Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yuguang Wang, Shuang Wang, Ye Tian, Qiuhong Wang, Sixue Chen, Hongli Li, Chunquan Ma, Haiying Li
Summary: The study identified BvbHLH93 as a key bHLH transcription factor in response to salt stress in plants. The up-regulation of BvbHLH93 in roots and leaves by salt stress and its overexpression in Arabidopsis enhanced salt tolerance by regulating antioxidant enzymes and ROS generation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Maha Aljabri, Saif Alharbi, Rahmah N. Al-Qthanin, Fekry M. Ismaeil, Jiana Chen, Salah Fatouh Abou-Elwafa
Summary: Under saline soil conditions, applying treated beet sugar filter cake and molasses can enhance the root length, diameter, and leaf area of sugar beet, increase sugar content and root yield, leading to the highest recoverable sugar yield. Increasing the availability of Ca2+ or K content in the soil by applying soil amendments and molasses improves root yield, quality index, and recoverable sugar yield of sugar beet.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jinna Li, Bing Yu, Chunquan Ma, Hongli Li, Desheng Jiang, Jingdong Nan, Meng Xu, He Liu, Sixue Chen, Huizi Duanmu, Haiying Li
Summary: Salt stress induces cellular dehydration and oxidative stress in plants through the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The plant ROS scavenging system, including antioxidant enzymes, is crucial for maintaining cellular redox homeostasis. A study on the salt-tolerant sugar beet apomictic monosomic additional M14 line (BvM14) revealed that six antioxidant enzymes were responsive to salt stress. Cloning and overexpression of these genes in transgenic plants improved salt stress tolerance by regulating the levels of H2O2, MDA, AsA, and GSH. This research provides insights into the roles of antioxidant enzymes in the response to salt stress and offers genetic resources for crop engineering and breeding.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
He Liu, Jialin Zhang, Jinna Li, Bing Yu, Sixue Chen, Chunquan Ma, Haiying Li
Summary: Post-translational modifications, such as ubiquitination, play crucial roles in regulating organismal responses to different stresses. This study investigated the changes in the ubiquitination proteome of the salt-tolerant sugar beet monomeric additional line M14 under salt stress treatments. Through label-free proteomics, differentially ubiquitinated proteins were identified in plants treated with 200 mM NaCl and 400 mM NaCl. These ubiquitinated proteins were mainly involved in cellular transcription and translation processes, signal transduction, metabolic pathways, and the ubiquitin/26S proteasome pathway. The uncovered ubiquitinated proteins provide valuable insights into the plant stress ubiquitinome and serve as a theoretical basis for marker-based molecular breeding of stress-tolerant crops.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Meryem Kara, Zafer Secgin, Sahane Funda Arslanoglu, Saliha Dinc
Summary: Abiotic stress resulting from climate change poses a global challenge that affects agricultural production and causes yield loss. Nanoparticles, particularly carbon dots, have been found to mitigate the adverse effects of abiotic stresses and promote plant growth.
JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jie Cui, Junliang Li, Cuihong Dai, Liping Li
Summary: This study investigated the physiological and transcriptomic responses of sugar beet under salt stress. It found that different salt stresses had significant effects on phenotypic characteristics, leaf relative water content, and root activity. Through gene co-expression network analysis and metabolomics, the study identified key genes and metabolic pathways involved in sugar beet's response to salt stress. These findings provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms of sugar beet and offer potential candidate genes for crop improvement.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Taia A. Abd El-Mageed, Mohamed O. A. Rady, Wael M. Semida, Ahmed Shaaban, Ali A. A. Mekdad
Summary: Exogenously applied micronutrients, especially M-300, significantly enhance the growth, yield, quality, and salt tolerance of sugar beet under saline soil conditions. M-300 treatment results in increased root yield, true sugar yield, sucrose content, and quality index, making it a promising economic alternative for mitigating salinity stress in sugar beet.
JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yongyong Gong, Xin Liu, Sixue Chen, Hongli Li, Huizi Duanmu
Summary: This study identified and analyzed the bZIP transcription factors in sugar beet, and found that they play important roles in stress response. The study provides foundational data for further mechanistic studies and for breeding stress-resilient sugar beet.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Cell Biology
Adrianna Michalak, Anna Wdowikowska, Malgorzata Janicka
Summary: This review explores the multifunctionality of the plasma membrane proton pump (PM H+-ATPase) in plants and its crucial role in plant growth, development, and adaptation to environmental conditions. The abundance of PM H+-ATPase isogenes and their connection to pleiotropy have been studied. This enzyme is not only a key element in plant defense mechanisms against pathogens but also serves as a target for pathogens invading plant tissues.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fahad Alotaibi, Atif A. Bamagoos, Fekry M. Ismaeil, Wenying Zhang, Salah Fatouh Abou-Elwafa
Summary: The study found that the application of treated filter cake in saline soils significantly improved sugar beet biofortification and reduced sugar losses during beet sugar processing. Treated filter cake decreased K%, Na%, and alpha-amino-N content in the soil, while enhancing sucrose content and quality index in beet roots, leading to an increase in recoverable sugar yield. Linear regression analysis showed that reducing soil Na+ content and increasing Ca2+ content increased the quality index and sugar loss yield. Treated filter cake shows promise as an amendment for saline soil remediation to improve sugar beet biofortification and reduce sugar losses.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Junliang Li, Jiayuan Wang, Qiuying Pang, Xiufeng Yan
Summary: Salinity is an important environmental factor in crop growth. In this study, the m6A modification of transcripts in sugar beet under salt stress was investigated. After salt treatment, significantly modified m6A sites and differentially expressed genes were identified. The findings suggest that m6A modification may negatively regulate the expression of salt-resistant genes in sugar beet by modulating mRNA stability.
Review
Plant Sciences
Hemasundar Alavilli, Seher Yolcu, Monika Skorupa, Seher Bahar Aciksoz, Muhammad Asif
Summary: Although sugar beet is a salt- and drought-tolerant crop, high salinity and water deprivation significantly reduce its yield and growth. Several strategies, such as the exogenous application of osmolytes or metabolites, nanoparticles, seed treatments, and breeding tolerant varieties, can enhance stress tolerance and achieve sustainable yields. Sugar beet is an economically vital crop for sugar production and various industries. However, different beet varieties from different regions have varying levels of stress tolerance. Exogenous application of osmolytes or metabolites has been proven to help plants overcome injuries induced by salt or drought stress and improve physiological and biochemical aspects. This review discusses agricultural strategies, prospects, and future experiments to secure sustainable sugar beet yields under high saline or drought conditions.
Article
Plant Sciences
Lei Liu, Pengfei Zhang, Guozhong Feng, Wenfeng Hou, Tianhao Liu, Zhijia Gai, Yanhui Shen, Xin Qiu, Xiangnan Li
Summary: The physiological mechanisms involved in xanthine metabolism during salt priming for improving low-temperature tolerance were studied. Salt priming promoted the growth of sugar beet leaves and increased the maximum quantum efficiency of PS II. However, the treatment with either xanthine dehydrogenase inhibitor (XOI) or exogenous allantoin (EA) alone increased the content of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the leaves under low-temperature stress. Xanthine metabolism modulated ROS metabolism, photosynthetic carbon assimilation, and carbohydrate metabolism, thus enhancing low-temperature tolerance in sugar beet.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
Review
Agronomy
Muhammad Tayyab, Abdul Wakeel, Muhammad Umair Mubarak, Arkadiusz Artyszak, Sajid Ali, Erdogan Esref Hakki, Khalid Mahmood, Baiquan Song, Muhammad Ishfaq
Summary: Sugar beet, an important sugar crop, is not well adopted in the farming system of the tropics and subtropics due to historical production technology and low awareness among local growers. Recent climatic developments have drawn attention to its potential in these regions, considering lower water requirements and higher salt resistance. Challenges for sugar beet production have been identified, and mitigation strategies are suggested, indicating its promising prospects in tropical and subtropical regions.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Junliang Li, Qiuying Pang, Xiufeng Yan
Summary: Salt is a crucial environmental factor for crop growth, and N-6-methyladenosine (m(6)A) is an epigenetic modification that regulates plant response to the environment. This study used m(6)A-seq to investigate the role of m(6)A modification in sugar beet's response to salt stress. The findings suggest that m(6)A modification may regulate gene expression by controlling mRNA stability, thus influencing the post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism during salt stress in sugar beet roots.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Michael Dreyer, Merle Wichmann, Marie Rischen, Bruno M. Goerlach, Annika Ehmke, Britta Pitann, Karl H. Muehling
JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zeeshan Ajmal, Muhammad Usman, Ioannis Anastopoulos, Abdul Qadeer, Runliang Zhu, Abdul Wakeel, Renjie Dong
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2020)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Muhammad Rizwan Shahid, Abdul Wakeel, Wajid Ishaque, Samia Ali, Kamran Baksh Soomro, Muhammad Awais
Summary: Crop production is highly sensitive to climate, and strategies must change as climate changes. Field trials on wheat in Faisalabad, Pakistan, showed that the optimal combination of sowing date and nitrogen levels can maximize yields under changing climate conditions.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Muhammad Imran Khan, Muhammad Junaid Afzal, Safdar Bashir, Muhammad Naveed, Sara Anum, Sardar Alam Cheema, Abdul Wakeel, Muhammad Sanaullah, Muhammad Hayder Ali, Zhongbing Chen
Summary: The combination of organic manures, P fertilizers, and plant growth promoting bacteria like Bacillus sp. MN-54 can significantly enhance the growth, yield, nodulation, nutrient uptake, and protein content in chickpea.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Muhammad Ishfaq, Abdul Wakeel, Muhammad Nadeem Shahzad, Aysha Kiran, Xuexian Li
Summary: This study conducted a survey in major wheat-based cropping system of east-central Pakistan and found widespread deficiency of zinc and iron in soil and wheat grains, as well as among the local population. The results suggest a strong biological nexus between zinc and iron deficiency, highlighting the importance of biofortification to combat malnutrition.
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Britta Pitann, Hafiz Faiq Bakhat, Ammara Fatima, Stefan Hanstein, Sven Schubert
Summary: The study found that silicon promotes maize shoot growth, potentially through its positive effects on plasma membrane H+-ATPase protein. Silicon also regulates plant growth by altering the relative transcripts of specific PM H+-ATPase isoforms.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Bruno Maximilian Goerlach, Amit Sagervanshi, Jon Niklas Henningsen, Britta Pitann, Karl Hermann Muehling
Summary: This study investigated the subcellular distribution of foliar-applied phosphorus in maize plants with phosphorus deficiency. The results showed that phosphorus was primarily absorbed into the cytosol within the first 6 hours, leading to increased mRNA levels of PHT1 transporters. Additionally, phosphorus exhibited a rapid translocation into younger shoots and influenced the uptake of NO3-.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Yafei Guo, Asif Naeem, Stefan Becker-Fazekas, Britta Pitann, Karl H. Muehling
Summary: The study found that the efficacy of different NI in inhibiting N2O emissions in sandy soil is influenced by soil temperature and moisture levels, with DMPP and PIADIN showing stronger inhibition effects on the emissions.
JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Muhammad Umair Mubarak, Aysha Kiran, Ahmad Naeem Shahzad, Muhammad Farooq Qayyum, Muhammad Ishfaq, Khalid Mahmood, Abdul Wakeel
Summary: Intensive agricultural practices decrease soil fertility and crop quality, but the application of poultry mortality compost can increase crop yield, improve soil health, and enhance vegetable biofortification with micronutrients.
Article
Agronomy
Aysha Kiran, Abdul Wakeel, Khalid Mahmood, Rafia Mubaraka, Hafsa, Stephan M. Haefele
Summary: Micronutrient malnutrition is a global health challenge that affects almost half of the global population. Biofortification, combining agronomic interventions and genetic improvement of food crops, has proven to be a promising and economical approach to increase the concentration of essential micronutrients in staple crops. Several developing countries have successfully biofortified crops such as maize, rice, wheat, beans, pearl millet, sweet potato, and cassava with increased concentrations of Fe, Zn, or provitamin A.
Article
Plant Sciences
Hafeez ur Rehman, Hesham F. Alharby, Hassan S. Al-Zahrani, Atif A. Bamagoos, Nadiah B. Alsulami, Nadiyah M. Alabdallah, Tahir Iqbal, Abdul Wakeel
Summary: This study compared the performance of different quinoa genotypes in response to urea enriched with urease and nitrification inhibitors. The enriched urea improved plant growth and photosynthetic efficiency, leading to increased nitrogen uptake, seed yield, and grain protein contents.
Article
Agronomy
Md Arif Hussain, Asif Naeem, Saad Sulieman, Britta Pitann, Karl H. Muhling
Summary: The study suggests that hybrid winter wheat is more resistant to waterlogging than inbred wheat, resulting in higher grain yield.
JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Muhammad Ishfaq, Aysha Kiran, Abdul Wakeel, Muhammad Tayyab, Xuexian Li
Summary: Foliar fertilization is an important agricultural practice that can enhance soil potassium uptake by crop plants, as demonstrated in experiments with wheat and maize. By applying potassium to the leaves, the net potassium uptake through the roots increased by approximately 23% in wheat and 55% in maize. This resulted in improved phenotypic traits and enhanced photosynthetic activity in the treated seedlings. The findings suggest that foliar potassium fertilization has the potential to benefit cereal crops and should be further investigated to understand the underlying signaling pathways.
JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION
(2023)
Review
Agronomy
Muhammad Tayyab, Abdul Wakeel, Muhammad Umair Mubarak, Arkadiusz Artyszak, Sajid Ali, Erdogan Esref Hakki, Khalid Mahmood, Baiquan Song, Muhammad Ishfaq
Summary: Sugar beet, an important sugar crop, is not well adopted in the farming system of the tropics and subtropics due to historical production technology and low awareness among local growers. Recent climatic developments have drawn attention to its potential in these regions, considering lower water requirements and higher salt resistance. Challenges for sugar beet production have been identified, and mitigation strategies are suggested, indicating its promising prospects in tropical and subtropical regions.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Aman Ullah, Muhammad Farooq, Faisal Nadeem, Abdul Rehman, Ahmad Nawaz, Muhammad Naveed, Abdul Wakeel, Mubshar Hussain
CROP & PASTURE SCIENCE
(2020)