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Improving potassium uptake efficiency in plants is crucial for agricultural production. Auxin is a key plant hormone that promotes root growth and enhances the ability of plants to absorb and accumulate minera...
Theacrine and epigallocatechin-3-O-(3-O-methyl) gallate (EGCG3"Me) are notable secondary metabolites in tea (Camellia sinensis), celebrated for their unique flavors and significant health effects. Theacrine has a...
Drought resistance is an increasingly important trait for many plants—including St. Augustinegrass, a major warm-season turfgrass—as more municipalities impose restrictions on frequency and amount of irrigatio...
Corylus species (hazelnuts) are a valuable source of nutrients and are widely consumed worldwide. Nevertheless, Corylus avellana (Cor a) contains 13 allergens (Cor a 1, Cor a 2, Cor a 6, Cor a 8, Cor a 9, Cor a 1...
As a vicious invasive plant, Cyclachaena xanthiifolia has caused severe ecological disruption and significant reductions in crop yield, necessitating urgent control measures. However, the underlying mechanisms of...
Charcoal rot caused by Macrophomina phaseolina results in substantial yield losses in cowpea. Host plant resistance is the most reliable and cost-effective method of controlling this disease. Newly developed vari...
Apomixis is an asexual reproduction process that allows plants to bypass meiosis and fertilization, resulting in clonal seeds that are genetically identical to the maternal genotype. Eragrostis curvula is a grass...
Xanthium spinosum is one of the most abundant and aggressively invasive plants in the world. Cuscuta australis parasitism hinders X. spinosum growth and development by absorbing nutrients, leading to reduced repr...
Walnut anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, is a globally significant disease. Bacillus velezensis demonstrates strong inhibitory effects against C. gloeosporioides. Current research primarily f...
Plants have evolved the ability to detect nitrogen fluctuations to optimize their nitrogen acquisition. However, the mechanisms of nitrogen perception and signaling still need to be well characterized.
Phenology research has provided important insights on the influence of climate change on ecosystems. Investigation of spatial and interspecific difference can help us to better understand the phenology change ...
Artemisia sphaerocephala is an important sand-fixing plant in arid sandy areas. To elucidate the physiological and molecular changes of A. sphaerocephalala induced by drought stress, this study used a combination...
Himalayan forests are crucial for ecological roles but face threats from natural and human factors. This study examines tree diversity, regeneration patterns, and human-induced threats in the Kashmir Western H...
The cultivated peanut, Arachis hypogaea L., is a critical oil and food crop worldwide. Improving seed oil quality in peanut has long been an aim of breeders. However, our knowledge of the genetic basis of selecti...
In winter wheat (Triticum aestivum), delayed senescence of the flag leaf is linked to the duration of photosynthesis and grain yield. In different wheat cultivars, various components of the photosynthetic apparat...
Methylesterases (MESs) are a class of enzymes responsible for the demethylation of methylated compounds in plants, play a vital role in plant growth and development. However, studies on MES enzymes in tomato (Sol...
Flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1) is part of a group of nuclear enzymes involved in eukaryotic DNA replication and repair. In our studies, using both biochemical and biophysical approaches, we demonstrated that Arabidop...
Agriculture, a crucial sector for global economic development and sustainable food production, faces significant challenges in detecting and managing crop diseases. These diseases can greatly impact yield and ...
This study examined the morphological characters and molecular analysis of 15 species belonging to eight genera of the family Malvaceae, collected from different localities in Egypt. The study focused on inves...
Polyploid rice has a high yield potential and excellent nutritional quality. The development of polyploid rice remained critically limited for several decades due to low seed setting rate until the successful ...
As climate change accelerates, it may significantly alter species distributions and endanger many species. The use of species distribution modeling (SDM) has become increasingly vital for assessing the likely ...
The NAC (NAM, ATAF1/2, and CUC2) gene family plays a critical role in regulating plant growth, developmental processes, and stress response mechanisms. While NAC genes have been systematically characterized in...
The study was focused on the WUSCHEL-RELATED HOMEOBOX 5 (WOX5), a member of the WUSCHEL family of homeodomain transcription factors, of the root apical meristem (RAM) – specific function in the quiescent cente...
The livestock sector plays a pivotal role in rural socio-economic development, particularly in arid regions. Making silage is one method for storing feed during the dry season, while leguminous species serve a...
The extreme high-altitude conditions of the Tibetan Plateau, characterized by intense solar radiation, low temperatures, and reduced oxygen levels, poses significant challenges to plant survival. Plants inhabi...
Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most productive crops worldwide. As a heterotic crop predominantly grown as F1 hybrid, maize exhibits challenges for genetic studies of complex traits, since homozygous genotypes...
Gray mold caused by Botrytis cinerea is a major threat to the production of strawberry. An increasing number of studies have reported that wall-associated kinase/wall-associated kinase-like (WAK/WAKL) played an i...
Drought stress is a predominant abiotic factor contributing to reduced crop yields globally. Therefore, exploring the molecular mechanism of drought control is of great significance to improve drought resistan...
Climate changes pose challenges to crop production. However, the causes of phenotypic differences across environments remain unclear.
Human bacterial pathogens such as Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli can colonize the apoplast of leafy greens, where they may evade standard sanitization measures and persist until produce consumption. Bac...
Improving maize yield in newly reclaimed soils presents major challenges. This study analyzed the impact of various irrigation methods (drip, sprinkler, and surface), foliar applications (potassium bicarbonate...
Citrus, a globally vital economic crop, faces severe challenges due to extreme climatic conditions and diseases/pests attack. Poncirus trifoliata is closely related to citrus and shows unique cold tolerance, maki...
Salt stress often reduces plant efficiency in nutrient utilization, particularly nitrogen (N), leading to physiological disorders, primarily those related to phytohormones. Hence, the current study assessed th...
Chrysanthemum indicum is an important medicinal plant that has a particularly strong effect on bacteria and viruses and has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory properties. The genes of the TCP fa...
As a key aspect of managing of invasive alien species in China, the prevention and control of Spartina alterniflora have become an important part of the work in coastal provinces, and imazapyr acid has been gradu...
Grapes are one of the oldest cultivated fruit species in the world, known for their high nutritional value. Grapes and grape products, including wine, are significant to many economies worldwide. Both abiotic ...
Chitinase, a key enzyme family within the pathogenesis-related (PR) protein, plays a crucial role in plant defense by degrading chitin, a major component of fungal cell walls. The HvCHT genes in barley are inv...
The SENSITIVE TO PROTON RHIZOTOXICITY 1 (STOP1) transcription factor plays a pivotal role in maintaining cellular ion balance and governing aluminum tolerance in plants. Abscisic acid (ABA) participates in alu...
Radix Bupleuri, derived from the dried roots of Bupleurum chinense DC., is a well-documented phytomedicine in global pharmacopoeias and a common constituent in herbal formulations. While previous studies have hin...
Seasonal drought has hindered the sustainable growth of the Camellia oil tree industry. While brassinolide (BL) can mitigate drought stress in plants to some extent, the regulatory mechanisms underlying BL’s e...
Weeds cause low crop productivity and increasing costs, and therefore, different solutions, such as manual weeding or synthetic herbicides, have been suggested to solve this problem. These methods involve high...
Salt-alkali stress is an abiotic stress that inhibits crop growth and reduces yield. It significantly affects various physiological processes in plants, including photosynthesis, osmotic regulation, and antiox...
Insensitivity to day length is an essential trait for oat cultivation and its geographical spread to a wide range of latitudes. Daylength-insensitive oat cultivars can flower normally from low to high latitude...
Elevated temperatures significantly impaired the normal growth and development of plants. This study combined physiological and transcriptomic analyses to explore the potential mechanisms of response to heat s...
Trichomes in Prunus persica (L.) Batsch are crucial specialized structures that play a protective role against both biotic and abiotic stresses. The fruits with and without trichomes are respectively named as pea...
Abscisic acid (ABA) regulates key plant processes, including seed germination, dormancy, and abiotic stress responses. While its physiological role in germination is well-documented, the molecular mechanisms a...
Drought and salt stresses as common abiotic stresses have a significant impact on the yield and quality of Malus domestica (apple). The tubby-like proteins (TLPs), as a family of transcription factors, play an im...
Heading date (HD) is a crucial agronomic trait in wheat, significantly influencing both adaptation and yield. Despite having identical genotypes for the major heading genes Vrn-1 and Ppd-1, two Korean wheat culti...
Plant-beneficial fungi play an important role in enhancing plant health and resistance against biotic and abiotic stresses. Although extensive research has focused on their role in eliciting plant defences aga...
Overgrazing (OG) is an important driver of grassland degradation and productivity decline. Highly effective synergy between plants and rhizosphere growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) may be a major way for g...
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