QTL analysis of root morphology, flowering time, and yield reveals trade-offs in response to drought in Brassica napus.

abstract：:Recent research is beginning to reveal how intricate networks of hormones and transcription factors coordinate the complex patterning of the gynoecium, the female reproductive structure of flowering plants. This review summarizes recent advances in understanding of how auxin biosynthesis, transport, and responses toge...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Larsson E,Franks RG,Sundberg E

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inner envelope membrane (IEM) of the chloroplast plays crucial roles in forming an osmotic barrier and controlling metabolite exchange between the organelle and the cytosol. The IEM therefore harbours a number of membrane proteins and requires the import and integration of these nuclear-encoded proteins for its bi...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Okawa K,Inoue H,Adachi F,Nakayama K,Ito-Inaba Y,Schnell DJ,Uehara S,Inaba T

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokinin is a plant hormone essential for growth and development. The elucidation of its signalling pathway as a variant of the bacterial two-component signalling system (TCS) has led to a better understanding of how this hormone is involved in general plant processes. A set of cytokinin-regulated transcription facto...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Cutcliffe JW,Hellmann E,Heyl A,Rashotte AM

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work introduces a new experimental method for the comprehensive description of the physiological responses to light of photosynthetic organisms. It allows the integration in a single experiment of the main established manipulative chlorophyll fluorescence-based protocols. It enables the integrated characterizatio...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Serôdio J,Schmidt W,Frankenbach S

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small signalling peptides have emerged as important cell to cell messengers in plant development and stress responses. However, only a few of the predicted peptides have been functionally characterized. Here, we present functional characterization of two members of the IDA-LIKE (IDL) peptide family in Arabidopsis thal...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Vie AK,Najafi J,Winge P,Cattan E,Wrzaczek M,Kangasjärvi J,Miller G,Brembu T,Bones AM

更新日期：2017-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaves are beautifully specialized organs designed to maximize the use of light and CO2 for photosynthesis. Engineering leaf anatomy therefore holds great potential to enhance photosynthetic capacity. Here we review the effect of the dominant leaf anatomical traits on leaf photosynthesis and confirm that a high chloro...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Ren T,Weraduwage SM,Sharkey TD

更新日期：2019-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Crop water use efficiency (WUE) has come into sharp focus as population growth and climate change place increasing strain on the water used in cropping. Rainfed crops are being challenged by an upward trend in evaporative demand as average temperatures rise and, in many regions, there is an increased irregularity and ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Condon AG

更新日期：2020-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible role of photorespiration as a general stress protection mechanism, and in C(4) plant metabolism, is controversial. In particular, the potential involvement of photorespiration in the acquisition of desiccation tolerance in 'resurrection' plants is unknown. An investigation was carried out into whether pho...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Martinelli T,Whittaker A,Masclaux-Daubresse C,Farrant JM,Brilli F,Loreto F,Vazzana C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AGAMOUS (AG) MADS-box transcription factors have been shown to play crucial roles in floral organ and fruit development in angiosperms. Here, we isolated a tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) AG MADS-box gene SlMBP3 and found that it is preferentially expressed in flowers and during early fruit developmental stages in the w...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Zhang J,Wang Y,Naeem M,Zhu M,Li J,Yu X,Hu Z,Chen G

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The fact that silicon application alleviates water deficit stress has been widely reported, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here the effects of silicon on water uptake and transport of sorghum seedlings (Sorghum bicolor L.) growing under polyethylene glycol-simulated osmotic stress in hydroponic culture ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Liu P,Yin L,Deng X,Wang S,Tanaka K,Zhang S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaf gas exchange and temperature response were measured to assess temperature acclimation within a tree canopy in climatically contrasting genotypes of Acer rubrum L. Over the course of two 50 d continuous periods, growth temperature was controlled within tree crowns and the steady-state rate of leaf gas exchange was...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Bauerle WL,Bowden JD,Wang GG

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is an essential element for most organisms. As an indispensable co-factor of many enzymes, iron is involved in various crucial metabolic processes, which are required for the survival of plants and pathogens. Conversely, excessive iron produces highly active reactive oxygen species (ROS) that is toxic to the cell...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Liu Y,Kong D,Wu HL,Ling HQ

更新日期：2020-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite numerous reports implicating salicylic acid (SA) in plant salinity responses, the specific ionic mechanisms of SA-mediated adaptation to salt stress remain elusive. To address this issue, a non-invasive microelectrode ion flux estimation technique was used to study kinetics of NaCl-induced net ion fluxes in Ar...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Jayakannan M,Bose J,Babourina O,Rengel Z,Shabala S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) is a globally cultivated cash crop whose yield is negatively affected by soil salinity. In this study, we investigated the molecular basis of inducible salt tolerance in M4209, a sugarcane mutant line generated through radiation-induced mutagenesis. Under salt-contaminated field condi...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Negi P,Pandey M,Dorn KM,Nikam AA,Devarumath RM,Srivastava AK,Suprasanna P

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants require the function of plasma membrane-bound sulphate transporters for the initial uptake of inorganic sulphate. Part of this fundamental process is the energy-dependent proton/sulphate co-transport systems that are located in the surface cell layers of roots. During sulphur limitation, plants are able to acti...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Maruyama-Nakashita A,Nakamura Y,Yamaya T,Takahashi H

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanistic inter-relationships in sinks between sucrose compartmentation/metabolism and phloem unloading/translocation are poorly understood. Developing grain legume seeds provide tractable experimental systems to explore this question. Metabolic demand by cotyledons is communicated to phloem unloading and ultimately...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Zhou Y,Chan K,Wang TL,Hedley CL,Offler CE,Patrick JW

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water is a principal limitation to agricultural production during drought and in arid regions of the world. Mechanisms that plants use to cope with drought can be grouped into two different strategies: drought tolerance and drought avoidance. Previous efforts toward engineering plants for improved performance during d...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Laporte MM,Shen B,Tarczynski MC

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Crocus vernus, a spring bulbous species, prolonged growth at low temperatures results in the development of larger perennial organs and delayed foliar senescence. Because corm growth is known to stop before the first visual sign of leaf senescence, it is clear that factors other than leaf duration alone determine f...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Lundmark M,Hurry V,Lapointe L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) sulfurea mutation displays trans-inactivation of wild-type alleles in heterozygous plants, a phenomenon referred to as paramutation. Homozygous mutant plants and paramutated leaf tissue of heterozygous plants show a pigment-deficient phenotype. The molecular basis of this phenotype an...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Ehlert B,Schöttler MA,Tischendorf G,Ludwig-Müller J,Bock R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the phytohormonal basis of the feedback regulation of leaf senescence induced by potassium (K) deficiency in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), two cultivars contrasting in sensitivity to K deficiency were self- and reciprocally grafted hypocotyl-to-hypocotyl, using standard grafting (one scion grafted onto ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Wang Y,Li B,Du M,Eneji AE,Wang B,Duan L,Li Z,Tian X

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In angiosperms, fertilization and subsequent zygotic development occur in embryo sacs deeply embedded in the ovaries; therefore, these processes are poorly elucidated. In this study, microarray-based transcriptome analyses were conducted on rice sperm cells, egg cells, and zygotes isolated from flowers to identify can...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Abiko M,Maeda H,Tamura K,Hara-Nishimura I,Okamoto T

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent work revealed that PGD2, an Arabidopsis 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6-PGD) catalysing the third step of the oxidative pentose-phosphate pathway (OPPP) in peroxisomes, is essential during fertilization. Earlier studies on the second step, catalysed by PGL3, a dually targeted Arabidopsis 6-phosphogluconolac...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Lansing H,Doering L,Fischer K,Baune MC,Schaewen AV

更新日期：2020-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal compartmentation of carboxylation processes is a defining feature of crassulacean acid metabolism and involves circadian control of key metabolic and transport steps that regulate the supply and demand for carbon over a 24h cycle. Recent insights on the molecular workings of the circadian clock and its connec...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Ceusters J,Borland AM,Taybi T,Frans M,Godts C,De Proft MP

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between photosynthetic energy conservation and thermal dissipation of light energy is considered, with emphasis on organisms which tolerate full desiccation without suffering photo-oxidative damage in strong light. As soon as water becomes available to dry poikilohydric organisms, they resume photosyn...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Heber U,Lange OL,Shuvalov VA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In apple (Malus×domestica) fruit, the different layers of the exocarp (cuticle, epidermis, and hypodermis) protect and maintain fruit integrity, and resist the turgor-driven expansion of the underlying thin-walled cortical cells during growth. Using in situ immunolocalization and size exclusion epitope detection chrom...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Collins PP,O'donoghue EM,Rebstock R,Tiffin HR,Sutherland PW,Schröder R,McAtee PA,Prakash R,Ireland HS,Johnston JW,Atkinson RG,Schaffer RJ,Hallett IC,Brummell DA

更新日期：2019-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosynthesis has become a major trait of interest for cereal yield improvement as breeders appear to have reached the theoretical genetic limit for harvest index, the mass of grain as a proportion of crop biomass. Yield improvements afforded by the adoption of green revolution dwarfing genes to wheat and rice are be...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Furbank RT,Sharwood R,Estavillo GM,Silva-Perez V,Condon AG

更新日期：2020-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:S-RNase based gametophytic self-incompatibility (SI) is a widespread prezygotic reproductive barrier in flowering plants. In the Solanaceae, Plantaginaceae and Rosaceae gametophytic SI is controlled by the pistil-specific S-RNases and the pollen S-locus F-box proteins but non-S-specific factors, namely modifiers, are ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Muñoz-Sanz JV,Zuriaga E,Badenes ML,Romero C

更新日期：2017-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) improvement includes genetic bottlenecks, wild species introgressions, and divergence into distinct market classes. This history makes tomato an excellent model to investigate the effects of selection on genome variation. A combination of linkage mapping in two F(2) popu...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Robbins MD,Sim SC,Yang W,Van Deynze A,van der Knaap E,Joobeur T,Francis DM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The geometry of leaf margins is an important shape characteristic that distinguishes among different leaf phenotypes. Current definitions of leaf shape are qualitative and do not allow quantification of differences in shape between phenotypes. This is especially true for leaves with some non-trivial three-dimensional ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Armon S,Yanai O,Ori N,Sharon E

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of individual superoxide dismutase (SOD) transgenes improves environmental stress tolerance and biomass production in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that synergy exists between transgenic SOD stress-tolerance mechanisms, specifically that the simultaneou...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Samis K,Bowley S,McKersie B

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00