shu

TL;DR: Two conclusions concerning the loci associated with inbreeding depression and heterosis in rice were reached and these tend to implicate epistasis and overdominance, rather than dominance, as the major genetic basis of heterosis as well as the implications in rice evolution and improvement.

TL;DR: Pronounced overdominance resulting from epistasis expressed by multilocus genotypes appeared to explain the long-standing dilemma of how inbreeding depression could arise from overdominant genes.

TL;DR: It is found that a cis-NAT positively regulates the level of a protein critical for phosphate homeostasis in rice (Oryza sativa), revealing an unexpected role for cis- NATPHO1;2 in promoting PHO 1;2 translation and affecting phosphateHomeostasis and plant fitness.

TL;DR: In laboratory bioassays, 100% mortality was observed in all insect species when their newly hatched or third-instar larvae were fed KMD1 leaf tissues, which disclosed that the transgenic line was highly resistant to a broad spectrum of lepidopteran insect species and could be useful in insect resistance breeding programs.

TL;DR: The field research indicated that both KMD1 and KMD2 show great potential for protecting rice from attack by these two stem borers.