Article
Plant Sciences
Jiaowen Pan, Zhen Li, Qingguo Wang, Yanan Guan, Xiaobo Li, Yongguan Huangfu, Fanhua Meng, Jinling Li, Shaojun Dai, Wei Liu
Summary: Excess soluble salts in saline soils harm most plants. Studying the salt tolerance-associated genetic resources will improve salt tolerance in crops. Proteomic profiling of foxtail millet varieties An04 and Yugu2 under salt stress revealed differential responses and highlighted the importance of sucrose metabolism in salt tolerance.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Supriya Kumari, Seerat Bhinder, Balwinder Singh, Amritpal Kaur
Summary: The germinated freeze-dried grain flours of foxtail millet, proso millet, and common buckwheat were studied to understand the changes in their chemical composition. Germination caused a decrease in fat and non-nutrients, while protein, reducing sugar, and crude fiber increased for all three grains. Among non-nutrients, saponins, tannins, and phytic acid showed the highest decline, with common buckwheat exhibiting the greatest loss.
JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
He Wang, Yanqing Han, Caijuan Wu, Baojun Zhang, Yaofei Zhao, Jiao Zhu, Yuanhuai Han, Jianming Wang
Summary: Transcriptome sequencing technology was used to study the interaction mechanism between foxtail millet and its pathogen. It was found that organelles in the host cells were less damaged in resistant varieties, and the activities of seven cell wall degrading enzymes differed significantly between resistant and susceptible varieties. Several genes related to resistance were identified through transcriptomic analysis.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Siyu Hou, Xiaxia Man, Boying Lian, Guifang Ma, Zhaoxia Sun, Lida Han, Lufei Yan, Hao Gao, Wei Du, Xinfang Wang, Yijuan Zhang, Hongying Li, Yuanhuai Han
Summary: Foxtail millet grain has higher folate content, and key limiting factors in determining folate accumulation are SiADCL1 and SiGGH, which could be targeted for genetic modification to improve folate content.
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Xiaoxia Yang, Rui Liu, Miao Jing, Ningning Zhang, Cuiying Liu, Jiakun Yan
Summary: By detecting the physiological, molecular, and agronomic traits of two millet cultivars under different soil water conditions, it was found that water use efficiency increased under drought stress. The expression levels of sugar transport and water transport genes were higher in the drought-resistant cultivar, which helped maintain high RE, stomatal conductance, and net photosynthetic rate in drought stress conditions.
Article
Plant Sciences
Kuohai Yu, Lingling Wei, Hongjun Yuan, Weiqin Zhang, Xingquan Zeng, Bin Wang, Yulin Wang
Summary: This study performed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and targeted metabolic profiling on 246 qingke varieties to evaluate drought sensitivity. The root-specific expressed gene CYP84 and various metabolites, including GABA, proline, sucrose, and raffinose, were found to be involved in the regulation of drought resistance. The study provides new insights into the response mechanism of plant drought stress and drought resistance breeding.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Renhai Peng, Baohong Zhang
Summary: Foxtail millet has been developed as a model for C4 plants, which will accelerate plant functional studies and crop improvement. The rapid development of CRISPR/Cas technology played a key role in this process.
TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Cell Biology
Chandra Bhan Yadav, Rakesh K. Srivastava, Prakash Gangashetty, Rama Yadav, Luis A. J. Mur, Rattan S. Yadav
Summary: This study analyzed the genetic variation of health benefitting metabolites in pearl millet through metabolomic fingerprinting, identifying several potential candidate genes linked to human health. These findings provide valuable insights for breeding of pearl millet and other cereal crops with enhanced nutritional properties.
Article
Agronomy
Qi Ma, Junjie Wang, Lu Cheng, Yaqiong Li, Qianxiang Zhang, Hongying Li, Yuanhuai Han, Xiaoxi Zhen, Bin Zhang
Summary: The color of millet is an important indicator of its quality, and the yellow color is mainly due to the accumulation of carotenoids. However, during storage, the degradation of carotenoids can cause discoloration and reduce the nutritional and commercial value of millet. This study analyzed the quality traits of millet discoloration during storage in two foxtail millet varieties and found that carotenoid degradation was the main cause of discoloration. Different genotypes showed different rates of discoloration, and the expression of SiLOX protein was positively correlated with carotenoid reduction. The study also identified key SiLOX genes related to millet discoloration. These findings provide valuable information on carotenoid degradation during millet storage and lay the foundation for further research on carotenoid metabolism in foxtail millet.
Article
Plant Sciences
Linlin Wang, Hongbo Fu, Juan Zhao, Jiagang Wang, Shuqi Dong, Xiangyang Yuan, Xiaorui Li, Mingxun Chen
Summary: This study conducted genome-wide identification and expression characteristics analysis of the GST gene family in foxtail millet. The results showed the presence of 73 GST genes (SiGSTs) divided into seven classes in the foxtail millet genome. The study provides a theoretical basis for identifying foxtail millet GST family information and improving their responses to different stresses.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Qiang Meng, Renliang Zhang, Yannan Wang, Hui Zhi, Sha Tang, Guanqing Jia, Xianmin Diao
Summary: In this study, 14 YUC genes were identified and characterized in foxtail millet. Phylogenetic, protein motif, gene structure, and genome mapping analyses were performed to study the evolutionary and genomic characteristics of SiYUC genes. Transcription analysis revealed tissue-specific expression patterns of SiYUC genes. Haplotype characterization showed that many beneficial haplotypes correlated with higher panicle and grain weight, suggesting their potential use in breeding programs.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Krishnananda P. Ingle, P. Suprasanna, Gopal Wasudeo Narkhede, Antony Ceasar, Gholamreza Abdi, Aamir Raina, M. P. Moharil, Atul Singh
Summary: Biofortification of foxtail millet is an important approach to alleviate micronutrient malnutrition. Foxtail millet has adequate nutrients and can be genetically modified to enhance its nutritional value. By utilizing the genomic information of foxtail millet and combining various techniques, it can become a model system for biofortification.
PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Nasya Tomlekova, Petko Mladenov, Ivayla Dincheva, Emilya Nacheva
Summary: Potatoes are the fourth most economically important crop in the world, being a rich source of carbohydrates, amino acids, vitamins, and other nutrients. This study classified eight Bulgarian potato cultivars based on their metabolite contents, evaluating their nutritive quality for breeding purposes.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Jing Tian, Xiaoning Zhu, Hanyu Wu, Yuzhe Wang, Xiaoxiang Hu
Summary: This study performed comprehensive metabolome analysis on chicken serum using non-targeted LC-MS/MS and identified regulatory loci affecting metabolites through metabolome genome-wide association study. The results revealed 10,061 significant SNPs associated with 253 metabolites that were widely distributed across the entire chicken genome. Additionally, the study highlighted the key roles of certain functional genes in amino acid and lipid metabolism.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Mehanathan Muthamilarasan, Bonthala Venkata Suresh, Roshan Kumar Singh, Pooja Choudhary, Pooja Rani Aggarwal, Manoj Prasad
Summary: This study investigated the molecular mechanism of foxtail millet's adaptation to dehydration stress and identified key genes, pathways and regulatory modules involved in this process.
JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
(2022)