A physical map of the heterozygous grapevine 'Cabernet Sauvignon' allows mapping candidate genes for disease resistance.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Salix caprea is a cold-tolerant pioneer species that is ecologically important in Europe and western and central Asia. However, little data is available on its population genetic structure and molecular ecology. We describe the levels of geographic population genetic structure in natural Irish populations of...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Perdereau AC,Kelleher CT,Douglas GC,Hodkinson TR

更新日期：2014-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ubiquitous signaling molecule melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) (MT) plays vital roles in plant development and stress tolerance. Selenium (Se) may be phytotoxic at high concentrations. Interactions between MT and Se (IV) stress in higher plants are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Ulhassan Z,Huang Q,Gill RA,Ali S,Mwamba TM,Ali B,Hina F,Zhou W

更新日期：2019-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phased small interfering RNA (phasiRNA) is primarily derived from the 22-nt miRNA targeting loci. GhMYB2, a gene with potential roles in cotton fiber cell fate determination, is a target gene of miR828 and miR858 in the generation of phasiRNAs. RESULTS:In the presented work, through the evaluation of phasin...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Zhao T,Tao X,Li M,Gao M,Chen J,Zhou N,Mei G,Fang L,Ding L,Zhou B,Zhang T,Guan X

更新日期：2020-05-15 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:Multiple hybridization events gave rise to pentaploid dogroses which can reproduce sexually despite their uneven ploidy level by the unique canina meiosis. Two homologous chromosome sets are involved in bivalent formation and are transmitted by the haploid pollen grains and the tetraploid egg cells. In addit...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Ritz CM,Köhnen I,Groth M,Theissen G,Wissemann V

更新日期：2011-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The improvement of fruit aroma is currently one of the most sought-after objectives in peach breeding programs. To better characterize and assess the genetic potential for increasing aroma quality by breeding, a quantity trait locus (QTL) analysis approach was carried out in an F1 population segregating larg...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Sánchez G,Martínez J,Romeu J,García J,Monforte AJ,Badenes ML,Granell A

更新日期：2014-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unilateral incompatibility (UI) is an asymmetric reproductive barrier that unidirectionally prevents gene flow between species and/or populations. UI is characterized by a compatible interaction between partners in one direction, but in the reciprocal cross fertilization fails, generally due to pollen tube r...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Broz AK,Guerrero RF,Randle AM,Baek YS,Hahn MW,Bedinger PA

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although a number of leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase-encoding genes (LRR-RLKs) have been identified in plants, a functional role has been determined for only a few. Recent studies have demonstrated that an LRR-RLK, PXY/TDR, is important for the process of secondary vascular development. Other studie...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Wang J,Kucukoglu M,Zhang L,Chen P,Decker D,Nilsson O,Jones B,Sandberg G,Zheng B

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade is an evolutionarily ancient mechanism of signal transduction found in eukaryotic cells. In plants, MAPK cascades are associated with responses to various abiotic and biotic stresses such as plant pathogens. MAPK cascades function through sequential phospho...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Hashimoto M,Komatsu K,Maejima K,Okano Y,Shiraishi T,Ishikawa K,Takinami Y,Yamaji Y,Namba S

更新日期：2012-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dehydrins (DHNs) protect plant cells from desiccation damage during environmental stress, and also participate in host resistance to various pathogens. In this study, we aimed to identify and characterize the DHN gene families from Vitis vinifera and wild V. yeshanensis, which is tolerant to both drought and...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Yang Y,He M,Zhu Z,Li S,Xu Y,Zhang C,Singer SD,Wang Y

更新日期：2012-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clubroot, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin, is a very important disease of Brassica species. Management of clubroot relies heavily on genetic resistance. In a cross of Brassica nigra lines PI 219576 (highly resistant, R) × CR2748 (highly susceptible, S) to clubroot, all F1 plants were resistant to ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Chang A,Lamara M,Wei Y,Hu H,Parkin IAP,Gossen BD,Peng G,Yu F

更新日期：2019-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Within the Arabidopsis genome, there are 272 cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (P450) genes. However, the biological functions of the majority of these P450s remain unknown. The CYP709B family of P450s includes three gene members, CYP709B1, CYP709B2 and CYP709B3, which have high amino acid sequence similarity an...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Mao G,Seebeck T,Schrenker D,Yu O

更新日期：2013-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dwarf bunt, which is caused by Tilletia controversa Kühn, is a soilborne and seedborne disease that occurs worldwide and can lead to 70% or even total losses of wheat crops. However, very little information is available about the histological changes that occur in dwarf bunt-resistant and dwarf bunt-suscepti...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Xu T,Qin D,Muhae Ud Din G,Liu T,Chen W,Gao L

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leaves of Poaceae have a unique morphological feature: they consist of a proximal sheath and a distal blade separated by a ligular region. The sheath provides structural support and protects young developing leaves, whereas the main function of the blade is photosynthesis. The auricles allow the blade to til...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Dresvyannikova AE,Watanabe N,Muterko AF,Krasnikov AA,Goncharov NP,Dobrovolskaya OB

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Repetitive DNA is a major fraction of eukaryotic genomes and occurs particularly often in plants. Currently, the sequencing of the sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) genome is under way and knowledge of repetitive DNA sequences is critical for the genome annotation. We generated a c0t-1 library, representing highly ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Zakrzewski F,Wenke T,Holtgräwe D,Weisshaar B,Schmidt T

更新日期：2010-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brassica vegetables contain a class of secondary metabolites, the glucosinolates (GS), whose specific degradation products determine the characteristic flavor and smell. While some of the respective degradation products of particular GS are recognized as health promoting substances for humans, recent studies...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Wiesner M,Schreiner M,Zrenner R

更新日期：2014-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:StWhy1, a member of the plant-specific Whirly single-stranded DNA-binding protein family, was first characterized as a transcription factor involved in the activation of the nuclear PR-10a gene following defense-related stress in potato. In Arabidopsis thaliana, Whirlies have recently been shown to be primar...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Maréchal A,Parent JS,Sabar M,Véronneau-Lafortune F,Abou-Rached C,Brisson N

更新日期：2008-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cultivated rice species (Oryza sativa L. and O. glaberrima Steud.) are generally considered among the crop species most sensitive to salt stress. A handful of lines are known to be tolerant, and a small number of these have been used extensively as donors in breeding programs. However, these donors use many ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Platten JD,Egdane JA,Ismail AM

更新日期：2013-02-27 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:Papaver somniferum (opium poppy) is the source for several pharmaceutical benzylisoquinoline alkaloids including morphine, the codeine and sanguinarine. In response to treatment with a fungal elicitor, the biosynthesis and accumulation of sanguinarine is induced along with other plant defense responses in op...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Desgagné-Penix I,Khan MF,Schriemer DC,Cram D,Nowak J,Facchini PJ

更新日期：2010-11-18 00:00:00

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:It is known that hexaploid common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) has stronger adaptability to many stressful environments than its tetraploid wheat progenitor. However, the physiological basis and evolutionary course to acquire these enhanced adaptabilities by common wheat remain understudied. Here, we aimed t...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Yang C,Yang Z,Zhao L,Sun F,Liu B

更新日期：2018-06-07 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:Exposing imbibed seeds to high temperatures may lead to either thermo-inhibition of germination or thermo-dormancy responses. In thermo-inhibition, seed germination is inhibited but quickly resumed when temperatures are lowered. Upon prolonged exposure to elevated temperatures, thermo-dormancy may be induced...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Geshnizjani N,Ghaderi-Far F,Willems LAJ,Hilhorst HWM,Ligterink W

更新日期：2018-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trees belonging to the Casuarinaceae and Betulaceae families play an important ecological role and are useful tools in forestry for degraded land rehabilitation and reforestation. These functions are linked to their capacity to establish symbiotic relationships with a nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium of the ge...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Diédhiou I,Tromas A,Cissoko M,Gray K,Parizot B,Crabos A,Alloisio N,Fournier P,Carro L,Svistoonoff S,Gherbi H,Hocher V,Diouf D,Laplaze L,Champion A

更新日期：2014-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exploring the genetic mechanisms underlying speciation is a hot topic in modern genetics and evolutionary studies. Distortion of marker transmission ratio is frequently ascribed to selection against alleles that cause hybrid incompatibility. The natural introgression between P. massoniana and P. hwangshanens...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Li S,Chen Y,Gao H,Yin T

更新日期：2010-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current views on the control of cell development are anchored on the notion that phenotypes are defined by networks of transcriptional activity. The large amounts of information brought about by transcriptomics should allow the definition of these networks through the analysis of cell-specific transcriptiona...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Becker JD,Takeda S,Borges F,Dolan L,Feijó JA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Under natural conditions, soil nutrients are heterogeneously distributed, and plants have developed adaptation strategies to efficiently forage patchily distributed nutrient. Most previous studies examined either patch strength or patch size separately and focused mainly on root morphological plasticity (inc...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Cai L,Wang Y,Tigabu M,Hou X,Wu P,Zhou C,Ma X

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phytolaccaceae species in China are not only ornamental plants but also perennial herbs that are closely related to human health. However, both large-scale full-length cDNA sequencing and reference gene validation of Phytolaccaceae members are still lacking. Therefore, single-molecule real-time sequencing te...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Liu D,Chen L,Chen C,An X,Zhang Y,Wang Y,Li Q

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most studies of crop salinity tolerance are conducted under short-term stress condition within one growth stage. Understanding of the mechanisms of crop response to long-term salinity stress (LSS) is valuable for achieving the improvement of crop salinity tolerance. In the current study, we exposed allohexap...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Bhanbhro N,Xiao B,Han L,Lu H,Wang H,Yang C

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00