Genetic Improvements in Rice Yield and Concomitant Increases in Radiation- and Nitrogen-Use Efficiency in Middle Reaches of Yangtze River

Meeting the Global Food Demand of the Future by Engineering Crop Photosynthesis and Yield Potential

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Improvements in nutrient uptake and nutrient use-efficiency in cotton cultivars released between 1973 and 2006

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Historical gains in soybean (Glycine max Merr.) seed yield are driven by linear increases in light interception, energy conversion, and partitioning efficiencies

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A faster Rubisco with potential to increase photosynthesis in crops

(2014) Myat T. Lin et al.   NATURE

Producing more grain with lower environmental costs

(2014) Xinping Chen et al.   NATURE

Heterotrimeric G proteins regulate nitrogen-use efficiency in rice

(2014) Hongying Sun et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The relative contribution of climate and cultivar renewal to shaping rice yields in China since 1981

(2014) Yanling Song et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY

Coordinated regulation of photosynthesis in rice increases yield and tolerance to environmental stress

(2014) Madana M. R. Ambavaram et al.   Nature Communications

Grain Nitrogen Source Changes over Time in Maize: A Review

(2013) Ignacio A. Ciampitti et al.   CROP SCIENCE

A meta-analysis of responses of canopy photosynthetic conversion efficiency to environmental factors reveals major causes of yield gap

(2013) Rebecca A. Slattery et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Yield Trends Are Insufficient to Double Global Crop Production by 2050

(2013) Deepak K. Ray et al.   PLoS One

Changes in rice yields in China since 1980 associated with cultivar improvement, climate and crop management

(2012) Yongqiang Yu et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

The Development of C4 Rice: Current Progress and Future Challenges

(2012) S. von Caemmerer et al.   SCIENCE

Recent patterns of crop yield growth and stagnation

(2012) Deepak K. Ray et al.   Nature Communications

N applications that increase plant N during panicle development are highly effective in increasing spikelet number in rice

(2011) Yoshiaki Kamiji et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Global food demand and the sustainable intensification of agriculture

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Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency for Greater Yield

(2010) Xin-Guang Zhu et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

The importance of maintenance breeding: A case study of the first miracle rice variety-IR8

(2010) Shaobing Peng et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People

(2010) H. C. J. Godfray et al.   SCIENCE

Yield potential and radiation use efficiency of “super” hybrid rice grown under subtropical conditions

(2009) Yunbo Zhang et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Natural variation at the DEP1 locus enhances grain yield in rice

(2009) Xianzhong Huang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Progress in ideotype breeding to increase rice yield potential

(2008) Shaobing Peng et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

The high yield of irrigated rice in Yunnan, China

(2008) Keisuke Katsura et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Agriculture and the new challenges for photosynthesis research

(2008) E. H. Murchie et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST