Dynamic distribution patterns of ribosomal DNA and chromosomal evolution in Paphiopedilum, a lady's slipper orchid.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drought is a major abiotic stress factors that reduces agricultural productivity. GRAS transcription factors are plant-specific proteins that play diverse roles in plant development. However, the functions of a number of GRAS genes identified in rice are unknown, especially the GRAS genes related to rice dro...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Xu K,Chen S,Li T,Ma X,Liang X,Ding X,Liu H,Luo L

更新日期：2015-06-13 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:There are two plant phosphorus (P)-uptake pathways, namely the direct P uptake by roots and the indirect P uptake through arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). Maximizing the efficiency of root and AMF processes associated with P acquisition by adjusting soil conditions is important for simultaneously ensuring...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Mai W,Xue X,Feng G,Tian C

更新日期：2018-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During asexual reproduction the embryogenic callus can differentiate into a new plantlet, offering great potential for fostering in vitro culture efficiency in plants. The immature embryos (IMEs) of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) are more easily able to generate embryogenic callus than mature embryos (MEs). To...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Chu Z,Chen J,Sun J,Dong Z,Yang X,Wang Y,Xu H,Zhang X,Chen F,Cui D

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drought conditions adversely affect soybean growth, resulting in severe yield losses worldwide. Increasing experimental evidence indicates miRNAs are important post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression. However, the drought-responsive molecular mechanism underlying miRNA-mRNA interactions remains la...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Zhou Y,Liu W,Li X,Sun D,Xu K,Feng C,Kue Foka IC,Ketehouli T,Gao H,Wang N,Dong Y,Wang F,Li H

更新日期：2020-05-05 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:Cattail (Typha domingensis Pers.) is a perennial emergent plant which is used in Green Floating Filters (GFFs), one of the most innovative systems of wastewater treatment to bioremediate eutrophic waters and produce biomass as biofuel feedstocks. The establishment of cattails in GFFs depends on the seed germ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Carhuancho León FM,Aguado Cortijo PL,Morató Izquierdo MDC,Castellanos Moncho MT

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Soybean (Glycine max (L.)) is one the most important oil-yielding cash crops. However, the soybean production has been seriously restricted by salinization. It is therefore crucial to identify salt tolerance-related genes and reveal molecular mechanisms underlying salt tolerance in soybean crops. A better un...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Sun TJ,Fan L,Yang J,Cao RZ,Yang CY,Zhang J,Wang DM

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phalaenopsis orchids are popular floral crops, and development of new cultivars is economically important to floricultural industries worldwide. Analysis of orchid genes could facilitate orchid improvement. Bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) end sequences (BESs) can provide the first glimpses into the seq...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Hsu CC,Chung YL,Chen TC,Lee YL,Kuo YT,Tsai WC,Hsiao YY,Chen YW,Wu WL,Chen HH

更新日期：2011-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arachis contains 80 species that carry many beneficial genes that can be utilized in the genetic improvement of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L. 2n = 4x = 40, genome AABB). Chromosome engineering is a powerful technique by which these genes can be transferred and utilized in cultivated peanut. However, their smal...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Du P,Li L,Liu H,Fu L,Qin L,Zhang Z,Cui C,Sun Z,Han S,Xu J,Dai X,Huang B,Dong W,Tang F,Zhuang L,Han Y,Qi Z,Zhang X

更新日期：2018-10-17 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:Association studies are of great interest to identify genes explaining trait variation since they deal with more than just a few alleles like classical QTL analyses. They are usually performed using collections representing a wide range of variability but which could present a genetic substructure. The aim o...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Auzanneau J,Huyghe C,Escobar-Gutiérrez AJ,Julier B,Gastal F,Barre P

更新日期：2011-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heading time is one of the most important agronomic traits in wheat, as it largely affects both adaptation to different agro-ecological conditions and yield potential. Identification of genes underlying the regulation of wheat heading and the development of diagnostic markers could facilitate our understandi...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Li Y,Xiong H,Guo H,Zhou C,Xie Y,Zhao L,Gu J,Zhao S,Ding Y,Liu L

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important for plant growth and responses to environmental stresses via post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Tea, which is primarily produced from one bud and two tender leaves of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis), is one of the most popular non-alcoholic beverages worldw...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Jeyaraj A,Zhang X,Hou Y,Shangguan M,Gajjeraman P,Li Y,Wei C

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to grow, plants rely on soil nutrients which can vary both spatially and temporally depending on the environment, the soil type or the microbial activity. An essential nutrient is nitrogen, which is mainly accessible as nitrate and ammonium. Many studies have investigated transport genes for these i...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Dechorgnat J,Francis KL,Dhugga KS,Rafalski JA,Tyerman SD,Kaiser BN

更新日期：2019-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With a cultivation area of 1.75 Mio ha and sugar yield of 16.7 Mio tons in 2006, sugar beet is a crop of great economic importance in Europe. The productivity of sugar beet is determined significantly by seed vigour and field emergence potential; however, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underl...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Pestsova E,Meinhard J,Menze A,Fischer U,Windhövel A,Westhoff P

更新日期：2008-12-01 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:Pongamia (Millettia pinnata syn. Pongamia pinnata), an oilseed legume species, is emerging as potential feedstock for sustainable biodiesel production. Breeding Pongamia for favorable traits in commercial application will rely on a comprehensive understanding of molecular mechanism regulating oil accumulatio...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Huang J,Hao X,Jin Y,Guo X,Shao Q,Kumar KS,Ahlawat YK,Harry DE,Joshi CP,Zheng Y

更新日期：2018-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abscisic acid (ABA) and sucrose act as molecular signals in response to abiotic stress. However, how their synergy regulates the source-sink relationship has rarely been studied. This study aimed to reveal the mechanism underlying the synergy between ABA and sucrose on assimilates allocation to improve grain...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Chen T,Li G,Islam MR,Fu W,Feng B,Tao L,Fu G

更新日期：2019-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dehydrins play positive roles in regulating plant abiotic stress responses. The objective of this study was to characterize two dehydrin genes, CdDHN4-L and CdDHN4-S, generated by alternative splicing of CdDHN4 in bermudagrass. RESULTS:Overexpression of CdDHN4-L with φ-segment and CdDHN4-S lacking of φ-segm...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Lv A,Su L,Liu X,Xing Q,Huang B,An Y,Zhou P

更新日期：2018-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Auxin response factors (ARFs) in auxin signaling pathway are an important component that can regulate the transcription of auxin-responsive genes involved in almost all aspects of plant growth and development. To our knowledge, the comprehensive and systematic characterization of ARF genes has never been rep...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Niu J,Bi Q,Deng S,Chen H,Yu H,Wang L,Lin S

更新日期：2018-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hydroxyproline rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) are implicated to have a role in many aspects of plant growth and development but there is limited knowledge about their localization and function during somatic embryogenesis of higher plants. In this study, the localization and function of hydroxyproline rich glyco...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Xu C,Takáč T,Burbach C,Menzel D,Samaj J

更新日期：2011-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wheat straw is a rich resource worldwide. Straw return is an effective strategy to alleviate soil-borne diseases on monoculture watermelon. Previous studies focus on soil structure, physical and chemical properties; however, little is known about the molecular responses on host plant. RESULTS:No significant...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Tang L,Nie S,Li W,Fan C,Wang S,Wu F,Pan K

更新日期：2019-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The phloem of dicotyledonous plants contains specialized P-proteins (phloem proteins) that accumulate during sieve element differentiation and remain parietally associated with the cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum in mature sieve elements. Wounding causes P-protein filaments to accumulate at the sieve ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Rüping B,Ernst AM,Jekat SB,Nordzieke S,Reineke AR,Müller B,Bornberg-Bauer E,Prüfer D,Noll GA

更新日期：2010-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plant-mediated RNAi (PMRi) silencing of insect genes has enormous potential for crop protection, but whether it works robustly under field conditions, particularly with lepidopteran pests, remains controversial. Wild tobacco Nicotiana attenuata and cultivated tobacco (N. tabacum) (Solanaceae) is attacked by ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Poreddy S,Li J,Baldwin IT

更新日期：2017-11-13 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:Rice is a chilling-sensitive crop that would suffer serious damage from low temperatures. Overexpression of the Lsi1 gene (Lsi1-OX) in rice enhances its chilling tolerance. This study revealed that a serine hydroxymethyltransferase (OsSHMT) mainly localised in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is involved in in...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Fang C,Zhang P,Li L,Yang L,Mu D,Yan X,Li Z,Lin W

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Quercus suber, cork oak, a Mediterranean forest tree of economic and social interest, rapid production of isogenic lines and clonal propagation of elite genotypes have been achieved by developing in vitro embryogenesis from microspores and zygotic embryos respectively. Despite its high potential in tree b...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Rodríguez-Sanz H,Manzanera JA,Solís MT,Gómez-Garay A,Pintos B,Risueño MC,Testillano PS

更新日期：2014-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pilea is a genus of perennial herbs from the family Urticaceae, and some species are used as courtyard ornamentals or for medicinal purposes. At present, there is no information about the plastid genome of Pilea, which limits our understanding of this genus. Here, we report 4 plastid genomes of Pilea taxa (P...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Li J,Tang J,Zeng S,Han F,Yuan J,Yu J

更新日期：2021-01-07 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