Asfaw, Asrat Mondo, Jean M Agre, Paterne A Asiedu, Robert Akoroda, Malachy O
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BMC plant biology
White Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata) is primarily a dioecious species with distinct male and female plants. Its breeding is constrained by sexual reproduction abnormalities, resulting in low success rates in cross-pollination. An accurate method for early detection of this plant's sex and compatible fertile parents at the seedling stage would imp...
Maazou, Abdoul-Raouf Sayadi Gedil, Melaku Adetimirin, Victor O Mengesha, Wende Meseka, Silvestro Ilesanmi, Oluyinka Agre, Paterne A Menkir, Abebe
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BMC plant biology
Temperate maize inbred lines with expired Plant Variety Protection Act certificates (Ex-PVP) are potential sources of desirable alleles for tropical germplasm improvement. Up to now, the usefulness of the Ex-PVP inbred lines as a potential source of novel beneficial alleles for Striga hermonthica resistance breeding to enhance genetic gain in tropi...
Zhao, Xuyao Yang, Jingjing Li, Xiaozhe Li, Gaojie Sun, Zuoliang Chen, Yan Chen, Yimeng Xia, Manli Li, Yixian Yao, Lunguang
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BMC Plant Biology
Background GARP transcription factors perform critical roles in plant development and response to environmental stimulus, especially in the phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) sensing and uptake. Spirodela polyrhiza (giant duckweed) is widely used for phytoremediation and biomass production due to its rapid growth and efficient N and P removal capaciti...
Li, Jian Zhao, Qing Huang, Jin-Peng Jia, Jia-Yu Zhu, Teng-Fei Hong, Tao Su, Jun
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BMC Plant Biology
Background Development of Pantana phyllostachysae , a moso bamboo pest, is affected by its diet. Understanding the mechanism underlying the different insect-resistant capacities of on- and off-year moso bamboo fed by P. phyllostachysae is crucial for managing pest outbreaks. As microbes were proven to influence plant immunity, we compared gut micro...
Niu, Yanan Chen, Tianxiao Zheng, Zhi Zhao, Chenchen Liu, Chunji Jia, Jizeng Zhou, Meixue
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BMC Plant Biology
Background Carbohydrate accumulation of photosynthetic organs, mainly leaves, are the primary sources of grain yield in cereals. The flag leaf plays a vital role in seed development, which is probably the most neglected morphological characteristic during traditional selection processes. Results In this experiment, four flag leaf morphological trai...
Ni, Xiaopeng Ni, Zhaojun Ouma, Kenneth Omondi Gao, Zhihong
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BMC Plant Biology
Background Japanese apricot ( Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.) is popular for both ornamental and processing value, fruit color affects the processing quality, and red pigmentation is the most obvious phenotype associated with fruit color variation in Japanese apricot, mutations in structural genes in the anthocyanin pathway can disrupt the red pigmenta...
Huang, Danjuan Mao, Yingxin Guo, Guiyi Ni, Dejiang Chen, Liang
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BMC Plant Biology
Background The major aluminum (Al) detoxication mechanism of tea plant ( Camellia sinensis ), as an Al hyperaccumulator plant, is the fixation of almost 70% of Al in the cell walls. Pectin is the primary constituent of cell walls, a degree of methylation of pectin polysaccharides regulated by the pectin methylesterase (PME) genes can greatly affect...
Sun, Lulu Wang, Jianli Lian, Liqiang Song, Jian Du, Xueni Liu, Wenke Zhao, Wenchao Yang, Liu Li, Changbao Qin, Yong
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BMC Plant Biology
Background Sugar content is an important indicator of fruit quality. Except for a few wild tomato species that accumulate sucrose in the fruits, most cultivated tomato species accumulate hexose. Although several studies have focused on wild sucrose-accumulating tomato, the sucrose accumulation mechanism is still unclear. Results Here, two homozygou...
Sanetomo, Rena Akai, Kotaro Nashiki, Akito
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BMC Plant Biology
Background Tetrad sterility in potato is caused by a specific cytoplasm, called TSCsto, derived from the Mexican wild tetraploid species Solanum stoloniferum . Different S. stoloniferum accessions crossed as females with S. tuberosum resulted in 12 fertile hybrids and 27 sterile hybrids exhibiting tetrad sterility. Results Whole-mitochondrial-genom...
Wan, Jiong Wang, Qiyue Zhao, Jiawen Zhang, Xuehai Guo, Zhanyong Hu, Desheng Meng, Shujun Lin, Yuan Qiu, Xiaoqian Mu, Liqin
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BMC Plant Biology
Background Heterosis has been extensively utilized in plant breeding, however, the underlying molecular mechanism remains largely elusive. Maize ( Zea mays ), which exhibits strong heterosis, is an ideal material for studying heterosis. Results In this study, there is faster imbibition and development in reciprocal crossing Zhengdan958 hybrids than...
