OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Rice Science is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Drought Tolerance in Rice: Focus on Recent Mechanisms and Approaches	126
Strategy for Use of Rice Blast Resistance Genes in Rice Molecular Breeding	69
Rice Bran Oil: Emerging Trends in Extraction, Health Benefit, and Its Industrial Application	65
Rice Drying, Storage and Processing: Effects of Post-Harvest Operations on Grain Quality	48
Flooding Tolerance in Rice: Focus on Mechanisms and Approaches	46
Application of Rice Husk Biochar for Achieving Sustainable Agriculture and Environment	46
Effects of GS3 and GL3.1 for Grain Size Editing by CRISPR/Cas9 in Rice	39
Functions of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium in Energy Status and Their Influences on Rice Growth and Development	38
Effects of Early- and Late-Sowing on Starch Accumulation and Associated Enzyme Activities During Grain Filling Stage in Rice	33
Identification of Major Locus Bph35 Resistance to Brown Planthopper in Rice	31
RNAi-Mediated Silencing of ITPK Gene Reduces Phytic Acid Content, Alters Transcripts of Phytic Acid Biosynthetic Genes, and Modulates Mineral Distribution in Rice Seeds	29
Responses of Lowland, Upland and Aerobic Rice Genotypes to Water Limitation During Different Phases	28
Rice Germination and Its Impact on Technological and Nutritional Properties: A Review	28
Saline-Alkali Tolerance in Rice: Physiological Response, Molecular Mechanism, and QTL Identification and Application to Breeding	28
Understanding Brown Planthopper Resistance in Rice: Genetics, Biochemical and Molecular Breeding Approaches	28
Genetic Improvement of Rice for Bacterial Blight Resistance: Present Status and Future Prospects	26
Mitigating N2O and NO Emissions from Direct-Seeded Rice with Nitrification Inhibitor and Urea Deep Placement	25
Accumulation of Polyphenolic Compounds and Osmolytes under Dehydration Stress and Their Implication in Redox Regulation in Four Indigenous Aromatic Rice Cultivars	24
Anticancer Activities of Plant Secondary Metabolites: Rice Callus Suspension Culture as a New Paradigm	23
Nitrogen Deep Placement Combined with Straw Mulch Cultivation Enhances Physiological Traits, Grain Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Mechanical Pot-Seedling Transplanting Rice	22
Deciphering Rice Lesion Mimic Mutants to Understand Molecular Network Governing Plant Immunity and Growth	22
Sugar Starvation Enhances Leaf Senescence and Genes Involved in Sugar Signaling Pathways Regulate Early Leaf Senescence in Mutant Rice	21
Salt Tolerance Mechanisms and Approaches: Future Scope of Halotolerant Genes and Rice Landraces	21
Recent Insights into Signaling Responses to Cope Drought Stress in Rice	18
Coupling Rice with Fish for Sustainable Yields and Soil Fertility in China	17

Physiochemical Properties of Resistant Starch and Its Enhancement Approaches in Rice	16
OsbZIP72 Is Involved in Transcriptional Gene-Regulation Pathway of Abscisic Acid Signal Transduction by Activating Rice High-Affinity Potassium Transporter OsHKT1;1	16
Combined Drought and Heat Stress in Rice: Responses, Phenotyping and Strategies to Improve Tolerance	16
Genome Editing Strategies Towards Enhancement of Rice Disease Resistance	15
Protein Phosphorylation and Phosphoproteome: An Overview of Rice	15
Effect of Rice Breeding Process on Improvement of Yield and Quality in China	15
Functional Analysis of Phosphate Transporter OsPHT4 Family Members in Rice	15
Lodging Resistance Related to Root Traits for Mechanized Wet-Seeding of Two Super Rice Cultivars	14
High-Efficiency Reduction of Rice Amylose Content via CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Base Editing	14
Arsenic Accumulation in Rice: Sources, Human Health Impact and Probable Mitigation Approaches	14
Genome-Wide Association Study of Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Agronomic Traits in Upland Rice	14
Rice Storage Proteins: Focus on Composition, Distribution, Genetic Improvement and Effects on Rice Quality	13
Suberin Biopolymer in Rice Root Exodermis Reinforces Preformed Barrier Against Meloidogyne graminicola Infection	13
Pectin Methylesterases Enhance Root Cell Wall Phosphorus Remobilization in Rice	13
Root Morphology and Anatomy Affect Cadmium Translocation and Accumulation in Rice	12
Epoxiconazole Improved Photosynthesis, Yield Formation, Grain Quality and 2-Acetyl-1-Pyrroline Biosynthesis of Fragrant Rice	12
Comparisons of Metabolic Profiles for Carbohydrates, Amino Acids, Lipids, Fragrance and Flavones During Grain Development in indica Rice Cultivars	12
Antioxidant Activities and Characterization of Polyphenols from Selected Northern Thai Rice Husks: Relation with Seed Attributes	12
Genome-Wide Identification of Zn2Cys6 Class Fungal-Specific Transcription Factors (ZnFTFs) and Functional Analysis of UvZnFTF1 in Ustilaginoidea virens	11
Computer-Assisted Real-Time Rice Variety Learning Using Deep Learning Network	11
Carbon and Nitrogen Footprints of Major Cereal Crop Production in China: A Study Based on Farm Management Surveys	11
Development of Rice Leaves: How Histocytes Modulate Leaf Polarity Establishment	11
Water Management for Improvement of Rice Yield, Appearance Quality and Palatability with High Temperature During Ripening Period	11
A New Approach to Select Doubled Haploid Rice Lines under Salinity Stress Using Indirect Selection Index	11
High-Quality de novo Genome Assembly of Huajingxian 74, a Receptor Parent of Single Segment Substitution Lines	11
Cold Plasma: A Potential Alternative for Rice Grain Postharvest Treatment Management in Malaysia	11
Putative Phosphatase UvPsr1 Is Required for Mycelial Growth, Conidiation, Stress Response and Pathogenicity in Ustilaginonidea virens	10
Wheat Straw Burial Improves Physiological Traits, Yield and Grain Quality of Rice by Regulating Antioxidant System and Nitrogen Assimilation Enzymes under Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation	10
Genetic Interaction of Hd1 with Ghd7, DTH8 and Hd2 Largely Determines Eco-Geographical Adaption of Rice Varieties in Southern China	10
Valuation of Rice Postharvest Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Mitigation Strategies	10
Osa-miR439 Negatively Regulates Rice Immunity Against Magnaporthe oryzae	10
Identification of Rice QTLs for Important Agronomic Traits with Long-Kernel CSSL-Z741 and Three SSSLs	10
Growth and Photosynthesis Responses of a Super Dwarf Rice Genotype to Shade and Nitrogen Supply	10
Roles of lncRNAs in Rice: Advances and Challenges	9
Fine Mapping of QTLs for Stigma Exsertion Rate from Oryza glaberrima by Chromosome Segment Substitution	9
Genetic Dissection of Grain Size Traits Through Genome-Wide Association Study Based on Genic Markers in Rice	9
Association Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci for Grain Size in Introgression Line Derived from Oryza Rufipogon	8
Effects of Space Flight on Expression of Key Proteins in Rice Leaves	8
Iron Toxicity Tolerance of Rice Genotypes in Relation to Growth, Yield and Physiochemical Characters	7
Identification of QTLs for Cadmium Tolerance During Seedling Stage and Validation of qCDSL1 in Rice	7
Improvement of Rice Production under Drought Conditions in West Africa: Application of QTLs in Breeding for Drought Resistance	7
Defensive Role of Plant Hormones in Advancing Abiotic Stress-Resistant Rice Plants	7
RPA-Assisted Cas12a System for Detecting Pathogenic Xanthomonas oryzae, a Causative Agent for Bacterial Leaf Blight Disease in Rice	7
CRISPR/Cas9-Targeted Knockout of Rice Susceptibility Genes OsDjA2 and OsERF104 Reveals Alternative Sources of Resistance to Pyricularia oryzae	7
Differences of Physicochemical Properties Between Chalky and Translucent Parts of Rice Grains	7
Feasibility of Improving Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Seeding Efficiency by Using Rice Varieties with Low Seed Weight	7
RNA-Seq Study Reveals AP2-Domain-Containing Signalling Regulators Involved in Initial Imbibition of Seed Germination in Rice	7
Ionomic Profiling of Rice Genotypes and Identification of Varieties with Elemental Covariation Effects	6
Selenium Alleviates Carbohydrate Metabolism and Nutrient Composition in Arsenic Stressed Rice Plants	6
iTRAQ-Based Proteomics Investigation of Critical Response Proteins in Embryo and Coleoptile During Rice Anaerobic Germination	6

Peptide Transporter OsNPF8.1 Contributes to Sustainable Growth under Salt and Drought Stresses, and Grain Yield under Nitrogen Deficiency in Rice	6
Genomic Prediction of Arsenic Tolerance and Grain Yield in Rice: Contribution of Trait-Specific Markers and Multi-Environment Models	6
Effect of Milling and Parboiling Processes on Arsenic Species Distribution in Rice Grains	6
Regulation of OsPR10a Promoter Activity by Phytohormone and Pathogen Stimulation in Rice	6
Physiological and Proteomic Analyses Reveal Effects of Putrescine-Alleviated Aluminum Toxicity in Rice Roots	6
WRKY72 Negatively Regulates Seed Germination Through Interfering Gibberellin Pathway in Rice	6
Progress on Molecular Mechanism of Aluminum Resistance in Rice	6
Identification and Evaluation of UV-Tolerant Streptomyces araujoniae Strain Isolated from Tibet Plateau Soil as Biocontrol Agent Against Rice Blast	5
Morphophysiological Diversity and Haplotype Analysis of Saltol QTL Region in Diverse Rice Landraces for Salinity Tolerance	5
Paper New Allele of HL6 Regulates Trichome Elongation in Rice	5
Improve Anthocyanin and Zinc Concentration in Purple Rice by Nitrogen and Zinc Fertilizer Application	5
Visualizing Meiotic Chromosome Pairing and Segregation in Interspecific Hybrids of Rice by Genomic in situ Hybridization	5
Improvement of Upland Rice Variety by Pyramiding Drought Tolerance QTL with Two Major Blast Resistance Genes for Sustainable Rice Production	5
Steam Pretreatment of Rice Hulls to Release Fermentable Saccharides: An Approach to Improve Recovery of (Hemi)Cellulosic Sugars Through Multivariate Design	5
Genotypic Variation in Spatial Distribution of Fe in Rice Grains in Relation to Phytic Acid Content and Ferritin Gene Expression	5
Improved Eating and Cooking Quality of indica Rice Cultivar YK17 via Adenine Base Editing of Wx Allele of Granule-Bound Starch Synthase I (GBSS I)	5
Evaluation of Inherited Resistance Genes of Bacterial Leaf Blight, Blast and Drought Tolerance in Improved Rice Lines	4
RGB1 Regulates Rice Panicle Architecture and Grain Filling Through Monitoring Cytokinin Level in Inflorescence Meristem and Grain Abscisic Acid Level During Filling Stage	4
Seed Priming Improves Enzymatic and Biochemical Performances of Rice During Seed Germination under Low and High Temperatures	4
A Fragment Substitution in Promoter of MS92/PTC1 Causes Male Sterility in Rice	4
Polycomb Repressive Complex 2-Mediated H3K27 Trimethylation Is Required for Pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae	4
Exogenous Peroxidase Mitigates Cadmium Toxicity, Enhances Rhizobial Population and Lowers Root Knot Formation in Rice Seedlings	4
Poaceae Orthologs of Rice OsSGL, DUF1645 Domain-Containing Genes, Positively Regulate Drought Tolerance, Grain Length and Weight in Rice	4
OsABT, a Rice WD40 Domain-Containing Protein, Is Involved in Abiotic Stress Tolerance	4
Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping of High Photosynthetic Efficiency and Biomass in Oryza longistaminata	4
Improving Rice Blast Resistance by Mining Broad-Spectrum Resistance Genes at Pik Locus	4
UvWhi2 Is Required for Stress Response and Pathogenicity in Ustilaginoidea virens	4
Three Genes Related to Trehalose Metabolism Affect Sclerotial Development of Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA, Causal Agent of Rice Sheath Blight	4
Marker-Assisted Breeding of Thermo-Sensitive Genic Male Sterile Line 1892S for Disease Resistance and Submergence Tolerance	4
UvSMEK1, a Suppressor of MEK Null, Regulates Pathogenicity, Conidiation and Conidial Germination in Rice False Smut Fungus Ustilaginoidea virens	4
Contribution and Prospect of Erect Panicle Type to japonica Super Rice	4
Nucleus-Encoded Thylakoid Protein, OsY3IP1, Confers Enhanced Tolerance to Saline and Alkaline Stresses in Rice	4
Transcriptome Analysis Provides Novel Insights into Salt Stress Response in Two Egyptian Rice Varieties with Different Tolerance Levels	4
Root Aeration Promotes Cadmium Accumulation in Rice by Regulating Iron Uptake-Associated System	4
Adoption of Improved Rice Varieties in the Global South: A Review	4
Improved Yield Prediction of Ratoon Rice Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Multi-Temporal Feature Method	4
Editing of Rice Endosperm Plastidial Phosphorylase Gene OsPho1 Advances Its Function in Starch Synthesis	4
Smart Farming for Sustainable Rice Production: An Insight into Application, Challenge, and Future Prospect	3
Conservation and Utilization of Genetic Resources of Wild Rice in China	3
Characterization of a Novel Weak Allele of RGA1/D1 and Its Potential Application in Rice Breeding	3
Novel Deletion in Exon 7 of Betaine Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 (BADH2)	3
Screening of Rice Germplasm and Processing Methods to Produce Low Glycemic Rice	3
Stress-Activated Protein Kinase OsSAPK7 Regulates Salt- Stress Tolerance by Modulating Diverse Stress-Defensive Responses in Rice	3
Verification of Glyphosate Resistance, Lepidopteran Resistance and Wide Compatibility of Male Sterile Line E1C4008S in Rice	3
Germplasm Resources, Genes and Perspective for Aromatic Rice	3
Weed Management in Rainfed Upland Rice Fields under Varied Agro-Ecologies in Nigeria	3
Effects of AG1 and AG2 QTLs on Nonstructural Carbohydrate and Seed Management Options for Rice Seedling Growth and Establishment under Flooding Stress	3
Identification of New Allele of FLOURY ENDOSPERM2 in White-Core Endosperm Mutant of Rice	3
Characterization and Proteomic Analysis of Novel Rice Lesion Mimic Mutant with Enhanced Disease Resistance	3
Genome-Wide Analysis of von Willebrand Factor A Gene Family in Rice for Its Role in Imparting Biotic Stress Resistance with Emphasis on Rice Blast Disease	3
Polyphosphate Accelerates Transformation of Nonstructural Carbohydrates to Improve Growth of ppk-Expressing Transgenic Rice in Phosphorus Deficiency Culture	3
Rice Husk at a Glance: From Agro-Industrial to Modern Applications	3
Breeding High-Grain Quality and Blast Resistant Rice Variety Using Combination of Traditional Breeding and Marker-Assisted Selection	3
Diversity of Sodium Transporter HKT1;5 in Genus Oryza	3
Additive Effects of QTLs/Genes on Rice Grain Size Traits Revealed by Genetic Comparisons	3
Development of Chromosome Segment Substitution Lines and Genetic Dissection of Grain Size Related Locus in Rice	3