Published in BMC Plant Biology
BackgroundPhosphorus (P) deficiency in soil is a worldwide issue and a major constraint on the production of sorghum, which is an important staple food, forage and energy crop. The depletion of P reserves and the increasing price of P fertilizer make fertilizer application impractical, especially in developing countries. Therefore, identifying sorg...
Published in Plant Methods
BackgroundPlant roots are complex, three-dimensional structures that play a central role in anchorage, water and nutrient acquisition, storage and interaction with rhizosphere microbes. Studying the development of the plant root system architecture is inherently difficult as soil is not a transparent medium.ResultsThis study uses electrical impedan...
Published in 3 Biotech
The functional characterization of miRNAs often involves understanding of their spatiotemporal expression, which mostly relies on reporter-based or in situ hybridization studies. The available in situ localization methods follow separate protocols for pre-hybridization, hybridization, post-hybridization, and detection steps for both miRNA and mRNA ...
The PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE-BINDING PROTEIN (PEBP) gene family is present in all eukaryotic kingdoms. In plants, three separate subfamilies have been identified, all of which have diversified functions. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the PEBP family members have been assigned roles as promoting or repressing flowering, controlling inflorescence meristem...
Published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
In the present day, plants are increasingly being utilized to safeguard the environment. In this study, we used Salsola crassa M. B. and Suaeda maritima L. Dumort for phytoremediation of water contaminated with heavy metals and simultaneous examination of the effect of industrial pollution on their root structures. After irrigation of a treatment g...
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In the last decade strigolactones have been recognized as a novel type of plant hormones. They are involved in the control of key developmental processes such as lateral shoot outgrowth and leaf and root development, among others. In addition, strigolactones modulate plant responses to abiotic stresses like phosphate starvation and drought. Here we...
The life cycle of a seed plant involves subsequent stages of development including germination and seedling establishment. Morphological structures have a fundamental role in these phases, since they are strongly related to physiological adaptations to survival in a range of environments. The present study describes an important morphophysiological...
Published in Plant and Soil
Background and aimsAmmonium (NH4+) is an important nitrogen source and is widely used as a fertilizer in agricultural systems. However, excess NH4+ inhibits root growth, and, subsequently, vegetative shoot growth and yield. This study examines whether auxin is involved in differential NH4+ tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.), and how auxin is regul...
Published in Planta
Main conclusionPresent review addresses the advances made in the understanding of biogenesis of plant small RNAs and their role in plant development. We discuss the elaborate role of microRNAs (miRNAs) and trans-acting small interfering RNAs (ta-siRNAs) in various aspects of plant growth and development and highlight relevance of small RNA mobility...
