Rice with lower amylose content could have reduced starch digestibility due to crystallized resistant starch synthesized by linearized amylopectin.

Background: High resistant starch (RS) rice with a low glycemic index (GI) is digested more slowly, resulting in a slow increase in the postprandial blood glucose level. People with milled rice as a staple diet, and with sedentary lifestyles, are more prone to acquire type 2 diabetes in the long term. With an increasing population of diabetics worldwide, one possible solution is the development of rice-based, low-GI foods with high RS content rice.

Tuber crops could be a potential food component for lowering starch digestibility and estimated glycemic index in rice.

Background: Rice is considered a high estimated glycemic index (eGI) food because of its higher starch digestibility, which leads to type II diabetes and obesity as a result of a sedentary life style. Furthermore, the incresaing diabetes cases in rice-consuming populations worldwide need alternative methods to reduce the glycemic impact of rice, with dietary prescriptions based on the eGI value of food being an attractive and practical concept. Rice is often paired with vegetables, pulses, tubers and roots, a staple food group in Africa, Latin America and Asia, which are rich in fibre and health-promoting compounds.

Role of sedoheptulose-1,7 bisphosphatase in low light tolerance of rice ( L.).

Rice grain yield is drastically reduced under low light especially in (wet) season due to cloudy weather during most part of crop growth. Therefore, 50-60% of yield penalty was observed. To overcome this problem, identification of low light tolerant rice genotypes with a high buffering capacity trait such as photosynthetic rate has to be developed.

Comparative transcriptome profiling of low light tolerant and sensitive rice varieties induced by low light stress at active tillering stage.

Low light intensity is a great limitation for grain yield and quality in rice. However, yield is not significantly reduced in low light tolerant rice varieties. The work therefore planned for comparative transcriptome profiling under low light stress to decipher the genes involved and molecular mechanism of low light tolerance in rice.

IntDb: A comprehensive database for classified introns of saccharomyces & human.

Unlabelled: Introns (intra-genic) are non-coding regions of several eukaryotic genes. However, their role in regulation of transcription, embryonic development, stimulate gene (HEG) is apparent in recent years. Thus current research focuses on mutation in introns and their influence in causing various diseases.