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Status, Gaps and Perspectives of Powdery Mildew Resistance Research and Breeding in Cucurbits Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Aleš Lebeda, Eva Křístková, Barbora Mieslerová, Narinder P. S. Dhillon, James D. McCreight
Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of flowering plants, is a very large and diverse family, the order Cucurbitales, contains 95 genera and 950–980 species of food and ornamental plants, and wild and w...
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Sesquiterpene Lactones – Insights into Biosynthesis, Regulation and Signalling Roles Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Maximilian Frey, Khabat Vahabi, Katarina Cankar, Nathalie D. Lackus, Federico Padilla-Gonzalez, Dae-Kyun Ro, Loren Rieseberg, Otmar Spring, Alain Tissier
Sesquiterpene lactones (STLs) are bitter tasting plant specialized metabolites derived from farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) that contain a characteristic lactone ring. STLs can be found in many plant ...
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CAMTAs, a family of calmodulin-binding transcription factors, are versatile regulators of biotic and abiotic stress responses in plants Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Amira A. E. Abdel-Hameed, Weibiao Liao, Kasavajhala V. S. K. Prasad, Anireddy S. N. Reddy
Plants, rooted in one place, are constantly subjected to diverse biotic and abiotic stresses that limit their growth and development, resulting in significant crop losses. In response to stresses, ...
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Egg Activation in Higher Plants: The Making of a New Generation in Angiosperms Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Wei Deng, Yun Ling Xie, Hui Qiao Tian, Xue Yi Zhu
The male and female gametes of higher plants are immobile, but compatible gametes can recognize, attach, and fuse to fulfill fertilization and start embryogenesis after sperm cells are released fro...
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Dealing with extremes: insights into development and operation of salt bladders and glands Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Xiaohui Chen, Lars H. Wegner, Bilquees Gul, Min Yu, Sergey Shabala
Salt bladders and salt glands of recretohalophytes are specific salt-secreting structures evolving from trichomes that allow plants to adapt to extreme environmental conditions (such as salinity or...
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Progress and future impacts on genomic dissection of soybean domestication and improvement Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Tingting Wu, Xin Xu, Lixin Zhang, Shan Yuan, Fulu Chen, Shi Sun, Bingjun Jiang
Soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) was domesticated from the wild annual progenitor Glycine soja (Sieb. & Zucc.) in the temperate zone of China. Through domestication and improvement, soybean agronom...
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New Tools for the Management of Fungal Pathogens in Extensive Cropping Systems for Friendly Environments Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 María Cecilia Pérez-Pizá, Francisco José Sautua, Agnieszka Szparaga, Andrea Bohata, Sławomir Kocira, Marcelo Aníbal Carmona
Crop production plays a critical role in global food security, with key commodities such as corn, wheat, soybean, and rice ranking among the most widely cultivated crops. These major crops are pred...
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Foliar Fertilization: A Potential Strategy for Improving Plant Salt Tolerance Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Cengiz Kaya, M. Ashraf
Soil salinity is a significant abiotic stressor that inhibits agricultural productivity globally. Researchers have been trying for a long to apply fertilizers to crops growing on salt affected soil...
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Back to the Future: Re-Engineering the Evolutionarily Lost Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Host Trait to Improve Climate Resilience for Agriculture Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Eli D. Hornstein, Heike Sederoff
The coming century in agriculture will be marked by increasing exposure of crops to abiotic stress and disease due to climate change. The plant traits with the strongest potential to mitigate these...
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Plant Prenylflavonoids and Prenyltransferases Related to their Biosynthesis Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Kuan Peng, Xiangjin Kong, Lingrong Wen, Tamas Dalmay, Yueming Jiang, Bao Yang, Hong Zhu
As the most widely distributed phenolic compounds in the plant kingdom, flavonoids play an integral role in plant reproduction and defense. Also, they represent many important quality traits of edi...
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Transcription Factors in the Regulation of Plant Heat Responses Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Qi Wang, Ziqiang Zhu
With the increasing global warming, heat stress has been a major challenge for plant growth and development. Transcriptional regulation is an important process in plant to combat heat stress. Recen...
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Polyamines as Universal Bioregulators across Kingdoms and Their role in Cellular Longevity and Death Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Ewelina Stolarska, Ewelina Paluch-Lubawa, Magda Grabsztunowicz, Umesh Kumar Tanwar, Magdalena Arasimowicz-Jelonek, Otto Phanstiel, Autar K. Mattoo, Ewa Sobieszczuk-Nowicka
Polyamines (PAs) are important molecules that determine cell longevity or death. Studies have shown that nutritional supplementation with spermidine can reduce age-related pathology and increase li...
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From Stress to Success: Harnessing Technological Advancements to Overcome Climate Change Impacts in Citriculture Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Syed Bilal Hussain, Evangelos Karagiannis, Meryam Manzoor, Vasileios Ziogas
Climate change, primarily caused by human activities, leads to persistent alterations in Earth’s long-term weather patterns and temperatures, resulting in substantial regional climate disparities t...
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Functional Residues in Plant Nutrient Transporters: An Opportunity for Gene Editing to Improve Agronomic Traits Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Stanislaus Antony Ceasar, Theivanayagam Maharajan, Pedro García-Caparrós
Abstract Plants require essential nutrients for maintaining normal physiological, biochemical, and molecular functions. Plasma membrane-localized nutrient transporters play key roles in acquiring and allocating plant nutrients. Extensive studies have been performed on the functional characterization of key plant nutrient transporters in the past decades. Crystal structures of a few plant nutrient transporters
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Reproductive Mechanisms in Ginkgo and Cycas: Sisters but not Twins Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Elisabetta Offer, Silvia Moschin, Sebastiano Nigris, Barbara Baldan
Abstract The study of reproductive mechanisms is of particular interest for a real understanding of seed plant evolution. Spermatophytes comprise angiosperms and four orders of gymnosperms (Cycadales, Ginkgoales, Coniferales, and Gnetales) whose main characteristic is the reproduction via seeds. Ginkgo and cycads form a sister clade to the other gymnosperms and occupy a key phylogenetic position in-between
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Progress on Mechanisms and Impacts of Wetland Plant Invasions: A Twenty-Year Retrospective Analysis and Priorities for the Next Twenty Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Stephen M. Hovick, Carrie Reinhardt Adams, Neil O. Anderson, Karin M. Kettenring
Abstract Invasive plants are ubiquitous features of many wetland systems, resulting in impacts that are extremely costly in both economic and ecological terms. Approximately twenty years ago, these impacts and many of the mechanisms underlying invasion were crystallized in a pair of now-classic review papers on the topic. These two contributions have guided substantial research efforts over the past
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The Significance of Florigen Activation Complex in Controlling Flowering in Rice Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Xiaobo Zhu, Zhang Dong, Mengjin Zhu, Weimin Hu, Jin Hu, Min Chen, Yajing Guan
Abstract Yield potential, plant height and flowering time are three classes of traits that determine the productivity of rice. Rice heading greatly depends on the accurate measurement of environment changes, particularly in day length and temperature. We discuss all genes reported to be related to the heading time in this review. The accumulation of florigen, such as Hd3a or RFT1, is the key factor
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Advances in the endogenous and exogenous regulation of anthocyanins–the key to color change in eudicots Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Jingqi Wang, Xinyi Gu, Yanling Dong, Tao Wang, Qiumin Sun, Siyi Fu, Ying Yang, Jiayi Huang, Chuting Liang, Xiaoting Xie, Hangjin Jiang, Bingsong Zheng, Yue Chen, Yi He
Abstract Anthocyanins are important water-soluble pigments that are widely found in plants and determine the color of plant organs, which possess significant health and economic value. The anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway is well established and some key regulators controlling this pathway have been identified in a variety of species. In recent years, microRNAs, transcription factors, and external
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Anthracnose Resistance in Legumes for Cropping System Diversification Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Abhay K. Pandey, Abhishek Kumar, Emmanuel K. Mbeyagala, Martin J. Barbetti, Ashwani Basandrai, Daisy Basandrai, Ramakrishnan M. Nair, Jay Ram Lamichhane
Abstract Anthracnose, caused by hemibiotrophic Colletotrichum spp., is a destructive disease of legumes and many other crops worldwide. Colletotrichum spp. constitute one of the top 10 phytopathogenic fungi, infecting ∼3,000 plant species, attacking food and forage legume crops at all growth stages; including seed, seedlings, young, and mature plants; with consequent significant yield reductions. Presently
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Functional Versatility of Multi-Protein Mediator Complex in Plant Growth and Development Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Ankita Prusty, Shivam Sharma, Naveen Malik, Sanjay Kapoor, Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi
Abstract The eukaryotic multi-subunit Mediator complex coordinates between transcription activators/repressors and general transcription machinery to direct a rigid transcriptional regulation. In plants, investigations on the Mediator complex have gained pace recently. Several reports from Arabidopsis and other plants provide details of the structure and function of the Mediator complex/subunits. Plant
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An Integrative Review of Drivers and Responses of Grassland Phenology under Global Change Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Jing Lü, Ruzhen Wang, Jordi Sardans, Josep Peñuelas, Yong Jiang, Xingguo Han
Abstract This review synthesizes studies of grassland phenology and associations with plant resource-investment tradeoffs, functional traits, environmental and genetic regulators, genome size (GS), and management practices of nitrogen (N) fertilization, grazing, and mowing. Afterwards, the following five knowledge gaps were identified: (i) there is a lack of clarity of constraints of resource acquisition
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Role of Mineral Nitrogen Nutrition in Fungal Plant Diseases of Cereal Crops Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-04-07 Niels Julian Maywald, Davide Francioli, Melissa Mang, Uwe Ludewig
Abstract Conventional chemical crop protection with pesticides is increasingly seen as being critical, because of pesticide residues in food and the environment. Integrated alternative management strategies such as crop rotations and soil management might also involve the targeted use of certain mineral fertilizers with benefits for plant health. A key element required for healthy crops is nitrogen
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Resynthesized Rapeseed (Brassica napus): Breeding and Genomics Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Elizabeth Ihien Katche, Annaliese S. Mason
Abstract Resynthesized rapeseed lines (2n = 4x = 38, AACC), which recreate the historical hybridization between progenitor species Brassica rapa (2n = 2x = 20, AA) and B. oleracea (2n = 2x = 18, CC) to produce Brassica napus (2n = 4x = 38, AACC), have been an important research subject for many years. These lines not only comprise useful genetic resources in rapeseed breeding for the introgression
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Creating and De Novo Improvement of New Allopolyploid Crops for Future Agriculture Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Yibo Teng, Mengke Su, Lulu Liu, Sheng Chen, Xunyan Liu
Abstract The development of climate change resilient crops is conducive to meeting the increasing threat of supporting the growing world population. Polyploidy occupies an important position in angiosperm evolution, as a key factor that shapes plant biodiversity, growth vigor, environmental adaptation, and emerging chemical compounds. In this review, we outlined the development and application of creating
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Selenium Exerts an Intriguing Alteration of Primary and Secondary Plant Metabolites: Advances, Challenges, and Prospects Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-01-11 Muna Ali Abdalla, Karl H. Mühling
Abstract Selenium (Se) is not yet conclusively classified as an essential nutrient required for plant growth. However, much attention has been devoted to its important role in human health since Se enrichment affects the production of primary and secondary metabolites. A strong link between low levels of Se and cancer and cardiac diseases has been proven. Thus, Se enrichment of crops has been established
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Evolution of the Cotton Genus, Gossypium, and Its Domestication in the Americas Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-01-09 Christopher R. Viot, Jonathan F. Wendel
Abstract Gossypium, the cotton genus, includes ∼50 species distributed in tropical and sub-tropical regions of all continents except Europe. Here we provide a synopsis of the evolutionary history of Gossypium and domestication of the American allopolyploid species, integrating data from fundamental taxonomic investigations, biogeography, molecular genetics, phylogenetic analysis, and archaeology. These
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Understanding the biosynthesis and regulatory mechanisms of bioactive compounds in Taraxacum species (dandelions), a model system for natural rubber, food, and medicinal plant biology Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Qun Liu, Yue Xu, Zhiqing Wu, Jun Qian, Bing Han, Guiyin Wang, Yugang Gao, Chengyuan Liang, Guoyin Kai
Abstract Plants that belong to the genus Taraxacum are commonly referred to as dandelions; these are some of the most evolved plants in the Asteraceae, with more than 2000 species distributed worldwide. Dandelions not only include medicinal plants but also rubber-producing plants. Recent advances in biotechnology and the growing demand for dandelions have increased research attention toward dandelions
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An Overview of Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils of Latin America and the Caribbean Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-12-01 Jimenez-Castaneda M. E., Lal R., Mello F. F. C., Witkowski K., St. Martin C., Villarreal F.
Abstract A major challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is to determine how to meet the ever-growing global needs for food while preserving natural ecosystems and contributing to climate change mitigation. In the region, continuing land use is occurring and has caused a significant soil organic carbon (SOC) loss. We estimated the SOC reduction in three representative ecosystems of the region:
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Ecology of Powdery Mildews – Influence of Abiotic Factors on their Development and Epidemiology Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Barbora Mieslerová, Roger T. A. Cook, C. Philip Wheater, Aleš Lebeda
Abstract Powdery mildews are some of the most common and dangerous biotrophic plant pathogens. They attack more than 10, 000 plant species, and can be found mainly in temperate and sub-tropical zones. This review evaluates the effects of most important abiotic conditions on powdery mildew namely temperature, humidity, light quality, air composition (mainly CO2 and ozone concentration) and movement
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Photosynthesis in Carnivorous Plants: From Genes to Gas Exchange of Green Hunters Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-20 Andrej Pavlovič
Abstract Although carnivorous plants can obtain organic carbon from their animal prey, they rely on photosynthetic assimilation of carbon dioxide. All investigated carnivorous plant species assimilate carbon dioxide using the C3 pathway, with the rate of photosynthesis (AN) being lower in comparison to noncarnivorous species. The reasons for low AN in carnivorous plants are (i) low nitrogen and phosphorus
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Progress in Marker-Assisted Selection to Genomics-Assisted Breeding in Tomato Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-07 Jagesh Kumar Tiwari, Suresh Reddy Yerasu, Nagendra Rai, Dhananjaya P. Singh, Achuit K. Singh, Suhas G. Karkute, Prabhakar M. Singh, Tusar K. Behera
Abstract Tomato is an important vegetable crop for fresh and processed products. In the past decades, conventional breeding cum marker-assisted selection (MAS) has been deployed widely to develop modern tomato cultivars with desirable agronomic traits, market classes, and consumer preferences. The rapid developments in sequencing technologies with the reduced costs per sample, high-throughput single
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Cys2/His2-Type Zinc Finger Proteins Regulate Plant Growth and Development Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-10-06 Yihua Liu, Ali Raza Khan, Wardah Azhar, Chui Eng Wong, Yingli Li, Ying Huang, Xue Cao, Zhenning Liu, Yinbo Gan
Abstract Cys2/His2-type Zinc Finger Proteins (C2H2-ZFPs) are known to play vital roles in the regulation of growth and development in plants. Nevertheless, the underlying molecular network is yet to be established. In this review paper, we elaborate on the structure, classification and biological functions of C2H2-ZFPs, and focus on the molecular mechanism of C2H2-ZFPs in regulating plant growth and
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Colonization Efficacy of the Endophytic Insect-Pathogenic Fungus, Beauveria bassiana, Across the Plant Kingdom: A Meta-Analysis Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-09-12 Shalini Yerukala, David M. Butler, Ernest C. Bernard, Kimberly D. Gwinn, Parwinder S. Grewal, Bonnie H. Ownley
Abstract The insect-pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bb) colonizes several plant species as an endophyte. However, the diversity of plants colonized and the extent of colonization by this fungus have not been summarized comprehensively across all plant species. To fill this knowledge gap, a meta-analysis of published studies (years 2002–2018) on the percentage of B. bassiana plant colonization
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Raffinose Family Oligosaccharides: Crucial Regulators of Plant Development and Stress Responses Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Shijuan Yan, Qing Liu, Wenyan Li, Jianbing Yan, Alisdair R. Fernie
Abstract Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs), the α-galactosyl derivatives of sucrose, are nearly ubiquitous in Plantae, and they have been demonstrated to play pivotal roles in regulating plant responses to various abiotic stresses. RFOs accumulate to high levels in plant kernels/fruits or vegetative parts and are commonly associated with storability and desiccation or cold tolerance. Recent
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Jasmonates as Emerging Regulators of Plants Response to Variable Nutrient Environment Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Saravanappriyan Kamali, Amarjeet Singh
Abstract Jasmonates (JAs) are known for their roles in plant defense and growth regulation. In recent years their roles in nutrient uptake and homeostasis have been explored. Regulation of nutrients uptake is crucial to maintain their optimum level in normal and deficient conditions. Under the deficiency of different nutrients, plants show unique responses like altered root growth, remodeling of root
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Development of Reference Genes for Horticultural Plants Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-26 Umair Ahmed, Qi Xie, Xueping Shi, Bo Zheng
Abstract Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) is extensively applied technique to investigate the transcript abundance of target genes in various organisms. Selection of appropriate reference genes (RGs) for qRT-PCR normalization is a crucial prerequisite for accurately quantifying gene expression level. RGs should exhibit minimal variation in gene expression. However
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Systems and breakdown of self-incompatibility Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-07-20 Muhammad Husnain Ahmad, Muhammad Junaid Rao, Jianbing Hu, Qiang Xu, Chenchen Liu, Zonghong Cao, Robert M. Larkin, Xiuxin Deng, Maurice Bosch, Lijun Chai
Abstract Self-incompatibility (SI) is a prezygotic mechanism that prevents self-pollination in flowering plants by distinguishing between nonself- and self-pollen. It controls sexual reproduction by promoting outcrossing and avoiding inbreeding. For thousands of years, this trait has been effectively exploited by breeders and growers as a tool to manipulate domesticated crops. However, efforts to spell
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Zygote Activation: The Start of the New Generation in Angiosperms Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-06-20 Yun Ling Xie, Wei Deng, Hui Qiao Tian, Xue Yi Zhu
Abstract In angiosperms, after the egg fuses with the sperm, many structural, physiological, and molecular biological changes occur in the fertilized egg. All of these changes facilitate the conversion of the haploid egg into the diploid zygote, a process known as the maternal-to-zygotic transition (MZT). In the egg, fertilized egg, and zygote, changes occur at each stage under the control of exact
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Genetics, Mechanisms and Deployment of Brown Planthopper Resistance Genes in Rice Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-05-17 A. Mishra, S. R. Barik, E. Pandit, S. S. Yadav, S. R. Das, S. K. Pradhan
Abstract Among the rice insects, brown planthopper (BPH), (Nilaparvata lugens Stål) is a monophagous migratory phloem-sucking insect causing severe loss in Asiatic countries. High nitrogen and willful insecticide application coupled with an increase in temperature have created havoc by this pest during the last few years in certain parts of India, Indonesia, China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines
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Uncovering the Secrets of Secretory Fluids During the Reproductive Process in Ginkgo biloba Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Danyang Mao, Han Tang, Nan Xiao, Li Wang
Abstract Reproduction is an essential process for all organisms. Although our understanding of the reproductive mechanism in angiosperms has rapidly advanced in recent years, it still lags behind that of gymnosperms. As an ancient gymnosperm, Ginkgo biloba has a remarkable evolutionary history and occupies an important phylogenetic position, representing one of the most ancient and primitive modes
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Evolution of Approaches to Increase the Salt Tolerance of Crops Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-04-27 M. Ashraf, R. Munns
Abstract The existence of salinity stress can be traced well before the domestication of crops, but the documentation and mitigation of this menace started only 100 years ago. Due to the unavailability of appropriate equipment and lack of sophisticated techniques, the salinity appraisal of soils and crop injury at early times was done visually. Initially, the major focus of scientists was on reclamation
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Bioactive compounds of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) juice: from industry waste to food and medical applications Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-04-22 Przemysław Łukasz Kowalczewski, Anna Olejnik, Stanisław Świtek, Anna Bzducha-Wróbel, Piotr Kubiak, Małgorzata Kujawska, Grażyna Lewandowicz
Abstract Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.), consumed daily by millions of people around the world, are one of the most important food crops. Potato juice (PJ) is a by-product of the starch production process and contains all the constituents of potato tubers except starch and fiber. A large volume of PJ is produced annually during the starch campaign. Currently, it can, at best, serve as a source of
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Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn): Nutritional Importance and Nutrient Transporters Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-03-06 Theivanayagam Maharajan, Stanislaus Antony Ceasar, Thumadath Palayullaparambil Ajeesh Krishna
Abstract Finger millet is a nutri-rich cereal crop of poor people living in the developing countries of Asia and Africa. Finger millet grains contain high amounts of potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, manganese, copper, zinc, and iron. Its calcium content is 10-fold higher than all other cereals and even three times higher than milk. Finger millet seeds are also rich in cystine, methionine
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Regulation of Plant Primary Metabolism – How Results From Novel Technologies Are Extending Our Understanding From Classical Targeted Approaches Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-03-03 Aleksandra Skirycz, Camila Caldana, Alisdair R. Fernie
Abstract The post-genomic era is characterized by a range of high throughput profiling methods capable of broadly characterizing gene expression levels, protein, and metabolite abundances. Application of these methods, enzyme profiling, and more recently, protein-metabolite interactions and flux analysis have alongside modeling approaches allowed us to refine our understanding of the regulation of
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Toward a Molecular Understanding of Rhizosphere, Phyllosphere, and Spermosphere Interactions in Plant Growth and Stress Response Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-02-16 Usman Aziz, Muhammad Saad Rehmani, Lei Wang, Xiaofeng Luo, Baoshan Xian, Shaowei Wei, Guodong Wang, Kai Shu
Abstract The rhizosphere and phyllosphere are the below- and above-ground microbial ecosystems of plants. Interactions between the rhizosphere and phyllosphere shape the plant-microbiome environment, which carries out functions from seedling development to reproductive growth. The microbial community of germinating seeds and associated soil is termed the spermosphere. It represents the numerous microorganisms
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MicroRNA-Mediated Gene Regulation of Secondary Metabolism in Plants Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2022-02-14 Shan Jiang, Jin-Long Cui, Xiao-ke Li
Abstract Plant microRNAs (miRNAs), a class of about 21-nucleotide-long small noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs), generally act as key regulators of their target genes by guiding mRNA cleavage or translational repression. Recent researches have reported that miRNAs can interact with pathway-related structural genes, transcription factors (TFs) and noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) to form regulatory network in secondary
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Diversity and Biosynthesis of Volatile Terpenoid Secondary Metabolites in the Chrysanthemum Genus Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2021-10-26 Yifan Jiang, Wanbo Zhang, Xinlu Chen, Weijiao Wang, Tobias G. Köllner, Sumei Chen, Fadi Chen, Feng Chen
Abstract Chrysanthemum is a significant genus belonging to one of the largest plant families, the Asteraceae. Among the over 40 recognized species, C. morifolium is best-known for its long history of cultivation and countless varieties. Like some other genera of this family, many Chrysanthemum species are producers of high levels of secondary metabolites. This review focuses on the largest class of
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Hyper-Recombinant Plants: An Emerging Field for Plant Breeding Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2021-10-13 Fan Li, Chunlian Jin, Liangsheng Zhang, Jihua Wang
Abstract Novelty is the primary requirement and breeding target for plant breeding, which can make a significant contribution to the new cultivar. The key factor for successful breeding is the genetic variation in the progeny, which depends on the degree of genetic material mixing after meiosis. However, meiotic recombination is tightly astricting in plants, resulting in a limited number of crossovers
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Genomics and Marker-Assisted Improvement of Vegetable Crops Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2021-09-23 Ivan Simko, Mengyuan Jia, Jelli Venkatesh, Byoung-Cheorl Kang, Yiqun Weng, Gianni Barcaccia, Sergio Lanteri, Gehendra Bhattarai, Majid R. Foolad
Abstract Vegetables are an integral part of the human diet worldwide. Traditional breeding approaches have been used extensively to develop new cultivars of vegetables with desirable characteristics, including resistance/tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, high yield, and an elevated content of compounds beneficial to human health. The technological progress since the early 1980s has revolutionized
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Ubiquitin Proteins and the Orchestration of Transcription Factors Activity Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2021-07-29 Yuqi He, Kaixuan Zhang, Milen I. Georgiev, Meiliang Zhou
Abstract The ubiquitin proteasome system is a key pathway, regulating targeted proteins degradation. A critical step is regulated by E3 ubiquitin ligases, which facilitates the transfer of ubiquitin moieties to substrate proteins, leading proteins degradation via 26S proteasome. However, the number of known ubiquitin dependent processes is still relatively small. Since some stress-related transcription
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Rhizospheric Engineering by Plant-Mediated Indirect Selection of Microbiome for Agricultural Sustainability Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2021-08-11 Shubham Dubey, Shilpi Sharma
Abstract In an attempt to attain sustainability in agriculture, microbiome-based approaches have been investigated as “next-generation biologicals”. The top-down strategy of plant-mediated indirect selection of rhizospheric microbiome holds potential in generating a robust and efficient microbiome for enhancement of desired plant phenotype and its overall fitness. It involves multiple rounds of plant
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Omics advances and integrative approaches for the simultaneous improvement of seed oil and protein content in soybean (Glycine max L.) Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2021-08-10 Virender Kumar, Sanskriti Vats, Surbhi Kumawat, Ashita Bisht, Vacha Bhatt, S. M. Shivaraj, Gunashri Padalkar, Vinod Goyal, Sajad Zargar, Sanjay Gupta, Giriraj Kumawat, Subhash Chandra, V. Celia Chalam, Milind B. Ratnaparkhe, Balwinder S. Gill, Martine Jean, Gunvant B. Patil, Tri Vuong, Istvan Rajcan, Rupesh Deshmukh, Francois Belzile, Tilak Raj Sharma, Henry T. Nguyen, Humira Sonah
Abstract Genetic improvement of soybean, one of the major crops providing edible oil and protein-rich food, is important to ensure balanced nutrition for the growing world population. To make soybean cultivation more rewarding, an increase in seed oil and protein content is most desirable. Here, a critical review of the efforts employed over a half-century to accomplish the improvement of soybean oil
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Fleshy Structures Associated with Ovule Protection and Seed Dispersal in Gymnosperms: A Systematic and Evolutionary Overview Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2021-07-06 Sebastiano Nigris, Greta D’Apice, Silvia Moschin, Riccardo Ciarle, Barbara Baldan
Abstract Fleshy structures associated with the ovule/seed arose independently several times during gymnosperm evolution. Fleshy structures are linked to ovule/seed protection and dispersal, and are present in all the four lineages of extant gymnosperms. The ontogenetic origin of the fleshy structures could be different, and spans from the ovule funiculus in the Taxus baccata aril, the ovule integument
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Natural Products from Bryophytes: From Basic Biology to Biotechnological Applications Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2021-06-07 Armin Horn, Arnaud Pascal, Isidora Lončarević, Raíssa Volpatto Marques, Yi Lu, Sissi Miguel, Frederic Bourgaud, Margrét Thorsteinsdóttir, Nils Cronberg, Jörg D. Becker, Ralf Reski, Henrik T. Simonsen
Abstract Natural products from plants have served mankind in a wide range of applications, such as medicines, perfumes, or flavoring agents. For this reason, synthesis, regulation and function of plant-derived chemicals, as well as the evolution of metabolic diversity, has attracted researchers all around the world. In particular, vascular plants have been subject to such analyses due to prevalent
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Heterosis in Genomic Era: Advances in the Molecular Understanding and Techniques for Rapid Exploitation Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2021-06-22 Abhijit Kumar Das, Mukesh Choudhary, Pardeep Kumar, Chikkappa G Karjagi, Yathish KR, Ramesh Kumar, Alla Singh, Santosh Kumar, Sujay Rakshit
Abstract Heterosis has been widely exploited in plants and animals, and also revolutionized agriculture by improving important agronomic traits. However, the molecular mechanism is still remaining elusive. Though different classical models, viz., dominance, overdominance and epistasis still holds true, the recent studies on epigenomics, transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomics and circadian model have
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Biosynthesis and Regulatory Mechanisms of Bioactive Compounds in Salvia miltiorrhiza, a Model System for Medicinal Plant Biology Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2021-06-08 Shanfa Lu
Abstract Salvia miltiorrhiza is one of the most well known species in the genus Salvia of the Lamiaceae with great economic, academic and medicinal value. It was recorded as a traditional Chinese medicine material first in about the second century BC and later in many other ancient books. Salvia miltiorrhiza can be clinically used alone or mixed with other herbs to treat heart and cardiovascular diseases
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Cooperative Regulation of Flavonoid and Lignin Biosynthesis in Plants Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Su Zhang, Jie Yang, Hongquan Li, Vincent L. Chiang, Yujie Fu
Abstract Flavonoids and lignin are valuable phytochemicals derived from plant secondary metabolism and play important roles in regulating multiple plant developmental processes and signaling networks. The biosynthetic pathways leading to flavonoids and lignin are known to be originated from the general phenylpropanoid pathway. Key regulators controlling the pathway structural genes have been isolated
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An Ecological Insight into the Multifaceted World of Plant-Endophyte Association Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Sushma Mishra, Annapurna Bhattacharjee, Shilpi Sharma
Abstract Under natural conditions plants are not individual entities; they are associated with diverse microbiota to form the plant holobiont. The concept of plant holobiont is being actively explored to address the issues related to plant’s health. Endophytes are a class of plant-associated microbes, which reside within the internal tissues of plants. They have been ubiquitously reported in all plants
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Divide and Conquer: The Initiation and Proliferation of Meristems Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2021-04-21 Michael F. Schwartz, Rachel Peters, Aitch M. Hunt, Abdul-Khaliq Abdul-Matin, Lisa Van den Broeck, Rosangela Sozzani
Abstract In contrast to animals, which complete organogenesis early in their development, plants continuously produce organs, and structures throughout their entire lifecycle. Plants achieve the continuous growth of organs through the initiation and maintenance of meristems that populate the plant body. Plants contain two apical meristems, one at the shoot and one root, to produce the lateral organs
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On the Role of Transposable Elements in the Regulation of Gene Expression and Subgenomic Interactions in Crop Genomes Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. (IF 6.9) Pub Date : 2021-05-24 Rafaqat A. Gill, Federico Scossa, Graham J. King, Agnieszka Golicz, Chaobo Tong, Rod J. Snowdon, Alisdair R. Fernie, Shengyi Liu
Abstract Transposable elements (TEs) represent a major and variable portion of plant genomes, and recent progress in genetics and genomics has highlighted the importance of different TE species as a useful genetic tool in crop breeding. TEs can cause changes in the pattern of gene expression, and regulate gene function by various means such as cis- up- or down-regulation of nearby genes through insertion