Strengthening desert plant biotechnology research in the United Arab Emirates: a viewpoint

Transcriptomic analysis of salt stress responsive genes in Rhazya stricta

(2017) Nahid H. Hajrah et al.   PLoS One

Anastatica hierochuntica, an Arabidopsis Desert Relative, Is Tolerant to Multiple Abiotic Stresses and Exhibits Species-Specific and Common Stress Tolerance Strategies with Its Halophytic Relative, Eutrema (Thellungiella) salsugineum

(2017) Gil Eshel et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Abiotic Stress Responses and Microbe-Mediated Mitigation in Plants: The Omics Strategies

(2017) Kamlesh K. Meena et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Landscaping with native plants in the UAE: A review

(2017) Hasnain Alam et al.   Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

DNA barcoding of selected UAE medicinal plant species: a comparative assessment of herbarium and fresh samples

(2017) Mohamed Rizk Enan et al.   PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS

Microbial and Functional Diversity within the Phyllosphere of Espeletia Species in an Andean High-Mountain Ecosystem

(2016) Carlos A. Ruiz-Pérez et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Analysis of transcriptional response to heat stress in Rhazya stricta

(2016) Abdullah Y. Obaid et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Transgenic plants and hairy roots: exploiting the potential of plant species to remediate contaminants

(2016) Sabrina Ibañez et al.   New Biotechnology

The Cacti Microbiome: Interplay between Habitat-Filtering and Host-Specificity

(2016) Citlali Fonseca-García et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Salinity and High Temperature Tolerance in Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] from a Physiological Perspective

(2016) Bindumadhava HanumanthaRao et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Potential Biotechnological Strategies for the Cleanup of Heavy Metals and Metalloids

(2016) Kareem A. Mosa et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Transcriptome analyses reveal genotype- and developmental stage-specific molecular responses to drought and salinity stresses in chickpea

(2016) Rohini Garg et al.   Scientific Reports

Specialized Microbiome of a Halophyte and its Role in Helping Non-Host Plants to Withstand Salinity

(2016) Zhilin Yuan et al.   Scientific Reports

RNA-Seq analysis of the wild barley (H. spontaneum) leaf transcriptome under salt stress

(2015) Ahmed Bahieldin et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

The plant microbiome explored: implications for experimental botany

(2015) Gabriele Berg et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Plant compartment and biogeography affect microbiome composition in cultivated and native Agave species

(2015) Devin Coleman-Derr et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant Survival in a Changing Environment: The Role of Nitric Oxide in Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress

(2015) Marcela Simontacchi et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Genome-editing technologies and their potential application in horticultural crop breeding

(2015) Jin-Song Xiong et al.   Horticulture Research

The development of halophyte-based agriculture: past and present

(2014) Yvonne Ventura et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Transcriptomic analysis of a psammophyte food crop, sand rice (Agriophyllum squarrosum) and identification of candidate genes essential for sand dune adaptation

(2014) Pengshan Zhao et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The temporal foliar transcriptome of the perennial C3 desert plant Rhazya stricta in its natural environment

(2014) Steven A Yates et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Detection of a Usp-like gene in Calotropis procera plant from the de novo assembled genome contigs of the high-throughput sequencing dataset

(2014) Ahmed M. Shokry et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

Diazotrophic potential among bacterial communities associated with wild and cultivatedAgavespecies

(2014) Damaris Desgarennes et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Selection on soil microbiomes reveals reproducible impacts on plant function

(2014) Kevin Panke-Buisse et al.   ISME Journal

Metabolomic Response of Calotropis procera Growing in the Desert to Changes in Water Availability

(2014) Ahmed Ramadan et al.   PLoS One

Whole Mitochondrial and Plastid Genome SNP Analysis of Nine Date Palm Cultivars Reveals Plastid Heteroplasmy and Close Phylogenetic Relationships among Cultivars

(2014) Jamal S. M. Sabir et al.   PLoS One

Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Genes Commonly Induced by Botrytis cinerea Infection, Cold, Drought and Oxidative Stresses in Arabidopsis

(2014) Arjun Sham et al.   PLoS One

Response of plants to water stress

(2014) Yuriko Osakabe et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Mechanism of Salinity Tolerance in Plants: Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Characterization

(2014) Bhaskar Gupta et al.   International Journal of Genomics

Phytochemical composition of some common coastal halophytes of the United Arab Emirates

(2014) Iwona Cybulska et al.   Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

In vitro selection of abiotic stress tolerant date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.): A review

(2014) J AlKhayri et al.   Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

A survey of the microbial community in the rhizosphere of two dominant shrubs of the Negev Desert highlands, Zygophyllum dumosum (Zygophyllaceae) and Atriplex halimus (Amaranthaceae), using cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent methods

(2013) Drora Kaplan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Learning from halophytes: physiological basis and strategies to improve abiotic stress tolerance in crops

(2013) Sergey Shabala   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Constructed wetland with Salicornia as a biofilter for mariculture effluents

(2013) M. Shpigel et al.   AQUACULTURE

The effect of halophyte planting density on the efficiency of constructed wetlands for the treatment of wastewater from marine aquaculture

(2013) J.M. Webb et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Photosynthetic and growth responses of a perennial halophytic grass Panicum turgidum to increasing NaCl concentrations

(2013) Hans-Werner Koyro et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Plant Core Environmental Stress Response Genes Are Systemically Coordinated during Abiotic Stresses

(2013) Achim Hahn et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Comparative metatranscriptomics reveals kingdom level changes in the rhizosphere microbiome of plants

(2013) Thomas R Turner et al.   ISME Journal

Legume growth-promoting rhizobia: An overview on the Mesorhizobium genus

(2013) Marta Laranjo et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Comparative Proteomics ofThellungiella halophilaLeaves from Plants Subjected to Salinity Reveals the Importance of Chloroplastic Starch and Soluble Sugars in Halophyte Salt Tolerance

(2013) Xuchu Wang et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

Advanced genetic tools for plant biotechnology

(2013) Wusheng Liu et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Transcriptomic Analysis of a Tertiary Relict Plant, Extreme Xerophyte Reaumuria soongorica to Identify Genes Related to Drought Adaptation

(2013) Yong Shi et al.   PLoS One

De novo sequencing and analysis of root transcriptome using 454 pyrosequencing to discover putative genes associated with drought tolerance in Ammopiptanthus mongolicus

(2012) Yijun Zhou et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Three halophytes for saline-water agriculture: An oilseed, a forage and a grain crop

(2012) Edward P. Glenn et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Halophyte crop cultivation: The case for Salicornia and Sarcocornia

(2012) Yvonne Ventura et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Medicinal plants diversity and their conservation status in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

(2012) Sabitha Sakkir   Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Sonication-assisted efficient Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of the multipurpose woody desert shrub Leptadenia pyrotechnica

(2012) Indrajit Dutta et al.   PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE

A Drought Resistance-Promoting Microbiome Is Selected by Root System under Desert Farming

(2012) Ramona Marasco et al.   PLoS One

Integrated genomics, physiology and breeding approaches for improving drought tolerance in crops

(2012) Reyazul Rouf Mir et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS

Halophyte filter beds for treatment of saline wastewater from aquaculture

(2012) J.M. Webb et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Isolation and characterization of salt-tolerant rhizobia native to the desertsoils of United Arab Emirates

(2012) Samrudhi Sharma et al.   Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Next-generation sequencing technologies for gene expression profiling in plants

(2011) M. Jain   Briefings in Functional Genomics

Omics for understanding microbial functional dynamics

(2011) Janet K. Jansson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The impact of temperature on balancing immune responsiveness and growth in Arabidopsis

(2011) Rubén Alcázar et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Biotechnological approaches for conservation and improvement of rare and endangered plants of Saudi Arabia

(2011) Salim Khan et al.   SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genetic Engineering for Modern Agriculture: Challenges and Perspectives

(2010) Ron Mittler et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Climate change effects on beneficial plant-microorganism interactions

(2010) Stéphane Compant et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Reactive oxygen species and antioxidant machinery in abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants

(2010) Sarvajeet Singh Gill et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria

(2009) Ben Lugtenberg et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Plant species and soil type cooperatively shape the structure and function of microbial communities in the rhizosphere

(2009) Gabriele Berg et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Learning from Evolution: Thellungiella Generates New Knowledge on Essential and Critical Components of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

(2009) Anna Amtmann   Molecular Plant

Loss of Halophytism by Interference with SOS1 Expression

(2009) D.-H. Oh et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Differential transcript regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana and the halotolerant Lobularia maritima indicates genes with potential function in plant salt adaptation

(2008) Olga V. Popova et al.   GENE

Arabidopsis Transcriptome Analysis under Drought, Cold, High-Salinity and ABA Treatment Conditions using a Tiling Array

(2008) A. Matsui et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Plant-driven selection of microbes

(2008) Anton Hartmann et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Rhizosphere bacteria help plants tolerate abiotic stress

(2008) Jungwook Yang et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE