Sentence examples for heads of rice from inspiring English sources

Yet in one tiny paddy-field, yellow heads of rice are ripening.

Any sustainable solution will require getting the "necessary buy-in" from Tehran and Damascus to ensure Hezbollah participates, said Edward P. Djerejian, former ambassador to both Israel and Syria and now head of Rice University's Baker Institute.

A famous proverb written about rice serves as a metaphor for humility, a virtue the Japanese hold dear: "The heavier the head of rice, the deeper it bows".For all the lyricism, many Japanese are also disturbingly nationalistic over the foodstuff.

Heading of rice is promoted by short days and delayed by long days.

Higher mRNA levels for Hd3a under SD conditions promoted the heading of rice, whereas lower Hd3a mRNA levels under LD conditions inhibited the heading of rice [13], [15].

Pollen and anther wall tissues were collected from panicles before heading of rice plants (cv. Sasanishiki).

The complete genetic architecture of heading date would enable precise understanding of differences in heading dates of rice accessions and help to develop new rice accessions.

Heading date of rice is a key agronomic trait determining cultivated areas and seasons and affecting yield.

She recalls that two or three years ago, very dry weather during the delicate heading stage of rice growth interfered with the plants' development.

The cDNA library from the second internodes harvested during the heading stage of rice fused to yeast GAL4 activation domain (AD) was used as a prey.

The expression of the OsMADS45 gene is not only involved in the determinations of floral organ identity (Favaro et al. 2002; Dreni et al. 2007; Seok et al. 2010) but also involved in the regulation of flower initiation that affects the heading date of rice (Jeon et al. 2000a; Cui et al. 2010).