Temperature-dependent embryoless seeds improve milled rice yield and storability
Nai-Qian Dong1, Hong-Xuan Lin1,2
1State Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academic of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
|August 26, 2025
Abstract
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During rice seed storage, lipid hydrolysis and oxidation in the embryo generate off-flavors. This Commentary examines a study by Wang et al., who demonstrated that manipulating OsBZR4 in various rice cultivars induces a high proportion of embryoless seeds by altering auxin levels and spatial distribution during early embryogenesis-a process intensified under elevated temperatures.
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