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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Gazaldeep Kaur, Vishnu Shukla, Varsha Meena, Anil Kumar, Deepshikha Tyagi, Jagtar Singh, Pramod Kaitheri Kandoth, Shrikant Mantri, Hatem Rouached, Ajay Kumar Pandey
Summary: Iron (Fe) and phosphorus (P) are essential mineral nutrients for plant growth, and their molecular interactions in crops remain unclear. This study analyzed the physiological and molecular responses of hexaploid wheat to individual and combined Fe and P deficiencies, revealing significant gene expression changes and metabolite accumulation, providing insights for developing strategies to enhance crop resilience in limited nutrient conditions.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Natalia Repkina, Svetlana A. Murzina, Viktor P. Voronin, Natalia Kaznina
Summary: This study investigated the effects of methyl jasmonate (MJ) on wheat seedlings and the fatty acid (FA) content of leaves under optimal and cadmium (Cd) stress conditions. The results showed that MJ had no effect on the height and net photosynthesis rate under optimal growth conditions, but it increased biomass accumulation and net photosynthesis rate under Cd stress. The positive effects of MJ may be associated with lower Cd content and higher alpha-linoleic acid (ALA) content in leaves.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Fernando Tateo, Monica Bononi, Giulia Castorina, Salvatore Antonio Colecchia, Stefano De Benedetti, Gabriella Consonni, Filippo Geuna
Summary: This study provides a characterization of a wheat landrace called 'TB2018' and compares it with other cultivars. The results show that 'TB2018' exhibits visual and genetic similarities with the traditional variety 'Senatore Cappelli'. Several genes potentially linked to the distinctive traits of 'TB2018' were identified. This study lays the foundation for the potential utilization of 'TB2018' in cultivation and breeding of traditional cultivars.
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Plant Sciences
Laura Cuyas, Lun Jing, Sylvain Pluchon, Mustapha Arkoun
Summary: Wheat plants were treated with three different levels of phosphate deficiency to study the metabolic adaptations and differences in metabolites. It was found that carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism were more affected in shoots, while secondary metabolism was more affected in roots in both types of phosphate deficiency. Several metabolites highly sensitive to phosphate deficiency were also identified. These findings provide new insights into wheat's metabolic pathways under phosphate deficiency and contribute to better handling of future phosphate scenarios.
JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Aynur Kurt-Celebi, Nesrin Colak, Hulya Torun, Vera Dosedelova, Petr Tarkowski, Faik Ahmet Ayaz
Summary: Melatonin, as a multifunctional signal molecule, plays an important role in regulating plant growth and development. This study found that exogenous melatonin treatment can ameliorate ionization stress in wheat seedlings by enhancing their tolerance and protecting the photosynthetic machinery.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
A. Avalbaev, R. Yuldashev, K. Fedorova, N. Petrova, E. Fedina, R. Gilmanova, F. Karimova, F. Shakirova
Summary: This study revealed the mechanisms behind the growth-promoting effect of the plant steroid hormone EBR on wheat seedlings by analyzing the proteomic response. The results showed that EBR-induced growth stimulation was associated with changes in protein abundance and tyrosine phosphorylation profile, highlighting the important role of EBR in activating protein metabolism and promoting fundamental physiological processes like growth.
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Environmental Sciences
Yuliya Venzhik, Alexander Deryabin, Valery Popov, Lev Dykman, Igor Moshkov
Summary: The intensive development of nanotechnology has led to the widespread use of nanoparticles in various fields. This study demonstrates that gold nanoparticles can enhance the freezing tolerance of plants, acting as adaptogens. By soaking wheat seeds in solutions of gold nanoparticles, an increase in freezing tolerance of wheat seedlings was observed. The study also establishes a relationship between the increase in freezing tolerance and changes in important indicators for growth, photosynthetic activity, oxidative processes, and sugar accumulation in the seedlings.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Yu He, Wen Huang, Zhien Pu, Maolian Li, Mengping Cheng, Yujiao Liu, Huixue Dong, Pengfei Qi, Xiaojiang Guo, Qiantao Jiang, Yuming Wei, Jirui Wang
Summary: This study investigates the molecular mechanisms involved in seed germination under short episodes of heat stress during the wheat grain filling stage. The expression levels of genes related to ABA, GA, and ETH were found to be significantly different under heat stress conditions. The study also highlights the role of temperature in regulating seed germination, with temperatures above 28 degrees Celsius repressing ABA-related gene expression and promoting germination.
JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Ruiqi Zhang, Chuntian Lu, Xiangru Meng, Yali Fan, Jie Du, Runran Liu, Yigao Feng, Liping Xing, Petr Capal, Jaroslav Dolezel, Yiwei Wang, Huanqing Mu, Bingxiao Sun, Fu Hou, Ruonan Yao, Chuanxi Xiong, Yang Wang, Peidu Chen, Aizhong Cao
Summary: This study introgressed the novel wheat powdery mildew and stripe rust resistance genes Pm5V/Yr5V from Dasypyrum villosum and fine mapped them to a narrowed region in 5VS. The results showed that the Pm5V/Yr5V lines have the potential value to facilitate wheat breeding for disease resistance and do not incur a yield penalty in diverse wheat genetic backgrounds.
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Weiwei Wang, Jinliang Guo, Jiayang Ma, Zhulin Wang, Lining Zhang, Zixu Wang, Min Meng, Chao Zhang, Fengli Sun, Yajun Xi
Summary: The transformation efficiency of wheat embryos was improved using a combination of special chemical and physical methods with the PureWheat technique. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transcriptome analysis and metabolome analysis were conducted to understand the reaction of immature embryos infected by Agrobacterium tumefaciens in PureWheat. The SEM analysis revealed that Agrobacterium tumefaciens was deposited under the damaged cortex of embryos and contacted the receptor cells to improve transformation efficiency. Transcriptome analysis showed that differentially expressed genes were involved in various metabolic pathways and signaling pathways, indicating the energy-demanding process of Agrobacterium infection. This study provides insights into the physiological and molecular changes of wheat embryos during the co-culture stage and sheds light on Agrobacterium-mediated transgenic experiments.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Xinliang Zhao, Yibo Zhang, Xiaoqing Zhang, Changjlian Shan
Summary: This study investigated the effects of putrescine (Put) on wheat crops under salt stress. The results showed that Put enhanced ascorbate and glutathione metabolism, photosynthetic performance, and ion homeostasis, leading to improved salt tolerance in wheat.
PLANT SOIL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Onoriode Coast, Andrew P. Scafaro, Helen Bramley, Nicolas L. Taylor, Owen K. Atkin
Summary: In this study, we examined the photosynthetic traits of pre-existing and newly developed flag leaves of four wheat genotypes grown in controlled-environment experiments. We found that newly developed leaves were able to acclimate to warm nights and showed increased photosynthetic capacity, while pre-existing leaves exhibited varied responses. The findings highlight the impact of night-time warming on the ability of wheat plants to photosynthesize during the day, with different acclimation capacities between newly developed and pre-existing leaves.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Shruti Jain, Padmaja Rai, Jaspreet Singh, Vijay Pratap Singh, Rajendra Prasad, Shweta Rana, Rupesh Deshmukh, Durgesh Kumar Tripathi, Shivesh Sharma
Summary: The study highlights the potential of exogenously added silicon in alleviating the toxic effects of Metsulfuron methyl herbicide in wheat seedlings. Silicon helps in reducing the harmful impact of the herbicide by activating the antioxidant system to scavenge free radicals generated under herbicide stress.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Serafino Suriano, Pasquale Codianni, Anna Iannucci
Summary: This study investigated the content of carotenoids and tocols in different genotypes of wheat species and found that Triticum durum had the highest carotenoid content, while Triticum dicoccum had a lower tocols content compared to other species. There were positive correlations between tocols and 13/gamma tocotrienols, and different genotypes from the same species were grouped into different clusters.
FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Meike A. C. Latz, Mads Herbert Kerrn, Helle Sorensen, David B. Collinge, Birgit Jensen, James K. M. Brown, Anne Mette Madsen, Hans Jorgen Lyngs Jorgensen
Summary: This study investigated the fungal endophytic microbiome in wheat from seed to plant to seeds, and examined the effects of host genotype, environment, and fungal sources on shaping the microbiome. The results showed that host genotype, tissue type, and abiotic factors significantly influenced fungal communities, with location-independent effects of host genotype on leaves and roots. Phyllosphere microbiome was mostly affected by location-dependent weather conditions, while root communities were less influenced by abiotic factors.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Hui Cao, Owen Duncan, A. Harvey Millar
Summary: The study shows a spatiotemporal pattern to protein turnover rates during wheat grain development, and calculates the costs of protein turnover along with identifying the most and the least stable proteins in the developing wheat grain.
Review
Plant Sciences
Nathan D. Tivendale, A. Harvey Millar
Summary: The passage discusses the influence of auxin on photosynthesis, plastid biogenesis, mitochondrial metabolism, and retrograde signaling, and proposes three hypotheses to unify current findings.
Article
Plant Sciences
Owen Duncan, A. Harvey Millar
Summary: Plants have different metabolic fluxes between day and night, and protein machinery requires differential maintenance. Light-harvesting complex proteins have faster synthesis and degradation rates during the day, while carbon metabolism and vesicle trafficking components are translated at similar rates day or night. Despite reduced protein synthesis rates at night, few leaf proteins change in abundance between day and night, indicating tightly coordinated protein degradation rates.
Article
Plant Sciences
Ying Li, Katharina Belt, Saad F. Alqahtani, Saurabh Saha, Ricarda Fenske, Olivier Van Aken, James Whelan, A. Harvey Millar, Monika W. Murcha, Shaobai Huang
Summary: This study reveals the critical role of SDHAF1 in maintaining glycolysis and mitochondrial respiration. SDHAF1 participates in the biogenesis of complex II by interacting with SDH2 and HSCB.
Review
Food Science & Technology
Caroline R. Hill, Armaghan Shafaei, Lois Balmer, Joshua R. Lewis, Jonathan M. Hodgson, A. Harvey Millar, Lauren C. Blekkenhorst
Summary: Sulfur is an essential element for plant and human health, and its incorporation into the food chain relies heavily on plant uptake. The dietary requirements for sulfur are based on the synthesis of proteins, enzymes, co-enzymes, vitamins, and hormones. While sulfur-containing amino acids are abundant in animal sources, the variety and quantity of sulfur-containing compounds in plants also have wide-ranging effects on human health. The role of sulfur in redox biochemistry protects against oxidative stress and inflammation, which is consistent with cardiometabolic dysfunction and many chronic metabolic diseases.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jakob Petereit, Cassandria Tay Fernandez, Jacob Marsh, Philipp E. Bayer, William J. W. Thomas, Aybeniz Javad Aliyeva, Miroslava Karafiatova, Jaroslav Dolezel, Jacqueline Batley, David Edwards
Summary: This study isolated and sequenced the short arm of rye chromosome 7 (7RS) and compared it to a public reference assembly. The results revealed important genomic diversity and identified genes that were present in Triticale but absent in the reference assembly. These findings are significant for understanding rye's genomic diversity and wheat improvement.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Andres Garcia, Oorbessy Gaju, Andrew F. Bowerman, Sally A. Buck, John R. Evans, Robert T. Furbank, Matthew Gilliham, A. Harvey Millar, Barry J. Pogson, Matthew P. Reynolds, Yong-Ling Ruan, Nicolas L. Taylor, Stephen D. Tyerman, Owen K. Atkin
Summary: This review explores the potential to increase crop yield potential by optimizing the efficiency of converting light energy into biomass, respiratory ATP production, and ATP use. By targeting factors such as photoprotective machinery, enzymatic kinetics, and metabolic pathways, it is possible to significantly enhance the yield potential of globally important crops.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Simona Aleksandrova, Ralitza Alexova, Stela Dragomanova, Reni Kalfin, Ferdinando Nicoletti, Paolo Fagone, Maria Cristina Petralia, Katia Mangano, Lyubka Tancheva
Summary: Pomegranate is a polyphenol-rich food and medicinal plant that contains various beneficial compounds. Studies have shown that these compounds can target brain cells and support their functions by regulating redox balance, proliferation, and survival. The neuroprotective effects of pomegranate are mediated by its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, ability to activate signaling pathways, and regulation of mitochondrial damage. In vitro and in vivo studies have demonstrated that pomegranate polyphenols can directly affect neuronal and glial cells, as well as influence blood-brain barrier function and increase blood flow to the brain.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Xuyen H. Le, A. Harvey Millar
Summary: Plant respiration is a vital process that can be enhanced to increase crop yield. To achieve this, a comprehensive understanding of respiratory substrates and their transport into and out of mitochondria is crucial. The identification of unidentified mitochondrial carriers and catabolic pathways is necessary to determine direct and indirect respiratory substrates. This review discusses the usage of direct respiratory substrates under normal and stressed conditions, suggesting the introduction of enzymes to enable new substrates and comparing them based on energetic yields and oxidation during cell catabolism. The information provided can guide the use of synthetic biology to optimize plant respiration.
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Andrew D. Hanson, A. Harvey Millar, Zoran Nikoloski, Danielle A. Way
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Aria Dolatabadian, Yuxuan Yuan, Philipp Emanuel Bayer, Jakob Petereit, Anita Severn-Ellis, Soodeh Tirnaz, Dhwani Patel, David Edwards, Jacqueline Batley
Summary: Copy number variations (CNVs) in resistance gene analogues (RGAs) were investigated in eight Brassica napus lines. The results showed that CNVs were more likely to occur in clustered RGAs and some RGAs were affected by CNV and linked to blackleg resistance genes. The study highlighted the diversity and genetic properties of CNVs in B. napus and their importance in breeding advanced canola lines.
Review
Plant Sciences
Rana Munns, A. Harvey Millar
Summary: This review discusses the seven inherent plant capacities necessary for reproductive success under abiotic stresses, such as drought, salinity, flooding, temperature extremes, and nutrient stress. These capacities enable plants to continue growing and achieve productive yields in spite of reduced rates. The review highlights the importance of these capacities in major crop species' reproductive success under various stress conditions and provides clarity on the term "oxidative stress," allowing for the identification of key responses that can be targeted for plant breeding.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Glenda Guek Khim Oh, Vinti Kumari, A. Harvey Millar, Brendan M. O'Leary
Summary: Exposure of Arabidopsis leaf disks to alanine (Ala) induces the upregulation of AOX1d transcript and protein levels, while the loss of AOX expression does not affect respiratory stimulation by Ala. Ala treatment also induces antioxidant mechanisms and alters mitochondrial organic acid metabolism.
Article
Biology
Han Nim Lee, Jenu Varghese Chacko, Ariadna Gonzalez Solis, Kuo-En Chen, Jessica A. S. Barros, Santiago Signorelli, A. Harvey Millar, Richard David Vierstra, Kevin W. Eliceiri, Marisa S. Otegui, Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso
Summary: This study reveals a new function of NBR1 in the degradation of damaged chloroplasts through microautophagy, where NBR1 associates with photodamaged chloroplasts independently of ATG7 and delivers them to vacuoles for degradation.
Article
Plant Sciences
Joaquin Vargas, Isabel Gomez, Elena A. Vidal, Chun Pong Lee, A. Harvey Millar, Xavier Jordana, Hannetz Roschzttardtz
Summary: Iron is a crucial micronutrient for plants, especially in mitochondrial electron transfer reactions. In this study, the role of Mitochondrial Iron Transporters (MIT) in Arabidopsis thaliana was investigated. It was found that single mutant plants for either AtMIT1 or AtMIT2 showed no phenotypic defects, but when the double mutant Atmit1 Atmit2 was created, multiple developmental defects were observed. RNA-Seq analysis revealed differential expression of over 760 genes, including those involved in iron transport, coumarin metabolism, hormone metabolism, root development, and stress response. Furthermore, a phenomenon of T-DNA suppression and mitochondrial perturbation was observed in the second generation of Atmit1 Atmit2 double mutant plants. Finally, targeted proteomic analysis showed that a protein level of 30% of MIT2 is sufficient for normal plant growth under iron-sufficient conditions.
