Magnesium transporter controls rice grain development and eating quality (IMAGE)

Okayama University

Magnesium transporter controls rice grain development and eating quality

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Researchers identified the magnesium transporter OsMGR2, which helps move magnesium into developing rice grains. Rice plants lacking this transporter produced smaller, lighter, and lower-quality grains, highlighting the transporter’s role in grain development, nutrient accumulation, and cooked rice quality.

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Professor Jian Feng Ma from Okayama University, Japan Source: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2536813123

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