Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Ruirui Yang, Zhicheng Wang, Lei Zhao, Jie Liu, Jun Meng, Yushi Luan
Summary: Tomato, a globally important crop, is severely affected by various stresses. SpprePIP1, identified as an ortholog of Arabidopsis prePIP1, was found to enhance tomato resistance to Phytophthorainfestans (P. infestans) and salt stress through transcriptional induction and exogenous application. Transcriptomics and metabolomics analysis revealed the potential contributions of JA and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis to SpPIP1-induced tomato immunity. Overall, SpPIP1 shows promise as a plant elicitor for environmentally friendly crop protection.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Lin Zhang, Jianpei Yan, Zhenchao Fu, Wenjiong Shi, Vincent Ninkuu, Guangyue Li, Xiufen Yang, Hongmei Zeng
Summary: The glycoside hydrolase FoEG1 secreted by Fusarium oxysporum acts as a pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) inducing plant cell death and enhancing disease resistance. FoEG1 induces cell death through mediation by leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases, and its expression is strongly induced during early infection. FoEG1 contributes to the virulence of F. oxysporum depending on its enzyme activity and can also act as a PAMP to trigger plant defense responses.
MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Mazahar Moin, Anusree Saha, Achala Bakshi, M. S. Madhav, P. B. Kirti
Summary: The overexpression of RPL6 in rice enhances salt stress tolerance and improves plant growth and yield by influencing multiple physiological processes, leading to better adaptability to salt stress and promoting growth and productivity in plants.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Oluwaseyi Setonji Hunpatin, Guang Yuan, Tongjia Nong, Chuhan Shi, Xue Wu, Haobao Liu, Yang Ning, Qian Wang
Summary: Salinity is a significant environmental stressor that has a severe impact on crop productivity. Plants exposed to salt stress undergo physiological alterations that affect their growth and development. However, plants have evolved mechanisms to tolerate the detrimental effects of salt stress.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yanzheng Zhang, Qingwei Fang, Jiqiang Zheng, Zeyang Li, Yue Li, Yuan Feng, Yingpeng Han, Yongguang Li
Summary: Soybean gene GmLecRlk was found to be responsive to salt stress and highly expressed in soybean roots. Overexpression of GmLecRlk in soybean enhanced fresh weight, proline content, and catalase activity, while reducing malondialdehyde and H2O2 content under salt stress. GmLecRlk improved salt tolerance in soybean by regulating the expression of other genes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Pedro Garcia-Caparros, Mohammed J. Al-Azzawi, Timothy J. Flowers
Summary: Climate change can affect global agricultural systems and the availability of food, fiber, and fuel due to the increase in salinised land. Evaluating the potential of salt-tolerant plants as crops for salinised soils is important, as only a small percentage of plant species can tolerate salty conditions. Our analysis of the eHALOPH database shows that these plants have economic value, with a range of uses across different categories. However, the effects of salt concentration on their uses and potential yield are not well-documented.
Article
Plant Sciences
Jiaxian He, Yufen Zhuang, Chuan Li, Xia Sun, Shuangshuang Zhao, Changle Ma, Honghui Lin, Huapeng Zhou
Summary: SIMP1 enhances ERAD efficiency during salt stress through UMP1A, positively regulating UMP1A's protein stability and possibly modulating 26S proteasome maturation. The SIMP1-UMP1A module plays a positive role in salt tolerance by promoting proteasome maturation and mitigating ER stress under saline conditions.
Review
Plant Sciences
Jianrong Guo, Changdan Shan, Yifan Zhang, Xinlei Wang, Huaying Tian, Guoliang Han, Yi Zhang, Baoshan Wang
Summary: Summarized the salt-adaptive mechanisms, genes, and molecular breeding of ornamental flowering crops, and discussed the urgent measure for using salinized land and conserving freshwater resources.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Quang Tri Le, Won Je Lee, Jun Ho Choi, Dinh Thanh Nguyen, Hai An Truong, Sang-A Lee, Suk-Whan Hong, Hojoung Lee
Summary: The loss-of-function mutant of the transcription factor NLP7, which regulates the primary response to nitrate, exhibits salt tolerance and a balanced accumulation of nitrate anions and sodium cations. The mutant shows reduced stress response, lower levels of marker genes, and less accumulation of proline, nitric oxide, and reactive oxygen species under high salinity. However, it also accumulates more sodium ions in the shoots and has higher nitrate levels compared to the wild type. These findings suggest that targeting nitrate metabolism and signaling could improve salt tolerance.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Mengqi Wang, Zhiping Qi, Wenchong Pei, Yunpeng Cheng, Ke Mao, Fengwang Ma
Summary: Salinity is a significant challenge for plants, negatively affecting their yield and quality. This study identified the MdAGO1 gene in apple, which was significantly induced under salt stress. Through transgenic approaches, it was demonstrated that MdAGO1 plays a positive regulatory role in apple's salt tolerance.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yan-Hua Cao, Wei Ren, Hui-Juan Gao, Xin-Pei Lu, Qi Zhao, Hong Zhang, Christopher Rensing, Jin-Lin Zhang
Summary: This study discovered that HaASR2 gene from desert shrub H. ammodendron plays a critical role in plant adaptation to drought and salt stress by enhancing water use efficiency and photosynthetic capacity, maintaining the homeostasis of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and down-regulating ABA biosynthesis genes, improving Arabidopsis thaliana's tolerance to drought and salt stress.
Article
Plant Sciences
Guoliang Han, Ziqi Qiao, Yuxia Li, Zongran Yang, Ziwei Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Jinjiao Guo, Lili Liu, Chengfeng Wang, Baoshan Wang
Summary: In this study, LbMYB48 gene was found to be induced by salt stress in Limonium bicolor, and it regulates the development of salt glands and salt tolerance by modulating the expression of genes related to salt gland development and salt stress response. Heterologous over-expression of LbMYB48 in Arabidopsis thaliana enhances salt tolerance through stabilizing ion and osmotic balance.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Chongjing Xu, Jinming Shan, Tianmeng Liu, Qi Wang, Yujia Ji, Yuntong Zhang, Mengyuan Wang, Ning Xia, Lin Zhao
Summary: The transcription factor GmCOL1a positively regulates salt and drought tolerance in soybean by promoting the accumulation of Delta(1)-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase. GmCOL1a enhances the tolerance of soybean to salt and drought stress by increasing water content, proline content, and reducing oxidative stress. It also promotes the expression of salt tolerance-related genes and reduces Na+/K+ ratio in soybean plants.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Amey Redkar, Mugdha Sabale, Christian Schudoma, Bernd Zechmann, Yogesh K. Gupta, Manuel S. Lopez-Berges, Giovanni Venturini, Selena Gimenez-Ibanez, David Turra, Roberto Solano, Antonio Di Pietro
Summary: The interaction between fungi and plant roots has a significant impact on agriculture and ecosystems. Fusarium oxysporum, a cosmopolitan plant pathogen, can cause wilting disease in a wide range of crops and can also colonize the roots of other plants as endophytes. This study identified a set of candidate effectors in tomato roots and found that they play a conserved role in various fungi and plants.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Feng Kong, Katrina M. Ramonell
Summary: The gene ATL12 plays an important role in the response to salt stress and abscisic acid (ABA) in Arabidopsis thaliana. Overexpression of ATL12 increases the expression of salt stress-associated genes and ABA-responsive genes, and leads to higher levels of reactive oxygen species. Mutants of atl12 are sensitive to salt stress and ABA, and have shorter root length. The findings suggest that ATL12 modulates the response to salt stress and is involved in the ABA signaling pathway.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Zhaoxu Gao, Jun Li, Li Li, Yanzhi Yang, Jian Li, Chunxiang Fu, Danmeng Zhu, Hang He, Huaqing Cai, Lei Li
Summary: This study reconstructed an integrated miRNA network in Arabidopsis, which includes core transcription factors, miRNAs, and downstream genes. The study found that miRNAs occupy distinct niches and enrich miRNA-containing feed-forward loops in gene regulatory networks. Further analyses revealed how miRNA-containing feed-forward loops coordinate transcription factors in different hierarchical layers and their association with miRNA hubs.
GENOMICS PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS
(2022)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Chen Bai, Yingping Cao, Siyi Zhao, Zhenying Wu, Shaojun Dai, Honglun Wang, Chunxiang Fu
Summary: This study successfully established a genome editing platform for Monochasma savatieri for the first time using the Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated co-transformation system. This will enable the development of novel M. savatieri germplasm/cultivars for facility cultivation and exploitation of its medicinal value in the future.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kunlong Su, Yan Wang, Yuchen Liu, Meifeng Liu, Xiao Men, Haibo Zhang, Mo Xian, Zhenying Wu, Chunxiang Fu
Summary: In this study, a novel bacterial strain, Bacillus altitudinis D47, with a high capacity to biodegrade dinitrotoluene sulfonates (DNTS) was isolated and identified from TNT red water-contaminated soil. The genome of B. altitudinis D47 was sequenced, and six nitroreductases (NRs) were retrieved. Transcriptomic analysis showed that the expression of five NRs was significantly upregulated in DNTS-treated B. altitudinis D47, and enzymatic activity assay validated their nitro reduction capability. The addition of B. altitudinis D47 alleviated the phytotoxicity of DNTS to alfalfa, suggesting its potential application in the bioremediation of TNT red water-contaminated soil.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Zhengyu Shao, Shuhua Yang, Yinghui Gu, Yan Guo, Huapeng Zhou, Yongqing Yang
Summary: Ubiquitin directly binds to plant kinases SnRK2.2 and SnRK2.3 and regulates their activity in response to abscisic acid, revealing a previously unknown role for ubiquitin. This study provides important insights into the molecular basis of plant responses to complex environmental conditions.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yiyi Zhang, Yuanfu Xie, Haifan Shi, Yufen Zhuang, Yuan Zheng, Honghui Lin, Huapeng Zhou
Summary: Floods have a detrimental effect on natural and agro-ecosystems, leading to a significant reduction in worldwide crop production. The Arabidopsis thaliana MYB30 transcription factor plays a role in plant submergence response by repressing ethylene biosynthesis through 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase 7 (ACS7). The MYB30 loss-of-function mutant exhibits reduced submergence tolerance with increased ethylene production, while overexpressing MYB30 enhances submergence tolerance and represses ethylene production. ACS7 is a direct target of MYB30, and its loss-of-function mutant displays enhanced submergence tolerance.
PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yonglun Zeng, Baiying Li, Shuxian Huang, Hongbo Li, Wenhan Cao, Yixuan Chen, Guoyong Liu, Zhenping Li, Chao Yang, Lei Feng, Jiayang Gao, Sze Wan Lo, Jierui Zhao, Jinbo Shen, Yan Guo, Caiji Gao, Yasin Dagdas, Liwen Jiang
Summary: This study reveals how plant energy sensing pathways regulate autophagosome closure by modulating the phosphorylation status and localization of the ESCRT machinery.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Xiangyan Han, Shanjie Tang, Xuan Ma, Wenwen Liu, Ruijuan Yang, Shuaibin Zhang, Ningning Wang, Xianwei Song, Chunxiang Fu, Rongxin Yang, Xiaofeng Cao
Summary: This study reported a new function of miR528 in controlling biomass traits in switchgrass. Blocking miR528 activity or editing its genome can improve tillering number and regrowth rate. The up-regulation of miR528 targets is responsible for the improved traits in mutant plants.
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hongyun Zhao, Liang Ma, Jialu Shen, Huapeng Zhou, Yuan Zheng
Summary: This study reveals the important role of gaseous signaling molecule nitric oxide (NO) in breaking seed dormancy in Arabidopsis. The transcription factor MYB30 is found to play a critical role in NO-induced seed germination by promoting the decrease in abscisic acid (ABA) content. The study also unravels the regulatory mechanism involving S-nitrosylation of MYB30 and its interaction with ABA receptors PYR1/PYL/RCAR, providing insights into the underlying mechanism of NO-promoted seed germination.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yayu Guo, Shufang Wang, Keji Yu, Hou-Ling Wang, Huimin Xu, Chengwei Song, Yuanyuan Zhao, Jialong Wen, Chunxiang Fu, Yu Li, Shuizhong Wang, Xi Zhang, Yan Zhang, Yuan Cao, Fenjuan Shao, Xiaohua Wang, Xin Deng, Tong Chen, Qiao Zhao, Lei Li, Guodong Wang, Paul Gruenhofer, Lukas Schreiber, Yue Li, Guoyong Song, Richard A. Dixon, Jinxing Lin
Summary: Modifying plant lignin pathway to enhance saccharification efficiency often results in growth penalty. However, overexpression of Pag-miR408 in poplar can improve saccharification efficiency and growth, and laccase genes are the targets of Pag-miR408.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Horticulture
Yingping Cao, Yue Xu, Yue Zhang, Heng Zhang, Zhi Qin, Chen Bai, Hailing Zhang, Dongmei Ma, Quanhua Wang, Chunxiang Fu, Meihong Sun, Shaojun Dai
Summary: CRISPR/Cas9-based gene editing system was successfully used to edit two CSLD genes involved in root hair formation in spinach hairy roots. Different mutation types and mutation rates were observed, and the homozygous/bi-allelic mutants showed changes in the root hair characteristics. Transcriptomic analysis revealed disruption of multiple gene expressions related to cell-wall modulation and membrane trafficking in the mutants.