Many important agronomic traits in crop plants, including stress tolerance, are complex traits
controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTLs). Isolation of these QTLs holds great promise to …

Grain weight is one of the most important components of grain yield and is controlled by
quantitative trait loci (QTLs) derived from natural variations in crops. However, the molecular …

Global warming threatens many aspects of human life 1 , 2 , for example, by reducing crop
yields 3 , 4 , 5 . Breeding heat-tolerant crops using genes conferring thermotolerance is a …

Grain size is an important component trait of grain yield, which is frequently threatened by
abiotic stress. However, little is known about how grain yield and abiotic stress tolerance are …

… Hong-Xuan Lin … M., Lin, H.-X. & Chong, K. …

Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth and development, and plays vital roles in
crop yield. Assimilation of nitrogen is thus fine-tuned in response to heterogeneous …

Phenylpropanoid metabolism is one of the most important metabolisms in plants, yielding
more than 8,000 metabolites contributing to plant development and plant–environment …

Abiotic stresses, such as drought and salinity, lead to crop growth damage and a decrease
in crop yields. Stomata control CO 2 uptake and optimize water use efficiency, thereby …

The closely related wild rice species Oryza rufipogon is considered the progenitor of cultivated
rice (Oryza sativa) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The transition from the characteristic plant architecture of …

Increased crop yields are required to support rapid population growth worldwide. Grain weight
is a key component of rice yield, but the underlying molecular mechanisms that control it …