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Plant Sciences
Damian Balfagon, Jose L. Rambla, Antonio Granell, Vicent Arbona, Aurelio Gomez-Cadenas
Summary: The Mediterranean basin and other citrus-growing areas are highly vulnerable to the impacts of global warming, leading to water scarcity and high temperatures that affect citrus plant growth and yield. Grafting, specifically using Carrizo as the rootstock, has been shown to improve the metabolic and hormonal responses of Cleopatra scions to drought and heat stress, resulting in increased plant tolerance.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Yirui Guo, Qianchao Wang, Hui Zhang, Tingzhi Huang, Xuesong Zhang, Heng Xie, Junna Liu, Ping Zhang, Li Li, Peng Qin
Summary: In this study, metabolomics and transcriptomics analysis were conducted to investigate the differences between waterlogging-resistant and non-waterlogging-resistant quinoa varieties. The results showed that waterlogging-resistant varieties had increased expression of genes related to saccharides and alcohols, as well as the ability to regulate galactinol and raffinose content. Compared to non-waterlogging-resistant varieties, waterlogging-resistant varieties exhibited better adaptation to waterlogging stress, which may provide a basis for breeding and identifying waterlogging-resistant quinoa varieties.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2022)
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Genetics & Heredity
Quankai Jing, Airu Chen, Zhaoyan Lv, Zhihao Dong, Lixia Wang, Xiaoke Meng, Yue Feng, Yu Wan, Chengyun Su, Yanjie Cui, Wenjuan Xu, Hualan Hou, Xiaobiao Zhu
Summary: This study identified four StGolS and nine StRFS genes in potato and classified them into three and five subgroups, respectively. Two StGolS and four StRFS genes were found to form collinear pairs with those in Arabidopsis and tomato. Further analysis revealed that StGolS4 showed high expression levels in transport-related tissues, PEG-6000, and ABA treatments, with significant upregulation under salt stress. Additionally, StRFS5 showed similar responses to StGolS4, while StRFS4 and StRFS8 gene expression significantly increased under salt treatment and decreased in PEG-6000 and ABA treatments. These findings lay a foundation for studying the functional characteristics and molecular mechanisms of these gene families in response to ABA, salt, and drought stresses, and provide new gene resources for breeding abiotic-stress-tolerant potatoes.
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Plant Sciences
Siwar Haidar, Simon Lackey, Martin Charette, Mohsen Yoosefzadeh-Najafabadi, A. Claire Gahagan, Thomas Hotte, Francois Belzile, Istvan Rajcan, Ashkan Golshani, Malcolm J. Morrison, Elroy R. Cober, Bahram Samanfar
Summary: This study investigated the effect of cold water imbibition on seed germination in soybean and identified key genetic loci associated with maximum germination after cold water imbibition. The findings provide valuable insights for selecting cold-tolerant soybean cultivars.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Si Ma, Jianguo Lv, Xin Li, Tingting Ji, Zhenxian Zhang, Lihong Gao
Summary: The CsGolS4 gene in cucumber is significantly induced by both cold and drought stresses, with CsGolS4-overexpression plants showing higher RFO contents and suppressed ROS levels, leading to increased tolerance to cold and drought stresses. Conversely, CsGolS4-RNAi transgenic plants exhibit increased vulnerability under stress conditions.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2021)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Ling Liu, Xiaolong Wu, Weibo Sun, Xiang Yu, Taku Demura, Dawei Li, Qiang Zhuge
Summary: Plants respond to abiotic stress through transcriptional and metabolic adjustments, with Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs) and the key enzyme galactinol synthase (GolS) playing crucial roles. The GolS of Populus trichocarpa shares common features with GolS proteins in other plants and contains stress-responsive elements in its promoter region. Overexpressing AtGolS2 and PtrGolS3 in poplar enhances stress tolerance and increases the accumulation of stress-related metabolites, suggesting these genes as potential candidates for improving abiotic stress tolerance in woody plants.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Jose A. Aznar-Moreno, Thiya Mukherjee, Stewart A. Morley, Dechassa Duressa, Shrikaar Kambhampati, Kevin L. Chu, Somnath Koley, Doug K. Allen, Timothy P. Durrett
Summary: This study demonstrates that suppressing lipase activity in soybean seeds can increase fatty acid content and decrease the presence of undigestible oligosaccharides. The upregulation of lipase genes during late seed development decreases fatty acid content and increases oligosaccharide levels. Suppressing these genes leads to higher oil levels and larger seeds without negatively impacting protein content.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jun Yang, Chengcheng Ling, Yunyan Liu, Huamin Zhang, Quaid Hussain, Shiheng Lyu, Songhu Wang, Yongsheng Liu
Summary: The study comprehensively analyzed the RFS and GolS gene families in kiwifruit and revealed their roles in abiotic and biotic stress responses. Transcriptomic analysis and functional experiments confirmed the importance of some crucial genes, and identified one key gene (AcRFS4) that showed significantly increased transcription levels under salt stress and enhanced salt tolerance in kiwifruit.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Muhammad Ashraf, Qionglei Mao, Jun Hong, Lei Shi, Xiaoruo Ran, Fiza Liaquat, Muhammad Uzair, Wanqi Liang, Alisdair R. Fernie, Jianxin Shi
Summary: Our study demonstrated that Arabidopsis HSP70-16 and VDAC3 work together to suppress seed germination under cold stress conditions by facilitating the efflux of ABA from the endosperm to the embryo. The interaction between HSP70-16 and VDAC3 activates the opening of the VDAC3 ion channel, which influences ABA efflux from endosperm to embryo and negatively regulates seed germination under cold stress.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lixia Hou, Qiqi Wu, Xiaomin Zhu, Xiangyu Li, Xinxin Fan, Mengling Hui, Qing Ye, Guangchao Liu, Xin Liu
Summary: In this study, the VvDREB2A gene was isolated from grapevine seedlings and found to be induced by cold and stress-signaling molecules. Overexpression of VvDREB2A in Arabidopsis improved the plant's resistance to cold stress by scavenging reactive oxygen species, increasing RFO amount, and inducing cold stress-related gene expressions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Gongxun Xu, Lijie Li, Jia Zhou, Deguo Lyu, Deying Zhao, Sijun Qin
Summary: Freezing injury in winter seriously affects plant growth and development. Different apple tree cultivars have different cold resistance strategies. The molecular mechanism of apple trees in response to freezing injury during winter dormancy is not well understood. In this study, physiological, biochemical, transcriptomics, and metabolomics analyses were conducted using cold-resistant and cold-sensitive cultivars to explore their cold resistance. The results revealed that the difference in key metabolic components is the major factor affecting their difference in cold resistance. The findings deepen our understanding of the cold resistance mechanism in apple trees.
HORTICULTURAL PLANT JOURNAL
(2023)
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Horticulture
Yudong Liu, Li Zhang, Jian Ma, Sida Meng, Chunpeng Pang, Xiaomeng Zhao, Huidong Zhang, Shou Wang, Tao Xu, Yi He, Yufeng Liu, Mingfang Qi
Summary: This study reveals that the galactinol synthase family in tomato plays different roles in regulating defense-related genes under cold and heat stress. Moreover, the application of galactinol improves the cold and heat tolerance of tomato plants.
HORTICULTURE ENVIRONMENT AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hongjun Xie, Mingdong Zhu, Yaying Yu, Xiaoshan Zeng, Guohua Tang, Yonghong Duan, Jianlong Wang, Yinghong Yu
Summary: This study investigated the regulatory mechanism in two rice varieties under low temperature stress using comparative transcriptome analysis. The results showed that the TGMS variety (33S) had a unique cold-resistance system with differentially expressed genes involved in growth and development pathways. This study provides valuable information for understanding low temperature response mechanisms and improving cold-tolerant rice seedlings.
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Plant Sciences
Qiguo Sun, Risheng Huang, Haifeng Zhu, Yanmei Sun, Zhenfei Guo
Summary: MtCML42 positively regulates the expression of MtCBF1 and MtCBF4, leading to upregulation of some COR genes, MtGolS1 and MtGolS2, resulting in raffinose accumulation and increased cold tolerance. Additionally, MtCML42 regulates flowering time through sequentially downregulating MtABI5 and upregulating MtFTa1 expression.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yves Emendack, Jacobo Sanchez, Chad Hayes, Matthew Nesbitt, Haydee Laza, John Burke
Summary: This study investigated the cold tolerance of sorghum in high altitudes and temperate regions under early, mid, and standard planting dates, finding that delayed panicle initiation and reduced panicle size were the main reasons for decreased grain yields under early and mid-planting dates. The study revealed that panicle width and area were significant predictors of yield under early and mid-planting dates.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Masakazu Saito, Takahiro Watanabe-Nakayama, Shinichi Machida, Toshiya Osada, Rehana Afrin, Atsushi Ikai
BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
(2015)
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Rehana Afrin, Masakazu Saito, Takahiro Watanabe-Nakayama, Atsushi Ikai
NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
(2017)
Article
Plant Sciences
Takashi Moriyama, Masakazu Toyoshima, Masakazu Saito, Hajime Wada, Naoki Sato
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Masakazu Saito, Kaichiro Endo, Koichi Kobayashi, Mai Watanabe, Masahiko Ikeuchi, Akio Murakami, Norio Murata, Hajime Wada
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF LIPIDS
(2018)
Review
Cell Biology
Atsushi Ikai, Rehana Afrin, Masakazu Saito, Takahiro Watanabe-Nakayama
SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Masakazu Saito, Satoru Watanabe, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, Hitoshi Nakamoto
BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2008)
Review
Physics, Applied
Atsushi Ikai, Takahiro Watanabe-Nakayama, Shinichi Machida, Masakazu Saito, Rehana Afrin
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
(2011)
Review
Microscopy
Shinichi Machida, Takahiro Watanabe-Nakayama, Masakazu Saito, Rehana Afrin, Atsushi Ikai
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Koichi Hori, Fumito Maruyama, Takatomo Fujisawa, Tomoaki Togashi, Nozomi Yamamoto, Mitsunori Seo, Syusei Sato, Takuji Yamada, Hiroshi Mori, Naoyuki Tajima, Takashi Moriyama, Masahiko Ikeuchi, Mai Watanabe, Hajime Wada, Koichi Kobayashi, Masakazu Saito, Tatsuru Masuda, Yuko Sasaki-Sekimoto, Kiyoshi Mashiguchi, Koichiro Awai, Mie Shimojima, Shinji Masuda, Masako Iwai, Takashi Nobusawa, Takafumi Narise, Satoshi Kondo, Hikaru Saito, Ryoichi Sato, Masato Murakawa, Yuta Ihara, Yui Oshima-Yamada, Kinuka Ohtaka, Masanori Satoh, Kohei Sonobe, Midori Ishii, Ryosuke Ohtani, Miyu Kanamori-Sato, Rina Honoki, Daichi Miyazaki, Hitoshi Mochizuki, Jumpei Umetsu, Kouichi Higashi, Daisuke Shibata, Yuji Kamiya, Naoki Sato, Yasukazu Nakamura, Satoshi Tabata, Shigeru Ida, Ken Kurokawa, Hiroyuki Ohta
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2014)
Article
Biology
Takahiro Watanabe-Nakayama, Masakazu Saito, Shin'ichi Machida, Kikuo Kishimoto, Rehana Afrin, Atsushi Ikai
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Masakazu Saito, Satoru Watanabe, Kaori Nimura-Matsune, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, Hitoshi Nakamoto
JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
(2020)
Meeting Abstract
Biophysics
Takahiro W. Nakayama, Shin-ichi Machida, Masakazu Saito, Rehana Afrin, Atsushi Ikai
BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
(2011)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Satoru Watanabe, Toshiaki Kobayashi, Masakazu Saito, Masumi Sato, Kaori Nimura-Matsune, Taku Chibazakura, Shigeru Taketani, Hitoshi Nakamoto, Hirofumi Yoshikawa
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
(2007)
