Yuan, Fang Leng, Bingying Zhang, Haonan Wang, Xi Han, Guoliang Wang, Baoshan
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The Arabidopsis thaliana WD40-repeat protein TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA1 (TTG1) controls epidermis development, playing opposite roles in trichome differentiation and root hair formation. We isolated and characterized LbTTG1 (encoding a WD40-repeat protein with high sequence similarity to TTG1) from the recretohalophyte Limonium bicolor, which active...
Shimizu, Kohki Aoki, Koh
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Parasitic plants infect a broad range of plant species including economically important crops. They survive by absorbing water, minerals, and photosynthates from their hosts. To support their way of life, parasitic plants generally establish parasitic organs that allow them to attach to their hosts and to efficiently absorb substances from the vasc...
Xu, Xiaoyu Vanhercke, Thomas Shrestha, Pushkar Luo, Jixun Akbar, Sehrish Konik-Rose, Christine Venugoban, Lauren Hussain, Dawar Tian, Lijun Singh, Surinder
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Triacylglycerol is a major component of vegetable oil in seeds and fruits of many plants, but its production in vegetative tissues is rather limited. It would be intriguing and important to explore any possibility to expand current oil production platforms, for example from the plant vegetative tissues. By expressing a suite of transgenes involved ...
Marzec-Schmidt, Katarzyna Ludwików, Agnieszka Wojciechowska, Natalia Kasprowicz-Maluśki, Anna Mucha, Joanna Bagniewska-Zadworna, Agnieszka
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Regulation of gene expression, as determined by the genetics of the tree species, is a major factor in determining wood quality. Therefore, the identification of genes that play a role in xylogenesis is extremely important for understanding the mechanisms shaping the plant phenotype. Efforts to develop new varieties characterized by higher yield an...
Amah, Delphine van Biljon, Angeline Maziya-Dixon, Bussie Labuschagne, Maryke Swennen, Rony
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Bananas (Musa spp.), native to South East Asia, have spread worldwide and are integrated into the diets of millions of people in tropical regions. Carotenoid content varies dramatically between different banana genotypes, providing an opportunity for vitamin A biofortification. Polyploidization is a useful tool for crop improvement with potential t...
Niu, Mengliang Sun, Shitao Nawaz, Muhammad Azher Sun, Jingyu Cao, Haishun Lu, Junyang Huang, Yuan Bie, Zhilong
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During early periods of salt stress, reduced stomatal opening can prevent water loss and wilting. Abscisic acid (ABA) signal plays an important role in this process. Here, we show that cucumber grafted onto pumpkin exhibits rapid stomatal closure, which helps plants to adapt to osmotic stress caused by salinity. Increased ABA contents in the roots,...
Delgado, Dolores Sánchez-Bermejo, Eduardo de Marcos, Alberto Martín-Jimenez, Cristina Fenoll, Carmen Alonso-Blanco, Carlos Mena, Montaña
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Stomatal abundance varies widely across natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana, and presumably affects plant performance because it influences water and CO2 exchange with the atmosphere and thence photosynthesis and transpiration. In order to determine the genetic basis of this natural variation, we have analyzed a recombinant inbred line (RIL...
Martín-Hernanz, Sara Aparicio, Abelardo Fernández-Mazuecos, Mario Rubio, Encarnación Reyes-Betancort, J Alfredo Santos-Guerra, Arnoldo Olangua-Corral, María Albaladejo, Rafael G
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A robust phylogenetic framework, in terms of extensive geographical and taxonomic sampling, well-resolved species relationships and high certainty of tree topologies and branch length estimations, is critical in the study of macroevolutionary patterns. Whereas Sanger sequencing-based methods usually recover insufficient phylogenetic signal, especia...
Gomes, Carolina Dupas, Annabelle Pagano, Andrea Grima-Pettenati, Jacqueline Paiva, Jorge Almiro P
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Willow (Salix spp. L.) species are fast-growing trees and shrubs that have attracted emergent attention for their potential as feedstocks for bioenergy and biofuel production, as well as for pharmaceutical and phytoremediation applications. This economic and environmental potential has propelled the creation of several genetic and genomic resources...
Ferreira, Carlos M H López-Rayo, Sandra Lucena, Juan J Soares, Eduardo V Soares, Helena M V M
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Currently, fertilization with synthetic chelates is the most effective agricultural practice to prevent iron (Fe) deficiencies in crops, especially in calcareous soils. Because these compounds are not biodegradable, they are persistent in the environment, and so, there is the risk of metal leaching from the soils. Thus, new, more environment-friend...
