Progress and challenges of engineering a biophysical CO2-concentrating mechanism into higher plants.

abstract：:The efficacy of the cuticular transpiration barrier and its resistance to elevated temperatures are significantly higher in a typical water-saver than in a water-spender plant growing in hot desert. ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Bueno A,Alfarhan A,Arand K,Burghardt M,Deininger AC,Hedrich R,Leide J,Seufert P,Staiger S,Riederer M

更新日期：2019-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Stone cells negatively affect fruit quality because of their firm and lignified cell walls, so are targets for reduction in pear breeding programmes. However, there is only limited knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of stone cells. Here, we show that PbrMYB169, an R2R3 MYB transcription fac...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Xue C,Yao JL,Xue YS,Su GQ,Wang L,Lin LK,Allan AC,Zhang SL,Wu J

更新日期：2019-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Feeding of sucking insects, such as the rice brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens; BPH), causes only limited mechanical damage on plants that is otherwise essential for injury-triggered defense responses against herbivores. In pursuit of complementary BPH elicitors perceived by plants, we examined the potential effec...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Wari D,Kabir MA,Mujiono K,Hojo Y,Shinya T,Tani A,Nakatani H,Galis I

更新日期：2019-03-11 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：:Axenically grown Arabidopsis thaliana plants were analysed for the occurrence of trehalose. Using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis, trehalose was unambiguously identified in extracts from Arabidopsis inflorescences. In a variety of organisms, the synthesis of trehalose is catalysed by trehalose-6-...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Vogel G,Fiehn O,Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel L,Boller T,Wiemken A,Aeschbacher RA,Wingler A

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrophobic cell wall polymer lignin is deposited in specialized cells to make them impermeable to water and prevent cell collapse as negative pressure or gravitational force is exerted. The variation in lignin subunit composition that exists among different species, and among different tissues within the same spe...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Vermerris W,Sherman DM,McIntyre LM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative role of the maternal source and the filial sink in controlling the composition of maize (Zea mays L.) kernels is unclear and may be influenced by the genotype and the N supply. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of assimilate supply from the vegetative source and utilization of ass...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Seebauer JR,Singletary GW,Krumpelman PM,Ruffo ML,Below FE

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutive over-expression of a maize sucrose-phosphate synthase (SPS) gene in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) had major effects on leaf carbohydrate budgets with consequences for whole plant development. Transgenic tobacco plants flowered earlier and had greater flower numbers than wild-type plants. These changes were ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Baxter CJ,Foyer CH,Turner J,Rolfe SA,Quick WP

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual reproduction in higher plants uses pollination, involving interactions between pollen and pistil. Self-incompatibility (SI) prevents self-fertilization, providing an important mechanism to promote outbreeding. SI is controlled by the S-locus; discrimination occurs between incompatible pollen, which is rejected,...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Bosch M,Franklin-Tong VE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CEPs (C-TERMINALLY ENCODED PEPTIDEs) inhibit Arabidopsis primary root growth by unknown mechanisms. We investigated how CEP3 levels control primary root growth. CEP3 peptide application decreased cell division, S-phase cell number, root meristematic cell number, and meristem zone (MZ) size in a dose- and CEP RECEPTOR1...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Delay C,Chapman K,Taleski M,Wang Y,Tyagi S,Xiong Y,Imin N,Djordjevic MA

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical microtubules (CMTs) are often aligned in a particular direction in individual cells or even in groups of cells and play a central role in the definition of growth anisotropy. How the CMTs themselves are aligned is not well known, but two hypotheses have been proposed. According to the first hypothesis, CMTs a...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Burian A,Ludynia M,Uyttewaal M,Traas J,Boudaoud A,Hamant O,Kwiatkowska D

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work examines the involvement of haem oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in salicylic acid (SA)-induced alleviation of oxidative stress as a result of cadmium (Cd) stress in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) seedling roots. CdCl(2) exposure caused severe growth inhibition and Cd accumulation, which were potentiated by pre-treatment w...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Cui W,Li L,Gao Z,Wu H,Xie Y,Shen W

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capsella is a small genus within the mustard family (Brassicaceae). Its three species, however, show many evolutionary trends also observed in other Brassicaceae (including Arabidopsis) and far beyond, including transitions from a diploid, self-incompatible, obligatory outcrossing species with comparatively large and ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Hintz M,Bartholmes C,Nutt P,Ziermann J,Hameister S,Neuffer B,Theissen G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative genetics of adaptive traits is made difficult by the genotypexenvironment interaction. A classical assumption is that QTLs identified in both stressed and control conditions correspond to constitutive traits whereas those identified only in stressed treatments are stress-specific and correspond to adaptiv...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Reymond M,Muller B,Tardieu F

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a PLC activity was implicated in the light transduction pathway that controls C(4) photosynthesis in Digitaria sanguinalis, a full length PLC cDNA (DsPLC2) was cloned. The proteins encoded by the two possible open reading frames were produced in Escherichia coli; they both harbour a PLC activity but with different ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Coursol S,Pierre JN,Vidal J,Grisvard J

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Images taken at different spectral bands are increasingly used for characterizing plants and their health status. In contrast to conventional point measurements, imaging detects the distribution and quantity of signals and thus improves the interpretation of fluorescence and reflectance signatures. In multispectral fl...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Lenk S,Chaerle L,Pfündel EE,Langsdorf G,Hagenbeek D,Lichtenthaler HK,Van Der Straeten D,Buschmann C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is difficult to distinguish influx and efflux of inorganic C in photosynthesizing tissues; this article examines what is known and where there are gaps in knowledge. Irreversible decarboxylases produce CO2, and CO2 is the substrate/product of enzymes that act as carboxylases and decarboxylases. Some irreversible ca...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Raven JA,Beardall J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although plants possess an arsenal of constitutive defences such as structural barriers and preformed antimicrobial defences, many attackers are able to overcome the pre-existing defence layers. In response, a range of inducible plant defences is set up to battle these pathogens. These mechanisms, commonly integrated ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Balmer D,Planchamp C,Mauch-Mani B

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorus (P) deficiency and aluminum (Al) toxicity often coexist and limit plant growth on acid soils. It has been well documented that both P deficiency and Al toxicity alter root growth, including inhibition of primary roots and promotion of lateral roots. This suggests that plants adapt to both stresses through a...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Sun L,Tian J,Zhang H,Liao H

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Realistic experimental protocols to screen for drought adaptation in controlled conditions are crucial if high throughput phenotyping is to be used for the identification of high performance lines, and is especially important in the evaluation of transgenes where stringent biosecurity measures restrict the frequency o...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Saint Pierre C,Crossa JL,Bonnett D,Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K,Reynolds MP

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wheat kernel texture, a major trait determining the end-use quality of wheat flour, is mainly influenced by puroindolines. These small basic proteins display in vitro lipid binding and antimicrobial properties, but their cellular functions during grain development remain unknown. To gain an insight into their biologic...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Lesage VS,Merlino M,Chambon C,Bouchet B,Marion D,Branlard G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several breeding initiatives have sought to improve flag leaf performance as its health and physiology are closely correlated to rice yield. Previous studies have described natural variation of photosynthesis for flag leaves; however, none have examined their performance under the non-steady-state conditions that prev...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Acevedo-Siaca L,Coe R,Quick WP,Long SP

更新日期：2020-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Water deficits are known to alter fine root structure and function, but little is known about how these responses contribute to differences in drought resistance across grapevine rootstocks. The ways in which water deficit affects root anatomical and physiological characteristics were studied in two grapevine rootstoc...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Barrios-Masias FH,Knipfer T,McElrone AJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

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 high efficiency of C4 photosynthesis relies on spatial division of labor, classically with initial carbon fixation in the mesophyll and carbon reduction in the bundle sheath. By employing grinding and serial filtration over liquid nitrogen, we enriched C4 tissues along a developing leaf gradient. This method treat...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Denton AK,Maß J,Külahoglu C,Lercher MJ,Bräutigam A,Weber AP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plant root system is important for the uptake of water and nutrients and the anchoring of plants in the soil. Lateral roots (LRs) contribute considerably to root system architecture. Their post-embryonic formation is regulated by hormones and environmental cues. The hormone cytokinin influences LR formation and gr...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Chang L,Ramireddy E,Schmülling T

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shipping of peaches to distant markets and storage require low temperature; however, cold storage affects fruit quality causing physiological disorders collectively termed 'chilling injury' (CI). In order to ameliorate CI, different strategies have been applied before cold storage; among them heat treatment (HT) has b...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Lara MV,Borsani J,Budde CO,Lauxmann MA,Lombardo VA,Murray R,Andreo CS,Drincovich MF

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicago truncatula is a model legume plant that interacts symbiotically with Sinorhizobium meliloti, the alfalfa symbiont. This process involves a molecular dialogue between the bacterium and the plant. Legume roots exude flavonoids that induce the expression of a set of rhizobial genes, the nod genes, which are esse...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Macchiavelli RE,Brelles-Mariño G

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorus is an important macronutrient for plant growth, but often deficient in soil. To understand the molecular basis of the complex responses of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) to phosphate (Pi) deficiency stress, the RNA-Seq approach was taken to identify genes responding to Pi starvation in potato roots. A total ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Zhou X,Zha M,Huang J,Li L,Imran M,Zhang C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy plays a critical role in plants under biotic stress, including the response to pathogen infection. We investigated whether autophagy-related genes (ATGs) are involved in infection with Bamboo mosaic virus (BaMV), a single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus. Initially, we observed that BaMV infection in Nicoti...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Huang YP,Huang YW,Hsiao YJ,Li SC,Hsu YH,Tsai CH

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00