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Plant Sciences
Shengxuan Liu, Tengfei Liu, Enshuang Wang, Yunxia Cheng, Tiantian Liu, Guogang Chen, Minrui Guo, Botao Song
Summary: In this study, a comprehensive proteome map of potato chloroplast was established using proteomics, revealing key proteins and phosphorylation sites. These results provide a theoretical basis for further research on photosynthesis and starch metabolism.
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Agronomy
Maha M. E. Ali, Spyridon A. Petropoulos, Daila AbdelFattah Fattah H. Selim, Mohssen Elbagory, Maha M. Othman, Alaa El-Dein Omara, Mostafa H. Mohamed
Summary: This study found that the combination of mineral potassium fertilizer with foliar spraying of MP or CP can promote the growth of potato plants and increase tuber chemical composition. These results highlight the importance of potassium fertilizer regimes for achieving high tuber yields and improving tuber quality.
Article
Agronomy
Jose M. Barrera-Gavira, Simon D. A. Pont, Jenny A. Morris, Pete E. Hedley, Derek Stewart, Mark A. Taylor, Robert D. Hancock
Summary: Senescent sweetening in potato tubers leads to the accumulation of reducing sugars during long-term storage, causing issues in processing. Contrary to previous studies, our analysis found no correlation between oxidative stress and reducing sugar accumulation. Transcriptional profiling revealed changes in carbohydrate metabolism at the onset of sweetening, potentially linked to reduced capacity of plastids to import glucose-6-phosphate.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Tengfei Liu, Md Abu Kawochar, Shengxuan Liu, Yunxia Cheng, Shahnewaz Begum, Enshuang Wang, Tingting Zhou, Tiantian Liu, Xingkui Cai, Botao Song
Summary: Transitory starch and vacuolar sugars are important metabolites in plant leaf cells. The tonoplast sugar transporters (TSTs), such as StTST3.1, play a critical role in sugar uptake and accumulation. In this study, suppressing StTST3.1 resulted in growth retardation, pale green leaves, and impaired photosynthetic performance in potato plants. StTST3.1 was found to be involved in transitory starch turnover and chlorophyll metabolism. These findings highlight the importance of StTST3.1 in normal potato plant growth.
Article
Agronomy
M. A. R. E. K. Kolodziejczyk, K. A. M. I. L. Gwozdz
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the impact of biostimulants and growth regulators on the yield and chemical composition of edible potato tubers. Results showed that the application of Asahi SL and Tytanit biostimulants increased the overall yield and weight of tubers. Aminoplant had a positive effect on marketable yield, but Moddus 250 EC decreased yield and mean tuber weight under high rainfall conditions.
PLANT SOIL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Maria Luciana Lanteri, Maria Ximena Silveyra, Monica Mariela Moran, Stephanie Boutet, Deyvis-Dante Solis-Gozar, Francois Perreau, Adriana Balbina Andreu
Summary: Andean potatoes are a good source of dietary antioxidant polyphenols, with skin extracts being more cytotoxic than flesh extracts. We investigated the composition and cytotoxic activity of total extracts and fractions from the skin and flesh tubers of three Andean potato cultivars. Results showed that the aqueous fractions were more cytotoxic than the total extracts, and a combination of both fractions showed a similar cytotoxic response to the corresponding extract.
FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Horticulture
Anna Nezhdanova, Gleb Efremov, Maria A. Slugina, Anastasia M. Kamionskaya, Elena Z. Kochieva, Anna Shchennikova
Summary: This study used CRISPR-Cas9 system to edit the PHO1a gene in four potato cultivars, resulting in the G261V mutation. The mutants showed altered starch metabolism, root and shoot development, and stress response.
Article
Plant Sciences
Dominika Boguszewska-Mankowska, Krystyna Zarzynska, Beata Wasilewska-Nascimento
Summary: This experiment evaluated the effects of soil drought and high temperature stress on potato plants, and found that simultaneous application of both stresses had the greatest impact on plant morphology and yield.
Article
Plant Sciences
Ki-Beom Moon, Ji-Sun Park, Su-Jin Park, Hyo-Jun Lee, Hye-Sun Cho, Sung-Ran Min, Youn-Il Park, Jae-Heung Jeon, Hyun-Soon Kim
Summary: Efficient extraction of protoplasts and stable regeneration protocols are prerequisites for the continuous expansion and development of protoplast utilization systems. This study establishes an efficient process from protoplast isolation to in vitro shoot regeneration, achieving a significant increase in protoplast yield and successful shoot development.
Article
Agronomy
Rogerio P. Soratto, Patricio Sandana, Adalton M. Fernandes, Tassiane S. Calles, Renato Yagi, Emerson F. C. Souza, Andre L. G. Job, Jessyca D. L. Martins
Summary: Precise diagnosis and prognosis of phosphorus (P) nutrition are crucial for improving P use efficiency and sustainability in potato cropping systems. This study assessed the variable responses of potato crops to different soil P-resin (SPresin) and potato leaf P (LP) concentrations in tropical Oxisols. The results provide important thresholds for optimizing P management and maximizing tuber yield while minimizing environmental P contamination.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2023)
Review
Agronomy
Muhammad Waqar Nasir, Zoltan Toth
Summary: Potato is the third most consumed crop globally, but its production is susceptible to yield loss due to increasing drought severity. While root depth is considered the main factor affecting potato drought susceptibility, this review highlights the importance of genotype type, developmental stage, and duration and severity of drought stress. The study provides insight into potato's varying response to drought and suggests improving agronomic practices to mitigate drought stress.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Carlos G. Santiago-Marrero, Christina Tsoraki, Carla Lancelotti, Marco Madella
Summary: Çatalhöyük is a renowned archaeological site known for its Neolithic occupation. Through nearly three decades of excavations, a rich understanding of crops and plant processing activities have been revealed. Microbotanical analyses have shown the extensive use of previously unknown plants and various processing practices employed by the inhabitants.
Article
Ecology
Jose M. Capriles, Magdalena Garcia, Daniela Valenzuela, Alejandra I. I. Domic, Logan Kistler, Francisco Rothhammer, Calogero M. M. Santoro
Summary: This article reviews the transregional circulation and introduction of five food tropical crops originating from the eastern Andes to the hyper-arid coastal valleys of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. With the support of various analyses, the study examines the adaptation of these crops to the extremely dry soil and their impact on the social way of life.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lu Liu, Liaoyang Hao, Ning Liu, Yonglong Zhao, Naiqin Zhong, Pan Zhao
Summary: In this study, proteomic changes in potato leaves treated with Thaxtomin A (TA) were analyzed using the iTRAQ technique. A total of 693 differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified, with many involved in defense and stress responses. This research provides insights into the mechanism of potato response to TA and offers potential for potato breeding strategies for common scab resistance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Juliet Ochola, Laura Cortada, Onesmus Mwaura, Meklit Tariku, Shawn A. Christensen, Margaret Ng'ang'a, Ahmed Hassanali, Tahira Pirzada, Saad Khan, Lokendra Pal, Reny Mathew, Dick Guenther, Eric Davis, Tim Sit, Danny Coyne, Charles Opperman, Baldwyn Torto
Summary: This study demonstrates the use of a biodegradable lignocellulosic banana-paper matrix as a seed wrap to protect potato plants against potato cyst nematode. The method significantly reduces field inoculum and increases potato yields in Kenya.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2022)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jeffrey H. Altschul, Keith W. Kintigh, Mark Aldenderfer, Elise Alonzi, Ian Armit, Juan Antonio Barcelo, Christopher S. Beekman, Penny Bickle, Douglas W. Bird, Scott E. Ingram, Elena Isayev, Andrew W. Kandel, Rachael Kiddey, Helene Timpoko Kienon-Kabore, Franco Niccolucci, Corey S. Ragsdale, Beth K. Scaffidi, Scott G. Ortman
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2020)
Article
Geography, Physical
Fumie Iizuka, Masami Izuho, Keiji Wada, Hans Barnard, Pamela Vandiver, Kazuki Morisaki, Carl Wendt, Mark Aldenderfer
Summary: The study revealed that Incipient Jomon pottery was mainly produced on Tanegashima Island, with some non-local materials possibly coming from Yakushima or Kyushu Island. Pottery production began when Tanegashima was disconnected from Kyushu and about to be separated from Yakushima. The producers of pottery during the Incipient Jomon period were mainly sedentary hunter-gatherers living in a mild environment.
QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Luke Andrew Gliganic, Michael Christian Meyer, Jan-Hendrik May, Mark Steven Aldenderfer, Peter Tropper
Summary: Archaeological surface assemblages composed of lithic scatters are a significant part of the archaeological record, but dating these assemblages has remained difficult. A new dating approach based on optically stimulated luminescence was used in Tibet to determine the oldest chronometric age constraints for human presence on the south-central Tibetan plateau, showing human occupation dating back to 5.2-5.5 thousand years ago.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chi-Chun Liu, David Witonsky, Anna Gosling, Ju Hyeon Lee, Harald Ringbauer, Richard Hagan, Nisha Patel, Raphaela Stahl, John Novembre, Mark Aldenderfer, Christina Warinner, Anna Di Rienzo, Choongwon Jeong
Summary: Present-day Tibetans have genetically and culturally adapted to the high altitude environment of the Tibetan Plateau, with recent research suggesting an early population entering the area within the past 40 thousand years and subsequent groups arriving within the past 10 thousand years. Ancient individuals from high elevation sites in Nepal are most closely related to present-day Tibetans, deriving their ancestry from Late Neolithic populations at the northeastern edge of the Plateau with a minor genetic component from a distinct Paleolithic Eurasian ancestry. Compared to Tibetans, non-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman speakers living at mid-elevations along the Plateau form a distinct genetic cline, and ongoing positive selection of high altitude adaptive alleles is confirmed through a comparison of ancient and present-day highlanders.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mark Aldenderfer
Article
Anthropology
Nathaniel Kitchel, Mark S. Aldenderfer, Randall Haas
Summary: The process of Neolithization involved domestication, sedentarization, and technology change, occurring in various combinations at different times and places globally. A study in the Lake Titicaca Basin in Peru suggests that the strongest signal in lithic technology change is related to the introduction of archery technology, with signals for subsistence change and declining mobility being relatively weak. The findings indicate an early adoption of archery technology in the Terminal Archaic Period, with major transitions in mobility and diet likely occurring subsequently.
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHOD AND THEORY
(2022)
Article
Anthropology
Jade D'Alpoim Guedes, Mark Aldenderfer
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Anthropology
Jacqueline T. Eng, Mark Aldenderfer
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY
(2017)