“…AC is a major component determining the eating and cooking quality (Tian et al ., ). At present, high‐RS rice, which is usually generated through deficiency of SSSIIIa or SBEIIb in rice, has high AC in kernels (Butardo et al ., ; Yang et al ., ; Zhu et al ., ; Zhou et al ., ; Itoh et al ., ; Tanaka et al ., ; Wada et al ., ). However, rice kernels with greater AC become more difficult to cook and harder, drier in texture, resulting in a poor cooking and eating quality.…”