Scientists make advances in breeding high-resistant-starch rice

Assessment of genetic diversity in weedy and promising rice varieties/lines germinated under anaerobic conditions

Development of low-prolamin rice germplasm via CRISPR/Cas9 editing to improve eating and cooking quality.

This targeted modification markedly improved rice eating and cooking quality while maintaining the levels of total starch, total protein, and key agronomic traits.

Researchers discover genetic secrets of mung bean crops

Resequencing 50 accessions of rice cast new light on molecular breeding

A study on resequencing 50 accessions of cultivated and wild rice provides one of the largest genome variation data sets for wild and cultivated rice, which is valuable for breeding and for identifying agronomically important genes in rice.

A GmOIL2 allele separates fertility and seed traits in soybean.

A CRISPR-derived 36-bp in-frame deletion in GmOIL2 maintains fertility and seed weight while altering seed-related traits. This allele provides a genetic resource for improving soybean quality without affecting seed weight.

Multifaceted Effects of Starch Branching Enzyme and Soluble Starch Synthase Gene Editing in Rice with Different Wx Genotypes

Rice endosperm, the major edible portion of the grain, plays an important role in regulating blood glucose and preventing intestinal diseases by increasing its resistant starch (RS) content. Previous studies have shown that suppressing amylopectin biosynthesis via genome editing can increase RS content. However, the in...