Advances in Molecular Understanding of Rice Lodging Resistance
Rice lodging is a serious problem impairing grain yield.Plant stature, culm structure and cell wall components play major roles in shaping rice lodging resistance.Genomic and genetic dissection of rice has generated insightful information into mechanistic elucidation of the rice lodging resistance.Here,we summarize the recent advances in molecular understanding of the lodging resistance in association with rice stature,culm character and chemical composition of cell walls.The knowledge helps to establish new molecular strategies for breeding rice varieties with enhanced lodging resistance properties.