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Impact of the overexpression of the StDREB1 transcription factor on growth parameters, yields, and chemical composition of tubers from greenhouse and field grown potato plants J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2021-01-19 Nour Chiab, Mariem Kammoun, Safa Charfeddine, Donia Bouaziz, Mbarka Gouider, Radhia Gargouri-Bouzid
Potato plants are often exposed to biotic and abiotic stresses that negatively impact their growth, development, and yield. Plants respond to different stresses by inducing large numbers of stress-responsive genes, which can be either functional or regulatory genes. Among regulatory genes, Dehydration Responsive Element Binding (DREB) genes are considered as one of the main groups of transcriptional
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Effects of climate warming on the production of the pioneer moss Racomitrium japonicum : seasonal and year-to-year variations J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2021-01-12 Soshi Osaki, Takayuki Nakatsubo
Pioneer mosses are among the dominant vegetation in the early stages of xeric successions. Recent climate warming may have a significant effect on the productivity of these mosses, thereby affecting successional processes. In this study, we investigated the effects of temperature changes on the productivity of Racomitrium japonicum, a pioneer moss species commonly found on open ground in Japan. We
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Evolutionary histories and mycorrhizal associations of mycoheterotrophic plants dependent on saprotrophic fungi J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2021-01-08 Yuki Ogura-Tsujita, Tomohisa Yukawa, Akihiko Kinoshita
Mycoheterotrophic plants (MHPs) are leafless, achlorophyllous, and completely dependent on mycorrhizal fungi for their carbon supply. Mycorrhizal symbiosis is a mutualistic association with fungi that is undertaken by the majority of land plants, but mycoheterotrophy represents a breakdown of this mutualism in that plants parasitize fungi. Most MHPs are associated with fungi that are mycorrhizal with
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Rapid movements in plants J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2021-01-07 Hiroaki Mano, Mitsuyasu Hasebe
Plant movements are generally slow, but some plant species have evolved the ability to move very rapidly at speeds comparable to those of animals. Whereas movement in animals relies on the contraction machinery of muscles, many plant movements use turgor pressure as the primary driving force together with secondarily generated elastic forces. The movement of stomata is the best-characterized model
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Regulation of antioxidant enzymes and osmo-protectant molecules by salt and drought responsive genes in Bambusa balcooa J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2021-01-07 Bakhtiyar Alam Syed, Meghana Patel, Akash Patel, Bharat Gami, Beena Patel
Bio-energy crops need to be grown on marginal salt and drought lands in India as per policy. Understanding environmental stress response in bio-energy crops might help in promoting cultivation of bio-energy feedstock on marginal salty and drought land. This is one of the first report for vegetative propagation of Bamboo (Bambusa balcooa) under salt and drought stress to understand antioxidant enzymes’
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Changes in organic compounds secreted by roots in two Poaceae species ( Hordeum vulgare and Polypogon monspenliensis ) subjected to iron deficiency J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-11-16 Dorsaf Nakib, Tarek Slatni, Michele Di Foggia, Adamo Domenico Rombolà, Chedly Abdelly
Despite their economic and ecological interests, Poaceae are affected by the low availability of iron in calcareous soils. Several studies focused on the capacity of this family to secrete phytosiderophores and organic acids as a mechanism of tolerance to iron deficiency. This work aimed at studying the physiological responses of two Poaceae species; Hordeum vulgare (cultivated barley) and Polypogon
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Bloodwood: the composition and secreting-site of the characteristic red exudate that gives the name to the Swartzia species (Fabaceae) J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2021-01-06 Carolina Alcantara de Oliveira, Vidal de Freitas Mansano, Simone Pádua Teixeira, Arno Fritz das Neves Brandes, Leopoldo Clemente Baratto, Suzana Guimarães Leitão, Michele Nunes Santana, Igor Almeida Rodrigues, Juliana Villela Paulino
The Swartzia species are commonly known as bloodwood due to the red exudate released from the stem after injury. This exudate has aroused great interest, and an integrative study is essential to describe it in detail. Thus, this work aimed to identify the red exudate’s secreting-site in S. flaemingii and S. langsdorffii, and determine if it is a latex or a resin. Samples of the stem bark and the secondary
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Genetic structure of a widespread alpine shrub Rhododendron aureum (Ericaceae) across East Asia J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2021-01-04 Maria A. Polezhaeva, Natalya A. Tikhonova, Elena A. Marchuk, Makar V. Modorov, Maryana N. Ranyuk, Alexey N. Polezhaev, Natalya K. Badmayeva, Vladimir L. Semerikov
The vast territory of East Asia, including southwestern Beringia, is considered to have been almost ice free during the Pleistocene. Cold-resistant flora may have persisted in this region expanding or contracting its range during the climate cooling. Only a few plant genera have been studied with a sampling area across their entire geographic range in East Asia; therefore, the understanding of the
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Taxonomic study of a new green alga, Annulotesta cochlephila gen. et sp. nov. (Kornmanniaceae, Ulvales, Ulvophyceae), growing on the shells of door snails J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2021-01-02 Noriaki Namba, Takeshi Nakayama
Some algae are known to grow on shellfish shells. Most of these have been reported in aquatic environments. The species specificity for substrate shells varies, and some algae grow only on the shells of a certain species of shellfish, such as Pseudocladophora conchopheria (Cladophorales, Ulvophyceae) on Lunella coreensis (Trochida, Gastropoda). There are very few reports of algae that grow on land
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On the spore ornamentation of the microsoroid ferns (microsoroideae, polypodiaceae) J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-11-29 Chi-Chuan Chen, Ho-Yih Liu, Cheng-Wei Chen, Harald Schneider, Jaakko Hyvönen
Microsoroideae is the third largest of the six subfamilies of Polypodiaceae, containing over 180 species. These ferns are widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World and Oceania. We documented the spore ornamentation and integrated these data into the latest phylogenetic hypotheses, including a sampling of 100 taxa representing each of 17 major lineages of microsoroid
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Polyploidy and high environmental tolerance increase the invasive success of plants J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-11-05 Renan Fernandes Moura, Drielly Queiroga, Egon Vilela, Ana Paula Moraes
Ploidy level and genome size (GS) could affect the invasive capacity of plants, although these parameters can be contradictory. While small GS seems to favor dispersion, polyploidy—which increases the GS—also seems to favor it. Using a phylogenetic path analysis, we evaluated the effects of both factors on the environmental tolerance and invasive success of plants. We selected 99 invasive plant species
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Hevea brasiliensis latex proteomics: a review of analytical methods and the way forward J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-10-27 Mohd Afiq Hazlami Habib, Mohd Nazri Ismail
Natural rubber or latex from the Hevea brasiliensis is an important commodity in various economic sectors in today’s modern society. Proteins have been detected in latex since the early twentieth century, and they are known to regulate various biological pathways within the H. brasiliensis trees such as the natural rubber biosynthesis, defence against pathogens, wound healing, and stress tolerance
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Differential localization of cell wall polymers across generations in the placenta of Marchantia polymorpha J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-10-27 Jason S. Henry, Renee A. Lopez, Karen S. Renzaglia
To further knowledge on cell wall composition in early land plants, we localized cell wall constituents in placental cells of the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha L. using monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) in the transmission electron microscope and histochemical staining. The placenta of M. polymorpha is similar to the majority of bryophytes in that both generations contain transfer cells with extensive
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Communities of mycorrhizal fungi in different trophic types of Asiatic Pyrola japonica sensu lato (Ericaceae) J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-10-24 Yosuke Matsuda, Yusuke Yamaguchi, Naoko Matsuo, Takashi Uesugi, Junko Ito, Takahiro Yagame, Tomáš Figura, Marc-André Selosse, Yasushi Hashimoto
Mixotrophic plants obtain carbon by their own photosynthetic activity and from their root-associated mycorrhizal fungi. Mixotrophy is deemed a pre-adaptation for evolution of mycoheterotrophic nutrition, where plants fully depend on fungi and lose their photosynthetic activity. The aim of this study was to clarify mycorrhizal dependency and heterotrophy level in various phenotypes of mixotrophic Pyrola
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The SoNAP gene from sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum ) encodes a senescence-associated NAC transcription factor involved in response to osmotic and salt stress J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-10-23 Evelyn A. Carrillo-Bermejo, Samuel David Gamboa-Tuz, Alejandro Pereira-Santana, Miguel A. Keb-Llanes, Enrique Castaño, Luis Joel Figueroa-Yañez, Luis C. Rodriguez-Zapata
Climate change has caused serious problems related to the productivity of agricultural crops directly affecting human well-being. Plants have evolved to produce molecular mechanisms in response to environmental stresses, such as transcription factors (TFs), to cope with abiotic stress. The NAC proteins constitute a plant-specific family of TFs involved in plant development processes and tolerance to
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Phylogeny and biogeography of Sagittaria (Alismataceae) revisited: evidence for cryptic diversity and colonization out of South America J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-10-22 Yu Ito, Norio Tanaka, Brian R. Keener, Samuli Lehtonen
Sagittaria is a genus of ca. 40 species in the aquatic plant family Alismataceae with a nearly global distribution, and a center of diversity in the New World. Two thirds of the known species are native to the Americas, while only a few species are distributed in Africa, Asia and Europe. A previous biogeographic analysis of the genus suggested an African origin for the genus with subsequent dispersal
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VrLELP controls flowering time under short-day conditions in Arabidopsis J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-10-21 Renxing Shi, Wenying Xu, Tong Liu, Chunmei Cai, Shuai Li
Flowering time has a critically important effect on the reproduction of plants, and many components involved in flowering-time regulation have been identified in multiple plant species. However, studies of the flowering-time genes in mungbean (Vigna radiata) have been limited. Here, we characterized a novel mungbean gene, VrLELP, involved in flowering-time regulation in transgenic Arabidopsis. Subcellular
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Roles of YABBY transcription factors in the modulation of morphogenesis, development, and phytohormone and stress responses in plants J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-10-08 Tianpeng Zhang, Chongyang Li, Daxing Li, Yang Liu, Xinghong Yang
The YABBY family is a class of plant-specific transcription factors comprising a typical N-terminal C2C2-type zinc finger domain and a C-terminal helix-loop-helix YABBY domain. YABBY transcription factors play important roles in multiple biological processes, including polarity establishment in plant leaves, the formation and development of reproductive organs, the response to plant hormone signals
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Post-pollination barriers enable coexistence of pollinator-sharing ornithophilous Erica species J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Anina Coetzee, Claire N. Spottiswoode, Colleen L. Seymour
Some evolutionary radiations produce a number of closely-related species that continue to coexist. In such plant systems, when pre-pollination barriers are weak, relatively strong post-pollination reproductive barriers are required to maintain species boundaries. Even when post-pollination barriers are in place, however, reproductive interference and pollinator dependence may strengthen selection for
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Justicia adhatoda reveals two morphotypes with possible functional significance J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-09-26 Eapsa Berry, Ashish Kumar Choudhary, Girish Mishra, Rajesh Tandon, R. Geeta
Justicia adhatoda L. (Acanthaceae), an Old-World species of Justicia, is found in almost all geographical regions of India. Indian botanists have persistently used two accepted synonyms of J. adhatoda, namely, Adhatoda vasica and Adhatoda zeylanica, treating them as names of separate species, but without considering or making any reference to variation of forms in the species. Here, different aspects
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Fungal colonization associated with phenological stages of a photosynthetic terrestrial temperate orchid from the Southern Iberian Peninsula. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-09-23 Irene Herrera-Rus,Julio E Pastor,Rocío Juan
Fungal endophytes, both mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal, are involved in the development of the life cycle of orchids, providing potential beneficial relationships. Here, we assess the succession of changes in the diversity of fungal symbionts associated with a terrestrial temperate orchid species, Anacamptis morio subsp. champagneuxii, over three phenological stages: developed leaves but no stem elongation
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Cell wall Glycine-rich Protein2 is involved in tapetal differentiation and pollen maturation. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-09-14 Naomi Takebe,Atsuko Nakamura,Tomomi Watanabe,Aya Miyashita,Shinobu Satoh,Hiroaki Iwai
The tapetum plays important roles in anther development by providing materials for pollen-wall formation and nutrients for pollen development. Here, we report the characterization of a male-sterile mutant of glycine-rich protein 2 (OsGRP2), which exhibits irregular cell division and dysfunction of the tapetum. GRP is a cellwall structural protein present in the cell walls of diverse plant species,
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Correction to: The embryological insight into the relationship between Forsythia and Abeliophyllum (Forsythieae, Oleaceae). J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-08-27 Balkrishna Ghimire,Dabin Yum,Jae Hyeun Kim,Mi Jin Jeong
In the original publication of the article, species name.
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Origin of the critically endangered endemic species Scrophularia takesimensis (Scrophulariaceae) on Ulleung Island, Korea: implications for conservation. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-08-19 Hee-Young Gil,Masayuki Maki,Elena A Pimenova,Aleksandr Taran,Seung-Chul Kim
Scrophularia takesimensis is a critically endangered endemic species of Ulleung Island, Korea. A previous molecular phylogenetic study based on nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences with very limited sampling suggested that it is most closely related to the clade comprising S. alata and S. grayanoides. To determine the origin of S. takesimensis, we sampled a total
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Physiological, anatomical and ultrastructural effects of aluminum on Styrax camporum, a native Cerrado woody species. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-06-19 Anna C G Bressan,Giselle S Silva,Otavia F A A Banhos,Francisco A O Tanaka,Gustavo Habermann
Styrax camporum Pohl. (Styracaceae) is a woody species that grows on acidic soils from the Brazilian savanna with high aluminum (Al) saturation (m% > 50%), where it accumulates ~ 1500 mg Al per kg dry leaves. Using nutrient solution, a previous study showed that 1480 μM Al causes toxicity symptoms, which raises the question whether less than 1480 μM Al could cause beneficial effects on this species
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Effects of seed priming on germination and seedling growth of desiccation-sensitive seeds from Mexican tropical rainforest. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-08-14 Ángel Gabriel Becerra-Vázquez,Rosamond Coates,Sobeida Sánchez-Nieto,Ricardo Reyes-Chilpa,Alma Orozco-Segovia
Seed priming increases the vigor of seeds and seedlings through metabolic and biochemical processes occurring during controlled hydration, followed by dehydration. In the field, seeds are exposed to hydration-dehydration events in and on the soil after dispersal, as in seed priming. Nevertheless, seed priming has been sparsely tested on desiccation-sensitive seeds, which are vulnerable to climate change
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The embryological insight into the relationship between Forsythia and Abeliophyllum (Forsythieae, Oleaceae). J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-08-09 Balkrishna Ghimire,Dabin Yum,Jae Hyeun Kim,Mi Jin Jeong
Forsythia saxatilis, a Korean native Forsythia, is recognized as an endangered species in the Korean Red List. We carried out a comprehensive embryological investigation, including a study of the pericarp development, of F. saxatilis and compared it with previously acquired information on the family Oleaceae and also with Abeliophyllum distichum, a close relative of Forsythia. Our results revealed
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Light and nutrient limitations for tree growth on young versus old soils in a Bornean tropical montane forest. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-08-07 Shin-Ichiro Aiba,Kanehiro Kitayama
We examined forest and tree responses to decreasing nutrient availability with soil aging in a species-rich tropical montane rain forest on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo. Community composition and structure and tree growth rates were compared between two 1 ha plots on nutrient-rich young soil versus nutrient-deficient old soil. Myrtaceae and Fagaceae dominated both plots. With soil aging, the dominance of
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Morphostructural and histochemical dynamics of Euterpe precatoria (Arecaceae) germination. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-08-06 Cheila Deisy Ferreira,Inaê Mariê de Araújo Silva-Cardoso,Jéssica Cristina Barbosa Ferreira,Frederico Henrique da Silva Costa,Jonny Everson Scherwinski-Pereira
The fruits of Euterpe precatoria, popularly known as açaí palm, have been commercially exploited for use in food and beverages because of their medicinal and energetic properties. However, despite the growing demand, little is known about the seeds germination, until now, its main form of propagation. In this context, we have characterized the structure of the zygotic embryo and described temporally
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2020 Awards in the Journal of Plant Research. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 Kouki Hikosaka
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Ureide metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana is modulated by C:N balance. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-08-01 Ignacio Lescano,Andrés Matías Devegili,Carolina Martini,Tomás María Tessi,Claudio Alejandro González,Marcelo Desimone
Plants can respond and adapt to changes in the internal content of carbon and nitrogen by using organic compounds that widely differ in their carbon/nitrogen ratio. Among them, the amides asparagine and glutamine are believed to be preferred by most plants, including Arabidopsis. However, increases in the ureides allantoin and/or allantoate concentrations have been observed in different plant species
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Evolutionary diversification of taiwanioid conifers: evidence from a new Upper Cretaceous seed cone from Hokkaido, Japan. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-07-19 Ruth A Stockey,Harufumi Nishida,Gar W Rothwell
A single cylindrical seed cone 2 cm long, 1.1 cm wide has been found preserved in a calcium carbonate marine concretion from the Hakobuchi Formation (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian) of Hobetsu, Hokkaido, Japan. The cone, attached to a bent peduncle lacking leaves, has helically arranged bract/scale complexes that arise at right angles from the cone axis in the middle of the cone. The cone axis
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Ectopic expression of a poplar gene NAC13 confers enhanced tolerance to salinity stress in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-07-08 Zihan Cheng,Xuemei Zhang,Kai Zhao,Boru Zhou,Tingbo Jiang
NACs are one of the major transcription factor families in plants which play an important role in plant growth and development, as well as in adverse stress responses. In this study, we cloned a salt-inducible NAC transcription factor gene (NAC13) from a poplar variety 84K, followed by transforming it into both Nicotiana tabacum and Arabidopsis thaliana. Stable expression analysis of 35S::NAC13-GFP
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Species-specific nitrogen resorption proficiency in legumes and nonlegumes. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-07-04 Shimpei Oikawa,Yusuke Matsui,Michio Oguro,Masanori Okanishi,Ryo Tanabe,Tomoki Tanaka,Ayaka Togashi,Tomoyuki Itagaki
Nitrogen (N) resorption from senescing leaves enables plants to reuse N, thereby making them less dependent on current N uptake from the environment. Therefore, N resorption is important for survival and fitness, particularly for plants growing under low N supply. We studied N resorption from senescing leaves of 25 legumes and 25 nonlegumes in a temperate region of Japan to test the hypothesis that
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The ability of seeds to float with water currents contributes to the invasion success of Impatiens balfourii and I. glandulifera. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-07-03 Kamil Najberek,Paweł Olejniczak,Katarzyna Berent,Magdalena Gąsienica-Staszeczek,Wojciech Solarz
Two alien species in Europe, Impatiens glandulifera and I. balfourii, are closely related, have similar growth rates and reproductive capacities, and are very attractive to pollinators. Nevertheless, only I. glandulifera is a highly invasive alien species in Europe, while I. balfourii is non-invasive. We assumed that the varying levels of invasiveness are driven by differences in the floating ability
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Toward an understanding of nuclear substructures beyond their classical functions. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-07-01 Yuki Sakamoto,Takuya Sakamoto
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Correction to: Contribution of thrips to seed production in Habenaria radiata, an orchid morphologically adapted to hawkmoths. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-06-06 Koji Shigeta,Kenji Suetsugu
In the original publication of the article, Fig. 2(c) was erroneously identical with Fig. 2(a) and correct version is provided below.
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Identification and expression profiling analysis of ascorbate peroxidase gene family in Actinidia chinensis (Hongyang). J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-06-06 Guang-Lian Liao,Qing Liu,Yi-Qi Li,Min Zhong,Chun-Hui Huang,Dong-Feng Jia,Xiao-Biao Xu
Ascorbate peroxidase (APX) is one of the important antioxidant enzymes in the active oxygen metabolism pathway of plants and animals, especially it is the key enzyme to clear H2O2 in chloroplast and the main enzyme of vitamin C metabolism. However, knowledge about APX gene family members and their evolutionary and functional characteristics in kiwifruit is limited. In this study, we identified 13 members
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Contribution of thrips to seed production in Habenaria radiata, an orchid morphologically adapted to hawkmoths. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-05-29 Koji Shigeta,Kenji Suetsugu
The very high floral diversity of Orchidaceae has often been attributed to the intricate relationships between orchids and their pollinators. In particular, the interaction between long-spurred orchids and hawkmoths has been well-studied. However, several recent studies suggest that pollination is driven by complex factors, including floral syndromes and local pollinator availability. Here, we investigated
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Biosynthesis of the starch is improved by the supplement of nickel (Ni2+) in duckweed (Landoltia punctata). J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-05-27 Jin Shao,Zhibin Liu,Yongqiang Ding,Jianmei Wang,Xufeng Li,Yi Yang
Duckweed is a kind of floating aquatic plant and increasing its starch production is favorable for bioenergy. In this study, we found that starch biosynthesis was greatly promoted by the supplement of nickel ion (Ni2+) through the comparison of other different ions. The starch content in duckweed was increased by nearly eightfold when duckweed was treated with 20 µM Ni2+. The analysis of paraffin sections
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Correction to: Non-specific phospholipase C (NPC): an emerging class of phospholipase C in plant growth and development. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-05-22 Yuki Nakamura,Anh H Ngo
In the original publication of the article, values of "Genes" NPC6 was out of order in Table 1.
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Vegetative and reproductive growth of Arabidopsis under microgravity conditions in space. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-05-18 Ichirou Karahara,Takamichi Suto,Takashi Yamaguchi,Umi Yashiro,Daisuke Tamaoki,Emi Okamoto,Sachiko Yano,Fumiaki Tanigaki,Toru Shimazu,Haruo Kasahara,Hirokazu Kasahara,Mitsuhiro Yamada,Takayuki Hoson,Kouichi Soga,Seiichiro Kamisaka
We have performed a seed-to-seed experiment in the cell biology experiment facility (CBEF) installed in the Kibo (Japanese Experiment Module) in the International Space Station. The CBEF has a 1 × g compartment on a centrifuge and a microgravity compartment, to investigate the effects of microgravity on the vegetative and reproductive growth of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. Seeds germinated irrespective
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The mechanisms and significance of the positional control of centromeres and telomeres in plants. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-05-14 Yuka Oko,Nanami Ito,Takuya Sakamoto
The centromere and telomere are universal heterochromatic domains; however, the proper positioning of those domains in nuclear space during the mitotic interphase differs among eukaryotes. Consequently, the question arises how and why this difference occurs. Studies over the past 2 decades have identified several nuclear membrane proteins, nucleolar proteins, and the structural maintenance of a chromosome
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Non-specific phospholipase C (NPC): an emerging class of phospholipase C in plant growth and development. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-05-05 Yuki Nakamura,Anh H Ngo
Non-specific phospholipase C (NPC) is a novel class of phospholipase C found only in bacteria and higher plants. NPC hydrolyzes major phospholipid classes such as phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) to produce diacylglycerol (DAG) and a corresponding phosphate-containing polar head group. Originally known as a toxin in certain bacteria to invade the host cell, this class of phospholipase
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Nucleolus-associated chromatin domains are maintained under heat stress, despite nucleolar reorganization in Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-05-05 Ariadna Picart-Picolo,Claire Picart,Nathalie Picault,Frederic Pontvianne
Several layers of mechanisms participate in plant adaptation to heat-stress. For example, the plant metabolism switches from cell growth mode to stress adaptation mode. Ribosome biogenesis is one of the most energy costly pathways. That biogenesis process occurs in the nucleolus, the largest nuclear compartment, whose structure is highly dependent on this pathway. We used a nucleolar marker to track
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Correction to: Population genetic structure and demography of Magnolia kobus: variety borealis is not supported genetically. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-04-29 Ichiro Tamaki,Naomichi Kawashima,Suzuki Setsuko,Jung-Hyun Lee,Akemi Itaya,Kyohei Yukitoshi,Nobuhiro Tomaru
The original article was updated.
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Apical stem cells sustaining prosperous evolution of land plants. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Ryuichi Nishihama,Satoshi Naramoto
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Correction to: Cell cycle inhibitors improve seed storability after priming treatments. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-04-25 Naoto Sano,Mitsunori Seo
The article Cell cycle inhibitors improve seed storability after priming treatments, written by Naoto Sano and Mitsunori Seo, was originally published Online First without Open Access.
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Correction to: Transition from C3 to proto-Kranz to C3-C4 intermediate type in the genus Chenopodium (Chenopodiaceae). J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-04-25 Yuki Yorimitsu,Aya Kadosono,Yuto Hatakeyama,Takayuki Yabiku,Osamu Ueno
The article Transition from C3 to Correspondence t.
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Correction to: Heat and chilling stress induce nucleolus morphological changes. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-04-25 Kohma Hayashi,Sachihiro Matsunaga
The article Heat and chilling stress induce nucleolus morphological changes, written by Kohma Hayashi and Sachihiro Matsunaga, was originally published Online First without Open Access. After publication in volume 132, issue 3, page 395-403 the author decided to opt for Open Choice and to make the article an Open Access publication.
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Correction to: Extraforal nectary-bearing plant Mallotus japonicus uses diferent types of extraforal nectaries to establish efective defense by ants. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-04-25 Akira Yamawo,Nobuhiko Suzuki,Jun Tagawa
The article Extraforal nectary-bearing plant Mallotus japonicus uses diferent types of extraforal nectaries to establish efective defense by ants, written by Akira Yamawo.
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A functionally informed evolutionary framework for the study of LRR-RLKs during stem cell maintenance. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-04-24 Joseph Cammarata,Michael J Scanlon
Plants maintain populations of stem cells to generate new organs throughout the course of their lives. The pathways that regulate plant stem cell maintenance have garnered great interest over the past decades, as variation in these pathways contributes plant morphological diversity and can be harnessed for crop improvement. In order to facilitate cross-species comparisons of gene function and better
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Modifications of water status, growth rate and antioxidant system in two wheat cultivars as affected by salinity stress and salicylic acid. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-04-22 Naglaa Loutfy,Yoh Sakuma,Dharmendra K Gupta,Masahiro Inouhe
Salicylic acid (SA) has an important role in drought-tolerance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) but its relevance to the salinity-tolerance is not well understood. In the present study, possible roles of SA and salinity responses were examined using two wheat cultivars i.e., drought-tolerant Sakha-69 and drought-sensitive Gemaza-1, exposed to 150 mM NaCl. Parameters were determined for growth i.e. fresh
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Three-dimensional nuclear organization in Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-04-02 Frédéric Pontvianne,Stefan Grob
In recent years, the study of plant three-dimensional nuclear architecture received increasing attention. Enabled by technological advances, our knowledge on nuclear architecture has greatly increased and we can now access large data sets describing its manifold aspects. The principles of nuclear organization in plants do not significantly differ from those in animals. Plant nuclear organization comprises
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Nuclear lamina CRWN proteins regulate chromatin organization, gene expression, and nuclear body formation in plants. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-03-30 Yuki Sakamoto
The metazoan cell nucleus is physically supported by nuclear lamina structures, which are mainly composed of filamentous protein lamins. CROWDED NUCLEI (CRWNs)/nuclear matrix constituent proteins are considered potential candidates of lamin analogs in plants. CRWNs specifically localize to the nuclear periphery, maintain nuclear morphology, and interact with several inner nuclear membrane proteins
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Correction to: Theoretical models for branch formation in plants. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Akiko Nakamasu,Takumi Higaki
The article Theoretical models for branch formation in plants.
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Correction to: Molecular mechanisms mediating root hydrotropism: what we have observed since the rediscovery of hydrotropism. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Yutaka Miyazawa,Hideyuki Takahashi
The article Molecular mechanisms mediating root hydrotropism.
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Positional cues regulate dorsal organ formation in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-03-23 Hidemasa Suzuki,C Jill Harrison,Masaki Shimamura,Takayuki Kohchi,Ryuichi Nishihama
Bryophytes and vascular plants represent the broadest evolutionary divergence in the land plant lineage, and comparative analyses of development spanning this divergence therefore offer opportunities to identify truisms of plant development in general. In vascular plants, organs are formed repetitively around meristems at the growing tips in response to positional cues. In contrast, leaf formation
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Tolerant mechanisms to O2 deficiency under submergence conditions in plants. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-03-18 Motoka Nakamura,Ko Noguchi
Wetland plants can tolerate long-term strict hypoxia and anoxic conditions and the subsequent re-oxidative stress compared to terrestrial plants. During O2 deficiency, both wetland and terrestrial plants use NAD(P)+ and ATP that are produced during ethanol fermentation, sucrose degradation, and major amino acid metabolisms. The oxidation of NADH by non-phosphorylating pathways in the mitochondrial
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Nuclear pore complex-mediated gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Plant Res. (IF 2.185) Pub Date : 2020-03-13 Kentaro Tamura
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are large multi-protein complexes that control bidirectional trafficking of macromolecules between the nucleus and cytoplasm. This trafficking is highly regulated and participates in a considerably broader range of cellular activities, including defense responses against pathogens in plants. Recently, NPC is emerging as a platform to physically associate the underlying
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