Paper · 2025 · Rice

The Higher Average Daily Grain Yield and Its Formation Mechanisms Underlying the Efficient Photo-Assimilate Transport in Rice Ratooning

Yuebin Xie; Jingnan Zou; Shuying Cao; et al.

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Abstract

Studying the physioecological mechanisms behind the high daily productivity of ratoon rice is essential for improving farming strategies and maintaining stable yields in intensive cropping systems. This study compared the physiological traits of main crop rice (MR), ratooning season rice (RSR), and single-cropping mid-late rice (LR) with the same genotype and flowering time as RSR, from 2021 to 2022. The results demonstrated that RSR maintained higher leaf SPAD values than both MR and LR at the heading stage. Moreover, the translocation efficiency of stem-stored non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) to grains was significantly greater in RSR compared to MR (24.18–58.1%) and LR (24.59–63.5%). 13C isotope labeling confirmed that RSR exhibited superior assimilate allocation to grain pools, with values 13.7% and 14.74% higher than those of MR and LR, respectively. Anatomical analysis of vascular bundles at panicle-stem nodes showed an increased phloem area proportion in RSR. Furthermore, RSR exhibited elevated expression levels of genes associated with nitrogen uptake and metabolism regulation (AMTs, NRTs, and NRFs), sucrose transport (SUTs, SWEET11, and INVs), and stress tolerance (TPSs and TPPs), particularly within its grain parts, relative to MR and LR. Enzymatic activities of sucrose synthase (SS), sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS), and invertase in RSR grains were also significantly higher than in MR and LR. Further analysis indicated that these advantageous physiological traits in RSR arise from the elevated gene expression and enzyme activities, which are positively modulated by endogenous hormones including zeatin riboside (ZR), abscisic acid (ABA), and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). These hormones serve as key factors for the efficient coordination of matter production and translocation in rice ratooning. This study provides important theoretical and practical insights into the formation and regulation mechanisms of high and stable yield in ratoon rice.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ratooning season rice maintained higher leaf SPAD values than main crop rice and single-cropping mid-late rice at heading.

Organ / stage
leafe1
Treatment
ratooning season rice (RSR)e0
Outcome
leaf SPAD valuese1
Direction
highere1
Qualifier
at the heading stagee1
Comparator
MR and LRe1

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“This study compared the physiological traits of main crop rice (MR), ratooning season rice (RSR), and single-cropping mid-late rice (LR) with the same genotype and flowering time as RSR, from 2021 to 2022”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 198–402 · show in text ↑
e1

“The results demonstrated that RSR maintained higher leaf SPAD values than both MR and LR at the heading stage”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Translocation efficiency of stem-stored non-structural carbohydrates to grains was significantly greater in ratooning season rice than in main crop rice (24.18–58.1%).

Organ / stage
steme2
Treatment
ratooning season rice (RSR)e0
Compound
non-structural carbohydrates (NSC)e2
Outcome
translocation efficiency of stem-stored non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) to grainse2
Direction
greatere2
Value
24.18–58.1%e2
Comparator
MRe2

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“This study compared the physiological traits of main crop rice (MR), ratooning season rice (RSR), and single-cropping mid-late rice (LR) with the same genotype and flowering time as RSR, from 2021 to 2022”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 198–402 · show in text ↑
e2

“the translocation efficiency of stem-stored non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) to grains was significantly greater in RSR compared to MR (24.18–58.1%) and LR (24.59–63.5%)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 525–696 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Translocation efficiency of stem-stored non-structural carbohydrates to grains was significantly greater in ratooning season rice than in single-cropping mid-late rice (24.59–63.5%).

Organ / stage
steme2
Treatment
ratooning season rice (RSR)e0
Compound
non-structural carbohydrates (NSC)e2
Outcome
translocation efficiency of stem-stored non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) to grainse2
Direction
greatere2
Value
24.59–63.5%e2
Comparator
LRe2

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“This study compared the physiological traits of main crop rice (MR), ratooning season rice (RSR), and single-cropping mid-late rice (LR) with the same genotype and flowering time as RSR, from 2021 to 2022”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 198–402 · show in text ↑
e2

“the translocation efficiency of stem-stored non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) to grains was significantly greater in RSR compared to MR (24.18–58.1%) and LR (24.59–63.5%)”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

13C labeling showed that ratooning season rice allocated 13.7% more assimilate to grain pools than main crop rice.

Treatment
13C isotope labelinge3
Outcome
assimilate allocation to grain poolse3
Direction
highere3
Value
13.7%e3
Comparator
MRe3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“This study compared the physiological traits of main crop rice (MR), ratooning season rice (RSR), and single-cropping mid-late rice (LR) with the same genotype and flowering time as RSR, from 2021 to 2022”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 198–402 · show in text ↑
e3

“13C isotope labeling confirmed that RSR exhibited superior assimilate allocation to grain pools, with values 13.7% and 14.74% higher than those of MR and LR, respectively”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 698–868 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

13C labeling showed that ratooning season rice allocated 14.74% more assimilate to grain pools than single-cropping mid-late rice.

Treatment
13C isotope labelinge3
Outcome
assimilate allocation to grain poolse3
Direction
highere3
Value
14.74%e3
Comparator
LRe3

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“This study compared the physiological traits of main crop rice (MR), ratooning season rice (RSR), and single-cropping mid-late rice (LR) with the same genotype and flowering time as RSR, from 2021 to 2022”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 198–402 · show in text ↑
e3

“13C isotope labeling confirmed that RSR exhibited superior assimilate allocation to grain pools, with values 13.7% and 14.74% higher than those of MR and LR, respectively”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 698–868 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ratooning season rice showed an increased phloem area proportion at panicle-stem nodes.

Organ / stage
vascular bundles at panicle-stem nodese4
Outcome
phloem area proportione4
Direction
increasede4

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“This study compared the physiological traits of main crop rice (MR), ratooning season rice (RSR), and single-cropping mid-late rice (LR) with the same genotype and flowering time as RSR, from 2021 to 2022”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 198–402 · show in text ↑
e4

“Anatomical analysis of vascular bundles at panicle-stem nodes showed an increased phloem area proportion in RSR”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ratooning season rice grains showed elevated expression of genes for nitrogen uptake and metabolism regulation relative to main crop and single-cropping rice.

Organ / stage
grain partse5
Treatment
ratooning season rice (RSR)e0
Gene
AMTs, NRTs, and NRFse5
Outcome
nitrogen uptake and metabolism regulatione5
Direction
elevatede5
Comparator
MR and LRe5

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“This study compared the physiological traits of main crop rice (MR), ratooning season rice (RSR), and single-cropping mid-late rice (LR) with the same genotype and flowering time as RSR, from 2021 to 2022”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 198–402 · show in text ↑
e5

“RSR exhibited elevated expression levels of genes associated with nitrogen uptake and metabolism regulation (AMTs, NRTs, and NRFs), sucrose transport (SUTs, SWEET11, and INVs), and stress tolerance (TPSs and TPPs), particularly within its grain parts, relative to MR and LR”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 996–1269 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ratooning season rice grains showed elevated expression of genes for sucrose transport relative to main crop and single-cropping rice.

Organ / stage
grain partse5
Treatment
ratooning season rice (RSR)e0
Gene
SUTs, SWEET11, and INVse5
Outcome
sucrose transporte5
Direction
elevatede5
Comparator
MR and LRe5

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“This study compared the physiological traits of main crop rice (MR), ratooning season rice (RSR), and single-cropping mid-late rice (LR) with the same genotype and flowering time as RSR, from 2021 to 2022”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 198–402 · show in text ↑
e5

“RSR exhibited elevated expression levels of genes associated with nitrogen uptake and metabolism regulation (AMTs, NRTs, and NRFs), sucrose transport (SUTs, SWEET11, and INVs), and stress tolerance (TPSs and TPPs), particularly within its grain parts, relative to MR and LR”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 996–1269 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ratooning season rice grains showed elevated expression of genes for stress tolerance relative to main crop and single-cropping rice.

Organ / stage
grain partse5
Treatment
ratooning season rice (RSR)e0
Gene
TPSs and TPPse5
Outcome
stress tolerancee5
Direction
elevatede5
Comparator
MR and LRe5

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“This study compared the physiological traits of main crop rice (MR), ratooning season rice (RSR), and single-cropping mid-late rice (LR) with the same genotype and flowering time as RSR, from 2021 to 2022”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 198–402 · show in text ↑
e5

“RSR exhibited elevated expression levels of genes associated with nitrogen uptake and metabolism regulation (AMTs, NRTs, and NRFs), sucrose transport (SUTs, SWEET11, and INVs), and stress tolerance (TPSs and TPPs), particularly within its grain parts, relative to MR and LR”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 996–1269 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

Enzyme activities of sucrose synthase, sucrose phosphate synthase and invertase were significantly higher in ratooning season rice grains than in main crop and single-cropping rice.

Organ / stage
RSR grainse6
Treatment
ratooning season rice (RSR)e0
Gene
sucrose synthase (SS), sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS), and invertasee6
Outcome
Enzymatic activities of sucrose synthase (SS), sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS), and invertasee6
Direction
highere6
Comparator
MR and LRe6

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“This study compared the physiological traits of main crop rice (MR), ratooning season rice (RSR), and single-cropping mid-late rice (LR) with the same genotype and flowering time as RSR, from 2021 to 2022”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 198–402 · show in text ↑
e6

“Enzymatic activities of sucrose synthase (SS), sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS), and invertase in RSR grains were also significantly higher than in MR and LR”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1271–1428 · show in text ↑
Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Endogenous hormones zeatin riboside, abscisic acid and indole-3-acetic acid positively modulate the elevated gene expression and enzyme activities behind the advantageous physiological traits of ratooning season rice.

Compound
zeatin riboside (ZR), abscisic acid (ABA), and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)e7
Outcome
these advantageous physiological traitse7
Qualifier
elevated gene expression and enzyme activitiese7

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“This study compared the physiological traits of main crop rice (MR), ratooning season rice (RSR), and single-cropping mid-late rice (LR) with the same genotype and flowering time as RSR, from 2021 to 2022”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 198–402 · show in text ↑
e7

“these advantageous physiological traits in RSR arise from the elevated gene expression and enzyme activities, which are positively modulated by endogenous hormones including zeatin riboside (ZR), abscisic acid (ABA), and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1462–1709 · show in text ↑

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