RICE GRAIN YIELD AND QUALITY UNDER WARMER NIGHTS

This project will generate the foundational knowledge needed for developing rice cultivars that are not only resilient to HNT for grain yield but are also able to mitigate some of the rice losses due to poor grain quality. To accomplish this, through the following specific objectives:Obj. 1. Characterize panicle-level morphological responses to HNT stress in wildtype and mutants.Obj. 2. Examine the differential physiological responses of panicles and foliar tissue to HNT stress.Obj. 3.Molecular characterization of differential HNT response between wildtype and mutants.