Natural variation of OsWRKY23 drives difference in nitrate use efficiency between indica and japonica rice by Zhang, S, Ji, Z, Jiao, W, Shen, C, Qin, Y, Huang, Y, Huang, M, Kang, S, Liu, X, Li, S, Mo, Z, Yu, Y, Jiang, B, Tian, Y, Wang, L, Song, Q, Wang, S, Li, S

“…Between the two major rice subspecies, indica varieties generally exhibit higher nitrate (NO3‒) uptake and nitrogen (N)-use efficiency (NUE) than japonica varieties. Introducing efficient NO3‒ utilization alleles from indica into japonica could improve NUE, and at the same time uncover unknown regulators of NO3‒ metabolism. …”

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Improving rice nitrogen-use efficiency by modulating a novel monouniquitination machinery for optimal root plasticity response to nitrogen by Huang, Y, Ji, Z, Tao, Y, Wei, S, Jiao, W, Fang, Y, Jian, P, Shen, C, Qin, Y, Zhang, S, Li, S, Liu, X, Kang, S, Tian, Y, Song, Q, Harberd, NP, Wang, S, Li, S

“…In this study, we identified RNR10 (REGULATOR OF N-RESPONSIVE RSA ON CHROMOSOME 10) as the causal gene that underlies the significantly different root developmental plasticity in response to changes in N level exhibited by the indica (Xian) and japonica (Geng) subspecies of rice. RNR10 encodes an F-box protein that interacts with a negative regulator of auxin biosynthesis, DNR1 (DULL NITROGEN RESPONSE1). …”

Natural variations in grain length 10 (GL10) regulate rice grain size by Zhan, P, Ma, S, Xiao, Z, Li, F, Wei, X, Lin, S, Wang, X, Ji, Z, Fu, Y, Pan, J, Zhou, M, Liu, Y, Chang, Z, Li, L, Bu, S, Liu, Z, Zhu, H, Liu, G, Zhang, G, Wang, S

“…Analysis of GL10 haplotypes shows obvious divergence between the japonica and indica lineages. Our findings reveal an allelic variation of GL10 that may explain differences in grain length among modern cultivars and could be used to breed rice varieties with optimized grain shape.…”