Article
Plant Sciences
Changqing Ma, Chuanjie Bian, Wenjie Liu, Zhijuan Sun, Xiangli Xi, Dianming Guo, Xiaoli Liu, Yike Tian, Caihong Wang, Xiaodong Zheng
Summary: Exogenous strigolactone analog (GR24) treatment effectively alleviated salinity-alkalinity stress in apple seedlings by regulating ion balance, eliminating reactive oxygen species, alleviating high pH stress, and increasing endogenous substance contents.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jing Gao, Paula J. M. van Kleeff, Mark H. de Boer, Alexander Erban, Joachim Kopka, Dirk K. Hincha, Albertus H. de Boer
Summary: The study revealed that 14-3-3 proteins play a role in controlling ion homeostasis and metabolite composition under salt stress and non-stressed conditions. The metabolome responses of the klpc mutant were different from the wild-type, with lower levels of reducing sugars and their phosphorylated forms under salt stress.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Neus Ortega-Albero, Sara Gonzalez-Orenga, Oscar Vicente, Adrian Rodriguez-Burruezo, Ana Fita
Summary: Soil salinity is becoming a critical problem for agriculture under climate change. The study investigated the responses of Solanum melongena, Solanum insanum, and their hybrid to salt stress. Results showed that cultivated eggplant exhibited higher salt tolerance compared to common crops, while S. insanum displayed specific responses, such as increased leaf K+ content. The hybrid showed better growth parameters and had an intermediate behavior between the parent species. These findings suggest the possibility of developing salt tolerance varieties in eggplant by introducing genes from S. insanum.
Review
Biology
Mostafa Ahmed, Kincso Decsi, Zoltan Toth
Summary: Salt stress is a major abiotic barrier to crop yield and profitability, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. Plants have developed various mechanisms to tolerate salinity, including the synthesis and accumulation of osmoprotectants. A combination of physiological and molecular techniques is used in agricultural research to understand how plants adapt to salt stress at different levels.
Article
Parasitology
Shweta Sharma, Faiyaz Ahmad, Anchal Singh, Sushma Rathaur
Summary: This study demonstrates that a combination of Ivermectin and Albendazole can alter calcium homeostasis in bovine filarial parasitosis, inducing ER stress and ultimately leading to apoptosis.
VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Hung-Chi Chen, Tzu-Cheng Chien, Tsung-Yang Chen, Ming-Hau Chiang, Ming-Hsin Lai, Men-Chi Chang
Summary: This study identified a novel OsERF106MZ gene in rice with a negative regulatory role in abiotic stress responses, including growth retardation, disruption of ion homeostasis, and modulation of stress-responsive gene expression.
Review
Agronomy
Miguel Ayuso-Calles, Jose David Flores-Felix, Raul Rivas
Summary: Salinity is a major abiotic stress for plants, impacting crop growth and yield especially in arid regions. Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) offer a sustainable and cost-effective solution to enhance plant tolerance to salt stress by altering plant hormonal balance, releasing beneficial compounds, regulating internal ionic content, and aiding in the synthesis of osmoprotectant compounds. The use of PGPB is a valuable resource for improving plant tolerance to salinity and increasing global food production sustainably.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sarah E. Orr, Leonard B. Collins, Dereje D. Jima, David B. Buchwalter
Summary: Ecologists have observed declines in the biodiversity of sensitive freshwater organisms in response to increasing salinization, but the physiological challenges faced by aquatic organisms, such as mayflies, are not well studied. This study used proteomics to identify specific proteins associated with ion transport in mayfly gills and investigate how their abundance changes in response to chronic salinity exposure. The research found differential protein expression in gills under different salinity conditions, and also explored non-transport related pathways in the gills. The study highlights the importance of understanding the impacts of salinization on non-model species.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Rajesh K. Singhal, Debanjana Saha, Milan Skalicky, Udit N. Mishra, Jyoti Chauhan, Laxmi P. Behera, Devidutta Lenka, Subhash Chand, Vivek Kumar, Prajjal Dey, Indu, Saurabh Pandey, Pavla Vachova, Aayushi Gupta, Marian Brestic, Ayman El Sabagh
Summary: In the era of rapid climate change, abiotic stresses, especially salinity, have significant impacts on plant processes and growth by imposing osmotic stress and disrupting signaling pathways. Gasotransmitters and plant growth regulators play crucial roles in regulating plant stress signaling under salinity stress. Recent advancements in omics techniques have helped deepen our understanding of molecular insight in multiple stress tolerance.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Samar G. Thabet, Ahmad M. Alqudah
Summary: Plant biologists aimed to improve barley adaptation to salinity stress through genetic improvement. A study was conducted to explore the natural variation of responsive physiological and agronomic traits in a diverse spring barley panel under salt-affected soil and the application of selenium nanoparticles (Se-NP) during the vegetative phase. Significant phenotypic variation was observed among the accessions in response to salt stress. The application of 1 mM Se-NP enhanced thousand kernel weight (TKW) by 28% and reduced the Na+ content in the flag leaves by 53%. Genomic analysis revealed 146 associated SNPs with salt-responsive traits, with high significant SNPs located within or near candidate genes involved in stress tolerance mechanisms. The study also showed that allelic variation in genes associated with traits under Se-NP improved ion homeostasis, antioxidant metabolism, nitrogen uptake, and ultimately grain yield.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Dayong Zhang, Jining Li, Xin Niu, Chaoyang Deng, Xiaohui Song, Weixi Li, Zimeng Cheng, Qi'an Xu, Baohong Zhang, Wangzhen Guo
Summary: The study revealed that GhANN1 enhances cotton salt tolerance by regulating ABA accumulation, coordinating ion homeostasis, and participating in the phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway, providing valuable gene resources for cotton salt-tolerant breeding.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2021)
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
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hassan Mehmood, Ghulam Hassan Abbasi, Moazzam Jamil, Zaffar Malik, Muhammad Ali, Rashid Iqbal
Summary: Caffeic acid can improve plants' tolerance to salt stress, with more pronounced effects at a concentration of 100 μM. Wheat genotype FSD-08 shows better response to the application of caffeic acid, leading to increased growth indicators, RWC, MSI, antioxidant enzyme activities, accumulation of mineral ions in grain, and yield attributes.
Article
Plant Sciences
Quanxiang Tian, Like Shen, Junxia Luan, Zhenzhen Zhou, Dongshu Guo, Yue Shen, Wen Jing, Baolong Zhang, Qun Zhang, Wenhua Zhang
Summary: The study demonstrates the important role of OsAKT2 in rice salt tolerance through phloem-mediated K+ redistribution, elucidating its mechanism in maintaining Na+/K+ homeostasis by regulating K+ redistribution and affecting root Na+ uptake. This provides new insights into the roles of K+ transporters in plant salt tolerance.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jun Wang, Chenxu Cai, Puze Geng, Feng Tan, Qing Yang, Ren Wang, Wenbiao Shen
Summary: The study provides the first evidence that argon gas can help plants cope with salinity toxicity by reestablishing ion and redox homeostasis.
Article
Microbiology
Ahmed M. El-Sawah, Ghada G. Abdel-Fattah, Paul Holford, Shereen Magdy Korany, Emad A. Alsherif, Hamada AbdElgawad, Zaid Ulhassan, Izabela Josko, Basharat Ali, Mohamed S. Sheteiwy
Summary: Inoculation with Funneliformis constrictum enhances salt stress tolerance in maize plants by promoting growth and photosynthesis, reducing oxidative stress, and regulating polyamine metabolism. Therefore, it can be regarded as a practical strategy to alleviate salinity stress.
MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Hassan Mehmood, Muhammad Arif Ali, Saddam Hussain
Summary: Salinity is a major stress that affects crop growth, especially cereals. Zinc (Zn) is essential for cultivating rice, and different application methods of Zn, such as ZnS, can help alleviate the issue of poor micronutrient uptake in salt-affected soils. Inoculating arbuscular mycorrhizae (AMF) can further improve Zn uptake and alleviate salinity stress. This study showed that ZnS with AMF performed significantly better in enhancing rice production and increasing Zn concentration in grains.
PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Rukhsar-Ul-Haq, Abida Kausar, Sadam Hussain, Talha Javed, Sara Zafar, Sumera Anwar, Saddam Hussain, Noreen Zahra, Muhammad Saqib
Summary: Drought negatively affects the growth, physiology, and biochemical attributes of wheat seedlings. However, the application of ZnO nanoparticles can alleviate these negative effects and improve the performance of wheat cultivars under drought conditions.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Skhawat Ali, Rafaqat A. Gill, Zaid Ulhassan, Na Zhang, Saddam Hussain, Kangni Zhang, Qian Huang, Muhammad Sagir, Muhammad Bilal Tahir, Muhammad B. Gill, Theodore M. Mwamba, Basharat Ali, Weijun Zhou
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the protective mechanisms of exogenously applied melatonin (MT) on Brassica napus plants under cobalt (Co) stress. The results showed that MT could minimize oxidative damage, lipid peroxidation, and maintain membrane integrity. Additionally, MT enhanced the activity of antioxidant enzymes, regulated gene expression, and reduced Co accumulation in the roots. These findings indicated that exogenous MT improved plant morphology, photosynthetic apparatus, osmotic adjustments, and antioxidant defense systems by enhancing Co-detoxification.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2023)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Juanjuan Li, Na Zhang, Yingying Zhou, Qian Huang, Jiahao Xu, Haiyan Cen, Basharat Ali, Bixian Shi, Ling Xu, Chong Yang, Weijun Zhou
Summary: This study identified 117 bZIP genes and their evolutionary role in sunflower, providing insights into their potential functions in growth, development, and stress response. The expression analysis showed that some genes were specifically triggered under different stresses, suggesting their crucial role in stress response.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Humaira Ishaq, Ejaz Ahmad Waraich, Saddam Hussain, Muhammad Ahmad, Zahoor Ahmad, Saifullah
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the role of silicon in improving drought and nickel stress tolerance in maize. The results showed that silicon significantly affected the plant growth attributes and improved the performance of maize against these stresses. Silicon application also improved the plant's water status, photosynthetic pigments, and antioxidant enzyme activities.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Aamer Maqsood, Hafeez ur Rehman, Wajid Mahboob, Nadeem Sarwar, Osama Bin Abdul Hafeez, Saddam Hussain, Sezai Ercisli, Muhammad Akhtar, Tariq Aziz
Summary: Drought is a major constraint for crop production worldwide, worsened by global warming and climate change. Water scarcity threatens food security, making it urgent to conserve water resources and develop strategies for drought tolerance. Silicon application has shown potential in mitigating the adverse effects of water-deficit stress by enhancing plant growth and improving physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms associated with drought tolerance.
Review
Plant Sciences
Shifa Shaffique, Saddam Hussain, Sang-Mo Kang, Muhammad Imran, Eun-Hae Kwon, Muhammad Aaqil Khan, In-Jung Lee
Summary: Plants have adapted to defend themselves against environmental stresses, including heavy metal toxicity, through programming, reprogramming, and stress tolerance. Beneficial microbes play a crucial role in improving plant productivity and mitigating abiotic stress. However, the simultaneous effect of heavy metal stress on soybeans and the need to reduce metal contamination in soybean seeds through sustainable approaches have been rarely explored. This article describes the initiation of heavy metal tolerance mediated by plant inoculation with endophytes and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, the identification of plant transduction pathways, and the impact of microbial inoculation on stress metal tolerance.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Sadam Hussain, Muhammad Asad Naseer, Ru Guo, Fei Han, Basharat Ali, Xiaoli Chen, Xiaolong Ren, Saud Alamri
Summary: Intercropping is a sustainable practice for enhancing crop productivity and water use efficiency under rainfed conditions. This study aimed to investigate the contribution of different crop rows and nitrogen application on the physiological, yield, and related traits of wheat/maize relay-strip intercropping. Results showed that intercropping significantly improved land use efficiency and grain yield of both crops, especially with nitrogen application.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Jinjin Wang, Xu Sun, Sadam Hussain, Lihua Yang, Sisi Gao, Peng Zhang, Xiaoli Chen, Xiaolong Ren
Summary: Nitrogen fertilizer application can significantly enhance dry matter accumulation and grain filling in winter wheat, leading to increased yield. Under dry farming conditions, the appropriate nitrogen application can promote dry matter accumulation and transportation, facilitate grain filling, and improve winter wheat yield.
Article
Plant Sciences
Sadia Zafar, Hadiqa Afzal, Areeba Ijaz, Athar Mahmood, Atif Ayub, Airish Nayab, Sadam Hussain, Maqsood UL-Hussan, Muhammad Azeem Sabir, Usman Zulfiqar, Faisal Zulfiqar, Anam Moosa
Summary: Due to changing climatic conditions, drought stress has become a global issue affecting cotton production significantly. Efforts have been made to understand the adaptation mechanisms of cotton against drought stress, which triggers physiological responses such as stomatal closure and an internal heatwave effect, leading to a reduction in photosynthesis and hindered plant growth and development. However, accumulation of drought-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) plays a crucial role in activating stress-responsive transcription factors and fostering tolerance in plant cells. Despite progress, the physiological and molecular responses of cotton crops to drought stress remain elusive, and strategies for improving drought tolerance in cotton are discussed.
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Khurram Ziaf, Muhammad Awais Ghani, Iftikhar Ahmad, Raheel Anwar, Basharat Ali, Yasir Majeed, Amir Shakeel, Mudassar Iqbal, Abbu Zaid
Summary: Cadmium contamination negatively affects the growth and yield of pea plants, although varietal responses differ. Among the pea varieties tested in this study, Supreme, Green Cross, Green Gold, and Lina performed better under mild cadmium contamination conditions.
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Bushra Rehman, Sadam Hussain, Asma Zulfiqar
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of different concentrations of zinc sulfate on rice and found that the appropriate application of zinc sulfate could significantly improve the growth and quality of rice, as well as enhance antioxidant capacity.
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Muhammad Younis, Sadam Hussain, Ghadeer M. Albadrani, Khairiah Alwutayd, Jinjin Wang, Shaista Jabeen, Safdar Ali, Ilkay Yavas, Saddam Hussain
Summary: The optimal nitrogen application rate, source, and timing are crucial for achieving high wheat yield. This study examined the effects of various nitrogen sources (common urea, Zn-coated urea, neem-coated urea, and polymer-coated urea) and application methods (basal and split application) on wheat growth, physiology, yield, and related traits. The results showed that neem-coated urea applied in splits was the most effective source, followed by Zn-coated, polymer-coated, and common urea. Split application also improved growth and overall yield compared to basal application.
TURKISH JOURNAL OF FIELD CROPS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zinan Yan, Sadam Hussain, Shengfei Yang, Muhammad Farooq, Xiaoli Chen, Xiaolong Ren
Summary: This study investigated the impact of atmospheric ammonia on physiological traits and water- and nitrogen-use efficiencies in wheat seedlings. The results showed that elevated levels of NH3 increased photosynthesis, transpiration, and instantaneous transpiration efficiency, while decreasing overall N-use efficiency.
WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Wanli You, Jinglin Zhang, Xueyin Ru, Feng Xu, Zhengguo Wu, Peng Jin, Yonghua Zheng, Shifeng Cao
Summary: This study investigated the effect of calcium chloride (CaCl2) treatment on GABA accumulation in fresh-cut cantaloupe and the underlying mechanisms. The results showed that CaCl2 treatment increased GABA content and the activities of GAD and SSADH enzymes, while reducing glutamate content and GABA-T activity. Additionally, CaCl2 treatment upregulated the expressions of CmCML11 and CmCAMTA5, as well as several GABA shunt genes, through the transcriptional activation by CmCAMTA5. Furthermore, the interaction between CmCML11 and CmCAMTA5 enhanced the transcriptional activation of GABA shunt genes. Overall, this study reveals that CaCl2 treatment promotes GABA accumulation in fresh-cut cantaloupe through the combined effect of CmCML11 and CmCAMTA5 in regulating the expressions of GABA shunt genes.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Plant Sciences
Min Wang, Yupeng Wang, Xiaohui Wang, Guangwei Wei, Huiyi Yang, Xi Yang, Tinghai Shen, Huijie Qu, Sheng Fang, Ziming Wu
Summary: This study identified the high nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) black sesame variety 17-156 and analyzed its underlying physiological and molecular mechanisms. The results showed that 17-156 possesses a sophisticated nitrogen metabolizing machinery to uptake and assimilate higher quantities of inorganic nitrogen, simultaneously improving carbon metabolism and growth. Many important genes were up-regulated in 17-156 under high nitrogen condition. Additionally, 38 potential candidate genes were identified for future studies to improve sesame's NUE. These findings provide valuable resources for understanding the regulatory network of nitrogen metabolism and developing sesame cultivars with improved NUE.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Plant Sciences
He Dong, Chongmei Xu, Chengtao Zhang, Li Zhang, Yaqin Yao, Suiqi Zhang
Summary: The study found that short cells in maize leaves not only improve leaf mechanical support and photosynthetic performance, enhance drought resistance, but also participate in stomatal regulation.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Plant Sciences
Na Liu, Wenyan Shang, Mengxin Guan, Jibin Xiao, Guangxiang Tian, Baozhan Ma, Wenjing Shang, Xu Li, Shijia Zhao, Chuang Li, Kun Cheng, Wenming Zheng
Summary: This study cloned the full-length cDNA sequence of TaSPX3 gene in wheat and found that TaSPX3 responds to low phosphorus stress in multiple wheat genotypes. Overexpressing TaSPX3 can alleviate phosphorus deficiency symptoms and promote plant growth in Arabidopsis. The study also revealed the interaction of TaSPX3 with other genes related to the phosphorus starvation signaling pathway.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Plant Sciences
Kongyuan Wu, Lizhen Wang, Zihan Wu, Ziqing Liu, Zengfei Li, Jun Shen, Shengjie Shi, Hong Liu, Christopher Rensing, Renwei Feng
Summary: Selenium (Se) can reduce uptake and translocation of cadmium (Cd) in plants by regulating root morphology. This study investigated the effects of Se(IV) on root exudates, root morphology, root endogenous hormones, and Cd uptake efficiency in rice under Cd stress. The results showed that Se(IV) significantly reduced Cd concentrations in shoots and roots, and decreased Cd uptake efficiency via root hairs. Se(IV) also affected root morphology, root exudates, and the synthesis of hormones like IAA and JA. However, transcriptome analysis revealed no upregulated differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in IAA synthesis.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Plant Sciences
Di Wang, Huaifang Zhang, Xuefei Hu, Haizhen Zhang, Shuang Feng, Aimin Zhou
Summary: This study identified a cell number regulator gene called SlCNR8 in willow, which enhances resistance to trace metals in transgenic poplar seedlings. SlCNR8 reduces Cd uptake and accumulation, and can be used as a candidate gene for genetic improvement of phytostabilisation of trace metals.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
