OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Rice is 12. 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
Genes and Their Molecular Functions Determining Seed Structure, Components, and Quality of Rice	74
OsNAC45 is Involved in ABA Response and Salt Tolerance in Rice	58
The Amino Acid Transporter OsAAP4 Contributes to Rice Tillering and Grain Yield by Regulating Neutral Amino Acid Allocation through Two Splicing Variants	54
Strategies to Manage Rice Sheath Blight: Lessons from Interactions between Rice and Rhizoctonia solani	48
Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) to Identify Salt-Tolerance QTLs Carrying Novel Candidate Genes in Rice During Early Vegetative Stage	43
Generation and Starch Characterization of Non-Transgenic BEI and BEIIb Double Mutant Rice (Oryza sativa) with Ultra-High Level of Resistant Starch	41
OsGATA16, a GATA Transcription Factor, Confers Cold Tolerance by Repressing OsWRKY45–1 at the Seedling Stage in Rice	41
The Fungal Effector Avr-Pita Suppresses Innate Immunity by Increasing COX Activity in Rice Mitochondria	38
Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Improve Growth, Morph-Physiological Responses, Water Productivity, and Yield of Rice Plants Under Full and Deficit Drip Irrigation	38
OsMS188 Is a Key Regulator of Tapetum Development and Sporopollenin Synthesis in Rice	38
Proteomics and Metabolomics Studies on the Biotic Stress Responses of Rice: an Update	35
Targeted Deletion of the First Intron of the Wxb Allele via CRISPR/Cas9 Significantly Increases Grain Amylose Content in Rice	33
Fine mapping of two grain chalkiness QTLs sensitive to high temperature in rice	33
Coordination of m6A mRNA methylation and gene transcriptome in rice response to cadmium stress	33
Analysis of Rice Transcriptome Reveals the LncRNA/CircRNA Regulation in Tissue Development	33
SPL36 Encodes a Receptor-like Protein Kinase that Regulates Programmed Cell Death and Defense Responses in Rice	31
RGG1, Involved in the Cytokinin Regulatory Pathway, Controls Grain Size in Rice	31
Selenium Uptake, Transport, Metabolism, Reutilization, and Biofortification in Rice	31
The Elite Alleles of OsSPL4 Regulate Grain Size and Increase Grain Yield in Rice	28
Fine-tuning Flowering Time via Genome Editing of Upstream Open Reading Frames of Heading Date 2 in Rice	27
Enhancement of Heat and Drought Stress Tolerance in Rice by Genetic Manipulation: A Systematic Review	27
Genetic Diversity of Landraces and Improved Varieties of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) in Taiwan	26
The Rice GLYCINE-RICH PROTEIN 3 Confers Drought Tolerance by Regulating mRNA Stability of ROS Scavenging-Related Genes	25
Integration of Dual Stress Transcriptomes and Major QTLs from a Pair of Genotypes Contrasting for Drought and Chronic Nitrogen Starvation Identifies Key Stress Responsive Genes in Rice	25
Fine-Tuning Roles of Osa-miR159a in Rice Immunity Against Magnaporthe oryzae and Development	24

Rice miR1432 Fine-Tunes the Balance of Yield and Blast Disease Resistance via Different Modules	23
Two VQ Proteins are Substrates of the OsMPKK6-OsMPK4 Cascade in Rice Defense Against Bacterial Blight	23
Adaptation Mechanism of Roots to Low and High Nitrogen Revealed by Proteomic Analysis	23
A Journey to the West: The Ancient Dispersal of Rice Out of East Asia	22
Identification of an Elite Core Panel as a Key Breeding Resource to Accelerate the Rate of Genetic Improvement for Irrigated Rice	21
Determinant Factors and Regulatory Systems for Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Rice Apiculi and Stigmas	21
Engineering Resistance to Bacterial Blight and Bacterial Leaf Streak in Rice	20
New Data and New Features of the FunRiceGenes (Functionally Characterized Rice Genes) Database: 2021 Update	20
Strategies and Structure Feature of the Aboveground and Belowground Microbial Community Respond to Drought in Wild Rice (Oryza longistaminata)	20
Dynamic genome-wide association analysis and identification of candidate genes involved in anaerobic germination tolerance in rice	20
Long Non-coding RNAs Responsive to Blast Fungus Infection in Rice	20
Rice Brittle Culm19 Encoding Cellulose Synthase Subunit CESA4 Causes Dominant Brittle Phenotype But has No Distinct Influence on Growth and Grain Yield	19
Rice Grain Size and Quality	19
Identification of Metabolomic Biomarkers of Seed Vigor and Aging in Hybrid Rice	19
Substitution Mapping of Two Closely Linked QTLs on Chromosome 8 Controlling Grain Chalkiness in Rice	19
Genome-Wide Association Study of the Genetic Basis of Effective Tiller Number in Rice	18
Xa7, a Small Orphan Gene Harboring Promoter Trap for AvrXa7, Leads to the Durable Resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae Pv. oryzae	18
Overexpression of OsLCT2, a Low-Affinity Cation Transporter Gene, Reduces Cadmium Accumulation in Shoots and Grains of Rice	18
Genome-Wide Association Study Dissects Resistance Loci against Bacterial Blight in a Diverse Rice Panel from the 3000 Rice Genomes Project	18
Genomic Regions Involved in Differences in Eating and Cooking Quality Other than Wx and Alk Genes between indica and japonica Rice Cultivars	18
The miR528-D3 Module Regulates Plant Height in Rice by Modulating the Gibberellin and Abscisic Acid Metabolisms	17
Genomics Analyses Reveal Unique Classification, Population Structure and Novel Allele of Neo-Tetraploid Rice	17
Photosynthetic Enhancement, Lifespan Extension, and Leaf Area Enlargement in Flag Leaves Increased the Yield of Transgenic Rice Plants Overproducing Rubisco Under Sufficient N Fertilization	17
Volatile Organic Compounds, Evaluation Methods and Processing Properties for Cooked Rice Flavor	17
Effects of Grain Shape Genes Editing on Appearance Quality of Erect-Panicle Geng/Japonica Rice	17
OryzaGenome2.1: Database of Diverse Genotypes in Wild Oryza Species	16
Identification and Pyramiding of QTLs for Rice Grain Size Based on Short-Wide Grain CSSL-Z563 and Fine-Mapping of qGL3–2	16
Uncovering the Novel QTLs and Candidate Genes of Salt Tolerance in Rice with Linkage Mapping, RTM-GWAS, and RNA-seq	16
Overexpression of a Novel ERF-X-Type Transcription Factor, OsERF106MZ, Reduces Shoot Growth and Tolerance to Salinity Stress in Rice	16
A Semi-Dominant Mutation in OsCESA9 Improves Salt Tolerance and Favors Field Straw Decay Traits by Altering Cell Wall Properties in Rice	16
Combination of High Zn Density and Low Phytic Acid for Improving Zn Bioavailability in Rice (Oryza stavia L.) Grain	15
Genetics and Genomics of African Rice (Oryza glaberrima Steud) Domestication	15
Albino seedling lethality 4; Chloroplast 30S Ribosomal Protein S1 is Required for Chloroplast Ribosome Biogenesis and Early Chloroplast Development in Rice	15
Heat Stress During Gametogenesis Irreversibly Damages Female Reproductive Organ in Rice	15
Integrated Microbiome and Metabolomic Analysis Reveal Responses of Rhizosphere Bacterial Communities and Root exudate Composition to Drought and Genotype in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)	15
Contribution of Small RNA Pathway to Interactions of Rice with Pathogens and Insect Pests	15
Enhancement in Seed Priming-Induced Starch Degradation of Rice Seed Under Chilling Stress via GA-Mediated α-Amylase Expression	14
Effects of Various Allelic Combinations of Starch Biosynthetic Genes on the Properties of Endosperm Starch in Rice	14
Efficient Breeding of Early-Maturing Rice Cultivar by Editing PHYC via CRISPR/Cas9	14
Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Changes Induced by Potassium Deficiency During Sarocladium oryzae Infection Reveal Insights into Rice Sheath Rot Disease Resistance	14
Unique Glutelin Expression Patterns and Seed Endosperm Structure Facilitate Glutelin Accumulation in Polyploid Rice Seed	14
OsPP65 Negatively Regulates Osmotic and Salt Stress Responses Through Regulating Phytohormone and Raffinose Family Oligosaccharide Metabolic Pathways in Rice	14
Global Survey of Alternative Splicing in Rice by Direct RNA Sequencing During Reproductive Development: Landscape and Genetic Regulation	13
Genetic Trends Estimation in IRRIs Rice Drought Breeding Program and Identification of High Yielding Drought-Tolerant Lines	13
The Ability of Silicon Fertilisation to Alleviate Salinity Stress in Rice is Critically Dependent on Cultivar	13
Genome-Wide Association Mapping and Gene Expression Analysis Reveal the Negative Role of OsMYB21 in Regulating Bacterial Blight Resistance in Rice	13
SDG711 Is Involved in Rice Seed Development through Regulation of Starch Metabolism Gene Expression in Coordination with Other Histone Modifications	13
Identification of Novel Alleles of the Rice Blast-Resistance Gene Pi9 through Sequence-Based Allele Mining	13
Stable and Novel Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) Confer Narrow Root Cone Angle in an Aerobic Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Production System	13
OsSAP6 Positively Regulates Soda Saline–Alkaline Stress Tolerance in Rice	12

OsPG1 Encodes a Polygalacturonase that Determines Cell Wall Architecture and Affects Resistance to Bacterial Blight Pathogen in Rice	12
Characterization and Evaluation of Transgenic Rice Pyramided with the Pi Genes Pib, Pi25 and Pi54	12
OsWRKY62 and OsWRKY76 Interact with Importin α1s for Negative Regulation of Defensive Responses in Rice Nucleus	12
Resequencing of 672 Native Rice Accessions to Explore Genetic Diversity and Trait Associations in Vietnam	12
Effects of AMF Compound Inoculants on Growth, Ion Homeostasis, and Salt Tolerance-Related Gene Expression in Oryza sativa L. Under Salt Treatments	12
Dissection of the Genetic Basis of Rice Panicle Architecture Using a Genome-wide Association Study	12
Validation of a QTL for Grain Size and Weight Using an Introgression Line from a Cross between Oryza sativa and Oryza minuta	12
BSA-Seq and Fine Linkage Mapping for the Identification of a Novel Locus (qPH9) for Mature Plant Height in Rice (Oryza sativa)	12