Porous borders at the wild-crop interface promote weed adaptation in Southeast Asia

• Main Authors: Li, Lin-Feng, Pusadee, Tonapha, Wedger, Marshall J., Li, Ya-Ling, Li, Ming-Rui, Lau, Yee Ling, Yap, Soo-Joo, Jamjod, Sansanee, Rerkasem, Benjavan, Hao, Yan, Song, Beng-Kah, Olsen, Kenneth M.
• Format: Article
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2024
• Subjects: Q Science (General); SB Plant culture
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/45584/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45447-0
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

High reproductive compatibility between crops and their wild relatives can provide benefits for crop breeding but also poses risks for agricultural weed evolution. Weedy rice is a feral relative of rice that infests paddies and causes severe crop losses worldwide. In regions of tropical Asia where t...