Zhonghua Sheng

TL;DR: The challenges, limitations and prospects for conventional breeding and the applications of CRISPR/Cas9 system for the development of transgene-free disease-resistant crops are discussed.

TL;DR: New insights are denote into the role of OsPK2 in plant seed development, especially in starch synthesis, compound granules formation and grain filling, which would be useful for genetic improvement of high yield and rice grain quality.

TL;DR: Results suggest that GIF2 plays important roles in the regulation of grain filling and starch biosynthesis during caryopsis development, and that it has been preserved during selection throughout domestication of modern rice.

TL;DR: QTL mapping in a recombinant inbred line population derived from the cross between the javanica cultivar D50 and the indica cultivar HB277 identified five QTLs controlling flag leaf width, leading to the inference that NAL1 is probably synonymous with qFLW4, and that the functional difference between the two alleles was due to alternative splicing.

TL;DR: An analysis of the Cd content in the white flour of three indica type cultivars grown in two consecutive years at two locations indicated that Cdcontent may be significantly affected by the conditions prevailing in the growing season.