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Comprehensive genomic analysis of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus paralicheniformis associated with the pearl millet panicle reveals their antimicrobial potential against important plant pathogens BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Mushineni Ashajyothi, Shivannegowda Mahadevakumar, Y. N. Venkatesh, Pullabhotla V. S. R. N. Sarma, Chalasani Danteswari, Alexander Balamurugan, Ganesan Prakash, Vikas Khandelwal, C. Tarasatyavathi, Appa Rao Podile, Mysore S. Kirankumar, Siddaiah Chandranayaka
Plant microbiome confers versatile functional roles to enhance survival fitness as well as productivity. In the present study two pearl millet panicle microbiome member species Bacillus subtilis PBs 12 and Bacillus paralicheniformis PBl 36 found to have beneficial traits including plant growth promotion and broad-spectrum antifungal activity towards taxonomically diverse plant pathogens. Understanding
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Chalkiness and premature controlled by energy homeostasis in OsNAC02 Ko-mutant during vegetative endosperm development BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Mei Yan, Guiai Jiao, Gaoneng Shao, Ying Chen, Maodi Zhu, Lingwei Yang, Lihong Xie, Peisong Hu, Shaoqing Tang
Chalkiness is a common phenotype induced by various reasons, such as abiotic stress or the imbalance of starch synthesis and metabolism during the development period. However, the reason mainly for one gene losing its function such as NAC (TFs has a large family in rice) which may cause premature is rarely known to us. The Ko-Osnac02 mutant demonstrated an obviously early maturation stage compared
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Genetic diversities in wild and cultivated populations of the two closely-related medical plants species, Tripterygium Wilfordii and T. Hypoglaucum (Celastraceae) BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Chao Liu, Jingyi Wang, Ya-Zhu Ko, Meng-Shin Shiao, Yiheng Wang, Jiahui Sun, Qingjun Yuan, Lisong Wang, Yu-Chung Chiang, Lanping Guo
The sustainable supply of medicinal plants is important, and cultivating and domesticating them has been suggested as an optimal strategy. However, this can lead to a loss of genetic diversity. Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. f. is a medicinal plant commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine, but its wild populations are dwindling due to excessive harvesting. To protect the species and meet the increasing
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Variation in shoot architecture traits and their relationship to canopy coverage and light interception in soybean (Glycine max) BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Suma Sreekanta, Allison Haaning, Austin Dobbels, Riley O’Neill, Anna Hofstad, Kamaldeep Virdi, Fumiaki Katagiri, Robert M. Stupar, Gary J. Muehlbauer, Aaron J. Lorenz
In soybeans, faster canopy coverage (CC) is a highly desirable trait but a fully covered canopy is unfavorable to light interception at lower levels in the canopy with most of the incident radiation intercepted at the top of the canopy. Shoot architecture that influences CC is well studied in crops such as maize and wheat, and altering architectural traits has resulted in enhanced yield. However, in
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Genome-wide systematic survey and analysis of the RNA helicase gene family and their response to abiotic stress in sweetpotato BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Fangfang Mu, Hao Zheng, Qiaorui Zhao, Mingku Zhu, Tingting Dong, Lei Kai, Zongyun Li
Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) holds a crucial position as one of the staple foods globally, however, its yields are frequently impacted by environmental stresses. In the realm of plant evolution and the response to abiotic stress, the RNA helicase family assumes a significant role. Despite this importance, a comprehensive understanding of the RNA helicase gene family in sweetpotato has been
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Mitigation of cadmium-induced stress in maize via synergistic application of biochar and gibberellic acid to enhance morpho-physiological and biochemical traits BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Tauseef Anwar, Huma Qureshi, Mah Jabeen, Wajid Zaman, Hayssam M. Ali
Cadmium (Cd), being a heavy metal, tends to accumulate in soils primarily through industrial activities, agricultural practices, and atmospheric deposition. Maize, being a staple crop for many regions, is particularly vulnerable to Cd contamination, leading to compromised growth, reduced yields, and potential health risks for consumers. Biochar (BC), a carbon-rich material derived from the pyrolysis
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Applications of humic and fulvic acid under saline soil conditions to improve growth and yield in barley BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Ibtisam Mohammed Alsudays, Fowzia Hamdan Alshammary, Nadiyah M. Alabdallah, Aishah Alatawi, Mashael M. Alotaibi, Khairiah Mubarak Alwutayd, Maha Mohammed Alharbi, Suliman M. S. Alghanem, Fahad Mohammed Alzuaibr, Hany S. Gharib, Mamdouh M. A. Awad-Allah
Enriching the soil with organic matter such as humic and fulvic acid to increase its content available nutrients, improves the chemical properties of the soil and increases plant growth as well as grain yield. In this study, we conducted a field experiment using humic acid (HA), fulvic acid (FA) and recommended dose (RDP) of phosphorus fertilizer to treat Hordeum vulgare seedling, in which four concentrations
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Cyanobacterial elicitor enhances the biomass of Mentha piperita L. and improves the production of high-value rosmarinic acid under in vitro culture of apical meristem BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Zeinab Shariatmadari, Somayeh Zarezadeh, Hossein Riahi, Ali Akbar Ghotbi-Ravandi, Mehri Seyed Hashtroudi, Ensiyeh Shahroudi
Rosmarinic acid (RA), like other phenolic compounds, is sources of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents in medicinal plants. In vitro culture of plants can improve the medicinal plants’ metabolite profile and phenolic compound quantity. To date, various methods have been proposed to increase this medicinal metabolite in plants, among which the use of bioelicitors can be mentioned. In the present
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Far-red light modulates grapevine growth by increasing leaf photosynthesis efficiency and triggering organ-specific transcriptome remodelling BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Junhua Kong, Yan Zhao, Peige Fan, Yongjian Wang, Xiaobo Xu, Lijun Wang, Shaohua Li, Wei Duan, Zhenchang Liang, Zhanwu Dai
Growing evidence demonstrates that the synergistic interaction of far-red light with shorter wavelength lights could evidently improve the photosynthesis efficiency of multiple species. However, whether/how far-red light affects sink organs and consequently modulates the source‒sink relationships are largely unknown. Here, equal intensities of white and far-red lights were added to natural light for
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SISTER OF FCA physically associates with SKB1 to regulate flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Chunhong Qiu, Tengyue Wang, Hui Wang, Zhen Tao, Chuanhong Wang, Jing Ma, Shuai Li, Yibing Zhao, Jifang Liu, Peijin Li
Proper flowering time is important for the growth and development of plants, and both too early and too late flowering impose strong negative influences on plant adaptation and seed yield. Thus, it is vitally important to study the mechanism underlying flowering time control in plants. In a previous study by the authors, genome-wide association analysis was used to screen the candidate gene SISTER
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Comparative study of the quality indices, antioxidant substances, and mineral elements in different forms of cabbage BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Zhibin Yue, Guobin Zhang, Jie Wang, Jue Wang, Shilei Luo, Bo Zhang, Zhaozhuang Li, Zeci Liu
As the second largest leafy vegetable, cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata) is grown globally, and the characteristics of the different varieties, forms, and colors of cabbage may differ. In this study, five analysis methods—variance analysis, correlation analysis, cluster analysis, principal component analysis, and comprehensive ranking—were used to evaluate the quality indices (soluble protein
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Genetic resources of common ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) in Poland BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Joanna Meger, Czesław Kozioł, Małgorzata Pałucka, Jarosław Burczyk, Igor J. Chybicki
Knowledge of genetic structure and the factors that shape it has an impact on forest management practices. European ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) has declined dramatically throughout its range as a result of a disease caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Despite the need for conservation and restoration of the species, genetic data required to guide these efforts at the country level are scarce
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Role of gamma-irradiated sodium alginate on growth, physiological and active components of iceberg lettuce (Lactuca sativa) plant BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Amina A. Aly, Noha E. Eliwa, Gehan Safwat
One of the most widely recognized biostimulators of plant development; is oligoalginate, which regulates the biological processes of plants and was used in horticultural fields as a plant growth regulator. The plan of the current research was to study, however, the foliar application of un-irradiated and irradiated Na-alginate (UISA and ISA) to improve the growth, physiological activity, and other
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Cytological characteristics of blueberry fruit development BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Xianqin Wan, Zewei Wu, Dongchan Sun, Li Long, Qiling Song, Chao Gao
Using the blueberry cultivar "Powderblue" after pollination, fruits at different developmental stages were collected for study. The transverse and longitudinal diameters, individual fruit weight, and fruit water content were measured during their development. Employing tissue sectioning and microscopy techniques, we systematically studied the morphological features and anatomical structures of the
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Genetic mapping of deoxynivalenol and fusarium damaged kernel resistance in an adapted durum wheat population BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Samia Berraies, Yuefeng Ruan, Ron Knox, Ron DePauw, Firdissa Bokore, Richard Cuthbert, Barbara Blackwell, Maria Antonia Henriquez, David Konkin, Bianyun Yu, Curtis Pozniak, Brad Meyer
Fusarium head blight (FHB) infection results in Fusarium damaged kernels (FDK) and deoxynivalenol (DON) contamination that are downgrading factors at the Canadian elevators. Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum Desf.) is particularly susceptible to FHB and most of the adapted Canadian durum wheat cultivars are susceptible to moderately susceptible to this disease. However, the durum line DT696
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Integrated analysis of the transcriptome and metabolome reveals the molecular mechanism regulating cotton boll abscission under low light intensity BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Ning Zhao, Zhao Geng, Guiyuan Zhao, Jianguang Liu, Zetong An, Hanshuang Zhang, Pengfei Ai, Yongqiang Wang
Cotton boll shedding is one of the main factors adversely affecting the cotton yield. During the cotton plant growth period, low light conditions can cause cotton bolls to fall off prematurely. In this study, we clarified the regulatory effects of low light intensity on cotton boll abscission by comprehensively analyzing the transcriptome and metabolome. When the fruiting branch leaves were shaded
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Species delimitation of tea plants (Camellia sect. Thea) based on super-barcodes BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Yinzi Jiang, Junbo Yang, Ryan A. Folk, Jianli Zhao, Jie Liu, Zhengshan He, Hua Peng, Shixiong Yang, Chunlei Xiang, Xiangqin Yu
The era of high throughput sequencing offers new paths to identifying species boundaries that are complementary to traditional morphology-based delimitations. De novo species delimitation using traditional or DNA super-barcodes serve as efficient approaches to recognizing putative species (molecular operational taxonomic units, MOTUs). Tea plants (Camellia sect. Thea) form a group of morphologically
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Modulation of early gene expression responses to water deprivation stress by the E3 ubiquitin ligase ATL80: implications for retrograde signaling interplay BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Manuel Méndez-Gómez, Daniel Sierra-Cacho, Estela Jiménez-Morales, Plinio Guzmán
Primary response genes play a pivotal role in translating short-lived stress signals into sustained adaptive responses. In this study, we investigated the involvement of ATL80, an E3 ubiquitin ligase, in the dynamics of gene expression following water deprivation stress. We observed that ATL80 is rapidly activated within minutes of water deprivation stress perception, reaching peak expression around
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The growth, nutrient uptake and fruit quality in four strawberry cultivars under different Spectra of LED supplemental light BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Hamid Reza Roosta, Mahdi Bikdeloo, Mansour Ghorbanpour
An experiment was conducted in a greenhouse to determine the effects of different supplemental light spectra on the growth, nutrient uptake, and fruit quality of four strawberry cultivars. The plants were grown under natural light and treated with blue (460 nm), red (660 nm), and red/blue (3:1) lights. Results showed that the “Parous” and “Camarosa” had higher fresh and dry mass of leaves, roots, and
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‘Fertile island’ effects on the soil microbial community beneath the canopy of Tetraena mongolica, an endangered and dominant shrub in the West Ordos Desert, North China BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Zhangkai Liu, Yuying Shao, Qingguo Cui, Xuehua Ye, Zhenying Huang
The fertile islands formed by shrubs are major drivers of the structure and function of desert ecosystems, affecting seedling establishment, plant–plant interactions, the diversity and productivity of plant communities, and microbial activity/diversity. Although an increasing number of studies have shown the critical importance of soil microbes in fertile island formation, how soil microbial community
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KAKU4 regulates leaf senescence through modulation of H3K27me3 deposition in the Arabidopsis genome BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Yaxin Cao, Hengyu Yan, Minghao Sheng, Yue Liu, Xinyue Yu, Zhongqiu Li, Wenying Xu, Zhen Su
Lamins are the major components of the nuclear lamina, which regulate chromatin structure and gene expression. KAKU4 is a unique nuclear lamina component in the nuclear periphery, modulates nuclear shape and size in Arabidopsis. The knowledge about the regulatory role of KAKU4 in leaf development remains limited. Here we found that knockdown of KAKU4 resulted in an accelerated leaf senescence phenotype
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Nutrient availability and plant phenological stage influence the substrate microbiome in container-grown Impatiens walleriana ‘Xtreme Red’ BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Juan Quijia Pillajo, Laura J. Chapin, Cristian D. Quiroz-Moreno, James E. Altland, Michelle L. Jones
The microbiome plays a fundamental role in plant health and performance. Soil serves as a reservoir of microbial diversity where plants attract microorganisms via root exudates. The soil has an important impact on the composition of the rhizosphere microbiome, but greenhouse ornamental plants are commonly grown in soilless substrates. While soil microbiomes have been extensively studied in traditional
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Epigenetic weapons of plants against fungal pathogens BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Justyna Mierziak, Wioleta Wojtasik
In the natural environment, plants face constant exposure to biotic stress caused by fungal attacks. The plant’s response to various biotic stresses relies heavily on its ability to rapidly adjust the transcriptome. External signals are transmitted to the nucleus, leading to activation of transcription factors that subsequently enhance the expression of specific defense-related genes. Epigenetic mechanisms
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Large-scale analysis of the N-terminal regulatory elements of the kinase domain in plant Receptor-like kinase family BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Qiong Fu, Qian Liu, Rensen Zhang, Jia Chen, Hengchang Guo, Zhenhua Ming, Feng Yu, Heping Zheng
The N-terminal regulatory element (NRE) of Receptor-like kinases (RLKs), consisting of the juxtamembrane segment in receptor kinases (RKs) and the N-terminal extension segment in RLCKs, is a crucial component that regulates the activities of these proteins. However, the features and functions of the NRE have remained largely unexplored. Herein, we comprehensively analyze 510,233 NRE sequences in RLKs
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Accumulation mechanism of metabolite markers identified by machine learning between Qingyuan and Xiushui counties in Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Qiqi Gong, Jianfeng Yu, Zhicheng Guo, Ke Fu, Yi Xu, Hui Zou, Cong Li, Jinping Si, Shengguan Cai, Donghong Chen, Zhigang Han
Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua is a traditional Chinese medicinal plant acclaimed for its therapeutic potential in diabetes and various chronic diseases. Its rhizomes are the main functional parts rich in secondary metabolites, such as flavonoids and saponins. But their quality varies by region, posing challenges for industrial and medicinal application of P. cyrtonema. In this study, 482 metabolites were
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Identification of epigenetically regulated genes involved in plant-virus interaction and their role in virus-triggered induced resistance BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Régis L. Corrêa, Denis Kutnjak, Silvia Ambrós, Mónica Bustos, Santiago F. Elena
Plant responses to a wide range of stresses are known to be regulated by epigenetic mechanisms. Pathogen-related investigations, particularly against RNA viruses, are however scarce. It has been demonstrated that Arabidopsis thaliana plants defective in some members of the RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) or histone modification pathways presented differential susceptibility to the turnip mosaic
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Genomic and transcriptomic studies on flavonoid biosynthesis in Lagerstroemia indica BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Chunmei Yu, Guoyuan Liu, Jin Qin, Xi Wan, Anfang Guo, Hui Wei, Yanhong Chen, Bolin Lian, Fei Zhong, Jian Zhang
Lagerstroemia indica is a widely cultivated ornamental woody shrub/tree of the family Lythraceae that is used as a traditional medicinal plant in East Asia and Egypt. However, unlike other ornamental woody plants, its genome is not well-investigated, which hindered the discovery of the key genes that regulate important traits and the synthesis of bioactive compounds. In this study, the genomic sequences
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Integrated metabolome and transcriptome analyses reveal the molecular mechanism underlying dynamic metabolic processes during taproot development of Panax notoginseng BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Xuejiao Li, Yan Zhao, Shuilian He, Jing Meng, Yingchun Lu, Huineng Shi, Chunlan Liu, Bing Hao, Qingyan Tang, Shuangyan Zhang, Guanghui Zhang, Yu Luo, Shengchao Yang, Jianli Yang, Wei Fan
Panax notoginseng (Burk) F. H. Chen is one of the most famous Chinese traditional medicinal plants. The taproot is the main organ producing triterpenoid saponins, and its development is directly linked to the quality and yield of the harvested P. notoginseng. However, the mechanisms underlying the dynamic metabolic changes occurring during taproot development of P. notoginseng are unknown. We carried
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Transcriptome and metabolome profiling reveal the effects of hormones on current-year shoot growth in Chinese ‘Cuiguan’ pear grafted onto vigorous rootstock ‘Duli’ and dwarf rootstock ‘Quince A’ BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Zhenxu Liang, Qinghua Wang, Mingde Sun, Ruirui Du, Wanmei Jin, Songzhong Liu
Dwarf rootstocks have important practical significance for high-density planting in pear orchards. The shoots of ‘Cuiguan’ grafted onto the dwarf rootstock were shorter than those grafted onto the vigorous rootstock. However, the mechanism of shorter shoot formation is not clear. In this study, the current-year shoot transcriptomes and phytohormone contents of ‘CG‒QA’ (‘Cuiguan’ was grafted onto ‘Quince
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Ensemble species distribution modeling and multilocus phylogeography provide insight into the spatial genetic patterns and distribution dynamics of a keystone forest species, Quercus glauca BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Ying Song, Gang-Biao Xu, Ke-Xin Long, Chun-Cheng Wang, Ran Chen, He Li, Xiao-Long Jiang, Min Deng
Forests are essential for maintaining species diversity, stabilizing local and global climate, and providing ecosystem services. Exploring the impact of paleogeographic events and climate change on the genetic structure and distribution dynamics of forest keystone species could help predict responses to future climate change. In this study, we combined an ensemble species distribution model (eSDM)
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RGA1 regulates grain size, rice quality and seed germination in the small and round grain mutant srg5 BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Xia Yang, Jun Lu, Wu-Jian Shi, Yu-Hao Chen, Jia-Wen Yu, Sai-Hua Chen, Dong-Sheng Zhao, Li-Chun Huang, Xiao-Lei Fan, Chang-Quan Zhang, Lin Zhang, Qiao-Quan Liu, Qian-Feng Li
Generating elite rice varieties with high yield and superior quality is the main goal of rice breeding programs. Key agronomic traits, including grain size and seed germination characteristics, affect the final yield and quality of rice. The RGA1 gene, which encodes the α-subunit of rice G-protein, plays an important role in regulating rice architecture, seed size and abiotic stress responses. However
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Genome-wide identification of GA2ox genes family and analysis of PbrGA2ox1-mediated enhanced chlorophyll accumulation by promoting chloroplast development in pear BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Guoling Guo, Lun Liu, Taijing Shen, Haozhe Wang, Shuqin Zhang, Yu Sun, Guoyu Xiong, Xiaomei Tang, Liwu Zhu, Bing Jia
Chlorophyll (Chl) is an agronomic trait associated with photosynthesis and yield. Gibberellin 2-oxidases (GA2oxs) have previously been shown to be involved in Chl accumulation. However, whether and how the PbrGA2ox proteins (PbrGA2oxs) mediate Chl accumulation in pear (Pyrus spp.) is scarce. Here, we aimed to elucidate the role of the pear GA2ox gene family in Chl accumulation and the related underlying
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Exogenous betaine enhances salt tolerance of Glycyrrhiza uralensis through multiple pathways BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Xinping Dong, Xiaomei Ma, Zhilong Zhao, Miao Ma
Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch., a valuable medicinal plant, shows contrasting salt tolerance between seedlings and perennial individuals, and salt tolerance at seedling stage is very weak. Understanding this difference is crucial for optimizing cultivation practices and maximizing the plant’s economic potential. Salt stress resistance at the seedling stage is the key to the cultivation of the plant using
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Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of the ABI5 gene family in foxtail millet (Setaria italica) BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Yinyuan Wen, Zeya Zhao, Liuna Cheng, Shixue Zhou, Mengyao An, Juan Zhao, Shuqi Dong, Xiangyang Yuan, Meiqiang Yin
ABA Insensitive 5 (ABI5) is a basic leucine zipper transcription factor that crucially influences plant growth, development, and stress response. However, there is minimal research on the ABI5 family in foxtail millet. In this study, 16 ABI5 genes were identified in foxtail millet, and their sequence composition, gene structures, cis-acting elements, chromosome positions, and gene replication events
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NnARF17 and NnARF18 from lotus promote root formation and modulate stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Cheng Libao, Liang Shiting, Zhao Chen, Li Shuyan
Auxin response factors (ARFs) play a crucial role in regulating gene expression within the auxin signal transduction pathway, particularly during adventitious root (AR) formation. In this investigation, we identified full-length sequences for ARF17 and ARF18, encompassing 1,800 and 2,055 bp, encoding 599 and 684 amino acid residues, respectively. Despite exhibiting low sequence homology, the ARF17-
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Effect of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) on the growth and development of tobacco seedlings in absence of stress BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Jingcheng Dai, Dingxin Wen, Hao Li, Jingpeng Yang, Xiongfei Rao, Yong Yang, Jiangke Yang, Chunlei Yang, Jun Yu
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a novel signaling molecule involved in the growth and development of plants and their response to stress. However, the involvement of H2S in promoting the growth and development of tobacco plants is still unclear. In this study, we explored the effect of pre-soaking or irrigating the roots of tobacco plants with 0.0, 2.0, 4.0, 6.0, and 8.0 mM of sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS)
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Differential responses of two fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) landraces pretreated with melatonin to prolonged drought stress and subsequent recovery BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Masoud Maleki, Abdolali Shojaeiyan, Ali Mokhtassi-Bidgoli
Drought impairs growth, disturbs photosynthesis, and induces senescence in plants, which results in crop productivity reduction and ultimately jeopardizes human food security. The objective of this study was to determine major parameters associated with drought tolerance and recovery ability of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.), by examining differential biochemical and phenological responses
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Transcriptomics and metabolomics reveal the underlying mechanism of drought treatment on anthocyanin accumulation in postharvest blood orange fruit BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Hongbin Liu, Yan Jin, Le Huang, Chouyu Miao, Jiayi Tang, Huimin Zhang, Haojie Yin, Xiaopeng Lu, Na Li, Suming Dai, Alessandra Gentile, Ling Zhang, Ling Sheng
Anthocyanins are the most important compounds for nutritional quality and economic values of blood orange. However, there are few reports on the pre-harvest treatment accelerating the accumulation of anthocyanins in postharvest blood orange fruit. Here, we performed a comparative transcriptome and metabolomics analysis to elucidate the underlying mechanism involved in seasonal drought (SD) treatment
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Auxin and carbohydrate control flower bud development in Anthurium andraeanum during early stage of sexual reproduction BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Xiao Wan, Long-Hai Zou, Xiaoyun Pan, Yaying Ge, Liang Jin, Qunyang Cao, Jiewei Shi, Danqing Tian
Flower buds of Anthurium andraeanum frequently cease to grow and abort during the early flowering stage, resulting in prolonged planting times and increased commercialization costs. Nevertheless, limited knowledge exists of the mechanism of flower development after initiation in A. andraeanum. In this study, the measurement of carbohydrate flow and intensity between leaves and flowers during different
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Improving productivity and soil fertility in Medicago sativa and Hordeum marinum through intercropping under saline conditions BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Amal Guerchi, Wiem Mnafgui, Cheima Jabri, Meriem Merghni, Kalthoum Sifaoui, Asma Mahjoub, Ndiko Ludidi, Mounawer Badri
Intercropping is an agriculture system used to enhance the efficiency of resource utilization and maximize crop yield grown under environmental stress such as salinity. Nevertheless, the impact of intercropping forage legumes with annual cereals on soil salinity remains unexplored. This research aimed to propose an intercropping system with alfalfa (Medicago sativa)/sea barley (Hordeum marinum) to
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Functional characterization of D-type cyclins involved in cell division in rice BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Zhishu Jiang, Xin Wang, Zhiwei Zhou, Limei Peng, Xiaoli Lin, Xiaowei Luo, Yongping Song, Huaying Ning, Cong Gan, Xiaopeng He, Changlan Zhu, Linjuan Ouyang, Dahu Zhou, Yicong Cai, Jie Xu, Haohua He, Yantong Liu
D-type cyclins (CYCD) regulate the cell cycle G1/S transition and are thus closely involved in cell cycle progression. However, little is known about their functions in rice. We identified 14 CYCD genes in the rice genome and confirmed the presence of characteristic cyclin domains in each. The expression of the OsCYCD genes in different tissues was investigated. Most OsCYCD genes were expressed at
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Systematic identification and expression analysis of bHLH gene family reveal their relevance to abiotic stress response and anthocyanin biosynthesis in sweetpotato BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Fen Guo, Xiaoqing Meng, Haiting Hong, Siyuan Liu, Jing Yu, Can Huang, Tingting Dong, Huixue Geng, Zongyun Li, Mingku Zhu
bHLH transcription factors play significant roles in regulating plant growth and development, stress response, and anthocyanin biosynthesis. Sweetpotato is a pivotal food and industry crop, but little information is available on sweetpotato bHLH genes. Herein, 227 putative IbbHLH genes were defined on sweetpotato chromosomes, and fragment duplications were identified as the dominant driving force for
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Application of bulk segregant RNA-Seq (BSR-Seq) and allele-specific primers to study soybean powdery mildew resistance BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Cheng-Chun Huang, Chen-Hsiang Lin, Yu-Cheng Lin, Hao-Xun Chang
Powdery mildew (PM) is one of the important soybean diseases, and host resistance could practically contribute to soybean PM management. To date, only the Rmd locus on chromosome (Chr) 16 was identified through traditional QTL mapping and GWAS, and it remains unclear if the bulk segregant RNA-Seq (BSR-Seq) methodology is feasible to explore additional PM resistance that might exist in other varieties
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Lipid mediated plant immunity in susceptible and tolerant soybean cultivars in response to Phytophthora sojae colonization and infection BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Oludoyin Adeseun Adigun, Thu Huong Pham, Dmitry Grapov, Muhammad Nadeem, Linda Elizabeth Jewell, Lakshman Galagedara, Mumtaz Cheema, Raymond Thomas
Soybean is one of the most cultivated crops globally and a staple food for much of the world's population. The annual global crop losses due to infection by Phytophthora sojae is currently estimated at $20B USD, yet we have limited understanding of the role of lipid mediators in the adaptative strategies used by the host plant to limit infection. Since root is the initial site of this infection, we
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Correction: Mitigation effect of alpha-tocopherol and thermo-priming in Brassica napus L. under induced mercuric chloride stress BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Fazal Amin, Arwa Abdulkreem AL-Huqail, Sami Ullah, Muhammad Nauman Khan, Alevcan Kaplan, Baber Ali, Majid Iqbal, Fahmy Gad Elsaid, Sezai Ercisli, Tabarak Malik, Sami Asir Al-Robai, Amany H. A. Abeed
Correction: BMC Plant Biol 24, 108 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-04767-5 Following publication of the original article [1], author would like to update Arwa Abdulkreem AL-Huqail’s affiliation. The updated affiliation is given below and the changes have been highlighted in bold typeface. Original affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University
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Salicylic acid inducing the expression of maize anti-insect gene SPI: a potential control strategy for Ostrinia furnacalis BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Yuanlong Chen, Siyuan Yang, Wei Zeng, Xu Zheng, Pan Wang, Haiyan Fu, Fengshan Yang
Due to being rooted in the ground, maize (Zea mays L.) is unable to actively escape the attacks of herbivorous insects such as the Asian corn borer (Ostrinia furnacalis). In contrast to the passive damage, plants have evolved defense mechanisms to protect themselves from herbivores. Salicylic acid, a widely present endogenous hormone in plants, has been found to play an important role in inducing plant
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Characterization of indigenous populations of cannabis in Iran: a morphological and phenological study BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Mehdi Babaei, Hossein Nemati, Hossein Arouiee, Davoud Torkamaneh
Cannabis is a historically, culturally, and economically significant crop in human societies, owing to its versatile applications in both industry and medicine. Over many years, native cannabis populations have acclimated to the various environments found throughout Iran, resulting in rich genetic and phenotypic diversity. Examining phenotypic diversity within and between indigenous populations is
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Alleviating the drought stress and improving the plant resistance properties of Triticum aestivum via biopriming with aspergillus fumigatus BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Nelly Michel George, Gehad Hany-Ali, Ekram Abdelhaliem, Mohamed Abdel-Haleem
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most widely grown and vital cereal crops, containing a high percentage of basic nutrients such as carbohydrates and proteins. Drought stress is one of the most significant limitations on wheat productivity. Due to climate change influences plant development and growth, physiological processes, grain quality, and yield. Drought stress has elicited a wide range
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Vermicompost as an alternative substrate to peat moss for strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) in soilles culture BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Mahsa Azizi Yeganeh, Ali Asghar Shahabi, Ali Ebadi, Vahid Abdoosi
Consecutive droughts and quantitative and qualitative reduction of surface and underground water resources have caused an increase in greenhouse and hydroponic cultivation for most garden crops, including strawberries, in Iran. On the other hand, most of the inputs of greenhouse crops in Iran are imported. To possibility of replacing vermicompost with peat moss under hydroponic cultivation, an experiment
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Biology of Nicotiana glutinosa L., a newly recorded species from an archaeological excavation site in Egypt BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Selim Z. Heneidy, Yassin M. Al-Sodany, Amal M. Fakhry, Sania A. Kamal, Marwa Waseem A. Halmy, Laila M. Bidak, Eman T. El kenany, Soliman M. Toto
During a field survey of urban flora in Alexandria city in 2019–2022, an interesting species belonging to the Solanaceae was collected from a newly archaeological excavation site and identified as Nicotiana glutinosa L. Many visits were made to the herbaria of Egypt to confirm the species records, but no single record was found. Reviewing the available literature revealed that this tropical American
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Transcription factor encoding gene OsC1 regulates leaf sheath color through anthocyanidin metabolism in Oryza rufipogon and Oryza sativa BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Liqun Jiang, Shuwei Lyu, Hang Yu, Jing Zhang, Bingrui Sun, Qing Liu, Xingxue Mao, Pingli Chen, Dajian Pan, Wenfeng Chen, Zhilan Fan, Chen Li
Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, minerals and vitamins are nutrient substances commonly seen in rice grains, but anthocyanidin, with benefit for plant growth and animal health, exists mainly in the common wild rice but hardly in the cultivated rice. To screen the rice germplasm with high intensity of anthocyanidins and identify the variations, we used metabolomics technique and detected significant
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Physiological and agronomical traits effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in seedlings of Solanum lycopersicum L BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Ricardo Tighe-Neira, Marjorie Reyes-Díaz, Adriano Nunes-Nesi, Jaciara Lana-Costa, Gonzalo Recio, Erico R. Carmona, Patricio Acevedo, Zed Rengel, Claudio Inostroza-Blancheteau
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) have been reported to have contrasting effects on plant physiology, while their effects on sugar, protein, and amino acid metabolism are poorly understood. In this work, we evaluated the effects of TiO2 NPs on physiological and agronomical traits of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seedlings. Tomato seeds were treated with TiO2 NPs (1000 and 2000 mg L− 1),
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Alternative polyadenylation profiles of susceptible and resistant rice (Oryza sativa L.) in response to bacterial leaf blight using RNA-seq BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Shaochun Liu, Shuqi Luo, Dewei Yang, Junying Huang, Xinlei Jiang, Shangwei Yu, Junru Fu, Dahu Zhou, Xiaorong Chen, Haohua He, Haihui Fu
Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is an important pattern of post-transcriptional regulation of genes widely existing in eukaryotes, involving plant physiological and pathological processes. However, there is a dearth of studies investigating the role of APA profile in rice leaf blight. In this study, we compared the APA profile of leaf blight-susceptible varieties (CT 9737-613P-M) and resistant varieties
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Transcriptomic analysis identifies candidate genes for Aphanomyces root rot disease resistance in pea BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Carol Kälin, Edoardo Piombo, Salim Bourras, Agnese Kolodinska Brantestam, Mukesh Dubey, Malin Elfstrand, Magnus Karlsson
Aphanomyces euteiches is a soil-borne oomycete that causes root rot in pea and other legume species. Symptoms of Aphanomyces root rot (ARR) include root discoloration and wilting, leading to significant yield losses in pea production. Resistance to ARR is known to be polygenic but the roles of single genes in the pea immune response are still poorly understood. This study uses transcriptomics to elucidate
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Acclimation of intertidal macroalgae Ulva prolifera to UVB radiation: the important role of alternative oxidase BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Jinhui Xu, Xinyu Zhao, Yi Zhong, Tongfei Qu, Baixue Sun, Huanxin Zhang, Chengzong Hou, Zhipeng Zhang, Xuexi Tang, Ying Wang
Solar radiation is primarily composed of ultraviolet radiation (UVR, 200 − 400 nm) and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR, 400 − 700 nm). Ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation accounts for only a small proportion of sunlight, and it is the primary cause of plant photodamage. The use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as refrigerants caused serious ozone depletion in the 1980s, and this had led to an increase
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Characterizing complete mitochondrial genome of Aquilegia amurensis and its evolutionary implications BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Luyuan Xu, Jinghan Wang, Tengjiao Zhang, Hongxing Xiao, Huaying Wang
Aquilegia is a model system for studying the evolution of adaptive radiation. However, very few studies have been conducted on the Aquilegia mitochondrial genome. Since mitochondria play a key role in plant adaptation to abiotic stress, analyzing the mitochondrial genome may provide a new perspective for understanding adaptive evolution. The Aquilegia amurensis mitochondrial genome was characterized
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Correction: Genome-wide identification, structural characterization and gene expression analysis of the WRKY transcription factor family in pea (Pisum sativum L.) BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Ruiqi Xiong, Zhonghua Peng, Hui Zhou, Guoxing Xue, Ailing He, Xin Yao, Wenfeng Weng, Weijiao Wu, Chao Ma, Qing Bai, Jingjun Ruan
Correction: BMC Plant Biol 24, 113 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-04774-6 Following publication of the original article [1], author would like to correct the funding statement in the Funding section. The updated funding is given below and the changes have been highlighted in bold typeface. Original Funding Not applicable. Updated Funding This work was supported by the Key Laboratory of Molecular
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Enhancing drought, heat shock, and combined stress tolerance in Myrobalan 29C rootstocks with foliar application of potassium nitrate BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Ibrahim Bolat, Kubra Korkmaz, Meral Dogan, Metin Turan, Cengiz Kaya, Hanifeh Seyed Hajizadeh, Ozkan Kaya
Drought and heat stress are significant concerns to food security in arid and semi-arid regions, where global warming is predicted to increase both frequency and severity. To cope with these challenges, the use of drought-tolerant plants or technological interventions are essential. In this study, the effects of foliar potassium nitrate (KNO3) application on the stress tolerance and recovery of Myrobalan
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Enhancing maize resilience to drought stress: the synergistic impact of deashed biochar and carboxymethyl cellulose amendment BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Subhan Danish, Zuhair Hasnain, Khadim Dawar, Shah Fahad, Adnan Noor Shah, Saleh H. Salmen, Mohammad Javed Ansari
Drought stress poses a significant challenge to maize production, leading to substantial harm to crop growth and yield due to the induction of oxidative stress. Deashed biochar (DAB) in combination with carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) presents an effective approach for addressing this problem. DAB improves soil structure by increasing porosity and water retention and enhancing plant nutrient utilization
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Effect of salinity stress and surfactant treatment with zinc and boron on morpho-physiological and biochemical indices of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) BMC Plant Biol. (IF 5.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Atika Khan, Safura Bibi, Talha Javed, Athar Mahmood, Shahid Mehmood, Muhammad Mansoor Javaid, Baber Ali, Muhammad Yasin, Zain Ul Abidin, Mohammad Khalid Al-Sadoon, Babar Hussain Babar, Rashid Iqbal, Tabarak Malik
Micronutrient application has a crucial role in mitigating salinity stress in crop plants. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of zinc (Zn) and boron (B) as foliar applications on fenugreek growth and physiology under salt stress (0 and 120 mM). After 35 days of salt treatments, three levels of zinc (0, 50, and 100 ppm) and two levels of boron (0 and 2 ppm) were applied as a foliar