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Beneath the blazing sun, the guardian deity of agriculture wields the sacred sickle-shaped tool, TMS5, which removes cP from the cP-ΔCCA-tRNAs accumulated in rice, thereby safeguarding its fertility. In contrast, the rice left beyond his reach, burdened with cP-ΔCCA-tRNAs, remains sterile. See page 763–775 by Bin Yan et al. for details.