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Ameliorative effect of indole-3-acetic acid- and siderophore-producing Leclercia adecarboxylata MO1 on cucumber plants under zinc stress J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2021-01-17 Sang-Mo Kang; Raheem Shahzad; Muhammad Aaqil Khan; Zuhair Hasnain; Ko-Eun Lee; Hee-Soon Park; Lee-Rang Kim; In-Jung Lee
ABSTRACT This study investigated the plant growth-promoting effects of Leclercia adecarboxylata MO1 for Zn stress mitigation and plant growth improvement in Zn-contaminated soil. Results demonstrated that L. adecarboxylata MO1 produced siderophores that could solubilize Zn and silicate, had a tolerance to elevated levels of Zn supplementation (2 and 5 mM) in growth mediums, and produced significant
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Comparative analysis of protein and differential responses of defense-related gene and enzyme activity reveals the long-term molecular responses of sugarcane inoculated with Sporisorium scitamineum J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2021-01-06 Pratiksha Singh; Rajesh Kumar Singh; Qi-Qi Song; Hai-Bi Li; Dao-Jun Guo; Mukesh K. Malviya; Krishan K. Verma; Xiu-Peng Song; Prakash Lakshmanan; Li-Tao Yang; Yang-Rui Li
ABSTRACT Smut, the most important sugarcane fungal disease in China, is caused by Sporisorium scitamineum. Smut infection causes severe cane and sugar yield loss. Whole-plant resistance response is characterized by the expression of a large number of pathogenesis-related proteins and genes. Here, proteomic analysis by isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantification was conducted to identify differentially
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Na+ accumulation alleviates drought stress induced photosynthesis inhibition of PSII and PSI in leaves of Medicago sativa J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-12-30 Zhang Huihui; Huo Yuze; Guo Kaiwen; Xu Zisong; Shiqi Liu; Qiao Wang; Xuecong Wang; Xu Nan; Yining Wu; Sun Guangyu
ABSTRACT To probe the mechanism of action of NaCl in regulating drought adaptation in Medicago sativa, we pretreated M. sativa with different concentrations (0, 50, 100 and 200 mM) of NaCl, then studied the effects of NaCl pretreatment on water content, chlorophyll content, photosynthetic function, and membrane peroxidation of M. sativa plants subjected to drought stress. Although pretreatment with
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Plant-PGPR interaction study of plant growth-promoting diazotrophs Kosakonia radicincitans BA1 and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia COA2 to enhance growth and stress-related gene expression in Saccharum spp. J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-12-14 Rajesh Kumar Singh; Pratiksha Singh; Hai-Bi Li; Dao-Jun Guo; Qi-Qi Song; Li-Tao Yang; Mukesh Kumar Malviya; Xiu-Peng Song; Yang-Rui Li
ABSTRACT Sugarcane is a leading biofuel crop besides being a source of crystal sugar and biomaterials worldwide. This study chiefly focuses on the role of diazotrophic bacteria isolated from sugarcane rhizosphere exhibiting different plant growth-promoting traits and biocontrol activities. Several bacterial isolates were obtained from the rhizosphere soil samples of four sugarcane cultivars. Out of
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Identification MdeSOS1 in Magnolia denudata and its function in response to salt stress J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-11-23 Pengjie Chang; Zhen Wu; Nannan Song; Sainan Bian; Ninghang Wang; Lingjuan Xuan; Bin Dong; Xiaode Wang; Yamei Shen
ABSTRACT In this study, annual Magnolia denudata seedlings were treated with a 200 mmol L−1 NaCl solution. Na+ content in its stems increased by more than about 24 times after 72 h and K+ content in leaves basically maintained in a steady state. MdeSOS1, isolated from M. denudata, comprised a 3453-bp ORF and included 12 transmembrane structures within its N terminal and a hydrophilic tail in its C-terminal
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Ethylene mediated physiological response for in vitro development of salinity tolerant tomato J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-11-11 Yalaga Rama Rao; Mohammad Wahid Ansari; Anil Kumar Singh; Niharika Bharti; Varsha Rani; Amit Verma; Ramwant Gupta; Ranjan Kumar Sahoo; Zahid Hameed Siddiqui; Zahid Khorshid Abbas; Gurdeep Bains; Brajendra; S.K. Guru; Randeep Rakwal; Narendra Tuteja; Vellanki R. Kumar
ABSTRACT Tomato is an important crop and has immense health benefits and medicinal value. Here, we described how salinity stress affects tomato plant growth and developmental processes and productivity. It causes ionic toxicity, oxidative damage, osmotic stress, and hormonal imbalance. In this review, we emphasized the crucial role of ethylene (ET) towards in vitro development of tomato crop by mediating
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Salt stress affects mineral nutrition in shoots and roots and chlorophyll a fluorescence of tomato plants grown in hydroponic culture J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-11-11 Aicha Loudari; Chahinez Benadis; Rachida Naciri; Aziz Soulaimani; Youssef Zeroual; Mohamed El Gharous; Hazem M. Kalaji; Abdallah Oukarroum
ABSTRACT Salt stress is considered one of the major constraints limiting plant growth. Here, tomato plants were grown in hydroponic culture with two salt sodium chloride concentrations (S1 = 2.8 dS m−1 and S2 = 4.8 dS m−1). Under salt treatment, a significant decrease in chlorophyll content index and shoot and root dry weight were observed. We found that copper (Cu) was accumulated significantly in
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Formate dehydrogenase takes part in molybdenum and iron homeostasis and affects dark-induced senescence in plants J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-11-06 Irene Murgia; Gianpiero Vigani; Dario Di Silvestre; Pierluigi Mauri; Rossana Rossi; Andrea Bergamaschi; Miriam Frisella; Piero Morandini
ABSTRACT Formate is produced, in plants, by various biochemical pathways and it is degraded by Formate Dehydrogenase FDH, in presence of NAD+, into CO2 and NADH. FDH has been proposed as one of the enzymes regulating molybdenum (Mo) and iron (Fe) homeostasis. Here we explored the impact of FDH perturbation on Mo and Fe plant nutritional status and FDH relevance on the plant responses against abiotic
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Network during light-induced cotyledons opening and greening in Astragalus membranaceus J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-10-19 Nan Yang; Ye Zhang; Jia Liu; Yang Liu; Qi Chen; Hongzheng Wang; Xiaorui Guo; Werner B. Herppich; Zhonghua Tang
ABSTRACT Opening and greening are main characteristics of morphogenesis of cotyledons. For revealing interrelationship between metabolism and morphogenesis, metabolic shifts were analyzed in cotyledon of A. membranaceus seedlings with different stages in light and in darkness. Light induced 69 metabolites (MA), related to cotyledon greening; additional 89 metabolites (MB), related to cotyledon opening
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Insights into 28-homobrassinolide (HBR)-mediated redox homeostasis, AsA–GSH cycle, and methylglyoxal detoxification in soybean under drought-induced oxidative stress J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-10-19 Md. Mahadi Hasan; Md. Arfan Ali; Mona H. Soliman; Abdulaziz A. Alqarawi; Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah; Xiang-Wen Fang
ABSTRACT Brassinosteroids (BRs) are well recognized for their defensive role in plants under abiotic stress conditions, but 28-homobrassinolide (HBR)-induced tolerance to drought stress has not been reported in soybean (Glycine max L.). The present study investigated the effect of HBR on soybean seedlings under drought stress. Drought stress suppressed growth and photosynthetic systems while increased
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Responses of stemborer Chilo partellus to volatiles emitted by maize landraces exposed to signal grass (Brachiaria brizantha) J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-10-06 Henlay J.O. Magara; Daniel M. Mutyambai; Midega A.O. Charles; Syprine A. Otieno; Teresia M. Nyaga; Saliou Niassy; Zeyaur R. Khan
ABSTRACT This study sought to evaluate the oviposition responses of Chilo partellus (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on maize plants exposed to Brachiaria brizantha Stapf following oviposition by C. partellus and nonexposed maize. Two Kenyan maize landraces (Jowi and Nyamula), Latin America landrace (Cuba 91) and WH505 (hybrid variety) (control) were studied. The result demonstrated that C. partellus deposited
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Different effects of phytohormones on Fusarium head blight and Fusarium root rot resistance in Brachypodium distachyon J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-10-05 J. F. Haidoulis; P. Nicholson
ABSTRACT Fusarium graminearum is a devastating pathogen of small grain cereals causing both Fusarium head blight (FHB) and Fusarium root rot (FRR). Exogenous application of phytohormones has been shown to affect FHB resistance. In contrast to FHB, FRR remains poorly characterised and it is unknown whether phytohormones play similar roles in FHB and FRR. In this present study, B. distachyon floral tissues
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Application of rice endophytic Bradyrhizobium strain SUTN9-2 containing modified ACC deaminase to rice cultivation under water deficit conditions J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-10-04 Sukanlaya Sarapat; Aphakorn Longtonglang; Kamolchanok Umnajkitikorn; Teerayoot Girdthai; Nantakorn Boonkerd; Panlada Tittabutr; Neung Teaumroong
ABSTRACT Bacterial 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase is a key factor for alleviating the plant ethylene biosynthesis, which is induced by stress. The ACC deaminase-improved strains of the rice endophytic Bradyrhizobium sp. SUTN9-2, SUTN9-2 (ACCDadap) and SUTN9-2:pMG103::acdRS, exhibit 1.4- and 8.9-fold higher ACC deaminase activity than the wild type, respectively (Sarapat S, Songwattana
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Integrated bioinformatics analysis reveals the response of Arabidopsis roots to salt stress through multiple gene expression omnibus datasets J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Meili Guo; Xin Liu; Lei Li; Yusu Jiang; Xuejuan Yu; Tao Meng; Chunxi Zhou
ABSTRACT Plant growth and crop productivity has been adversely affected by salt stress around the world. Arabidopsis root is an important model to demonstrate how the glycophyte adapts to salt stress. To better understand the salt-responsive genes in Arabidopsis root, a rank aggregation method has been applied to disclose 836 dysregulated genes including 449 upregulated and 387 down-regulated genes
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Water sources effects on soil salinity and biomass production of agriculture and agroforest systems in raised fields J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-09-29 Hengyu Hu; Mengkun Zhang; Min Fu; Jihao Qin; Jiansheng Chen; Yupeng Feng; Geng Li; Mingzhen Zhai; Yin Zhang; Tangyuan Ning
ABSTRACT This study investigates the sources of water under four modes, namely, normal fields, Raised Fields, single agriculture in Raised Fields, and agroforest system in Raised Fields, by using a combination of δ18O, δ2H and δ13C and their effects on crop yield and water use efficiency. The results show that the soil electrical conductivity of Raised Fields during summer maize seasons was lower than
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In-depth investigation on abiotic stress-responsive differentially expressed genes in Arabidopsis roots through GEO database J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-09-07 Meili Guo; Xin Liu; Jiahui Wang; Lei Li; Yusu Jiang; Xuejuan Yu; Tao Meng
Abiotic stresses limit the plant growth and productivity. Plants have developed various responsive mechanisms to survive these adverse environmental conditions. To better understand plants how to adapt environmental stress, we retrieved the Arabidopsis root responsive genes related to eight abiotic stresses (salt, cold, drought, osmotic, UV, wounding, heat, and heavy metal stresses) from the Gene Expression
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Mixing effect on stand yield of Pinus tabulaeformis and Quercus liaotungensis is modulated by site quality and stand density in the Loess Plateau, China J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Xiao-zhou Yang; Qiu-yue He; Wen-hui Zhang
Interactions between plants are complicated: they can change resource availability, the proportion of resources acquired and the efficiency of resource use. This can eventually lead to changes in stand yield, but the driving mechanisms remain controversial. This study aimed to clarify the effects of mixing on stand yield. We established 120 mixed and pure plots of Chinese pine (Pinus tabulaeformis)
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) species and abundance exhibit different effects on saline-alkaline tolerance in Leymus chinensis J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-08-07 Yaping Cao; Xuefeng Wu; Anastasiia Zhukova; Zhanhui Tang; Yue Weng; Zhenxin Li; Yurong Yang
ABSTRACT Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) was considered as a biotechnological tool for plant stress tolerance improvement and degraded ecosystem restoration. However, the variations in the effects of AMF species and abundance on plant performance under stress condition have to be still investigated. The study was conducted to evaluate the mechanisms of five AMF species, single or mixture, on Leymus
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The effects of foliar application of melatonin on some physiological and biochemical characteristics and expression of fatty acid desaturase gene in pistachio seedlings (Pistacia vera L.) under freezing stress J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-07-23 Adeleh Barand; Fatemeh Nasibi; Khosrow Manouchehri Kalantari; Mohammad Moradi
ABSTRACT In this study, the impacts of exogenous melatonin on freezing stress mitigation in pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) seedlings (30-days old) were investigated. Our results showed that in pistachio seedlings under freezing stress antioxidant enzyme activity, malondialdehyde (MDA) hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), electrolyte leakage, chlorophyll degradation, proline and soluble sugar and γ-aminobutyric
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Aspergillus niger boosted heat stress tolerance in sunflower and soybean via regulating their metabolic and antioxidant system J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-07-07 Ismail; Muhammad Hamayun; Anwar Hussain; Amjad Iqbal; Sumera Afzal Khan; In-Jung Lee
ABSTRACT Plants can be severely affected by heat stress due to rapid environmental changes. Use of endophytic fungi is a new tool to protect crops from the environmental stresses. Here we claim a potent endophyte isolated from Sonchus asper L. The aim was to explore the stress adaptive mechanism of sunflower and soybean mediated by Aspergillus niger (SonchL-7) under high temperature. Inoculation with
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Identification of CDF family members in apple and their expression in response to sucrose during floral induction J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-07-07 Siyan Qi; Wenchun Ma; Na An; Xiuhua Gao; Lisha Du; Dong Zhang; Juanjuan Ma; Caiping Zhao; Mingyu Han; Libo Xing
ABSTRACT Plant-specific CDF genes encode a class of transcription factors which play crucial roles in plant flowering, especially in photoperiod-regulated flowering. But little is known about the potential functions of MdCDFs during flower induction in apple. In this study, 11 putative MdCDFs were identified and named systematically. Bioinformatic analysis revealed a functional and structural similarity
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Plant strategies in extremely stressful environments: are the effects of nurse plants positive on all understory species? J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-07-06 Ali A. Al-Namazi; Stephen P. Bonser
ABSTRACT Facilitation by nurse plants likely increases from outside the canopy to the center of the canopy as stresses decrease towards the center of the canopy. These stress gradients may be important in controlling plant distributions, with stress-tolerant species specializing outside the canopy or at the canopy edge, and stress intolerant species specializing at the center of the canopy. We tested
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Effect of liquid bio-slurry and nitrogen rates on soil physico-chemical properties and quality of green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) at Hawassa Southern Ethiopia J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Zelalem Addis Musse; Tarekegn Yoseph Samago; Hussien Mohammed Bisher
ABSTRACT Green bean is one of the widely cultivated crops in developing countries. However, its cultivation is constrained by low soil fertility. A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of LBS and N rates on soil physico-chemical properties and yield of green bean at Hawassa, Ethiopia. Four levels of LBS (0, 20.6, 41.2 and 61.8 m3/ha) and four N levels (0, 20.5, 41 and 61.5 kg/ha) were
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Comparative transcriptome analyses of a table grape ‘Summer Black’ and its early-ripening mutant ‘Tiangong Moyu’ identify candidate genes potentially involved in berry development and ripening J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-07-02 Lingzhu Wei; Yuehua Cao; Jianhui Cheng; Jiang Xiang; Biwei Shen; Jiang Wu
ABSTRACT Early ripening is an important desirable attribute for fruit crops. ‘Tiangong Moyu’, a bud mutant of the grape cultivar ‘Summer Black’ (Vitis vinifera L.× Vitis labrusca L.), ripens nearly 10 days earlier and shows earlier increase in fresh weight, sugar accumulation, and color change and faster decrease in titratable acid than ‘Summer Black’. To identify the genes controlling early fruit
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AIW1 and AIW2, two ABA-induced WD40 repeat-containing transcription repressors function redundantly to regulate ABA and salt responses in Arabidopsis J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-06-17 Xutong Wang; Wei Wang; Yating Wang; Ganghua Zhou; Shanda Liu; Dongqiu Li; Adnan; Saddam Hussain; Sajjad Ahmed; Chen Zhang; Li Yan; Tianya Wang; Shucai Wang
ABSTRACT WDR proteins in plants regulate multiple aspects of plant growth and development, as well as plant responses to environmental stimuli. Here, we report the identification of AIW1 (ABA-induced WD40-repeat 1) and AIW2 as novel regulators of salt responses in Arabidopsis. RT-PCR results show that the expression of AIW1 and AIW2 were induced by ABA. Transfection assays in protoplasts show that
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Chloroplastic acyl carrier protein synthase I and chloroplastic 20 kDa chaperonin proteins are involved in wheat (Triticum aestivum) in response to moisture stress J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Maryam Nazari; Sayyed Saeed Moosavi; Mahmood Maleki; Kiarash Jamshidi Goharrizi
ABSTRACT In this study, two bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars, Pishgam (drought-tolerant) and Shahryar (drought-sensitive), were grown in the greenhouse under control and moisture stress conditions. Based on phenological and morpho-physiological results, Pishgam was confirmed as a moisture stress tolerant cultivar. In the fallowing, at the start of heading time, its treated and untreated
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Investigating the effect of belowground microbial volatiles on plant nutrient status: perspective and limitations J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-06-11 Lara Martín-Sánchez; Cristiana Ariotti; Paolina Garbeva; Gianpiero Vigani
ABSTRACT Volatile organic compounds displayed biological activities on a wide range of organisms, including plants and microbes. Investigating their role in the plant-microbe interaction processes occurring in the soil is challenging. By simulating belowground communication conditions between plant and microbes, in this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of the volatiles emitted by Serratia
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Cooperative effects of iron oxide nanoparticle (α-Fe2O3) and citrate on germination and oxidative system of evening primrose (Oenthera biennis L.) J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-06-04 Zhika Asadi-Kavan; Ramazan Ali Khavari-Nejad; Alireza Iranbakhsh; Farzaneh Najafi
ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate the interaction effects of iron oxide nanoparticle (nα-Fe2O3) and its bulk counterpart (bα-Fe2O3) with and/or without citrate interaction on germination and seedling growth of Oenothera biennis L. We prepared buffered suspensions of nα-Fe2O3 and bα-Fe2O3 at 4 levels (0, 0.2, 0.5 and 1 g.L−1). The nα-Fe2O3 increased 89.17% germination percentage, 53.36% germination
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Alternate hosts and their impact on genetic diversity of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici and disease epidemics J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-06-03 Sajid Mehmood; Marina Sajid; Lili Huang; Zhensheng Kang
ABSTRACT Since the discovery of Berberis and Mahonia species. as aecial hosts of the wheat stripe rust pathogen, Puccinia striiformis Westend. f. sp. tritici Eriks. (Pst), their possible role in generating new races of Pst through sexual reproduction, has become a hot issue in the agricultural scientific community. To date, all the investigations about the role of alternate hosts in the occurrence
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A styrene antioxidant NFA from riparian endophytic fungi enhances flooding tolerance in Arabidopsis J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Yanhong Xue; Yuan Gao; Chengxiong Liu; Shiping Liu
ABSTRACT Flooding is an important limiting factor for plant growth and development. Recent studies have shown that endophytic fungi symbiotic with extreme environmental plants can help hosts resisting various stresses. Previously, a styrene antioxidant NFA (Z-N-(4-hydroxystyryl) formamide) in riparian endophytic Aspergillus fumigatus was reported to effectively improve drought resistance in rice. To
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Impact of betacyanins on responses to ultraviolet radiation in Amaranthus tricolor L. J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Dinesh Adhikary; Jillian A. Forsyth; Susan J. Murch; Michael K. Deyholos
ABSTRACT Relatively little is known about the physiological significance of betalain pigments. To investigate a possible protective role for betalains (betacyanin), from UV-B irradiation, two cultivars of A. tricolor, Red-Leaf (RL) and Green-Leaf (GL) were obtained and VIGS method was used to produce isogenic derivatives of RL. Short-term responses to UV-B in the leaves were compared with and without
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Unveiling the hidden interaction between thermophiles and plant crops: wheat and soil thermophilic bacteria J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Margarida M. Santana; Luís Carvalho; Juliana Melo; Maria Eduarda Araújo; Cristina Cruz
ABSTRACT The effect of a soil thermophilic bacteria (STB), Ureibacillus sp. 18UE/10 on the status of wheat plants was evaluated. A greenhouse assay was performed, mimicking scenarios of soil impoverishment and aridity, which included Rhizophagus irregularis, a crop enhancer AMF, for effect comparison. Treatments with strain 18, R. irregularis or both had no significant effect on biomass production
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Exogenous γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) application at different growth stages regulates 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, yield, quality and antioxidant attributes in fragrant rice J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Zifeng Gao; Wenjun Xie; Umair Ashraf; Yuzhan Li; Lin Ma; Runfei Gui; Shenggang Pan; Hua Tian; Meiyang Duan; Shuli Wang; Xiangru Tang; Zhaowen Mo
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the optimum time for γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) application to improve the yield and quality in fragrant rice. Pot and field experiments were conducted during 2016–17 with two fragrant rice cultivars (for pot experiment), and five fragrant rice cultivars (for field experiment) which were applied with five GABA levels i.e. no GABA application (CK), application
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The relative importance of diurnal and nocturnal pollinators of Platanthera hologlottis Maxim. (Orchidaceae) J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-04-23 Mitsuru Hattori; Yoko Tamada; Takao Itino
ABSTRACT Most flowering plants are visited by various pollinator insects. To understand floral specialization for pollinators, the relative importance of different flower visitors to the focal plant species should be revealed. In the present study, we observed the insects that visited the orchid Platanthera hologlottis throughout the day and night using interval timer photography to reveal the relative
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Characterization of actinomycetes isolates for plant growth promoting traits and their effects on drought tolerance in maize J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-04-23 Chinenyenwa Fortune Chukwuneme; Olubukola Oluranti Babalola; Funso Raphael Kutu; Omena Bernard Ojuederie
ABSTRACT Drought is a major cause of the present decrease in crop yield and agricultural productivity around the globe. The disastrous effects of drought on plants call for a renewed concern on effective strategies to improve plant growth and yield under drought stress. This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of Arthrobacter arilaitensis and Streptomyces pseudovenezuelae to improve maize
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Soil–plant interactions in a pasture of the Italian Alps J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2020-03-12 Chiara Ferré; Marco Caccianiga; Magda Zanzottera; Roberto Comolli
ABSTRACT A detailed assessment of a pasture’s functioning based on soil properties characterization, floristic composition, and ‘functional summary’ by evaluating competitor–stress tolerator–ruderal (CSR) strategies is provided for a doline in Central Italian Alps. A floristic survey was carried out at 35 sampling points, representative of the main topographic features, soil and vegetation types; the
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The role of root exudates, CMNs, and VOCs in plant–plant interaction J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-12-10 Muhammad Khashi u Rahman, Xingang Zhou, Fengzhi Wu
In the last few decades, incredible advances have been made in understanding the way of communication among members of kingdom plantae. Some plants fight for their existence and try to suppress the growth of other plants, while some share resources to benefit each other for their survival. During all these processes, plants use several biotic and abiotic mediums such as root exudates, volatile organic
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A tomato and tall fescue intercropping system controls tomato stem rot J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-11-29 Yunzhuan Zhou, Huifang Cen, Danyang Tian, Chen Wang, Yunwei Zhang
Intercropping can effectively control some plant soil-borne diseases. However, few studies on intercropping have focused on forage grass as companion plants. In this experiment, Festuca arundinacea (tall fescue) was selected as the intercropping forage to explore whether it could control tomato stem rot. We found that: (1) tomato intercropped with tall fescue had a significantly lower disease incidence
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Transcriptomic analysis of berry development and a corresponding analysis of anthocyanin biosynthesis in teinturier grape J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-11-14 Qianlan Wang, Huan Zheng, Shimin Gao, Hui Li, Jianmin Tao
Teinturier cultivars of grape (Vitis vinifera) accumulate anthocyanins in both the skin and pulp of grape berries. RNA-seq and HPLC/MS were used to elucidate the mechanism of anthocyanin biosynthesis in whole grape berries of a new source of teinturier germplasm, ZhongShan-HongYu (ZS-HY). Berries were sampled at 3 days after anthesis (3 DAA, green-pulp), 6 days after anthesis (6 DAA, pulp-veraison)
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Leaf stiffness of two Moraceae species based on leaf tensity determined by compressing different external gripping forces under dehydration stress J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-11-06 Deke Xing, Xiaole Chen, Yanyou Wu, Qian Chen, Lin Li, Weiguo Fu, Yu Shu
Leaf water status determination based on mechanical and electrophysiological properties helps determine the inherent as well as instantaneous leaf dehydration tolerance synchronously. The leaf water potential (ΨL), physiological capacitance (CP) and gripping force (F) were determined with leaves of Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent. and Morus alba L. Real-time leaf stiffness (LCSrt) and maximum leaf
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Growth-promoting bacteria alleviates drought stress of G. uralensis through improving photosynthesis characteristics and water status J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-11-01 Wenjin Zhang, Zhicai Xie, Xiaojia Zhang, Duoyong Lang, Xinhui Zhang
Drought has is becoming increasingly serious abiotic stress that influences plant growth. Endophytes are non-pathogenic plant-associated bacteria that can play an important role in conferring plant resistance to drought stress. In this study, drought stress resulted in the evident breakdown of the chloroplast membrane system in leaf cells, whereas Bacillus pumilus inoculation improved the integrity
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Trichoderma reesei improved the nutrition status of wheat crop under salt stress J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-11-01 Muhammad Ikram, Niaz Ali, Gul Jan, Amjad Iqbal, Muhammad Hamayun, Farzana Gul Jan, Anwar Hussain, In-Jung Lee
The use of plant endophytes to release salt stress is cheap and quick. In this respect, we have isolated an endophytic fungus (Trichoderma reesei) from Solanum surattense that promoted the wheat growth under salt stress. The results showed that the fungal inoculated wheat plants had higher chlorophyll a and b, carotenoids, reduced glutathione (GSH), ascorbate, peroxidase, catalase, weight of plant
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The effects of indole-3-butyric acid and 6-benzyloaminopuryn on Fabaceae plants morphometrics J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-11-01 Jacek Sosnowski, Justyna Król, Milena Truba
The experiment was conducted to study the impact of indole-3-butyric acid (synthetic auxin) and 6-benzyloaminopuryn (synthetic cytokinin), and the mixture of these compounds on fresh and dry matter production and the number of leaves, stems, and inflorescences Medicago x varia T. Martyn and Trifolium pratense L. For the plants to be thoroughly covered, 0.2 dm3 of spraying liquid was used per one cylinder
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De novo transcriptome sequencing of genome analysis provides insights into Solidago canadensis invasive capability via photosynthesis J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-10-22 Yang Zhang, Xiaojuan Wang, Peng Nan, Jinglong Li, Alan C. Gange, Liang Jin
Solidago canadensis is one of the most destructive invasive plants in the East of China, yet nothing is known about its photosynthetic ability at the molecular level. In order to examine the mechanism aiding invasion from the photosynthetic and molecular perspective, transcriptome sequencing and de novo assembly of S. canadensis and its congener S. decurrens (native, non-invasive species) were compared
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The interactive responses of fertigation levels under buried straw layer on growth, physiological traits and fruit yield in tomato plant J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-10-05 Ghulam Rasool, Xiangping Guo, Zhenchang Wang, Sheng Chen, Ikram Ullah
The experiments were conducted on tomato plants to study the interactive responses of water levels (W70%: 70% of water consumption and W90%: 90% water consumption) and nitrogen rates (N100%: 100% of recommended and N80%:80% of N1.0) under two straw mulching conditions (NS; no straw introduced and WS: with buried straw layer) on growth and physiological parameters for two fruit growing years to assess
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Morphological variability and genetic diversity of wheat genotypes grown on saline soil and identification of new promising molecular markers associated with salinity tolerance J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-10-05 Adel Ahmed Elshafei, Samy Abd El-Aziz Afiah, Abdullah Abdulaziz Al-Doss, Eid Ibrahim Ibrahim
Eleven bread wheat genotypes grown at Siwa Oasis and Ashmon, Menofeya Governorate, during the winter season of 2016/2017 were examined for their agronomic traits under salinity stress. Owing to the differences in the salinity levels at the two locations, significant differences were noticed among the tested genotypes for all traits. Lines L2 and L4 showed the highest grain yields, whereas L3 showed
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The influence of resistant soybean cultivars on the biological development of Euschistus heros (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-09-13 Mirian F. F. Michereff, Miguel Borges, Raúl A. Laumann, Daniela Daniel, Claudimir Lucio do Lago, Maria Carolina Blassioli-Moraes
Two stink bug-resistant soybean cultivars, Dowling and IAC 100, and one sucepible, Silvânia were selected to evaluate their influence on Euschistus heros development. Evaluation of the biology of E. heros was conducted on nymph development, adult longevity, female fecundity and egg fertility in seeds of each cultivar. The results showed that E. heros nymphs reared on cv Dowling did not complete their
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Alleviation of UV-B radiation damages by sodium hydrosulfide (H2S donor) pre-treatment in Borage seedlings J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-09-11 Fatemeh Rostami, Fatemeh Nasibi, Khosrow Manouchehri Kalantari
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a highly diffusible, gaseous molecule that has been proved to control a range of physiological responses in many plant stresses. Exposure to UV-B radiation leads to the generation of reactive oxygen species that cause oxidative damages. In this study, sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS) was used as a H2S donor for the alleviation of damage caused by UV-B in Borage plant. Lipid peroxidation
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Regulation of rice sucrose transporter 4 gene expression in response to insect herbivore chewing J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-09-11 Yu-An Chang, Nai-Chiang Dai, Huai-Ju Chen, Chien-Hao Tseng, Shih-Ting Huang, Shu-Jen Wang
Sucrose is an important carbon source for plant tissue repairing and also a signal involved in defense responses to against insect herbivores. Allocation of sucrose toward to undamaged tissues is an herbivory tolerance mechanism. Sucrose transporters (SUTs) are key factors to control sucrose flow in plants. In this study, herbivory effects caused by rice leaffolder [Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée)]
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Physiological assessment of water deficit in soybean using midday leaf water potential and spectral features J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-09-11 Chathurika Wijewardana, Firas A. Alsajri, J. Trenton Irby, L. Jason Krutz, Bobby Golden, W. Brien Henry, Wei Gao, K. Raja Reddy
Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses that limit soybean production worldwide. This study was conducted to determine whether soybean cultivars with divergent growth habits respond differently to drought stress at the vegetative growth stage regarding canopy reflectance, physiological, and gas exchange traits under controlled conditions. Soil moisture content was positively correlated with mid-day
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Improving plant growth and alleviating photosynthetic inhibition from salt stress using AMF in alfalfa seedlings J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-09-09 Liang Shi-chu, Jiang Yong, Li Ma-bo, Zhu Wen-xu, Xu Nan, Zhang Hui-hui
The effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Glomus mosseae (+AMF) on the growth, nutrient uptake and leaf photosynthetic characteristics of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) under salt stress were studied. In alfalfa, 100 mM salt stress had no obvious effect on plant growth, nutrient content and photosynthetic capacity, however, 200 mM salt stress significantly inhibited biomass accumulation and NPK uptake
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Effect of drought acclimation on oxidative stress and transcript expression in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-09-09 Joseph Noble Amoah, Chan Seop Ko, Jin Seok Yoon, Seo Yong Weon
The effects of drought acclimation on plant growth and water relations, membrane status, photosynthetic activity, proline content, membrane lipid peroxidation, enzyme antioxidant activity, and drought-responsive gene expression patterns were investigated under progressive drought conditions with drought acclimation (DA) and non-acclimation (NA) treatments in four wheat genotypes. Initial water stressapplied
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Bacillus megaterium strain A12 ameliorates salinity stress in tomato plants through multiple mechanisms J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-09-09 Waheed Akram, Hina Aslam, Sajid Rashid Ahmad, Tehmina Anjum, Nasim Ahmad Yasin, Waheed Ullah Khan, Aqeel Ahmad, Juxian Guo, Tingquan Wu, Wenlong Luo, Guihua Li
Plants must cope with the stress conditions to survive. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria can improve plant growth either directly or indirectly under stress conditions. However, the possible mechanisms remain unclear. Here we report that Bacillus megaterium strain A12 (BMA12) maintains hormonal and redox homeostasis and restores the photosynthetic efficacy of tomato plants through multiple mechanisms
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Response of tomato plants to interaction effects of magnetic (Fe3O4) nanoparticles and cadmium stress J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-09-03 Razieh Rahmatizadeh, Seyyed Mohammad Javad Arvin, Rashid Jamei, Hossein Mozaffari, Farkondeh Reza Nejhad
Research on nanotechnology as an emerging discipline has advanced several branches of technology. Although iron is considered as an essential element for plant growth, its role in mitigating abiotic stresses has not been studied widely. Therefore, in this research, it has been attempted to investigate the effect of magnetic Fe3o4 nanoparticles on tomato plants under cadmium stress using 5 levels of
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Regulation of sucrose synthase and its association with grain filling in spermine-treated rice plant under water deficit J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-08-26 Zulkarami Berahim, Deivaseeno Dorairaj, Halimi Mohd Saud, Mohd Razi Ismail
Spermine (SPM) was utilized to investigate its impact on the accumulation of sucrose synthase (SUS) and the role of SUS as a predictor of sink strength of rice under cyclic water stress. Treatments which consisted of control and SPM were arranged in a randomized complete block design. Biochemical analyses showed significantly higher contents of sucrose, starch and carbohydrate in SPM-treated panicles
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Exogenous melatonin improves salt tolerance in tomato by regulating photosynthetic electron flux and the ascorbate–glutathione cycle J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-08-19 Zepeng Yin, Jiazhi Lu, Sida Meng, Yiling Liu, Islam Mostafa, Mingfang Qi, Tianlai Li
Melatonin (MT) can protect plants against abiotic stress. In order to explore whether melatonin can improve photosynthetic function under NaCl stress, Solanum lycopersicum L. cv. Liaoyuanduoli were exposed to 150 mmol L−1 NaCl stress with or without pretreatment with 150 μmol L−1 melatonin. The results showed that NaCl stress can lead to reduced chlorophyll content, lower photosynthetic function, increased
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Molecular characterisation of nerol dehydrogenase gene (PmNeDH) from Persicaria minor in response to stress-related phytohormones J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-08-05 Cheng Seng Tan, Nur-Athirah Abd-Hamid, Jin Kiat Chew, Maizom Hassan, Ismanizan Ismail, Chyan Leong Ng, Zamri Zainal
Citral is a mixture of neral and geranial, which are of great interest to the fragrance industry due to its lemon-scented aroma. A newly characterized nerol dehydrogenase of Persicaria minor (PmNeDH) from our recent findings has shown a capacity to convert citral from nerol. Differential gene expression analysis revealed that the expression level of PmNeDH was highly upregulated during early treatment
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Bacillus subtilis ameliorates water stress tolerance in maize and common bean J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-08-05 Bruna Coelho de Lima, Adriana Lima Moro, Ana Claudia Pacheco Santos, Aurenivia Bonifacio, Ademir Sergio Ferreira Araujo, Fabio Fernando de Araujo
Water stress is one important abiotic stress with negative impacts on plant productivity. In order to ameliorate abiotic stress, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), such as Bacillus subtilis, can be used due to their positive effects on plant physiology. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of B. subtilis on the performance of maize and common bean under water deficit conditions
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Fluoride toxicity triggered oxidative stress and the activation of antioxidative defence responses in Spirodela polyrhiza L. Schleiden J. Plant Interact. (IF 2.992) Pub Date : 2019-08-05 Ritika Sharma, Rajinder Kaur
The present study was designed to assess the fluoride mediated antioxidant defence responses in Spirodela polyrhiza, grown under hydroponic conditions. The plants of S. polyrh