Article
Cell Biology
Wen-Cheng Liu, Ru-Feng Song, Yi-Mi Qiu, Si-Qiu Zheng, Ting-Ting Li, Yan Wu, Chun-Peng Song, Ying-Tang Lu, Hong-Mei Yuan
Summary: H2O2 activates plant cold responses by sulfenylating ENO2 and promoting its oligomerization, leading to enhanced nuclear translocation and transcriptional activation of CBF1.
DEVELOPMENTAL CELL
(2022)
Letter
Plant Sciences
Yosef Fichman, Ron Mittler
Summary: The wounding-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) wave triggers a systemic redox response throughout the whole plant in Arabidopsis.
Review
Agronomy
Huimin Ren, Yuting Zhang, Minyi Zhong, Jamshaid Hussian, Yuting Tang, Shenkui Liu, Guoning Qi
Summary: Calcium ion serves as a second messenger that regulates plant growth and response to stress. It triggers transcriptional changes in plants, enabling them to adapt and respond to abiotic and biotic stresses. Calcium ion regulates gene expression by directly binding to transcription factors or indirectly through its sensors. Recent studies have shed light on the role of calcium-mediated transcriptional regulation in various plant processes.
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Xiao Wang, Qing Li, Mengxiang Yang, Jia Zhang, Mei Huang, Jian Cai, Qin Zhou, Tingbo Dai, Bernd Wollenweber, Dong Jiang
Summary: The study found that drought priming induces the production of H2O2 and NO in plants, and these molecules play crucial roles in enhancing drought tolerance in wheat.
JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Sofora Jan, Sandeep Kumar, Munaza Yousuf, Safoora Shafi, Ronak Majid, M. Anwar Khan, Fehim Jeelani, Asif Bashir Shikari, Satinder Kaur, Sundeep Kumar, Sanjay Kalia, Kuldeep Singh, Manoj Prasad, Rajeev K. Varshney, Reyazul Rouf Mir
Summary: This study conducted a comprehensive assessment of cold stress tolerance in wheat genotypes through field screening, cell membrane stability analysis, and biochemical profiling. Genetic variation for cold stress tolerance was observed among wheat genotypes, and the role of antioxidants in mitigating oxidative damage under cold stress was highlighted.
PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM
(2023)
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ferdi L. Hellweger, Charlotte Schampera, Robbie M. Martin, Falk Eigemann, Derek J. Smith, Gregory J. Dick, Steven W. Wilhelm
Summary: In response to the criticism by Huisman et al., this article demonstrates that their claims are based on incomplete evidence, misinterpretation of data, or do not actually refute our model. While our model, like any ecosystem models, has its simplifications and uncertainties, it outperforms existing approaches that ignore biology and cannot predict toxin concentration.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Yuan Cheng, Xin Li, Ming-Ya Fang, Qing-Jing Ye, Zhi-Miao Li, Golam Jalal Ahammed
Summary: The application of EECCG alleviated the adverse effects of cadmium stress in tomato plants by reducing oxidative stress and promoting the expression of RBOH1 gene. These findings contribute to our understanding of the stress resistance properties of EGCG in plants.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hedayat Karimzadeh, Azam Borzouei, Behnam Naserian, Seyyed Ali Tabatabaee, Mohammad Reza Rahemi
Summary: Mutation breeding is a critical approach to promoting genetic diversity when traditional breeding methods have narrowed the genetic diversity. This study investigated the characteristics of wheat mutants created by gamma radiation under both non-salinity and salinity stress conditions. The results showed that certain mutants exhibited lower ion leakage and higher antioxidant enzyme activity under salinity stress. Differences in protein content, Zeleny sedimentation volume, wet gluten, and grain yield were also observed among the genotypes.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kean-Jin Lim, Tanja Paasela, Anni Harju, Martti Venalainen, Lars Paulin, Petri Auvinen, Katri Karkkainen, Teemu H. Teeri
Summary: The stress response of five-year-old Scots pine xylem to mechanical wounding was studied using RNA sequencing, revealing a bimodal response with early induction of transcripts related to stress, defense, and cell wall modification, followed by a later wave of secondary metabolism activation. Stilbene biosynthesis, particularly pinosylvin and its monomethyl ether, was induced after wounding, showing similarities and differences compared to heartwood formation responses. Pine resin biosynthesis was not induced in the initial four days post-wounding.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Cell Biology
Bjoern Klabunde, Andre Wesener, Wilhelm Bertrams, Stephan Ringshandl, Luke D. Halder, Evelyn Vollmeister, Bernd Schmeck, Birke J. Benedikter
Summary: Streptococcus pneumoniae infection disrupts the Golgi apparatus through H2O2 production, inhibiting anti-infective mechanisms and promoting bacterial attachment and replication.
CELL COMMUNICATION AND SIGNALING
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tawakalitu Okikiola Waheed, Olga Hahn, Kaarthik Sridharan, Caroline Morke, Gunter Kamp, Kirsten Peters
Summary: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) can irreversibly damage biological molecules through oxidative stress, and immune cell activation is associated with elevated ROS levels. Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSC) are widely distributed in various tissues and possess regeneration potential, but oxidative stress may impair their regenerative capacity. Research on oxidative stress is often conducted by exposing cells to H2O2 or glucose oxidase (GOx), revealing the effects of short- and long-term oxidative stress on cell functions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Lihua Wang, Gui Geng, Zhi Pi, Yao Xu, Yu Liu, Renren Li, Maoqian Wang, Gang Wang, Piergiorgio Stevanato, Lihua Yu, Yuguang Wang
Summary: Comparing two sugar beet cultivars under freezing stress, the freezing-tolerant cultivar showed higher photosynthetic rate, antioxidant enzyme activity, proline and abscisic acid levels, lower malondialdehyde and gibberellin levels, and lower relative conductivity compared to the freezing-sensitive cultivar. Proteomic analysis revealed that proteins involved in various metabolic pathways were more abundant in the freezing-tolerant cultivar, indicating their role in improving freezing tolerance. Upregulation of proteins related to tryptophan synthesis was specifically observed in the freezing-tolerant cultivar, and the exogenous application of tryptophan reduced the mortality rate of sugar beet seedlings under freezing stress.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Kristina Jaskune, Rita Armoniene, Zilvinas Liatukas, Grazina Statkeviciute, Jurgita Ceseviciene, Gintaras Brazauskas
Summary: Winter hardiness in wheat is influenced by various environmental factors, with freezing tolerance being a key factor. In this study, the growth response of different wheat cultivars to low temperatures during the acclimation period was studied. The results showed variations in thermal growth patterns among the cultivars, and a correlation was found between leaf growth parameters and freezing tolerance. The findings highlight the importance of growth rate patterns in determining winter hardiness.
Article
Agronomy
Bushra Ahmed Alhammad, Mahmoud F. Seleiman, Matthew Tom Harrison
Summary: Abiotic stress caused by heavy metals has a negative impact on plant growth, especially in crop plants, which affects grain yield and sustainable food security. Excessive copper availability impairs plant growth and reproductive performance. Hydrogen peroxide plays a role in mitigating oxidative damage caused by biotic or abiotic stress, but its influence needs further quantification. This study investigated the effects of hydrogen peroxide on the growth, grain yield, and copper uptake of stressed wheat, and found that foliar application of hydrogen peroxide improved growth and yield traits under copper stress.
Article
Plant Sciences
Sheen Khan, Zebus Sehar, Mehar Fatma, Iqbal R. R. Mir, Noushina Iqbal, Maryam Abbasi Tarighat, Gholamareza Abdi, Nafees A. A. Khan
Summary: This study reveals the involvement of melatonin in enhancing salt stress tolerance in wheat by improving antioxidant activity and photosynthesis. The interaction between melatonin and ethylene plays a prominent role in salt stress tolerance.
PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Liang Liu, Tao Yang, Jianting Yang, Qin Zhou, Xiao Wang, Jian Cai, Mei Huang, Tingbo Dai, Weixing Cao, Dong Jiang
Summary: This study investigates the effects of different ratios of starch addition on starch properties, dough rheology, and biscuit quality. The results show that starch addition can improve the quality of biscuits.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Zhuangzhuang Sun, Qing Li, Shichao Jin, Yunlin Song, Shan Xu, Xiao Wang, Jian Cai, Qin Zhou, Yan Ge, Ruinan Zhang, Jingrong Zang, Dong Jiang
Summary: This study provides insights into simultaneous prediction of wheat yield and grain protein content using deep learning from time-series proximal sensing. Data fusion and multitask learning were found to improve the prediction accuracy. The two-to-two model with an attention module achieved the best accuracy for yield and GPC prediction.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tao Yang, Pei Wang, Qin Zhou, Yingxin Zhong, Xiao Wang, Jian Cai, Mei Huang, Dong Jiang
Summary: Starch-gluten interactions are influenced by biopolymer type and processing. The mechanisms for gluten-starch interactions during heating have not been fully understood. Gluten hindered the gelatinization and swelling of starch at lower temperatures due to competition for hydration and physical barriers. The degradation pattern of starch during heating affected the polymerization of glutens. More intense interaction between gluten and starch mitigated steric hindrance in starch-gluten networks.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Anab Khanzada, Kai Feng, Xiao Wang, Jian Cai, Maguje Masa Malko, Allan Samo, Md Nazmul Hossain, Dong Jiang
Summary: Priming with heat stress in the early growth stage enhances stress tolerance in winter wheat, particularly at the booting and flowering stages. The study investigated changes in photosynthetic characteristics, antioxidant enzyme system, and sugar metabolism in leaves. Low heat priming improved winter wheat's adaptation and tolerance to heat stress, while moderate heat priming increased yield and tolerance at the booting stage. These findings provide a new research direction for reducing yield loss in winter wheat under harsh environmental conditions.
PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM
(2022)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Anhua Ren, Dong Jiang, Min Kang, Jie Wu, Fangcheng Xiao, Pei Hou, Xiuqing Fu
Summary: This study proposes a movable cabin-type intelligent artificial climate chamber for studying wheat cultivation and phenotype acquisition. By collecting images of wheat at different growth stages and extracting phenotypic information such as leaf area, plant height, and canopy temperature, the researchers compared the systematic measurements with manual measurements and found that the phenotypic data obtained with the intelligent artificial climate chamber has high accuracy.
Article
Plant Sciences
Yuexu Liu, Jinhao Lu, Li Cui, Zhaohui Tang, Dunwei Ci, Xiaoxia Zou, Xiaojun Zhang, Xiaona Yu, Yuefu Wang, Tong Si
Summary: A new product of AMF combined with different fungal species was found to enhance peanut salt, drought, and cold stress tolerance. AMF-inoculated plants displayed improved plant growth, photosynthetic efficiency, antioxidant system, and osmotic adjustment, while reducing damage to chloroplast thylakoids and mitochondria under stressful conditions. The metabolomic analysis showed that AMF altered numerous pathways associated with organic acids and amino acid metabolisms in peanut roots, which were further improved by osmolytes accumulation.
Article
Agronomy
Xiaoxia Zou, Yan Liu, Mingming Huang, Feng Li, Tong Si, Yuefu Wang, Xiaona Yu, Xiaojun Zhang, Haixin Wang, Puxiang Shi
Summary: This study found that rotational strip intercropping significantly increased crop productivity and improved crop physiology and soil properties. This was achieved through increased photosynthetic production of maize and optimization of soil nutrients and bacterial communities for peanut.
FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Danlei Song, Xiaona Yu, Yaoyao Li, Xianheng Wang, Xinyuan Cui, Tong Si, Xiaoxia Zou, Yuefu Wang, Minglun Wang, Xiaojun Zhang
Summary: The sequencing of high-quality genomes and large-scale full-length cDNA sequences in allotetraploid peanuts has accelerated the research on functional genomics and molecular breeding of peanuts. This study used second- and third-generation sequencing technologies to sequence full-length transcriptomes of peanut cv. Pingdu9616 and its putative ancestor Arachis monticola. The results showed that Pingdu9616 had more alternative splicing events, variable adenylation unit point mutations, open reading frames, and two-site mutations compared to Monticola, while Monticola had a lower number of three-site mutations. In addition, 1691 LncRNAs were identified in both Monticola and Pingdu9616, with a maximum length of 4000 bp, and comparative analysis revealed that Monticola had 56 transcription factor families involved, with a higher number of transcription factors in Pingdu9616.
PHYTON-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yixin Wu, Xiao Wang, Xinyue Peng, Jiakun Ge, Jian Cai, Mei Huang, Qin Zhou, Yingxin Zhong, Dong Jiang
Summary: Chilling stress caused by frequent extreme events has negatively affected the growth and productivity of wheat. Cold priming can enhance cold tolerance of crops, but the changes in stress memory imprints during recovery from priming and their potential contribution to improved cold tolerance are not well understood.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Xiaona Yu, Yaoyao Li, Xinyuan Cui, Xianheng Wang, Jihua Li, Rui Guo, Fanzhuang Yan, Shaojing Zhang, Ruihua Zhao, Danlei Song, Tong Si, Xiaoxia Zou, Yuefu Wang, Xiaojun Zhang
Summary: We developed a new method called phenotypic recombination BSA/BSR (PR-BSA/BSR), which can identify candidate genomic regions associated with two traits simultaneously in a segregating population. It is a reliable method for determining the genomic regions affecting specific traits.
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Wenliang Wan, Liulong Li, Ming Diao, Zhaoyan Lv, Weihua Li, Jiangli Wang, Zhaofeng Li, Guiying Jiang, Xiao Wang, Dong Jiang
Summary: Lodging is a common problem in wheat production, especially in arid areas of North-west China using the drip-irrigation technique. In this study, we investigated the lodging resistance of different drip irrigation patterns. The results showed that enlarging the lateral space and narrowing the row space effectively reduced lodging rates. The modified drip irrigation patterns also improved stem mechanical properties and optimized dry matter distribution in the outermost rows.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Xiao Wang, Jiakun Ge, Mengting He, Qing Li, Jian Cai, Qin Zhou, Yingxin Zhong, Bernd Wollenweber, Dong Jiang
Summary: This review provides a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge on drought priming in wheat and its effects on plant physiology, biochemistry, and key molecular mechanisms involved in stress tolerance. The article also highlights the potential applications of drought priming in agriculture and the challenges associated with its implementation.
FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Tong Si, Jinhao Lu, Yidan Cao, Zhaohui Tang, Dunwei Ci, Xiaona Yu, Xiaojun Zhang, Yuefu Wang, Xiaoxia Zou
Summary: Combined microbial agent (CMA) consisting of AMF and LP significantly enhances peanut salinity tolerance by improving plant growth, photosynthetic capacity, antioxidant system, and regulating stress-responsive pathways and root metabolism.
JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Dunwei Ci, Feifei Qin, Zhaohui Tang, Guanchu Zhang, Jialei Zhang, Tong Si, Jishun Yang, Yang Xu, Tianyi Yu, Manlin Xu, Kang He
Summary: The results of this study showed that the use of AMF significantly improved the root growth and morphology of peanut plants in both saline-alkali and normal soils, leading to increased pod biomass and yield. AMF also enhanced the physical and chemical properties of the peanut rhizosphere soil, especially in saline-alkali soil, and increased the activities of soil enzymes. Overall, this study provides a theoretical basis and technical support for using AMF in peanut production in saline-alkali soil.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Jinhao Lu, Yuexu Liu, Xiaoxia Zou, Xiaojun Zhang, Xiaona Yu, Yuefu Wang, Tong Si
Summary: Legume-based intercropping, specifically rotational strip peanut/cotton intercropping, significantly increases the seed cotton yield and net economic returns without affecting the peanut pods yield. The physiological data indicate that intercropping enhances the leaf net photosynthetic rate, total biomass, and total nitrogen accumulation in peanut pods and cotton buds. Intercropping also increases the total protein and oleic acid contents in peanut kernels. Metabolomics and soil microbial community analysis reveal that intercropping influences the plant metabolic pathways and soil microbial composition and functionality. However, the beneficial effects of intercropping are partially counteracted by the introduction of a solid root barrier.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2024)