Breeding Rice to Increase Anthocyanin Yield Per Area through Small, Black Grain Size and Three Grains per Spikelet.

Rice varieties with high anthocyanin content are often recognized for their vibrant colors and health benefits. The demand for rice with high anthocyanin is increasing domestically and internationally due to consumers becoming more health-conscious. However, the current increase in yield might not raise the anthocyanin content due to its location in the grain pericarp and seed coat, which are relative to the grain surface area.

Accumulation of Health-Promoting Compounds in Upland Black Rice by Interacting Mycorrhizal and Endophytic Fungi.

There is an increasing interest in finding eco-friendly and safe approaches to increase agricultural productivity and deliver healthy foods. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and endophytic fungi (EPF) are important components of sustainable agriculture in view of their ability to increase productivity and various plant secondary metabolites with health-promoting effects. In a pot experiment, our main research question was to evaluate the additive and synergistic effects of an AMF and four root-endophytic fungi on plant performance and on the accumulation of health-promoting secondary compounds.

The Potential of Endophytic Fungi for Enhancing the Growth and Accumulation of Phenolic Compounds and Anthocyanin in Maled Phai Rice ( L.).

Rice ( L.) is one of the most popular cereal crops, being consumed by almost half of the world's population. Among several cultivars widely distributed in Thailand, Maled Phai is a Thai pigmented-upland rice with exceptionally high nutritional value and high demand in the local Thai market.

High Temperature Alters Phenology, Seed Development and Yield in Three Rice Varieties.

Rice is an important and main staple food crop. Rice in Thailand grows in both the on- and off-seasons. The problem of growing rice in the off-season is that it is dry and the temperature tends to be high.

The First Genetic Linkage Map of Winged Bean [ (L.) DC.] and QTL Mapping for Flower-, Pod-, and Seed-Related Traits.

Winged bean [ (L.) DC.] (2n = 2× = 18) is a tropical legume crop with multipurpose usages.

Dual-Purpose of the Winged Bean ( (L.) DC.), the Neglected Tropical Legume, Based on Pod and Tuber Yields.

Winged beans ( (L.) DC.) are grown as a vegetable legume crop in Thailand.

Physiological and biochemical parameters for evaluation and clustering of rice cultivars differing in salt tolerance at seedling stage.

Salinity tolerance levels and physiological changes were evaluated for twelve rice cultivars, including four white rice and eight black glutinous rice cultivars, during their seedling stage in response to salinity stress at 100 mM NaCl. All the rice cultivars evaluated showed an apparent decrease in growth characteristics and chlorophyll accumulation under salinity stress. By contrast an increase in proline, hydrogen peroxide, peroxidase (POX) activity and anthocyanins were observed for all cultivars.

A modified ferrous oxidation-xylenol orange assay for lipoxygenase activity in rice grains.

Ferrous oxidation-xylenol orange assay reagent was reformulated by using spectral analysis of ferric-xylenol orange complex to detect low concentrations of lipoxygenase rice grain products. Reducing the levels of ferrous sulphate and xylenol orange in the FOX reagent enabled the detection of low concentrations of hydroperoxy fatty acid derived from lipoxygenase activity in the range of 0.1-1.