Genome-wide association analysis for fumonisin content in maize kernels.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elytrigia lolioides (Kar. et Kir.) Nevski, which is a perennial, cross-pollinating wheatgrass that is distributed in Russia and Kazakhstan, is classified into Elytrigia, Elymus, and Lophopyrum genera by taxonomists on the basis of different taxonomic classification systems. However, the genomic constitution ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Wang L,Jiang Y,Shi Q,Wang Y,Sha L,Fan X,Kang H,Zhang H,Sun G,Zhang L,Zhou Y

更新日期：2019-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An interesting seed protein family with a role in preventing insect herbivory is the multi-gene, APA family encoding the alpha-amylase inhibitor, phytohemagglutinin and arcelin proteins of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Variability for this gene family exists and has been exploited to breed for insect res...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Blair MW,Prieto S,Díaz LM,Buendía HF,Cardona C

更新日期：2010-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plants constantly monitor changes in photoperiod or day length to trigger the flowering cycle at the most appropriate time of the year. It is well established that photoperiodic flowering is intimately associated with the circadian clock in Arabidopsis. In support of this notion, many clock-defective mutants...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Park MJ,Kwon YJ,Gil KE,Park CM

更新日期：2016-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The roles in photosystem I (PSI) assembly of the nucleus-encoded thylakoid protein Y3IP1 who interacts with the plastid-encoded Ycf3 protein that has been well-characterized in plants. However, its function and potential mechanisms in other aspects remain poorly understood. RESULTS:We identified the apple M...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Yu JQ,Wang JH,Sun CH,Zhang QY,Hu DG,Hao YJ

更新日期：2018-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ANGUSTIFOLIA (AN), one of the CtBP family proteins, plays a major role in microtubule-dependent cell morphogenesis. Microarray analysis of mammalian AN homologs suggests that AN might function as a transcriptional activator and regulator of a wide range of genes. Genetic characterization of AN mutants sugges...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Gachomo EW,Jimenez-Lopez JC,Smith SR,Cooksey AB,Oghoghomeh OM,Johnson N,Baba-Moussa L,Kotchoni SO

更新日期：2013-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little information is available on the amelioration of boron (B) on aluminum (Al)-induced photosynthesis inhibition. Sour pummelo (Citrus grandis) seedlings were irrigated for 18 weeks with nutrient solution containing 4 B levels (2.5, 10, 25 and 50 microM H3BO3) x 2 Al levels (0 and 1.2 mM AlCl3.6H2O). The ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Jiang HX,Tang N,Zheng JG,Chen LS

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genes of plants can be up- or down-regulated during viral infection to influence the replication of viruses. Identification of these differentially expressed genes could shed light on the defense systems employed by plants and the mechanisms involved in the adaption of viruses to plant cells. Differentia...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Cheng SF,Huang YP,Wu ZR,Hu CC,Hsu YH,Tsai CH

更新日期：2010-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sesame (Sesame indicum L.) is well-known as a versatile industrial crop having various usages and contains 50-55% oil, 20% protein, 14-20% carbohydrate and 2-3% fiber. Several environmental factors are known to adversely affect yield and productivity of sesame. Our overall aim was to improve the growth, yiel...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Nosheen A,Bano A,Naz R,Yasmin H,Hussain I,Ullah F,Keyani R,Hassan MN,Tahir AT

更新日期：2019-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To gain insight into the regulation of fruit ascorbic acid (AsA) pool in tomatoes, a combination of metabolite analyses, non-labelled and radiolabelled substrate feeding experiments, enzyme activity measurements and gene expression studies were carried out in fruits of the 'low-' and 'high-AsA' tomato cultiv...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Mellidou I,Keulemans J,Kanellis AK,Davey MW

更新日期：2012-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fruit coloration of red-skinned grapevines is mainly due to anthocyanin pigments. We analysed a panel of nine cultivars that included extreme phenotypes for berry colour, ranging from green (absence of anthocyanins) to red, purple, violet and blue. Expression of six genes of the anthocyanin pathway coding fo...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Castellarin SD,Di Gaspero G

更新日期：2007-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rp1 is a complex locus of maize, which carries a set of genes controlling race-specific resistance to the common rust fungus, Puccinia sorghi. The resistance response includes the "Hypersensitive response" (HR), a rapid response triggered by a pathogen recognition event that includes localized cell death at ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Negeri A,Wang GF,Benavente L,Kibiti CM,Chaikam V,Johal G,Balint-Kurti P

更新日期：2013-07-26 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:Because flavonoids and trichomes play crucial roles in plant defence, their formation requires fine transcriptional control by multiple transcription factor families. However, little is known regarding the mechanism of the R2R3-MYB transcription factors that regulate both flavonoid metabolism and trichome de...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Huang Y,Wu Q,Wang S,Shi J,Dong Q,Yao P,Shi G,Xu S,Deng R,Li C,Chen H,Zhao H

更新日期：2019-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coccinia grandis is a dioecious species of Cucurbitaceae having heteromorphic sex chromosomes. The chromosome constitution of male and female plants is 22 + XY and 22 + XX respectively. Y chromosome of male sex is conspicuously large and plays a decisive role in determining maleness. Sex modification has bee...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Ghadge AG,Karmakar K,Devani RS,Banerjee J,Mohanasundaram B,Sinha RK,Sinha S,Banerjee AK

更新日期：2014-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is an economically important fiber and oil crop that has been grown for thousands of years. The genome has been recently sequenced and transcriptomics are providing information on candidate genes potentially related to agronomically-important traits. In order to accelerate funct...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Chantreau M,Grec S,Gutierrez L,Dalmais M,Pineau C,Demailly H,Paysant-Leroux C,Tavernier R,Trouvé JP,Chatterjee M,Guillot X,Brunaud V,Chabbert B,van Wuytswinkel O,Bendahmane A,Thomasset B,Hawkins S

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The identification of QTL involved in heterosis formation is one approach to unravel the not yet fully understood genetic basis of heterosis - the improved agronomic performance of hybrid F1 plants compared to their inbred parents. The identification of candidate genes underlying a QTL is important both for ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Thiemann A,Fu J,Seifert F,Grant-Downton RT,Schrag TA,Pospisil H,Frisch M,Melchinger AE,Scholten S

更新日期：2014-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plant biologists have long speculated about the mechanisms that guide pollen tubes to ovules. Although there is now evidence that ovules emit a diffusible attractant, little is known about how this attractant mediates interactions between the pollen tube and the ovules. RESULTS:We employ a semi-in vitro ass...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Stewman SF,Jones-Rhoades M,Bhimalapuram P,Tchernookov M,Preuss D,Dinner AR

更新日期：2010-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Jasmonates play an important role in plant stress and defence responses and are also involved in the regulation of anthocyanin synthesis in response to sucrose availability. Here we explore the signalling interactions between sucrose and jasmonates in response to cold stress in Arabidopsis. RESULTS:Sucrose ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Wingler A,Tijero V,Müller M,Yuan B,Munné-Bosch S

更新日期：2020-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fruit maturation and ripening are genetically regulated processes that involve a complex interplay of plant hormones, growth regulators and multiple biological and environmental factors. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) has been used as a model of biological and genetic studies on the regulation of specific rip...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Ma N,Feng H,Meng X,Li D,Yang D,Wu C,Meng Q

更新日期：2014-12-10 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:Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is a commercially important crop that produces climacteric fruits with a soft and sweet pulp that contain a wide range of health promoting phytochemicals. Despite its importance, little is known about transcriptional modifications during papaya fruit ripening and their control. In t...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Fabi JP,Seymour GB,Graham NS,Broadley MR,May ST,Lajolo FM,Cordenunsi BR,Oliveira do Nascimento JR

更新日期：2012-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Superficial scald is a physiological disorder of apple fruit characterized by sunken, necrotic lesions appearing after prolonged cold storage, although initial injury occurs much earlier in the storage period. To determine the degree to which the transition to cell death is an active process and specific met...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Gapper NE,Hertog MLATM,Lee J,Buchanan DA,Leisso RS,Fei Z,Qu G,Giovannoni JJ,Johnston JW,Schaffer RJ,Nicolaï BM,Mattheis JP,Watkins CB,Rudell DR

更新日期：2017-04-21 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:Botrytis cinerea, a necrotrophic pathogenic fungus, attacks many crops including potato and tomato. Major genes for complete resistance to B. cinerea are not known in plants, but a few quantitative trait loci have been described in tomato. Loss of function of particular susceptibility (S) genes appears to pr...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Sun K,van Tuinen A,van Kan JAL,Wolters AA,Jacobsen E,Visser RGF,Bai Y

更新日期：2017-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plant genomes have been transformed with full-length cDNA copies of viral genomes, giving rise to what has been called 'amplicon' systems, trying to combine the genetic stability of transgenic plants with the elevated replication rate of plant viruses. However, amplicons' performance has been very variable r...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Calvo M,Dujovny G,Lucini C,Ortuño J,Alamillo JM,Simón-Mateo C,López-Moya JJ,García JA

更新日期：2010-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Castor seeds are a major source for ricinoleate, an important industrial raw material. Genomics studies of castor plant will provide critical information for understanding seed metabolism, for effectively engineering ricinoleate production in transgenic oilseeds, or for genetically improving castor plants by...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Lu C,Wallis JG,Browse J

更新日期：2007-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive soil salinity is an important problem for agriculture, however, salt tolerance is a complex trait that is not easily bred into plants. Exposure of cultivated tomato to salt stress has been reported to result in increased antioxidant content and activity. Salt tolerance of the related wild species, ...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Frary A,Göl D,Keleş D,Okmen B,Pinar H,Siğva HO,Yemenicioğlu A,Doğanlar S

更新日期：2010-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In plants, eIF4E translation initiation factors and their eIFiso4E isoforms are essential susceptibility factors for many RNA viruses, including potyviruses. Mutations altering these factors are a major source of resistance to the viruses. The eIF4E allelic series is associated with specific resistance spect...

journal_title：BMC plant biology

authors： Estevan J,Maréna A,Callot C,Lacombe S,Moretti A,Caranta C,Gallois JL

更新日期：2014-03-19 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: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