bHLH92 from sheepgrass acts as a negative regulator of anthocyanin/proanthocyandin accumulation and influences seed dormancy.

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：:This short review outlines the central role of glutamine synthetase (GS) in plant nitrogen metabolism and discusses some possibilities for crop improvement. GS functions as the major assimilatory enzyme for ammonia produced from N fixation, and nitrate or ammonia nutrition. It also reassimilates ammonia released as a ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Miflin BJ,Habash DZ

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alloplasmic lines of Brassica napus with rearranged Arabidopsis thaliana mitochondrial DNA are male sterile and vegetatively altered compared with B. napus cv. Hanna. The CMS lines contain pure nuclear and plastid genomes from B. napus. Cross-sections of leaves revealed elevated starch accumulation and a higher number...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Teixeira RT,Knorpp C,Glimelius K

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen (N), as an essential element in amino acids, nucleotides, and proteins, is a key factor in plant growth and development. Omics approaches such as metabolomics and transcriptomics have become a promising way to inspect complex network interactions in N metabolism and can be used for monitoring the uptake and r...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Fukushima A,Kusano M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations affecting the Arabidopsis SWC6 gene encoding a putative orthologue of a component of the SWR1 chromatin remodelling complex in plants have been characterized. swc6 mutations cause early flowering, shortened inflorescence internodes, and altered leaf and flower development. These phenotypic defects resemble t...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Lázaro A,Gómez-Zambrano A,López-González L,Piñeiro M,Jarillo JA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crop yields increased dramatically in the 20th century as recorded on Broadbalk or in world averages. The vast majority of that increase has occurred since the last world war and has been powered by changes in the genetic potential of the crop and in the way in which it has been managed. Nevertheless, the challenge to...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Miflin B

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many molecular mechanisms that regulate dormancy have been identified individually in controlled laboratory studies. However, little is known about how the seed employs this complex suite of mechanisms during dormancy cycling in the variable environment of the soil seed bank. Nevertheless, this behaviour is essential ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Finch-Savage WE,Footitt S

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of water stress on the early seedling growth of onions was studied by placing newly-germinated seedlings in vermiculite equilibrated at different water potentials. Roots and shoots elongated more at -0.29 than at -0.64 MPa, but did not elongate at -1.66 MPa. However, roots and shoots of seedlings that had b...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Whalley WR,Lipiec J,Finch-Savage WE,Cope RE,Clark LJ,Rowse HR

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High temperature stress (HTS), during flowering, decreases seed production in many plants. To determine the effect of a moderate HTS on flowering, fruit and seed set in Brassica napus, plants were exposed to a HTS (8/16 h dark/light, 18 degrees C night, ramped at 2 degrees C h-1, over 6 h, to 35 degrees C for 4 h, ram...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Young LW,Wilen RW,Bonham-Smith PC

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(13)C discrimination in organic matter with respect to atmospheric CO(2) (Delta(13)C) is under tight genetic control in many plant species, including the pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) full-sib progeny used in this study. Delta(13)C is expected to reflect intrinsic water use efficiency, but this assumption require...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Roussel M,Dreyer E,Montpied P,Le-Provost G,Guehl JM,Brendel O

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:SPATULA is a bHLH transcription factor that promotes growth of tissues arising from the carpel margins, including the septum and transmitting tract. It is also involved in repressing germination of newly harvested seeds, and in inhibiting cotyledon, leaf, and petal expansion. Using a reporter gene construct, its expre...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Groszmann M,Bylstra Y,Lampugnani ER,Smyth DR

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deschampsia antarctica has managed to colonize the maritime Antarctic. One of the main factors associated with its tolerance to low temperatures is the presence of apoplastic proteins with antifreeze activity. This work focuses on the effect of cold acclimation of D. antarctica on the accumulation of apoplastic protei...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Short S,Díaz R,Quiñones J,Beltrán J,Farías JG,Graether SP,Bravo LA

更新日期：2020-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Here the isolation and characterization of CitAMT1 cDNA from citrange Troyer (Citrus sinensis L. OsbeckxPoncirus trifoliata Blanco) is reported, suggesting that this belongs to the AMT gene family, which is involved in the high-affinity transport system (HATS). Results show that in Citrus plants, the HATS is much more...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Camañes G,Cerezo M,Primo-Millo E,Gojon A,García-Agustín P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a common reverse genetics strategy for characterizing the function of genes in plants. The detailed mechanism governing RNA silencing efficiency triggered by viruses is largely unclear. Here, we reveal that a petunia (Petunia hybrida) ocs element binding factor, PhOBF1, one of th...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Sun D,Li S,Niu L,Reid MS,Zhang Y,Jiang CZ

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies of highly branched mutants in pea (rms1-rms5), Arabidopsis thaliana (max1-max4), petunia (dad1-dad3), and rice (d3, d10, htd1/d17, d14, d27) identified strigolactones or their derivates (SLs), as shoot branching inhibitors. This recent discovery offers the possibility of using SLs to regulate branchin...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Liang J,Zhao L,Challis R,Leyser O

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MGOUN3(MGO3)/BRUSHY1(BRU1)/TONSOKU(TSK) gene of Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a nuclear leucine-glycine-asparagine (LGN) domain protein that may be implicated in chromatin dynamics and genome maintenance. Mutants with defects in MGO3 display a fasciated stem and disorganized meristem structures. The transition to f...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Guyomarc'h S,Benhamed M,Lemonnier G,Renou JP,Zhou DX,Delarue M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the hydraulic properties of xylem vessels have been limited to measurements of whole plant or whole stem segments. This approach allows the longitudinal transport properties of the ensemble of vessels within a stem to be determined, but provides little information on radial transport. Here the xylem of Frax...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Zwieniecki MA,Melcher PJ,Holbrook NM

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the variation in the mean relative shoot Ca content within the angiosperms at the ordinal level. Data were derived from studies in the literature in which the shoot Ca content of two or more species had been compared, and from a hydroponic experiment in which plants were selected to represent the ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Broadley MR,Bowen HC,Cotterill HL,Hammond JP,Meacham MC,Mead A,White PJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gametophytic self-incompatibility (GSI) is controlled by a complex S locus containing the pistil determinant S-RNase and pollen determinant SFB/SLF. Tight linkage of the pistil and pollen determinants is necessary to guarantee the self-incompatibility (SI) function. However, multiple probable pollen determinants of ap...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Wang S,Kakui H,Kikuchi S,Koba T,Sassa H

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature and effect of the stresses on root growth in crops subject to drying is reviewed. Drought is a complex stress, impacting on plant growth in a number of interacting ways. In response, there are a number of ways in which the growing plant is able to adapt to or alleviate these stresses. It is suggested that t...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Whitmore AP,Whalley WR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosses are among the earliest branching embryophytes and probably originated not later than the early Ordovician when atmospheric CO2 was higher and O2 was lower than today. The C3 biochemistry and physiology of their photosynthesis suggests, by analogy with tracheophytes, that growth of extant bryophytes in high CO2 ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Raven JA,Colmer TD

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving photosynthesis is considered a promising way to increase crop yield to feed a growing population. Realizing this goal requires non-destructive techniques to quantify photosynthetic variation among crop cultivars. Despite existing remote sensing-based approaches, it remains a question whether solar-induced fl...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Fu P,Meacham-Hensold K,Siebers MH,Bernacchi CJ

更新日期：2020-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are known to regulate expression of genes under stress. We report here the deep sequencing of small RNAs expressed during control, short and prolonged heat stress and recovery. Genome-wide identification of miRNAs in tolerant (Nagina 22) and susceptible (Vandana) rice cultivars was performed in 16 s...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Mangrauthia SK,Bhogireddy S,Agarwal S,Prasanth VV,Voleti SR,Neelamraju S,Subrahmanyam D

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We study in situ the mechanics and growth of a leaf. Young Nicotiana tabacum leaves respond to applied mechanical stress by altering both their mechanical properties and the characteristics of their growth. We observed two opposite behaviours, each with its own typical magnitude and timescale. On timescales of the ord...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Sahaf M,Sharon E

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethylene is a phytohormone involved in the regulation of several aspects of plant development and in responses to biotic and abiotic stress. The effects of exogenous application of ethylene to sugarcane plants are well characterized as growth inhibition of immature internodes and stimulation of sucrose accumulation. H...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Alessio VM,Cavaçana N,Dantas LLB,Lee N,Hotta CT,Imaizumi T,Menossi M

更新日期：2018-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The disruption of K(+) transport and accumulation is symptomatic of NH(4)(+) toxicity in plants. In this study, the influence of K(+) supply (0.02-40 mM) and nitrogen source (10 mM NH(4)(+) or NO(3)(-)) on root plasma membrane K(+) fluxes and cytosolic K(+) pools, plant growth, and whole-plant K(+) distribution in the...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Szczerba MW,Britto DT,Ali SA,Balkos KD,Kronzucker HJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Co-ordination of metabolic and physiological activity between plant parts is key to the control of growth and development. Here the movement of resources and their allocation between mother plants and daughter ramets along Fragaria stolons was quantified with respect to hierarchy. Gradients of internodal ramet leaf wa...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Atkinson CJ,Else MA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SU(VAR)3-9 proteins are key regulators of heterochromatin structure and function in plants, mammals, Drosophila, and yeast. In contrast to animals and fungi, plants contain numerous Su(var)3-9 homologues (SUVH), the members of which form a discrete subfamily. The SU(VAR)3-9 and SUVH proteins associate with heterochrom...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Casas-Mollano JA,Lao NT,Kavanagh TA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA clone was selected as a candidate for the catalytic subunit of phospho-pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase (PDP) by screening a Zea mays expressed sequence tag database with the bovine PDP deduced amino acid sequence. Both strands of the cDNA were completely sequenced. The maize clone contains an open reading fr...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Broz AK,Thelen JJ,Muszynski MG,Miernyk JA,Randall DD

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00