Article
Horticulture
Muhammad Zaheer Ahmed, Tabassum Hussain, Salman Gulzar, Muhammad Yousuf Adnan, Muhammad Ajmal Khan
Summary: High salt treatment resulted in decreased plant biomass, increased MDA content, reduced water content and relative water content, as well as increased leaf Na+ and Na+/K+ ratios. However, Ca2+ application improved plant salinity resistance by enhancing water balance, Na+ secretion, and membrane integrity.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Kun Yan, Huimin Mei, Xiaoyan Dong, Shiwei Zhou, Jinxin Cui, Yanhong Sun
Summary: Jerusalem artichoke showed vulnerabilities in both PSII and PSI under salt stress. The inactivation of PSII, a passive consequence of PSI photoinhibition, hardly helped protect PSI.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Mizuki Kitayama, Rujira Tisarum, Thapanee Samphumphuang, Kwankhao Cha-um, Michiko Takagaki, Sushil Kumar Himanshu, Suriyan Cha-um
Summary: In this study, the effects of paclobutrazol (PBZ) and NaCl salt elicitors on water spinach were investigated. The results showed that PBZ treatment reduced the height and shoot length of the plants, while NaCl treatment inhibited shoot length in one cultivar but not in another. PBZ-pretreated plants exposed to NaCl showed reduced Na+ and Ca2+ levels, leading to sustained photosynthetic abilities and plant biomass. Interestingly, NaCl-treated cultivars showed increased levels of soluble sugar, ascorbic acid, and tocopherol.
JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Stanislaw Kaniszewski, Artur Kowalski, Jacek Dysko, Giovanni Agati
Summary: The study demonstrates that using the Dualex device can help in early prediction of plant nitrogen and cabbage yield, providing economic advantage for growers and reducing environmental contamination.
Article
Plant Sciences
Alivia Paul, Subhankar Mondal, Asmita Pal, Soumyajit Biswas, Koushik Chakraborty, Asis Mazumder, Asok K. Biswas, Rita Kundu
Summary: Seed priming with NaCl mimics natural priming conditions, improving the tissue tolerance of sensitive legumes and enabling their survival and yield in mildly saline areas.
Article
Agronomy
Wlodzimierz Bres, Tomasz Kleiber, Bartosz Markiewicz, Elzbieta Mieloszyk, Monika Mieloch
Summary: In recent decades, the deterioration of water and soil quality due to increasing human pressure has become a concern. This comprehensive study investigated the effect of sodium chloride, a salinity inducer, on the yield, photosynthesis efficiency, and nutrient content of hydroponically grown lettuce. The results showed that high concentrations of sodium chloride significantly altered the chemical composition of the lettuce leaves, leading to reduced yield and increased dry matter content.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Huan Guo, Chun-Ya Nie, Zhen Li, Jie Kang, Xiao-Long Wang, Yan-Nong Cui
Summary: This study evaluated the salt tolerance and ion accumulation traits of sweet sorghum under NaCl treatments. Key genes involved in Na+, Cl-, K+ and NO3- transport were explored using transcriptome profiling and qRT-PCR. The results showed that sweet sorghum has a strong salt tolerance and can exclude Na+ from shoots and accumulate Cl- in leaf sheaths to avoid overaccumulation in leaf blades. Several differentially expressed genes associated with ion transport were identified, and candidate genes involved in membrane stability and photosynthetic capacity were also identified through GO analysis. This work provides a preliminary foundation for understanding the molecular basis of sweet sorghum's adaptation to adverse environments.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Shuang Liu, Haiye Yu, Yuanyuan Sui, Haigen Zhou, Junhe Zhang, Lijuan Kong, Jingmin Dang, Lei Zhang
Summary: This study investigated the feasibility of classifying soybean frogeye leaf spot using image processing and dimensionality reduction methods on hyperspectral data. The results showed that a model combining PCA and SI performed well, with certain input variables outperforming full wavelength data in machine learning classifiers. The classification accuracies were significantly improved using the selected datasets.
Review
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Xiaohan Lu, Steven D. Crowley
Summary: Dr Lewis Dahl's observations on renal mechanisms of hypertension are still relevant, as recent experiments show that immune system dysfunction contributes to hypertension. Inflammatory cytokines and reactive oxygen species can alter kidney functions and lead to sustained hypertension. Targeting immune-mediated mechanisms while considering the kidney's importance in blood pressure regulation poses a challenge.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yihong Liu, Jing M. Chen, Liming He, Rong Wang, Nicholas G. Smith, Trevor F. Keenan, Cheryl Rogers, Wenyu Li, Jiye Leng
Summary: This study proposes a refined data assimilation scheme to retrieve daily Vcmax using remotely sensed solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) and leaf chlorophyll content (LCC) data. The spatial distribution of Vcmax depends on the spatial distribution of biomes, along with air temperature and absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (APAR). Vcmax25, which is more closely related to the Rubisco content, also has considerable spatiotemporal variations.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Nadia Chibane, Marlon Caicedo, Susana Martinez, Purificacion Marcet, Pedro Revilla, Bernardo Ordas
Summary: Stay-green (SG) is a term used to describe genotypes with delayed leaf senescence, which can be favorable for grain yield, quality, double exploitation, and stress resistance. Studies show that SG genotypes absorb more nitrogen after flowering, although the remobilization efficiency is lower. However, the higher nitrogen uptake compensates for the poor remobilization, leading to favorable effects on grain nitrogen content and weight.
Article
Plant Sciences
Hafiza Hamna Ansari, Aeman Siddiqui, Danish Wajid, Shehla Tabassum, Muhammad Umar, Zamin Shaheed Siddiqui
Summary: Photosystem II efficiency is crucial for the survival of plants under stress conditions, and seed priming can significantly affect the energy compartmentalization and specific energy fluxes of the system.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Khadija Irshad, Zamin Shaheed Siddiqui, Jianjun Chen, Yamna Rao, Hafiza Hamna Ansari, Danish Wajid, Komal Nida, Xiangying Wei
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the sustainability of bio-priming salt tolerant endophytes for improving plant salt tolerance. Results indicate that Trichoderma hamatum significantly increased the growth and chlorophyll content of crops, and reduced oxidative stress levels. Infrared thermographic images also showed that bio-primed plants were resistant to salt stress.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yun Jiao, Jianhong Zhang, Cunde Pan
Summary: The pecan is a salt-alkali-tolerant plant with high economic value. This study explored the molecular mechanisms behind the pecan's salt stress tolerance using various methods and identified key genes and metabolic pathways. The findings provide an important preliminary foundation for improving the salt tolerance of pecans.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jie Zhuang, Quan Wang, Guangman Song, Jia Jin
Summary: Chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters provide insight into plant physiological and biochemical processes. Remote sensing technology offers new opportunities for detecting chlorophyll a fluorescence, but further research is needed. This study investigates the performance of hyperspectral indices in tracking chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters under different light conditions and develops novel spectral indices. The findings show that previously published spectral indices are not effective in tracking chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters, but novel hyperspectral indices perform well in shaded leaves.
Article
Plant Sciences
K. Chattopadhyay, J. Vijayan, A. Ray, K. Chakraborty, R. K. Sarkar
Article
Plant Sciences
Koushik Chakraborty, Akankhya Guru, Priyanka Jena, Soham Ray, Arti Guhey, Krishnendu Chattopadhyay, Ramani K. Sarkar
Summary: The presence of the SUB1 gene in the genetic background positively influences leaf gas film thickness and hydrophobicity in rice, while the removal of the film results in increased stress perception and tolerance loss. Additionally, artificial removal of the film leads to changes in gene expression and metabolic processes, affecting the adaptive responses in rice genotypes.
Article
Agronomy
Debashree Dalai, Mridul Chakraborti, Tapan Kumar Mondal, Soham Ray, Meera Kumari Kar, Koushik Chakraborty, Dipti Ranjan Pani, Sutapa Sarkar, Lotan Kumar Bose, Motilal Behera, Krishnendu Chattopadhyay, Deepa, Joshitha Vijayan, Sushanta Kumar Dash, Chinmay Pradhan, Bhaskar Chandra Patra, Bishnu Charan Marndi
Summary: The genome sequences of nine Oryza species were surveyed to identify cross-transferable markers, revealing 359 STMS markers transferable to O. coarctata, with 77 common with O. sativa complex. These markers were distributed over 11 chromosomes, with nearly 76% located within various genes of Oryza, showing unique genome specific polymorphism patterns.
Article
Plant Sciences
Pallavi Dhiman, Nitika Rajora, Shubham Bhardwaj, Sreeja S. Sudhakaran, Amit Kumar, Gaurav Raturi, Koushik Chakraborty, Om Prakash Gupta, B. N. Devanna, Durgesh Kumar Tripathi, Rupesh Deshmukh
Summary: This review explores the role of silicon in alleviating salt stress in plants, including its impact on physiological and biochemical processes, the molecular mechanisms behind its beneficial effects, and its interaction with plant responses at transcriptomics and proteomics levels.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Microbiology
Upendra Kumar, Megha Kaviraj, Snehasini Rout, K. Chakraborty, P. Swain, P. K. Nayak, A. K. Nayak
Summary: The combined application of AA and Avi2 significantly improved chlorophyll content, water status, antioxidant enzyme activities, and photosynthetic efficiency in rice cultivars under moisture deficit stress. This combination also increased the expression of nifH gene in rice roots and significantly enhanced grain yield in both drought-tolerant and drought-susceptible rice cultivars.
MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Koushik Chakraborty, Soham Ray, Joshitha Vijayan, Kutubuddin A. Molla, Ramawatar Nagar, Priyanka Jena, Subhankar Mondal, Binay B. Panda, Birendra Prasad Shaw, Padmini Swain, Krishnendu Chattopadhyay, Ramani K. Sarkar
Summary: The response of rice to fresh- and saline-water flooding varies, with Rashpanjor showing tolerance to both types of flooding, while Varshadhan performs well in freshwater but not in saline-water flooding. Salt stress inhibits Varshadhan's aerenchyma formation, while it plays a more significant role in Rashpanjor's tolerance mechanism.
PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
K. Chakraborty, P. Jena, S. Mondal, G. K. Dash, S. Ray, M. J. Baig, P. Swain
Summary: This study explores the relative contribution of different members of the DREB gene family to drought/osmotic stress tolerance in rice, finding that DREB1B significantly correlates with stress tolerance indices in both indica and japonica ecotypes.
Article
Plant Sciences
Krishnendu Chattopadhyay, Koushik Chakraborty, Prabhudatta Samal, Ramani Kumar Sarkar
Summary: The hybridization between Indian landrace Rashpanjor and high yielding variety Swarna revealed potential QTLs for tolerance to stagnant flooding, as well as multiple genes affecting yield attributing traits.
PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS
(2021)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Shibasis Mukherjee, Suchana Sain, Md Nasim Ali, Rupak Goswami, Argha Chakraborty, Krishnendu Ray, Rantim Bhattacharjee, Bhubaneswar Pradhan, Natesan Ravisankar, Gautam Chatterjee
Summary: This study analyzed the decomposition rate of Beejamrit during incubation and elucidated the microbial niche and their dynamics. It was found that the population of plant beneficial bacteria in Beejamrit increased progressively up to 4- and 5-days of incubation. The study also demonstrated the positive effects of Beejamrit on seed treatment in French beans.
WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
B. Pradhan, D. Panda, S. K. Bishi, K. Chakraborty, S. K. Muthusamy, S. K. Lenka
Summary: Incorporating C-4 photosynthetic traits into C-3 crops is a rational approach for meeting future crop productivity demands. Traditional plant breeding is unlikely to achieve this goal, so new biotechnological crop improvement strategies are needed. A fundamental understanding of C-3, C-4, and C-3-C-4 intermediate metabolism is crucial for the targeted use of biotechnological tools. This review assesses recent progress in engineering C-4 photosynthetic traits in C-3 crops and discusses the lessons learned from genetic engineering attempts in rice.
Review
Plant Sciences
Kishor Kumar, Swarupa Nanda Mandal, Bhubaneswar Pradhan, Pavneet Kaur, Karminderbir Kaur, Kumari Neelam
Summary: Crop domestication has a significant impact on socioeconomic conditions and human civilization. However, limited genetic diversity in cultivated crops affects yield and makes them vulnerable to various stresses. Crop wild relatives (CWRs) are an important resource for valuable traits, but their unsuitability for urban and intensive cultivation poses challenges. Research is being conducted on domestication traits in CWRs and using genome editing tools to modify them for extensive cultivation. Other genetic factors such as microRNAs, transposable elements, cis-regulatory elements, and epigenetic changes have also played a role in reshaping domesticated crops. The creation of allelic series via genome editing holds great potential for the rapid domestication of CWRs.
PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Bhubaneswar Pradhan, Sujata Chand, Sasmita Chand, Prangya Ranjan Rout, Sushanta Kumar Naik
Summary: Most water systems are decreasing or stressed, and groundwater is a reliable source of fresh water that is threatened by emerging contaminants. These contaminants, including antibiotics, fire retardants, pesticides, and sunscreens, can have adverse effects on human health and the environment. Livestock farming, industrial wastewater, and agricultural practices also contribute to groundwater pollution. To reduce contamination, measures such as limiting fertilizer and pesticide use and implementing effective irrigation systems are necessary.
GROUNDWATER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Ankita Mohanty, Koushik Chakraborty, Subhankar Mondal, Priyanka Jena, Rajendra K. Panda, Kailash C. Samal, Krishnendu Chattopadhyay
Summary: This study investigates the variability of rice tolerance to salinity stress at the seedling and reproductive stages, and the influence of ion exclusion and tissue tolerance on salt tolerance. The results reveal that ion exclusion alone is sufficient for seedling stage tolerance, while a balance between ion exclusion and tissue tolerance is crucial for prolonged salt tolerance at the reproductive stage.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Krishnendu Chattopadhyay, Sangram Keshori Mohanty, Joshitha Vijayan, Bishnu Charan Marndi, Ananta Sarkar, Kutubuddin Ali Molla, Koushik Chakraborty, Soham Ray, Ramani Kumar Sarkar
Summary: The study investigated the sensitivity of rice to salt stress at the flowering stage and identified several stable quantitative trait loci (QTLs) which could be utilized in future breeding programs. These QTLs were associated with spikelet degeneration, K+ concentration, stress susceptibility index, and spikelet sterility, demonstrating their potential impact on improving salt tolerance in rice.
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER
(2021)