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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Annie Irshad, Rana Naveed Ur Rehman, Muhammad Mohsin Abrar, Qudsia Saeed, Rahat Sharif, Tianming Hu
Summary: The study shows that active nodules in Medicago truncatula can improve salt tolerance by enhancing antioxidant activities, increasing K+ accumulation, and maintaining higher levels of compatible solutes. This indicates a positive role of Rhizobium meliloti inoculation in enhancing salt stress tolerance in legumes.
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Plant Sciences
Marwa Sulaiman Al Hinai, Aman Ullah, Rashid Said Al-Rajhi, Muhammad Farooq
Summary: The study revealed significant differences in the responses of bread wheat genotypes to salt stress, showing a notable decrease in plant growth and carbon assimilation with increasing salinity levels. Some genotypes exhibited strong salt tolerance, which could be beneficial for future breeding programs.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Zhou Li, Weihang Zeng, Bizhen Cheng, Jie Xu, Liebao Han, Yan Peng
Summary: This study investigated the impact of hot summers on cool-season creeping bentgrass and found that the 13M and Penncross cultivars exhibited better adaptability to summer stress. Summer stress led to a decline in turf quality, impaired photosynthesis, and reduced leaf water content. The two mentioned cultivars showed better performance in photosynthesis, water status, carbohydrate accumulation, and cell membrane stability.
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Plant Sciences
Muhammad Jawad Hassan, Wan Geng, Weihang Zeng, Muhammad Ali Raza, Imran Khan, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Yan Peng, Yongqun Zhu, Zhou Li
Summary: DA-6 significantly improved seed germination of white clover under drought stress by mitigating the decrease in germination parameters and altering the endogenous phytohormones, starch catabolism, antioxidant activity, and dehydrin accumulation. The findings suggest that DA-6 plays a crucial role in enhancing drought tolerance during seed germination by modulating multiple physiological and molecular mechanisms.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Annie Irshad, Rana Naveed Ur Rehman, Hafiz Abdul Kareem, Peizhi Yang, Tianming Hu
Summary: The combination of Rhizobium inoculation and melatonin pretreatment effectively improved root activity and plant biomass production, increased chlorophyll contents, decreased MDA levels, and enhanced antioxidative ability in Medicago truncatula plants under cold stress.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Min Zhou, Muhammad Jawad Hassan, Yan Peng, Lin Liu, Wei Liu, Yan Zhang, Zhou Li
Summary: The study demonstrated that GABA pretreatment significantly improved the germination performance and antioxidant metabolism of white clover seeds, enhancing their tolerance to drought stress and providing insights into the defense mechanisms regulated by GABA during germination under water-limited conditions.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Marwa Sulaiman Al Hinai, Aman Ullah, Al-Khaleel M. Al-Toubi, Ibtisam Rashid Al Harrasi, Ahlam Ali Alamri, Muhammad Farooq
Summary: This study evaluated the potential of co-application of biochar and seed priming with nano-sized chitosan-proline to improve salt tolerance in bread wheat. The results showed that seed priming with nano-proline and biochar application significantly improved plant growth and carbon assimilation. The combined use of biochar and nano-priming was more effective in improving salt tolerance in tested wheat genotypes than the sole application. The mechanisms involved in improving salt tolerance included ionic homeostasis, activation of the antioxidant defense system, and osmotic adjustment.
JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION
(2023)
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Agronomy
Seyed Morteza Zahedi, Marjan Sadat Hosseini, Naghmeh Daneshvar Hakimi Meybodi, Javier Abadia, Mateja Germ, Rahmatollah Gholami, Mostafa Abdelrahman
Summary: Drought stress has adverse effects on pomegranate fruit productivity, characteristics, and composition. Different cultivars have different responses to drought stress. Under intense drought, there were significant decreases in fruit yield, number of fruits per tree, fruit weight, and leaf photosynthetic pigments. However, the levels of certain metabolites and activities of antioxidant enzymes increased. Intense drought also caused a decrease in the quality of fruit juice.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Min Zhou, Yan Yuan, Junnan Lin, Long Lin, Jianzhen Zhou, Zhou Li
Summary: This study investigated the effects of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) priming on mitigating aluminum (Al) toxicity in acidic soils. The results showed that GABA priming effectively alleviated the negative effects of acid-Al stress on plant growth and photosynthesis. This was achieved through the activation of antioxidant enzymes and the modulation of organic metabolite accumulation and transport.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Md Mezanur Rahman, Mohammad Golam Mostofa, Ashim Kumar Das, Touhidur Rahman Anik, Sanjida Sultana Keya, S. M. Ahsan, Md Arifur Rahman Khan, Minhaz Ahmed, Md Abiar Rahman, Md Motaher Hossain, Lam-Son Phan Tran
Summary: This study investigates the protective effects of ethanol on soybean drought tolerance. The results show that ethanol increases soybean biomass, leaf area, and improves gas exchange features and water-use efficiency. Ethanol reduces oxidative stress by enhancing antioxidant enzyme activities and regulating osmotic adjustment compounds, contributing to increased drought tolerance in soybean.
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Plant Sciences
Shifa Xiong, Yangdong Wang, Yicun Chen, Ming Gao, Yunxiao Zhao, Liwen Wu
Summary: This study compared and evaluated the drought resistance of four Chinese oak species, Q. fabri, Q. serrata, Q. acutissima, and Q. variabilis, at the seedling stage. The results showed that all four oak species exhibited a downward trend in physiological indicators under drought stress, followed by an upward trend after rehydration. The comprehensive evaluation indicated that Q. serrata had the highest drought resistance, while Q. acutissima had the lowest.
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Horticulture
Bhavna Nigam, Rama Shanker Dubey, Dheeraj Rathore
Summary: Managing sustainable crop production under escalating soil salinity is a major challenge in the coming years. Exogenous application of protectants can ameliorate the adverse effects of salinity on plant growth. This study evaluated the potential role of salicylic acid (SA) and PGPB (Stenotrophomonas sp.) on spinach and soybean cultivars grown under two different salt concentrations. The results showed that 100 ppm salt had more severe effects than 50 ppm salt on the crops and cultivars. Exogenous protectants improved plant growth and yield, as well as osmotic adjustment and antioxidant activity under salt stress. Overall, PGPB was found to be a more effective protectant than SA in reducing salt-induced yield loss.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Long Wang, Jingdong Zheng, Guisheng Zhou, Jing Li, Chen Qian, Guobin Lin, Yiyang Li, Qingsong Zuo
Summary: Salt stress limits plant growth, but nitrogen application is an effective strategy to alleviate its negative effects.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Mohsen Niazian, Seyed Ahmad Sadat-Noori, Masoud Tohidfar, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Mortazavian, Paolo Sabbatini
Summary: Plants cope with abiotic stresses such as salinity and drought by accumulating effective osmo-protectants like proline and glycine betaine (GB). Genetic engineering plays a crucial role in developing stress-tolerant plants by introducing key tolerance genes involved in the biosynthetic pathways of osmolytes. Additionally, the heterologous expression of microbially-sourced genes like betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (BADH) and flavodoxin can enhance plant stress tolerance and improve productivity under stressful conditions.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Horticulture
Cheng Song, Muhammad Aamir Manzoor, Di Mao, Xiang Ren, Wenwu Zhang, Yingyu Zhang
Summary: This study found that the application of melatonin significantly enhanced various aspects of tomato plant growth and reduced the damage caused by cadmium stress. By increasing the activity of antioxidant enzymes and decreasing the levels of oxidative stress markers, melatonin improved the resistance of tomato plants to cadmium stress.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)
Article
Plant Sciences
Zhiqiang Zhang, Yafang Wang, Leqin Chang, Tong Zhang, Jie An, Yushi Liu, Yuman Cao, Xia Zhao, Xuyang Sha, Tianming Hu, Peizhi Yang
PLANT CELL REPORTS
(2016)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Yafang Wang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Houmei Liu, Yunru An, Bo Han, Yajun Wu, Leqin Chang, Tianming Hu, Peizhi Yang
PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE
(2018)
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Plant Sciences
Wang Yafang, Yohannes Afeworki, Geng Sisi, Praveena Kanchupati, Gu Muyu, Chidi Martins, Brady Rude, Haileselassie Tefera, Yongjun Kim, Ge Xijin, Donald Auger, Chen Sixue, Yang Peizhi, Hu Tianming, Wu Yajun
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Plant Sciences
Y. Wang, P. Yang, Y. Zhou, T. Hu, P. Zhang, Y. Wu
Summary: This study found that alfalfa plants with active nodules showed unique signaling responses to salinity stress, such as upregulation of proteins related to cell wall remodelling and reactive oxygen species scavenging, and downregulation of proteins involved in protein synthesis and degradation. The symbiotic relationship enhanced the host plant's adaptation to salinity stress, possibly by more efficiently using energy and resources, dealing with oxidative stress, and maintaining ion homeostasis and health.
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Yafang Wang, Pan Zhang, Le Li, Danning Li, Zheng Liang, Yuman Cao, Tianming Hu, Peizhi Yang
Summary: In this study, we found that rhizobium symbiosis in alfalfa enhances salt tolerance by regulating multiple physiological processes, including stress response, antioxidant ability, and ion homeostasis.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jing Yang, Jiaxing Song, Yueyan Feng, Yuman Cao, Bingzhe Fu, Zhiqiang Zhang, Nan Ma, Qian Li, Tianming Hu, Yafang Wang, Peizhi Yang
Summary: In this study, the changes in lignin content in alfalfa under mannitol-induced osmotic stress were investigated using physiological, transcriptional, and metabolic analyses. Osmotic stress increased lignin accumulation by increasing G and S units, with corresponding changes in enzyme activities and intermediate metabolites. Through transcriptome and metabolome analysis, key structural genes and coexpressed transcription factors (such as MYB and WRKY) were identified as important regulators of lignin content and composition under osmotic stress. Additionally, ABA positively regulated lignin synthesis while ethylene negatively regulated it under osmotic stress. These findings provide insights into the regulatory mechanism of lignin synthesis under abiotic stress.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Praveena Kanchupati, Yafang Wang, M. Rokebul Anower, Arvid Boe, Tianming Hu, Yajun Wu