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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Drought Tolerance in Rice: Focus on Recent Mechanisms and Approaches	147
Rice Bran Oil: Emerging Trends in Extraction, Health Benefit, and Its Industrial Application	76
Rice Drying, Storage and Processing: Effects of Post-Harvest Operations on Grain Quality	67
Application of Rice Husk Biochar for Achieving Sustainable Agriculture and Environment	57
Functions of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium in Energy Status and Their Influences on Rice Growth and Development	56
Flooding Tolerance in Rice: Focus on Mechanisms and Approaches	48
Genetic Improvement of Rice for Bacterial Blight Resistance: Present Status and Future Prospects	39
Rice Germination and Its Impact on Technological and Nutritional Properties: A Review	39
Saline-Alkali Tolerance in Rice: Physiological Response, Molecular Mechanism, and QTL Identification and Application to Breeding	38
Effects of Early- and Late-Sowing on Starch Accumulation and Associated Enzyme Activities During Grain Filling Stage in Rice	37
Understanding Brown Planthopper Resistance in Rice: Genetics, Biochemical and Molecular Breeding Approaches	34
Anticancer Activities of Plant Secondary Metabolites: Rice Callus Suspension Culture as a New Paradigm	28
Nitrogen Deep Placement Combined with Straw Mulch Cultivation Enhances Physiological Traits, Grain Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Mechanical Pot-Seedling Transplanting Rice	24
Recent Insights into Signaling Responses to Cope Drought Stress in Rice	23
OsbZIP72 Is Involved in Transcriptional Gene-Regulation Pathway of Abscisic Acid Signal Transduction by Activating Rice High-Affinity Potassium Transporter OsHKT1;1	23
Physiochemical Properties of Resistant Starch and Its Enhancement Approaches in Rice	23
Rice Storage Proteins: Focus on Composition, Distribution, Genetic Improvement and Effects on Rice Quality	22
Rice Husk at a Glance: From Agro-Industrial to Modern Applications	20
Combined Drought and Heat Stress in Rice: Responses, Phenotyping and Strategies to Improve Tolerance	19
Functional Analysis of Phosphate Transporter OsPHT4 Family Members in Rice	19
Arsenic Accumulation in Rice: Sources, Human Health Impact and Probable Mitigation Approaches	18
Lodging Resistance Related to Root Traits for Mechanized Wet-Seeding of Two Super Rice Cultivars	18
Genome Editing Strategies Towards Enhancement of Rice Disease Resistance	17
Genome-Wide Association Study of Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Agronomic Traits in Upland Rice	17
Computer-Assisted Real-Time Rice Variety Learning Using Deep Learning Network	16

Pectin Methylesterases Enhance Root Cell Wall Phosphorus Remobilization in Rice	16
Antioxidant Activities and Characterization of Polyphenols from Selected Northern Thai Rice Husks: Relation with Seed Attributes	15
Carbon and Nitrogen Footprints of Major Cereal Crop Production in China: A Study Based on Farm Management Surveys	15
Root Morphology and Anatomy Affect Cadmium Translocation and Accumulation in Rice	15
Comparisons of Metabolic Profiles for Carbohydrates, Amino Acids, Lipids, Fragrance and Flavones During Grain Development in indica Rice Cultivars	15
Defensive Role of Plant Hormones in Advancing Abiotic Stress-Resistant Rice Plants	15
Suberin Biopolymer in Rice Root Exodermis Reinforces Preformed Barrier Against Meloidogyne graminicola Infection	14
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	14
A New Approach to Select Doubled Haploid Rice Lines under Salinity Stress Using Indirect Selection Index	14
High-Efficiency Reduction of Rice Amylose Content via CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Base Editing	14
CRISPR/Cas9-Targeted Knockout of Rice Susceptibility Genes OsDjA2 and OsERF104 Reveals Alternative Sources of Resistance to Pyricularia oryzae	14
Water Management for Improvement of Rice Yield, Appearance Quality and Palatability with High Temperature During Ripening Period	13
Genome-Wide Identification of Zn2Cys6 Class Fungal-Specific Transcription Factors (ZnFTFs) and Functional Analysis of UvZnFTF1 in Ustilaginoidea virens	13
Epoxiconazole Improved Photosynthesis, Yield Formation, Grain Quality and 2-Acetyl-1-Pyrroline Biosynthesis of Fragrant Rice	13
Development of Rice Leaves: How Histocytes Modulate Leaf Polarity Establishment	13
Iron Toxicity Tolerance of Rice Genotypes in Relation to Growth, Yield and Physiochemical Characters	11
Genetic Interaction of Hd1 with Ghd7, DTH8 and Hd2 Largely Determines Eco-Geographical Adaption of Rice Varieties in Southern China	11
Fine Mapping of QTLs for Stigma Exsertion Rate from Oryza glaberrima by Chromosome Segment Substitution	11
Differences of Physicochemical Properties Between Chalky and Translucent Parts of Rice Grains	11
High-Quality de novo Genome Assembly of Huajingxian 74, a Receptor Parent of Single Segment Substitution Lines	11
Genetic Dissection of Grain Size Traits Through Genome-Wide Association Study Based on Genic Markers in Rice	11
Cold Plasma: A Potential Alternative for Rice Grain Postharvest Treatment Management in Malaysia	11
Improved Yield Prediction of Ratoon Rice Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Multi-Temporal Feature Method	10
Putative Phosphatase UvPsr1 Is Required for Mycelial Growth, Conidiation, Stress Response and Pathogenicity in Ustilaginonidea virens	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
Growth and Photosynthesis Responses of a Super Dwarf Rice Genotype to Shade and Nitrogen Supply	10
RPA-Assisted Cas12a System for Detecting Pathogenic Xanthomonas oryzae, a Causative Agent for Bacterial Leaf Blight Disease in Rice	9
Progress on Molecular Mechanism of Aluminum Resistance in Rice	9
Adoption of Improved Rice Varieties in the Global South: A Review	9
iTRAQ-Based Proteomics Investigation of Critical Response Proteins in Embryo and Coleoptile During Rice Anaerobic Germination	9
Physiological and Proteomic Analyses Reveal Effects of Putrescine-Alleviated Aluminum Toxicity in Rice Roots	9
Smart Farming for Sustainable Rice Production: An Insight into Application, Challenge, and Future Prospect	9
Development and Application of Prime Editing in Plants	8
Identification of QTLs for Cadmium Tolerance During Seedling Stage and Validation of qCDSL1 in Rice	8
Improvement of Rice Production under Drought Conditions in West Africa: Application of QTLs in Breeding for Drought Resistance	8
Recent Advances to Enhance Nutritional Quality of Rice	8
WRKY72 Negatively Regulates Seed Germination Through Interfering Gibberellin Pathway in Rice	8
Ionomic Profiling of Rice Genotypes and Identification of Varieties with Elemental Covariation Effects	8
Feasibility of Improving Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Seeding Efficiency by Using Rice Varieties with Low Seed Weight	8
OsbZIP09, a Unique OsbZIP Transcription Factor of Rice, Promotes Rather Than Suppresses Seed Germination by Attenuating Abscisic Acid Pathway	7
Nucleus-Encoded Thylakoid Protein, OsY3IP1, Confers Enhanced Tolerance to Saline and Alkaline Stresses in Rice	7
Characterization of a Novel Weak Allele of RGA1/D1 and Its Potential Application in Rice Breeding	7
Priming for Saline-Alkaline Tolerance in Rice: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges	7
Visualizing Meiotic Chromosome Pairing and Segregation in Interspecific Hybrids of Rice by Genomic in situ Hybridization	7
Improve Anthocyanin and Zinc Concentration in Purple Rice by Nitrogen and Zinc Fertilizer Application	7
Rice Curled Its Leaves Either Adaxially or Abaxially to Combat Drought Stress	7
Peptide Transporter OsNPF8.1 Contributes to Sustainable Growth under Salt and Drought Stresses, and Grain Yield under Nitrogen Deficiency in Rice	7
Seed Priming Improves Enzymatic and Biochemical Performances of Rice During Seed Germination under Low and High Temperatures	7
Selenium Alleviates Carbohydrate Metabolism and Nutrient Composition in Arsenic Stressed Rice Plants	7

Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Water Requirement and Rice Productivity	6
Genomic Prediction of Arsenic Tolerance and Grain Yield in Rice: Contribution of Trait-Specific Markers and Multi-Environment Models	6
Morphophysiological Diversity and Haplotype Analysis of Saltol QTL Region in Diverse Rice Landraces for Salinity Tolerance	6
Paper New Allele of HL6 Regulates Trichome Elongation in Rice	6
Root Aeration Promotes Cadmium Accumulation in Rice by Regulating Iron Uptake-Associated System	6
Germplasm Resources, Genes and Perspective for Aromatic Rice	6
Effect of Milling and Parboiling Processes on Arsenic Species Distribution in Rice Grains	6
Application of UAV-Based Imaging and Deep Learning in Assessment of Rice Blast Resistance	6
Regulation of OsPR10a Promoter Activity by Phytohormone and Pathogen Stimulation in Rice	6
Novel Deletion in Exon 7 of Betaine Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 (BADH2)	6
Polycomb Repressive Complex 2-Mediated H3K27 Trimethylation Is Required for Pathogenicity in Magnaporthe oryzae	6
Contribution and Prospect of Erect Panicle Type to japonica Super Rice	5
Brassinosteroids Mediate Endogenous Phytohormone Metabolism to Alleviate High Temperature Injury at Panicle Initiation Stage in Rice	5
UvWhi2 Is Required for Stress Response and Pathogenicity in Ustilaginoidea virens	5
A Pleiotropic Drug Resistance Family Protein Gene Is Required for Rice Growth, Seed Development and Zinc Homeostasis	5
Editing of Rice Endosperm Plastidial Phosphorylase Gene OsPho1 Advances Its Function in Starch Synthesis	5
OsABT, a Rice WD40 Domain-Containing Protein, Is Involved in Abiotic Stress Tolerance	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
Steam Pretreatment of Rice Hulls to Release Fermentable Saccharides: An Approach to Improve Recovery of (Hemi)Cellulosic Sugars Through Multivariate Design	5
bZIP Transcription Factor UvATF21 Mediates Vegetative Growth, Conidiation, Stress Tolerance and Is Required for Full Virulence of Rice False Smut Fungus Ustilaginoidea virens	5
Effects of AG1 and AG2 QTLs on Nonstructural Carbohydrate and Seed Management Options for Rice Seedling Growth and Establishment under Flooding Stress	5
UvSMEK1, a Suppressor of MEK Null, Regulates Pathogenicity, Conidiation and Conidial Germination in Rice False Smut Fungus Ustilaginoidea virens	5
Stress-Activated Protein Kinase OsSAPK7 Regulates Salt- Stress Tolerance by Modulating Diverse Stress-Defensive Responses in Rice	5
Improving Rice Blast Resistance by Mining Broad-Spectrum Resistance Genes at Pik Locus	5
Breeding High-Grain Quality and Blast Resistant Rice Variety Using Combination of Traditional Breeding and Marker-Assisted Selection	5
Grain Shape Genes: Shaping the Future of Rice Breeding	5
Improvement of Upland Rice Variety by Pyramiding Drought Tolerance QTL with Two Major Blast Resistance Genes for Sustainable Rice Production	5
Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping of High Photosynthetic Efficiency and Biomass in Oryza longistaminata	4
Transcriptome Analysis Provides Novel Insights into Salt Stress Response in Two Egyptian Rice Varieties with Different Tolerance Levels	4
Three Genes Related to Trehalose Metabolism Affect Sclerotial Development of Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA, Causal Agent of Rice Sheath Blight	4
Conservation and Utilization of Genetic Resources of Wild Rice in China	4
Development of Heat Tolerant Two-Line Hybrid Rice Restorer Line Carrying Dominant Locus of OsHTAS	4
Evaluation of Inherited Resistance Genes of Bacterial Leaf Blight, Blast and Drought Tolerance in Improved Rice Lines	4
Additive Effects of QTLs/Genes on Rice Grain Size Traits Revealed by Genetic Comparisons	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
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	4
Identification of New Allele of FLOURY ENDOSPERM2 in White-Core Endosperm Mutant of Rice	4
Phosphorus Starvation Tolerance in Rice Through Combined Physiological, Biochemical, and Proteome Analyses	4
Carbon Nanoparticle Exerts Positive Growth Effects with Increase in Productivity by Down-Regulating Phytochrome B and Enhancing Internal Temperature in Rice	4
Characterization and Proteomic Analysis of Novel Rice Lesion Mimic Mutant with Enhanced Disease Resistance	4
Knocking-Out OsPDR7 Triggers Up-Regulation of OsZIP9 Expression and Enhances Zinc Accumulation in Rice	4
SDF5 Encoding P450 Protein Is Required for Internode Elongation in Rice	4
Marker-Assisted Breeding of Thermo-Sensitive Genic Male Sterile Line 1892S for Disease Resistance and Submergence Tolerance	4
Exogenous Peroxidase Mitigates Cadmium Toxicity, Enhances Rhizobial Population and Lowers Root Knot Formation in Rice Seedlings	4
Effects of Root Growth of Deep and Shallow Rooting Rice Cultivars in Compacted Paddy Soils on Subsequent Rice Growth	3
Development of Chromosome Segment Substitution Lines and Genetic Dissection of Grain Size Related Locus in Rice	3
Breeding Novel Short Grain Rice for Tropical Region to Combine Important Agronomical Traits, Biotic Stress Resistance and Cooking Quality in Koshihikari Background	3
Genome-Wide Dissection of Quan 9311A Breeding Process and Application Advantages	3
Novel QTLs from Wild Rice Oryza longistaminata Confer Strong Tolerance to High Temperature at Seedling Stage	3
Dissecting Genetic Basis of Deep Rooting in Dongxiang Wild Rice	3
Cadmium Tolerance and Accumulation in Wild Rice Species	3
Coleoptile Purple Line Regulated by A-P Gene System Is a Valuable Marker Trait for Seed Purity Identification in Hybrid Rice	3
A Simple and Rapid Oxidative Stress Screening Method of Small Molecules for Functional Studies of Transcription Factor	3
A New PCR/LDR-Based Multiplex Functional Molecular Marker for Marker-Assisted Breeding in Rice	3
Effect of Sulfur Fertilization on Productivity and Grain Zinc Yield of Rice Grown under Low and Adequate Soil Zinc Applications	3
Weed Management in Rainfed Upland Rice Fields under Varied Agro-Ecologies in Nigeria	3
Poaceae Orthologs of Rice OsSGL, DUF1645 Domain-Containing Genes, Positively Regulate Drought Tolerance, Grain Length and Weight in Rice	3
Screening of Rice Germplasm and Processing Methods to Produce Low Glycemic Rice	3
ORYZA SATIVA SPOTTED-LEAF 41 (OsSPL41) Negatively Regulates Plant Immunity in Rice	3
Drought-Tolerant Rice at Molecular Breeding Eras: An Emerging Reality	3
Evaluation of Medicinal Plant Extracts for Rice Blast Disease Control	3
OsAMT1.1 Expression by Nitrate-Inducible Promoter of OsNAR2.1 Increases Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Rice Yield	3
Polyphosphate Accelerates Transformation of Nonstructural Carbohydrates to Improve Growth of ppk-Expressing Transgenic Rice in Phosphorus Deficiency Culture	3
Diversity of Sodium Transporter HKT1;5 in Genus Oryza	3
Grain Yield, Biomass Accumulation, and Leaf Photosynthetic Characteristics of Rice under Combined Salinity-Drought Stress	3