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Plant Sciences
Aolei He, Shuqi Niu, Di Yang, Wei Ren, Lingyu Zhao, Yunya Sun, Laisheng Meng, Qi Zhao, Paul W. Pare, Jinlin Zhang
Summary: The two PGPR strains isolated from the rhizosphere of Haloxylon ammodendron in the desert showed potential in promoting ryegrass growth and enhancing its drought tolerance by regulating plant hormone distribution, increasing antioxidant enzyme activities, and maintaining plant growth under drought stress.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lei Wang, Chuanchuan Ning, Taowen Pan, Kunzheng Cai
Summary: This article provides a review on the absorption and transportation of silica nanoparticles (SNPs) in plants, as well as their role and mechanisms in promoting plant growth and enhancing plant resistance against biotic and abiotic stresses. SNPs induce plant resistance against stress factors through various pathways, depending on their physical and chemical properties, soil conditions, and type of stress.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Lu Wei, Jerome Jeyakumar John Martin, Haiqing Zhang, Ruining Zhang, Hongxing Cao
Summary: Oil palm crops are crucial in the agricultural economy, facing various stress factors that limit productivity. The need for stress-tolerant varieties to combat issues like basal stem rot is evident, requiring genetic improvement and research on physiological mechanisms of stress tolerance.
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Microbiology
Zeng-Wei Lu, Hao-Yang Liu, Chen-Lu Wang, Xue Chen, Yi-Xiao Huang, Miao-Miao Zhang, Qiu-Liang Huang, Guo-Fang Zhang
Summary: This study identified for the first time the presence of endophytic fungi with drought tolerance and growth-promoting function in Cotoneaster multiflorus, providing a new direction for researching fungi strains that enhance plant drought tolerance and growth. This has important implications for the application of endophytic fungi of C. multiflorus in agricultural and forestry production to enhance plant tolerance.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Ruben Tenorio Berrio, Hilde Nelissen, Dirk Inze, Marieke Dubois
Summary: This passage discusses the impact of drought on global agriculture and how new strategies are being researched to enhance crop tolerance to drought. The focus has shifted from simply enhancing drought resistance to aiming to maintain plant growth and yield in drought conditions.
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Plant Sciences
Ting Ou, Meng Zhang, Yazhou Huang, Li Wang, Fei Wang, Ruolin Wang, Xiaojiao Liu, Zeyang Zhou, Jie Xie, Zhonghuai Xiang
Summary: The study found that Bacillus megaterium HGS7 has the ability to promote plant growth, enhance stress tolerance, and produce antimicrobial compounds. It exhibited antagonistic activity against phytopathogens and stimulated mulberry seed germination and seedling growth in vitro. Moreover, this strain can enhance drought tolerance and accelerate growth recovery in mulberry trees by inducing the production of proline and antioxidant enzymes.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Om Parkash Yadav, S. K. Gupta, Mahalingam Govindaraj, Rajan Sharma, Rajeev K. Varshney, Rakesh K. Srivastava, A. Rathore, Rajendra Singh Mahala
Summary: Pearl millet is a crucial staple and nutritious crop in semi-arid and arid regions of South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, with breeding efforts resulting in a 4% annual yield increase over the past three decades. Future focus should be on accelerating genetic gains through hybrid breeding and incorporating nutritional trait improvement into breeding programs. Expanding the use of high-throughput genomic tools, speed breeding, and precision phenotyping protocols can help exploit the wealth of genetic variation in pearl millet for faster genetic gains.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gelza Carliane Marques Teixeira, Renato Mello de Prado, Antonio Marcio Souza Rocha, Antonio Santana Batista de Oliveira Filho, Gilmar Silveira da Sousa Junior, Priscila Lupino Gratao
Summary: The use of silicate can increase water use efficiency in sugarcane and energy cane, thus mitigating the negative impact of drought caused by climate change on crop production.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Florencia Budeguer, Ramon Enrique, Maria Francisca Perera, Josefina Racedo, Atilio Pedro Castagnaro, Aldo Sergio Noguera, Bjorn Welin
Summary: Sugarcane is a crucial tropical crop with complex genetics and difficulty in traditional breeding improvement due to its large genome and low fertility. Genetic engineering offers a promising approach for sugarcane improvement, but technical challenges remain to be addressed.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Microbiology
Jia-Nan Zhu, Yi-Jun Yu, Meng-Di Dai, Yu-Lan Zeng, Xuan-Jun Lu, Ling Wang, Xiao-Hong Liu, Zhen-Zhu Su, Fu-Cheng Lin
Summary: Wild rice contains abundant unknown endophytic fungi. One isolate, Pseudophialophora oryzae, was identified and shown to promote rice growth, increase yield, and induce systemic disease resistance, potentially making it a new biogenic agent for agricultural production.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Adarsh Kumar, Tripti, Maria Maleva, L. Benedict Bruno, Mani Rajkumar
Summary: The study found that a consortium of bacteria with high ACC deaminase and siderophore production capabilities can significantly improve seed germination and growth of sunflower seeds, as well as reduce copper uptake in roots and shoots, compared to individual bacterial cultures. This suggests that the consortium may play an important role in enhancing plant copper uptake and improving biomass.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sang Tae Kim, Mee Kyung Sang
Summary: This study evaluated the effect of bioactive extracts from two biostimulant bacterial strains on the osmotic stress tolerance of soybean seeds. The results showed that this treatment method can enhance the resistance of soybean seeds to osmotic stress during germination and improve cellular damage.
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Agricultural Engineering
Abdelraheem Abdelraheem, Vasu Kuraparthy, Lori Hinze, David Stelly, Tom Wedegaertner, Jinfa Zhang
Summary: In this study, an association mapping panel of 376 Upland cotton accessions was evaluated to identify QTL for thrips resistance, drought tolerance, and salt tolerance. Using 26,301 polymorphic SNPs, 53 QTL for drought tolerance, 78 QTL for salt tolerance, and 8 QTL for thrips resistance were detected. Thirteen QTL clusters were also found, containing QTL for different traits.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Loc Van Nguyen, Daniel Bertero, Dinh Thai Hoang, Nguyen Viet Long
Summary: Soil moisture stress poses a serious environmental limitation to crop productivity, with roots being the first organ to sense changes in soil moisture. Understanding variation in root development responses to drought is crucial for assessing plant's drought tolerance. Variability in drought tolerance indices and root growth responses were observed in a diverse set of 30 quinoa genotypes, with some genotypes exhibiting drought-tolerant phenotypes. The analysis of interrelations between genotypes' root traits, drought tolerance, and geographical origins provides insights for further studies on mechanisms behind quinoa root adaptation to drought.
JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hongliang Xin, Qianqin Li, Saisai Wang, Zexing Zhang, Xiaoyan Wu, Ruina Liu, Jianbo Zhu, Jin Li
Summary: Aquaporins, such as SiPIP2;4, play a crucial role in regulating plant stomatal density and sensitivity, which affects plant growth and stress tolerance. The overexpression of SiPIP2;4 promoted stomatal closure and enhanced drought tolerance in tobacco plants, suggesting its potential as a genetic resource for crop improvement.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Qing Xia Zhang, Ying Zhang, Ling Ling He, Zhao Lin Ji, Yun Hui Tong
PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY
(2018)
News Item
Plant Sciences
F. Zhu, Y. -P. Che, K. Qian, Y. -K. Zhou, Y. -J. Xu, Y. -Q. Zhao, Z. -L. Ji
News Item
Plant Sciences
F. Zhu, Y. P. Che, Z. J. Liang, Z. L. Ji
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Feng Zhu, Yanping Che, Fei Xu, Yangkai Zhou, Kun Qian, Yonghui Liao, Zhaolin Jin
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG SECTION C-A JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES
(2019)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Shen-Xin Huang, Zi-Hui Zhang, Wang Liu, Hang Tao, Ye Zhang, Ning-Xue Shi, Feng Zhu, Zhao-Lin Ji, Xiao-Ren Chen
BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS
(2020)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zhao-Lin Ji, Shuai Peng, Li-Li Chen, Yang Liu, Chun Yan, Feng Zhu
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
(2020)
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Z. L. Ji, S. W. Zhang, F. Zhu, B. X. Wan, R. Z. Liang
Article
Plant Sciences
Feng Zhu, Peng-Xiang Zhu, Fei Xu, Yan-Ping Che, Yi-Ming Ma, Zhao-Lin Ji
MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Plant Sciences
Hang Tao, Hao Wang, Shen-Xin Huang, Ye Zhang, Zi-Hui Zhang, Wang Liu, Ning-Xue Shi, Feng Zhu, Zhao-Lin Ji, Xiao-Ren Chen
JOURNAL OF GENERAL PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2020)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Zhao-Lin Ji, Shuai Peng, Wei Zhu, Jing-Ping Dong, Feng Zhu
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Plant Sciences
Feng Zhu, Qi-Ping Zhang, Yan-Ping Che, Peng-Xiang Zhu, Qin-Qin Zhang, Zhao-Lin Ji
Summary: The study shows that glutathione (GSH) plays a crucial role in the local and systemic resistance of Nicotiana benthamiana to Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), through differential modulation of salicylic acid (SA) and reactive oxygen species (ROS).
MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Lina Yang, Lingyun Wang, Jun Cao, Yuxin Zhu, Liang Zhang, Weixin Jin, Feng Zhu, Zhaolin Ji
Summary: Peach shoot blight (PSB) has caused significant production loss in the peach industry in China. The study identified Phomopsis amygdali as the common causal agent, and also discovered two new pathogens, Phomopsis liquidambaris and Diaporthe eres, that could cause PSB. It was found that Phomopsis liquidambaris and Diaporthe eres might become dominant species in the future, highlighting the importance of developing effective disease control strategies.
Article
Agronomy
Mi-Chi Yao, Peng-Xiang Zhu, Qin-Qin Zhang, Qi-Ping Zhang, Zhao-Lin Ji, Feng Zhu
Summary: Wisteria, a decorative climbing plant, is susceptible to the destructive WVMV. Establishing an efficient RT-LAMP detection method for WVMV can help reduce economic losses through effective prevention and control.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Lina Yang, Liang Zhang, Jun Cao, Lingyun Wang, Hengsong Shi, Feng Zhu, Zhaolin Ji
Summary: In this study, a rapid and sensitive detection method for the peach shoot blight (PSB) pathogen Phomopsis amygdali using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technology was developed. The LAMP assay showed higher detection rates and sensitivity compared to conventional PCR. The results provide important experimental evidence for the identification and prevention of PSB, and can aid in disease control and management.