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... Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an essential crop that used by about 50 % of the world's population as food source, utilized as raw material in manufacturing and as food for animal. Rice is becoming one of Ethiopia's major crops, contributing in securing food, generating income, reducing poverty, and socio-economic development. However, rice disease and pests have been identified as major restrictions i ...
... Muscadine grapes (Vitis rotundifolia) have multiple health benefits to human health. The high nutritional values of muscadine berries result from antioxidative anthocyanins and other phenolic compounds. Since the middle of the 18th century, muscadine grapes have been cropped in the southeastern United States. Early cultivars were selected from wild vines. To date, the breeding efforts have created ...
... Calcium (Ca²⁺) is an essential macronutrient as well as a second messenger in diverse biological processes in plants. Plants perceive various stimuli which leads to transient increase in cytosolic calcium [Ca²⁺]cyₜ levels, resulting in generation of Ca²⁺ signatures. These Ca²⁺ signatures are specific to various stress stimuli and developmental processes and are perceived by Ca²⁺ sensors. Ca²⁺ sens ...
... Liriope platyphylla F.T. Wang & Tang and Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl are morphologically similar perennial herbaceous plants belonging to the Asparagaceae family used as evergreen ornamental plants as well as for medicinal purposes. Complete plastid genomes (plastomes) and 45S nuclear ribosomal DNA (45S rDNA) sequences were obtained from two L. platyphylla accessions and one O. japonicu ...
... Natural colorants/pigments such as anthocyanins, carotenoids, betalains, and chlorophylls have been generally used in the food industry as coloring agents. However, there are challenges related to color fading during food processing, storage, and commercialization due to the low stability of natural colorants compared to synthetic ones. Among them, anthocyanins are potential food colorants due to ...
... Salinity is a challenge to rice production but most studies are dealing with NaCl and rarely consider Na₂SO₄ despite its importance in numerous areas of the world. To elucidate genome-level responses to chloride or sulfate salinity stress, seedlings from rice cv. IKP have been exposed for 48 h to two types of Na⁺-isostrength nutrient solution (NaCl 200 mM (EC18.84 dS m⁻¹; Ψs = −0.983 MPa); and Na₂ ...
... Wheat (Tritium aestivum L.) productivity is severely hampered by various pathogens and changing climatic conditions. Spot blotch and terminal heat stress are the major constraints of wheat production in the eastern Gangetic plains of India. To identify novel breeding sources and to understand underlying resistance mechanisms, forty-four gamma rays mutagenized wheat genotypes, derived from three di ...
... Catharanthus roseus receptor-like kinase 1-like (CrRLK1L) proteins constitute a subfamily of receptor-like kinases (RLKs) that play diverse roles during fertilization, vegetative development and plant pathogen interactions. CrRLK1Ls possess a unique malectin-like domain at N-terminal that bind to oligo- or polysaccharides from cell wall polymers, byproducts of cell wall degradation, or membrane-as ...
... Drought stress, an inevitable factor due to global climate change, hampers plant biomass production and overall yield. Drought mediated stress sensitivity exerts multi-dimensional effect on transcriptional and proteomic variations leading to changes in morphological, physiological, metabolic and hormonal responses. To cope up water scarcity, plants adapt several drought avoidances or tolerance mec ...
auxins; climate change; coleoptiles; computer simulation; direct seeding; energy; epigenetics; ethylene; fatty acid metabolism; genes; genomics; germination; labor; rain; rice; single nucleotide polymorphism; sugars; transcription (genetics); South East Asia
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... Global climate change has significant impacts on rice production due to flooding caused by heavy rainfall which has serious implications in rice growing areas of Southeast Asia. In these areas, direct seeding is preferred as it saves labour, cost, energy and water. Hence, the unique ability of rice seeds to germinate under anaerobic condition is important to achieve direct seeding. A number of can ...
... This study aimed to investigate the effects of different treatments applied on the anthocyanin content and some physicochemical properties of homemade sour cherry juice. Titration acidity, pH, color, total monomeric anthocyanin content, polymeric color, color density, polymeric color ratio, total phenolic content and antioxidant activity properties and formation of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) were ...
... MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs, 18–25 nt in length, that play a crucial role in regulating genes associated with the physiological processes and responses to various biotic and abiotic stresses. Different conserved and species-specific microRNAs and their functions have been identified, primarily in plants such as rice and Arabidopsis with sequenced genomes. Our present study identi ...
... RNA methylation has already conquered attention in cancer research and anticipated a similar contribution in plant stress modulation mechanism. Among all kinds of mRNA methylation, N⁶-methyladenosine (m⁶A) modifications are ubiquitous and conserved, making m⁶A regulatory genes worthwhile to investigate. This present study aims to identify m⁶A regulatory genes in Arabidopsis and their correlation w ...
drought; genetic markers; genetic variation; loci; photosynthesis; rice; transpiration; water use efficiency; India
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... The study presents the morpho-physiological performance under induced drought condition and molecular marker based genetic variability amongst 13 rice varieties released for cultivation in Uttar Pradesh, India. An attempt was made to identify suitable genotypes for drought affected areas, based on their morpho-physiological characteristics and genetic diversity. The physiological parameters of pho ...
... Jasmonates (JAs) are phytohormones that induce plant defense responses against pathogens and herbivores. However, JAs often cause plant growth inhibition. Thus, JAs have not been practically useful for crop protection to date. In this study, we demonstrate that N-[5-(Trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl]benzenesulfonamide (TPBS) can upregulate JA-inducible defense genes in Nicotiana benthamiana plants wit ...
... Ascochyta blight (Didymella rabiei) is an economically important disease of chickpea in Morocco and other parts of the world. Knowledge about pathogen diversity and their aggressiveness in the Moroccan D. rabiei population can help breeders to develop appropriate breeding strategies for the management of Ascochyta blight. The genetic diversity of 41 D. rabiei isolates collected from four major chi ...
... Jaboticaba has been studied extensively, mainly in the context of its phenolic composition. Although there are several varieties, research has been concentrated on Sabará and Paulista due to their greater dispersion. This study aimed to characterize five jaboticaba varieties in terms of their anthocyanin and nonanthocyanin phenolic compositions and their antiproliferative action on tumor cells of ...
... Dendrobium has been the focus of floral industries for decades. Wild Dendrobiums serve as germplasm for creating hybrids in the cut flower industry and are priced high. But, fewer reports exist on the wild tropical species of Dendrobium. The present study reports in vitro flowering in Dendrobium ovatum - an epiphytic orchid species endemic to the oriental tropics. The seedlings are raised from the ...
DNA-directed DNA polymerase; biotechnology; chloroplast DNA; chloroplast genome; humans; memory; mitochondria; molecular biology; plant biology; research programs; ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase; California; India
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... Professor Krishna K. Tewari (1937–2017) was a pioneer in plant molecular biology and biochemistry. He was a professor and served as the Chairman of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the University of California, Irvine, and was the founder-director of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India. His research was focused on understandin ...
... Nitrogen is an essential element for rice biomass and starch quality. However, the molecular mechanism affecting starch characteristic by nitrogen remains poorly defined. Previously, we noted that Oryza sativa DNA BINDING WITH ONE FINGER 18 (OsDOF18) mediated ammonium transport by ammonium transporters. Here, we found that OsDOF18 induced nitrogen accumulation in seed. By analyzing the osdof18 mut ...
... Chilling conditions coinciding with the early stage of flowering cause significant yield losses in temperate climate zone wheat crops. Progress in breeding for chilling tolerance has been hampered by a lack in understanding of the physiological basis of the problem. Phenotyping methods have therefore used grain yield related traits, rather than traits that focus directly on the cause of the proble ...
... Cotton Boll Weevil (CBW, Anthonomus grandis) is a devastating insect-pest affecting cotton (Gossypium spp), using cotton internal floral structures for larval development, making it difficult to control. Little is known about the mechanism underlying CBW-plant interactions leading to infestation or resistance. Here, we investigated the plant molecular responses triggered by CBW extracts from eggs, ...
... Pouteria gardneriana Radlk (guapeva) is a tree native to the Brazilian Cerrado with economic, ecological, and biotechnological importance. Guapeva yield is limited mainly by the seeds recalcitrance, that can be overcome by micropropagation technique and effective acclimatization. The objective of this study was to investigate the role of in vitro rooting and inoculation of plant growth–promoting b ...
... Septoria brown spot, caused by Septoria glycines, is a highly prevalent foliar disease of soybean in the United States. Accurately identifying and quantifying the pathogen in soybean can provide valuable information for disease management. In this study, we describe the development and validation of a quantitative PCR (qPCR) method to detect and quantify Septoria glycines accurately. Three sets of ...
... Anthocyanins and other polyphenols are responsible for the positive effects that consumption of tart cherries and their products has on human health. However, instability of these compounds under processing conditions is a significant problem for fruit processing industry. The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of using carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) hydrogels for the delivery of t ...
... Helicases and translocases comprise one of the largest and highly conserved gene families in eukaryotic organisms, including plant. Members of this gene family are involved in a plethora of molecular processes related to DNA and RNA metabolism that are crucial for the maintenance of normal cellular functions. In this review, we bring together three major groups under this gene family – RNA helicas ...
... We have assessed the distribution and mating type of chickpea blight (Didymella rabiei (Kov.) v. Arx) from a total of 350 and 272 fields in major chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) growing areas of Ethiopia for two consecutive cropping seasons 2017 and 2018, respectively. The prevalence of D. rabiei was 20 % for the year 2017 and 7% for 2018. Severity range of 2−9 and incidence of 10–100 % were recorde ...
... Sorghum is widely grown as a failsafe crop in semi-arid regions particularly in post rainy season. Though the effect of drought on crop performance is studied widely there are few studies illustrating the association of fodder quality and agronomic traits under drought. To study the interactions we evaluated a set of 24 cultivars under drought for three years in post rainy season. The effect of dr ...
Elaeocarpus; fruit trees; fruit weight; fruits; genetic variation; germplasm; leaves; multidimensional scaling; olives; surface area; surveys; Sri Lanka
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... Ceylon olive (Elaeocarpus serratus L.) is a fruit tree indigenous to Sri Lanka. Due to lack of information on genetic diversity and germplasm wealth, the tree remains underexploited. Therefore, diversity assessment both through morphological and ISSR markers, was undertaken. As a result of extensive field exploration survey among 150 trees, 25 accessions superiority in fruit weight were selected a ...
... Seed longevity is a key trait to secure seed viability and vigor of farmer’s seed lots under the increased temperatures and humidity associated with climate change. While previous studies have found quantitative trait loci (QTL) for improved longevity in temperate japonica rice varieties, there are no available QTL identified that can potentially enhance seed longevity in tropical japonica rice, w ...
... A study was conducted to assess the resistant sources, genetic variability and phylogenetic relationship among 44 rice genotypes based on pathogenicity, genetic parameters of morphological traits and simple sequence repeat markers. Results demonstrated that, 9 genotypes were resistant, 9 were moderately resistant and the rest of the genotypes were susceptible. The higher level of phenotypic coeffi ...
... Environmental perturbations are persistent threats to sustainable agriculture, and thus recruitment of resilient crops, especially legumes, exhibiting agronomically important traits has become a priority for plant biologists. It is of utmost importance that the neglected and underutilized legumes (NULs) are identified and utilized as source of germane genes and gene-products, through concerted res ...
Parthenium argentatum; alternative crops; boron; calcium; drought; greenhouses; guayule; industrial crops; irrigation; phytoremediation; rubber; selenium; sodium; toxicity; water quality; California
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... This study evaluated the growth characteristics of six guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) accessions irrigated with waters high in boron, selenium, and calcium, and sodium salts under greenhouse conditions. The synthetic irrigation waters used in this investigation mimic the water quality used frequently for irrigation in the westside of the San Joaquin Valley, California, U.S.A. Guayule is a na ...
... Seed companies and farmers constantly demand seeds with proper agricultural performance. Seed priming technology is a feasible method to efficiently increase the production of agricultural crops by improving the morphophysiological pattern and metabolism of important enzymes, regulating phytohormones and reprogramming gene expression. The present study reports the ability of hydroelectrostatic hyb ...
... Potassium (K) deficiency in soil has become a global problem in agricultural production, seriously restricting crop production and agricultural sustainable development. Identification of the microRNAs associated with K use efficiency and understanding their functions in response to low K stress will be helpful for developing crop varieties with low K tolerance. Our previous study identified a low ...
DNA; agricultural land; community structure; corn; grasslands; land use; metagenomics; microbial communities; plant biology; rhizosphere; soil pH; species diversity
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... Microbial diversity and functionality are impacted by land-use and management practices, with studies reporting reduced microbial activities due to anthropogenic activities. In this study, we analyzed and compared the composition, diversity, and metabolic profiles of microbial communities in maize rhizosphere soils of a former grassland and an intensively cultivated land. Metagenomic DNA was extra ...
... Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) incessantly produced as by-products of metabolism play significant roles in seed physiology. ROS (hydroxyl, superoxide radical and hydrogen peroxide) and RNS (nitric oxide, nitric dioxide, nitrous acid and dinitrogen tetroxide) content changes in all phases of seed life cycle that influence seed germination, dormancy and longevity. ...
Sunita Kumari; Vivek Kumar; Kathleen Beilsmith; Samuel M.D. Seaver; Shane Canon; Paramvir Dehal; Tian Gu; Marcin Joachimiak; Claudia Lerma-Ortiz; Filipe Liu; Zhenyuan Lu; Eric Pearson; Priya Ranjan; William Riel; Christopher S. Henry; Adam P. Arkin; Doreen Ware
Sorghum bicolor; case studies; gene expression regulation; information management; metabolism; plant biology; sequence analysis; stress tolerance; transcriptomics; water stress
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... A better understanding of the genetic and metabolic mechanisms that confer stress resistance and tolerance in plants is key to engineering new crops through advanced breeding technologies. This requires a systems biology approach that builds on a genome-wide understanding of the regulation of gene expression, plant metabolism, physiology and growth. In this study, we examine the response to drough ...
... Lalit Mohan Srivastava (1931–2012) was a well-known plant developmental biologist. He was an authority on the molecular basis of the action of gibberellins and on the physiology, and biochemistry of the seaweeds. Here, we honor him by presenting a glimpse of his life and research; he had authored more than 60 research papers, of which we mention only a few. ...
... Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible tuberous roots and minimally for its leaves. It provides food and revenue to over eight hundred million people particularly in Africa. Generally, cassava is drought-tolerant, and sheds leaves in drought conditions resulting in significantly lower yields. Cassava drought management strategies need to ...
... Potato (Solanum tuberosum), a major food crop in the world is commonly infected with viral diseases, causing a loss in both quality and quantity of this crop. To determine the prevalence of eight important potato viruses in Gansu province of China, tuber samples were collected from Weiheyuan potato seed industry development Co., Ltd., and nineteen different commercial potato production fields at d ...
... The overuse of natural medicinal plants forces the search for alternative production techniques to meet the growing needs, compensate for habitat degradation and conserve natural populations of plants. This study investigated the macropropagation and micropropagation of four medicinal plants from the Lamiaceae family growing in Algeria: Thymus algeriensis Boiss & Reut., Rosmarinus officinalis L., ...
... Recent years have witnessed a gradual increase in the bioavailability and groundwater leaching of toxic heavy metals (HMs) in the environment, driven mainly by anthropogenic invasions. HMs, especially ranked as toxic/carcinogenic non-essential ones including Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), Aluminium (Al), Mercury (Hg) and Lead (Pb) have emerged as the major soil, air and water contaminants affecting f ...
Triticum turgidum subsp. durum; carbon; chlorophyll; cultivars; durum wheat; nitrogen; nitrogen metabolism; propane; protein content; seed germination; tricarboxylic acid cycle
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... Thiadiazole compounds and their derivatives cause many structural, physiological and developmental changes as well as metabolic pathways associated with carbon and nitrogen metabolism and the redox state inside plant tissues. In this study, physiological and biochemical effects of 0, 5, 25 and 50 μg/L of synthetic 1,2,3-Thiadiazole [1,3-Bis[4-(1,2,3-thiadiazol-4-yl) phenoxy]propane] compound on tw ...
... Due to global warming, the cultivation range of many crops is extending at higher altitudes and latitudes exposing plants to new climatic and environmental conditions, as early spring frosts. To face these issues in a sustainable agriculture context, new innovative technologies, as the use of biostimulants and the manipulation of plant microbiota, are emerging. Here, we focused on anarea of Northe ...
community structure; genotype; microbiome; microorganisms; phytobiome; plant growth; sustainable agriculture
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... Plants are colonized by a multitude of micro-organisms, collectively called “microbiome,” and which play essential roles in the niches they inhabit. The potential of the microbiome, combined with the need to produce food more sustainably, makes its study promising. Despite the growing recognition of the vast functional ability of the native microbiota as an intricate component of the plant fitness ...
endophytes; genome; genomics; lifestyle; plant development
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... The study of plant-endophyte interactions is complex and difficult to decipher. In part, this is because they are dynamic and diverse; these interactions can be mutualistic, commensalistic, symbiotic, and trophobiotic and can change over the different stages of plant development. However, revealing the complete genomes of these endophytic microorganisms (i.e., the plant endobiome) is making it pos ...
... Modern methods of increasing plant productivity are based on knowledge of the molecular basis of plant growth and development. The key regulators of these processes are transcription factors (TF) that control the expression of the genome at all stages of ontogenesis. The expression of significant part of the TF genes depends on miRNAs, therefore, it is necessary to find out which miRNAs and to wha ...
... The bioactivity spectrum of antagonistic rhizobacteria isolated from Zingiber officinale was analyzed against the phytopathogen Pythium myriotylum, which causes Pythium rot in ginger. One of the isolates ZoRC2 showed broad bioactivity against P. myriotylum. By molecular identification, the rhizobacteria was identified as Bacillus vietnamensis. The distortions on phytopathogenic fungal structures b ...
... Arid and semi-arid soils are characterized by nutrient deficiency and water scarcity, declining soil quality and climate regimes that are unfavorable for crop production. These environments are also affected by other inherent abiotic and biotic factors that affect the structure and function of these ecosystems. Numerous factors influence nutrient availability, plant productivity in an arid and sem ...