Evaluation of reference genes for real-time RT-PCR expression studies in the plant pathogen Pectobacterium atrosepticum.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transcription factors GATAs are involved in plant developmental processes and respond to environmental stresses through binding DNA regulatory regions to regulate their downstream genes. However, little information on the GATA genes in Brassica napus is available. The release of the reference genome of B. na...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Zhu W,Guo Y,Chen Y,Wu D,Jiang L

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nitrogen application can effectively mitigate the damage to crop growth and yield caused by drought. However, the efficiency of heavy nitrogen application before drought (NBD) and heavy nitrogen application after drought (NAD) to regulate rice response to drought stress remains controversial. In this study, ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Du J,Shen T,Xiong Q,Zhu C,Peng X,He X,Fu J,Ouyang L,Bian J,Hu L,Sun X,Zhou D,He H,Zhong L,Chen X

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines, SCN) is the most economically damaging pathogen of soybean (Glycine max) in the U.S. The Rhg1 locus is repeatedly observed as the quantitative trait locus with the greatest impact on SCN resistance. The Glyma18g02680.1 gene at the Rhg1 locus that encodes an apparen...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Melito S,Heuberger AL,Cook D,Diers BW,MacGuidwin AE,Bent AF

更新日期：2010-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:miR399 and miR827 are both involved in conserved phosphorus (P) deficiency signalling pathways. miR399 targets the PHO2 gene encoding E2 enzyme that negatively regulates phosphate uptake and root-to-shoot allocation, while miR827 targets SPX-domain-containing genes that negatively regulate other P-responsive...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Hackenberg M,Shi BJ,Gustafson P,Langridge P

更新日期：2013-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The selective removal of grapevine leaves around berry clusters can improve the quality of ripening fruits by influencing parameters such as the berry sugar and anthocyanin content at harvest. The outcome depends strongly on the timing of defoliation, which influences the source-sink balance and the modified...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Pastore C,Zenoni S,Fasoli M,Pezzotti M,Tornielli GB,Filippetti I

更新日期：2013-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytokinin Response Factors (CRFs) are a small subset of AP2/ERF transcription factor genes shown in Arabidopsis to regulate leaf development as part of the cytokinin signal transduction pathway. This study examines the phylogenetic distribution of CRF genes in other plant species, and attempts to identify th...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Rashotte AM,Goertzen LR

更新日期：2010-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Forest species ranges are confined by environmental limitations such as cold stress. The natural range shifts of pine forests due to climate change and proactive-assisted population migration may each be constrained by the ability of pine species to tolerate low temperatures, especially in northern latitudes...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Taïbi K,Del Campo AD,Vilagrosa A,Bellés JM,López-Gresa MP,López-Nicolás JM,Mulet JM

更新日期：2018-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hordeum chilense, a native South American diploid wild barley, is one of the species of the genus Hordeum with a high potential for cereal breeding purposes, given its high crossability with other members of the Triticeae tribe. Hexaploid tritordeum (×Tritordeum Ascherson et Graebner, 2n=6×=42, AABBH(ch)H(ch...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Castillo A,Ramírez MC,Martín AC,Kilian A,Martín A,Atienza SG

更新日期：2013-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cold stress is one of the primary environmental factors that affect plant growth and productivity, especially for crops like Brassica napus that live through cold seasons. Till recently, although a number of genes and pathways involved in B. napus cold response have been revealed by independent studies, a ge...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Ke L,Lei W,Yang W,Wang J,Gao J,Cheng J,Sun Y,Fan Z,Yu D

更新日期：2020-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Modern agriculture strives to sustainably manage fertilizer for both economic and environmental reasons. The monitoring of any nutritional (phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium) deficiency in growing plants is a challenge for precision farming technology. A study was carried out on three species of popular crops,...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Siedliska A,Baranowski P,Pastuszka-Woźniak J,Zubik M,Krzyszczak J

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although it is known that resistant rootstocks facilitate management of fire blight disease, incited by Erwinia amylovora, the role of rootstock root traits in providing systemic defense against E. amylovora is unclear. In this study, the hypothesis that rootstocks of higher root vigor provide higher toleran...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Singh J,Fabrizio J,Desnoues E,Silva JP,Busch W,Khan A

更新日期：2019-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Potassium (K+) is an important nutrient ion in plant cells and plays crucial roles in many plant physiological and developmental processes. In the natural environment, K+ deficiency is a common abiotic stress that inhibits plant growth and reduces crop productivity. Several microarray studies have been condu...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Ma TL,Wu WH,Wang Y

更新日期：2012-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vacuolar type H+-ATPases play a critical role in the maintenance of vacuolar homeostasis in plant cells. V-ATPases are also involved in plants' defense against environmental stress. This research examined the expression and regulation of the catalytic subunit of the vacuolar type H+-ATPase in Arabidopsis tha...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Magnotta SM,Gogarten JP

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perenniality is best understood in quantitative terms, involving the relationship between production vs. turnover of meristems, biomass, or energy reserves. Previous quantitative trait locus (QTL) studies using divergent populations of the perennial rock cress Arabidopsis lyrata have shown that trade-offs in...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Remington DL,Figueroa J,Rane M

更新日期：2015-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The polyphenolic products of the phenylpropanoid pathway, including proanthocyanidins, anthocyanins and flavonols, possess antioxidant properties that may provide health benefits. To investigate the genetic architecture of control of their biosynthesis in apple fruit, various polyphenolic compounds were quan...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Chagné D,Krieger C,Rassam M,Sullivan M,Fraser J,André C,Pindo M,Troggio M,Gardiner SE,Henry RA,Allan AC,McGhie TK,Laing WA

更新日期：2012-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Somatic embryogenesis is the preferred method for cell to plant regeneration in Vitis vinifera L. However, low frequencies of plant embryo conversion are commonly found. In a previous work we obtained from cut-seeds of a grapevine infected with the Grapevine leafroll associated viruses 1 and 3 (GLRaV-1 and G...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： San Pedro T,Gammoudi N,Peiró R,Olmos A,Gisbert C

更新日期：2017-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vacuolar invertases (VINs) have been reported to regulate plant growth and development and respond to abiotic stresses such as drought and cold. With our best knowledge, the functions of VIN genes little have been reported in tea plant (Camellia sinensis L.). Therefore, it is necessary to develop research in...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Qian W,Xiao B,Wang L,Hao X,Yue C,Cao H,Wang Y,Li N,Yu Y,Zeng J,Yang Y,Wang X

更新日期：2018-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In mammals, nucleostemin (NS), a nucleolar GTPase, is involved in stem cell proliferation, embryogenesis and ribosome biogenesis. Arabidopsis NUCLEOSTEMIN-LIKE 1 (NSN1) has previously been shown to be essential for plant growth and development. However, the role of NSN1 in cell proliferation is largely unkno...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Wang Z,Wang X,Xie B,Hong Z,Yang Q

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plant biologists have long speculated about the mechanisms that guide pollen tubes to ovules. Although there is now evidence that ovules emit a diffusible attractant, little is known about how this attractant mediates interactions between the pollen tube and the ovules. RESULTS:We employ a semi-in vitro ass...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Stewman SF,Jones-Rhoades M,Bhimalapuram P,Tchernookov M,Preuss D,Dinner AR

更新日期：2010-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ornamental crop Calluna vulgaris is of increasing importance to the horticultural industry in the northern hemisphere due to a flower organ mutation: the flowers of the 'bud-flowering' phenotype remain closed i.e. as buds throughout the total flowering period and thereby maintain more colorful flowers fo...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Borchert T,Eckardt K,Fuchs J,Krüger K,Hohe A

更新日期：2009-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abiotic stresses (e.g., heat or limited water and nutrient availability) limit crop production worldwide. With the progression of climate change, the severity and variation of these stresses are expected to increase. Exogenous silicon (Si) has shown beneficial effects on plant growth; however, its role in co...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Khan A,Khan AL,Imran M,Asaf S,Kim YH,Bilal S,Numan M,Al-Harrasi A,Al-Rawahi A,Lee IJ

更新日期：2020-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Castor seeds are a major source for ricinoleate, an important industrial raw material. Genomics studies of castor plant will provide critical information for understanding seed metabolism, for effectively engineering ricinoleate production in transgenic oilseeds, or for genetically improving castor plants by...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Lu C,Wallis JG,Browse J

更新日期：2007-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cannabis possesses a rich spectrum of phytochemicals i.e. cannabinoids, terpenes and phenolic compounds of industrial and medicinal interests. Most of these high-value plant products are synthesised in the disk cells and stored in the secretory cavity in glandular trichomes. Conventional trichome analysis wa...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Ebersbach P,Stehle F,Kayser O,Freier E

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Photoperiodism refers to the ability of plants to measure day length to determine the season. This ability enables plants to coordinate internal biological activities with external changes to ensure normal growth. However, the influence of the photoperiod on maize flowering and stress responses under long-da...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Ku L,Tian L,Su H,Wang C,Wang X,Wu L,Shi Y,Li G,Wang Z,Wang H,Song X,Dou D,Ren Z,Chen Y

更新日期：2016-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sesame (Sesame indicum L.) is well-known as a versatile industrial crop having various usages and contains 50-55% oil, 20% protein, 14-20% carbohydrate and 2-3% fiber. Several environmental factors are known to adversely affect yield and productivity of sesame. Our overall aim was to improve the growth, yiel...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Nosheen A,Bano A,Naz R,Yasmin H,Hussain I,Ullah F,Keyani R,Hassan MN,Tahir AT

更新日期：2019-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cellulose synthase superfamily has been classified into nine cellulose synthase-like (Csl) families and one cellulose synthase (CesA) family. The Csl families have been proposed to be involved in the synthesis of the backbones of hemicelluloses of plant cell walls. With 17 plant and algal genomes fully s...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Yin Y,Huang J,Xu Y

更新日期：2009-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alternate bearing is a widespread phenomenon among crop plants, defined as the tendency of certain fruit trees to produce a high-yield crop one year ("on-year"), followed by a low-yield or even no crop the following year ("off-year"). Several factors may affect the balance between such developmental phase-tr...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Yanik H,Turktas M,Dundar E,Hernandez P,Dorado G,Unver T

更新日期：2013-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gynodioecious species exist in two sexes - male-sterile females and hermaphrodites. Male sterility in higher plants often results from mitonuclear interaction between the CMS (cytoplasmic male sterility) gene(s) encoded by mitochondrial genome and by nuclear-encoded restorer genes. Mitochondrial and nuclear-...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Krüger M,Abeyawardana OAJ,Juříček M,Krüger C,Štorchová H

更新日期：2019-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leaves are determinate organs; hence, precise control of cell proliferation and post-mitotic cell expansion is essential for their growth. A defect in cell proliferation often triggers enhanced post-mitotic cell expansion in leaves. This phenomenon is referred to as 'compensation'. Several lines of evidence ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Kawade K,Horiguchi G,Ishikawa N,Hirai MY,Tsukaya H

更新日期：2013-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genes of plants can be up- or down-regulated during viral infection to influence the replication of viruses. Identification of these differentially expressed genes could shed light on the defense systems employed by plants and the mechanisms involved in the adaption of viruses to plant cells. Differentia...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Cheng SF,Huang YP,Wu ZR,Hu CC,Hsu YH,Tsai CH

更新日期：2010-12-27 00:00:00