Maize transcription factor ZmBES1/BZR1-5 positively regulates kernel size.

abstract：:Hydration at low temperatures, commonly referred to as cold stratification, is widely used for releasing dormancy and triggering germination in a wide range of species including wheat. However, the molecular mechanism that underlies its effect on germination has largely remained unknown. Our previous studies showed th...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Xu Q,Truong TT,Barrero JM,Jacobsen JV,Hocart CH,Gubler F

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photo-oxidative stress was imposed under natural solar radiation on exposed and shaded sections of detached fruit of immature green tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Miller = Solanum lycopersicum L.) mutants (anthocyanin absent, beta-carotene, Delta, and high pigment-1) and their nearly isogenic parents ('Ailsa Craig' a...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Torres CA,Andrews PK,Davies NM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Root growth is modulated by different factors, including phytohormones, transcription factors, and microRNAs (miRNAs). MicroRNA156 and its targets, the SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL) genes, define an age-dependent pathway that controls several developmental processes, including lateral root emergence. Ho...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Barrera-Rojas CH,Rocha GHB,Polverari L,Pinheiro Brito DA,Batista DS,Notini MM,da Cruz ACF,Morea EGO,Sabatini S,Otoni WC,Nogueira FTS

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：:Regulated cell death plays key roles during essential processes along the plant life cycle. It takes part of specific developmental programs and maintains the organism homeostasis in response to unfavorable environments. Ferroptosis is a recently discovered iron-dependent cell death pathway characterized by the accumu...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Distéfano AM,López GA,Setzes N,Marchetti F,Cainzos M,Cascallares M,Zabaleta E,Pagnussat GC

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Wood formation in trees is a dynamic process that is strongly affected by environmental factors. However, the impact of ozone on wood is poorly documented. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of ozone on wood formation by focusing on the two major wood components, cellulose and lignin, and analysing ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Richet N,Afif D,Huber F,Pollet B,Banvoy J,El Zein R,Lapierre C,Dizengremel P,Perré P,Cabané M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell wall changes were examined in fruit of a melting flesh peach (Prunus persica L.) allowed to ripen on the tree. Three phases to softening were noted, the first of which began prior to the completion of flesh colour change and an increase in ethylene evolution. Softening in young mature fruit, prior to ripening, wa...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Brummell DA,Dal Cin V,Crisosto CH,Labavitch JM

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The promoter of the Arabidopsis thaliana L. AtEm1 gene encoding a late embryogenesis abundant protein was fused to the beta-glucuronidase reporter gene and introduced into Brassica napus. The promoter is highly active in the vascular tissues of embryo and pollen grains and also active in petals, sepals, caulinar leave...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Vicient CM,Gruber V,Delseny M

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:If, following an inductive treatment of 2 d of continuous darkness, shoot apices of Pharbitis nil are cultured 1 d later on White's medium supplemented with 2% sucrose, they cannot form carpels, but they can if they are cultured on 2% glucose. It was hypothesized that the differential effect of these sugars was becaus...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Parfitt D,Herbert RJ,Rogers HJ,Francis D

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of arabinan and galactan domains in association with cellulose microfibrils was investigated using enzymatic and alkali degradation procedures. Sugar beet and potato cell wall residues (called 'natural' composites), rich in pectic neutral sugar side chains and cellulose, as well as 'artificial' composite...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Zykwinska A,Thibault JF,Ralet MC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a non-model staple crop like wheat (Triticum aestivumI L.), functional validation of potential drought stress responsive genes identified in Arabidopsis could provide gene targets for breeding. Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) of genes of interest can overcome the inherent problems of polyploidy and limited tran...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Manmathan H,Shaner D,Snelling J,Tisserat N,Lapitan N

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eutypa dieback is a vascular disease that may severely affect vineyards throughout the world. In the present work, microarrays were made in order (i) to improve our knowledge of grapevine (Vitis vinifera cv. Cabernet-Sauvignon) responses to Eutypa lata, the causal agent of Eutypa dieback; and (ii) to identify genes th...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Camps C,Kappel C,Lecomte P,Léon C,Gomès E,Coutos-Thévenot P,Delrot S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch.) the degradation of the pectic compounds of the cell wall is considered to be the principal component responsible for fruit softening. Many genes encoding enzymes acting on the different polymers of the pectic matrix have been shown to be highly expressed during the late phases of s...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Trainotti L,Pavanello A,Zanin D

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All members of the sulphotransferase (SOT, EC 2.8.2.-) protein family use 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulphate (PAPS) as the sulphuryl donor and transfer the sulphonate group to an appropriate hydroxyl group of several classes of substrates. These enzymes have highly conserved domains and can be found in eubacteria ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Klein M,Papenbrock J

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca(2+) acts as an important cellular second messenger in eukaryotes. In both plants and animals, a wide variety of environmental and developmental stimuli trigger Ca(2+) transients of a specific signature that can modulate gene expression and metabolism. In animals, mitochondrial energy metabolism has long been consid...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Wagner S,De Bortoli S,Schwarzländer M,Szabò I

更新日期：2016-06-01 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

abstract：:Site-directed mutations have been generated in the pore and voltage sensor regions of the inwardly rectifying potassium channels KAT1 and KST1. The properties of mutant channels have been analysed in Xenopus oocytes, and give insights into the structure-function relations of these channels. ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Hoth S,Dreyer I,Hedrich R

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to understand the role of cytosolic antioxidant enzymes in drought stress protection, transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthi) plants overexpressing cytosolic Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase (cytsod) (EC 1.15.1.1) or ascorbate peroxidase (cytapx) (EC 1.11.1.1) alone, or in combination, were produced and t...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Faize M,Burgos L,Faize L,Piqueras A,Nicolas E,Barba-Espin G,Clemente-Moreno MJ,Alcobendas R,Artlip T,Hernandez JA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell wall disassembly in softening fruits is a complex process involving the cumulative action of many families of wall-modifying proteins on interconnected polysaccharide matrices. One strategy to elucidate the in vivo substrates of specific enzymes and their relative importance and contribution to wall modification ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Santiago-Doménech N,Jiménez-Bemúdez S,Matas AJ,Rose JK,Muñoz-Blanco J,Mercado JA,Quesada MA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functions of two genes whose expression provides tolerance to aluminium (Al) stress were investigated using plants and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast): the Arabidopsis thaliana blue copper binding gene (AtBCB) and Nicotiana tabacum guanosine diphosphate (GDP) dissociation inhibitor gene (NtGDI1). To determine the...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Ezaki B,Sasaki K,Matsumoto H,Nakashima S

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive X-ray computed tomography (XRCT) is increasingly used in rhizosphere research to visualize development of soil-root interfaces in situ. However, exposing living systems to X-rays can potentially impact their processes and metabolites. In order to evaluate these effects, we assessed the responses of rhizos...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Ganther M,Yim B,Ibrahim Z,Bienert MD,Lippold E,Maccario L,Sørensen SJ,Bienert GP,Vetterlein D,Heintz-Buschart A,Blagodatskaya E,Smalla K,Tarkka MT

更新日期：2020-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The target of rapamycin (TOR) pathway has emerged as a central hub synchronizing plant growth according to the nutrient/energy status and environmental inputs. Molecular mechanisms through which TOR promotes plant growth involve the positive regulation of transcription of cell proliferation-associated genes, mRNA tran...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Caldana C,Martins MCM,Mubeen U,Urrea-Castellanos R

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Man's oldest fungicide has probably long functioned in this role in plants, as a natural component of induced antifungal defence. Elemental sulphur (S(0)) is the only inorganic phytoalexin and the only phytoalexin produced by so many different taxa. S(0) (detected by GC-MS as (32)S(8)) is produced in representative sp...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Cooper RM,Williams JS

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：:Flowering is a crucial developmental stage in the plant life cycle. A number of different factors, from environmental to chemical, can trigger flowering. In pineapple, and other bromeliads, it has been proposed that flowering is triggered by a small burst of ethylene production in the meristem in response to environme...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Trusov Y,Botella JR

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein tyrosine nitration is a post-translational modification mediated by reactive nitrogen species (RNS) that is associated with nitro-oxidative damage. No information about this process is available in relation to higher plants during development and senescence. Using pea plants at different developmental stages (...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Begara-Morales JC,Chaki M,Sánchez-Calvo B,Mata-Pérez C,Leterrier M,Palma JM,Barroso JB,Corpas FJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytocystatins are inhibitors of cysteine proteinases from plants putatively involved in defence and as endogenous regulators of protein turnover. Seven genes encoding cystatins (HvCPI-1 to HvCPI-7), identified from EST collections and from an endosperm cDNA library, have been characterized. The intron-exon structure ...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Abraham Z,Martinez M,Carbonero P,Diaz I

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wheat phenology allows escaping from seasonal abiotic stresses including frosts and high temperatures, the latter being forecasted to increase with climate change. The use of marker-based crop models to identify ideotypes has been proposed to select genotypes adapted to specific weather and management conditions and a...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Bogard M,Hourcade D,Piquemal B,Gouache D,Deswartes JC,Throude M,Cohan JP

更新日期：2020-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in root hydraulic resistance in response to alterations in nitrate supply were explored in detail as a potential mechanism that allows plants to respond rapidly to changes in their environment. Sunflower (Helianthus annuus cv. Holiday) plants grown hydroponically with limited nitrate availability (200 micromol...

journal_title：Journal of experimental botany

authors： Gloser V,Zwieniecki MA,Orians CM,Holbrook NM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00