Scientists create rice pangenome from 144 varieties, aiding in developing climate-resilient rice cultivars with improved ...

While domesticated rice has been extensively studied, its wild progenitor, Oryza rufipogon—shaped ... acknowledged reference genome (O. sativa ssp. japonica cv. Nipponbare), along with 69,531 ...

A rice pangenome map has been constructed that incorporates the genomes of nearly 150 wild and cultivated rice varieties.