Danjing Lou

Dear Editor, Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as critical regulators of plant growth and development, and their expression orchestrates and integrates multiple processes underlying vital components of the phenotype, including stress adaptation, aspects of phenotypic evolution, and speciation.1 In plants, lncRNA-mediated gene regulation remains poorly understood, even in rice, one of the most important staple foods and a model crop species.