Review
Plant Sciences
Michael J. Benton, Peter Wilf, Herve Sauquet
Summary: The explosive growth of terrestrial biodiversity occurred from 100 to 50 million years ago, closely related to innovations in flowering plant biology and evolutionary ecology. The rise of angiosperms triggered a macroecological revolution on land, driving modern biodiversity to new, high levels of long-term transition.
Article
Plant Sciences
Ke Wang, Lei Shi, Xiaona Liang, Pei Zhao, Wanxin Wang, Junxian Liu, Yanan Chang, Yukoh Hiei, Chizu Yanagihara, Lipu Du, Yuji Ishida, Xingguo Ye
Summary: The overexpression of wheat gene TaWOX5 significantly improves transformation efficiency in wheat with less genotype dependency. Application of TaWOXS in wheat callus culture does not interfere with shoot differentiation and root development, and successfully transformed transgenic wheat plants can be identified based on wider flag leaves. Furthermore, TaWOXS also shows promising results in improving transformation efficiency in other crops.
Review
Plant Sciences
Abdul Wahab, Gholamreza Abdi, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Baber Ali, Saqib Ullah, Wadood Shah, Sahar Mumtaz, Ghulam Yasin, Crina Carmen Muresan, Romina Alina Marc
Summary: Water is a crucial component for the existence of life on Earth. However, extreme climate changes have led to water scarcity in many regions, posing significant challenges. This review aims to analyze and understand the physiological and biochemical responses of plants to drought stress and their ability to mitigate its damaging effects. It also explores the role of plant hormones in drought stress responses and signaling. The information for this review was gathered from various sources, including global search engines and scientific literature databases.
Article
Plant Sciences
Riya Johnson, Kanchan Vishwakarma, Md. Shahadat Hossen, Vinod Kumar, A. M. Shackira, Jos T. Puthur, Gholamreza Abdi, Mohammad Sarraf, Mirza Hasanuzzaman
Summary: Potassium is an essential element for plant growth and development, playing a vital role in regulating various functions and providing resistance against abiotic stress. This article reviews the physiological functions of potassium in plants, including stomatal regulation, photosynthesis, and water uptake, as well as its role in detoxifying reactive oxygen species and conferring tolerance to abiotic stresses.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
Review
Agronomy
Ahmed S. M. Elnahal, Mohamed T. El-Saadony, Ahmed M. Saad, El-Sayed M. Desoky, Amira M. El-Tahan, Mostafa M. Rady, Synan F. AbuQamar, Khaled A. El-Tarabily
Summary: This review highlights the potential role and importance of microbial control agents in agriculture, including their use as biofertilizers and biopesticides, and their contribution to increasing crop productivity and sustainable development through improving plant resistance, growth, and development.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mengmeng Zhang, Shuqun Zhang
Summary: This review provides a historic and recent understanding of the role of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades in plant immunity, response to environmental stresses, and normal growth and development. The signaling specificity of MAPKs in plants is an interesting topic of research and is influenced by factors such as activation kinetics, spatial and temporal expression patterns, and functional characterization of MAPK substrates.
JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Robert J. Schmitz, Erich Grotewold, Maike Stam
Summary: This review discusses the characteristics, identification technologies, and role of cis-regulatory sequences in plant biology. Despite advances in sequence assembly and genome annotation, there are still challenges in identifying and understanding cis-regulatory modules.
Article
Plant Sciences
Moza Mohamed Alzaabi, Rania Hamdy, Naglaa S. Ashmawy, Alshaimaa M. Hamoda, Fatemah Alkhayat, Neda Naser Khademi, Sara Mahmoud Abo Al Joud, Ali A. El-Keblawy, Sameh S. M. Soliman
Summary: Flavonoids have shown potential inhibitory activity against SARS-CoV-2 and significant immunomodulatory effects, making them a promising option for protection against COVID-19. These compounds may reduce viral activity by targeting essential viral proteins involved in virus entry and replication, while also mitigating inflammatory responses and promoting lipid metabolism in COVID-19 cases.
PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Xuebo Jin, Jiashuai Zhang, Jianlei Kong, Tingli Su, Yuting Bai
Summary: This paper proposes a Reversible Automatic Selection Normalization (RASN) network to improve the performance of deep learning prediction networks widely used in smart agriculture. By integrating normalization and renormalization layers, and scaling and translating the input with learnable parameters, the accuracy of the prediction has been effectively improved. The application results show that the model has good prediction ability and adaptability for greenhouses in smart agriculture system.
Article
Agronomy
Zhaoyi Chen, Ruhui Wu, Yiyan Lin, Chuyu Li, Siyu Chen, Zhineng Yuan, Shiwei Chen, Xiangjun Zou
Summary: An improved plant disease-recognition model based on the YOLOv5 network model was established to accurately recognize plant diseases under complex natural conditions. The model achieved higher accuracy in target recognition compared to other models, making it a valuable reference for disease prevention and control.
Article
Plant Sciences
Yi Jin, Hong Qian
Summary: V.PhyloMaker2 is an updated and enlarged package for generating phylogenetic trees of vascular plants. It allows users to generate phylogenies based on different botanical nomenclature systems and can handle large species lists. The software provides a fast speed for generating phylogenies. The paper includes an example with a sample species list and an R script to demonstrate the usage of V.PhyloMaker2.
Review
Plant Sciences
Sara Zandalinas, Ron Mittler
Summary: Human activity is causing a global change in plant environment, resulting in a significant decrease in plant growth and survival. This is due to the increase in the number and complexity of stressors, both biotic and abiotic, that simultaneously or sequentially impact plants. Even if each individual stressor does not have a significant effect, the cumulative effect of multiple stressors leads to a dramatic decline in plant growth and survival.
Article
Plant Sciences
Yi Kan, Xiao-Rui Mu, Hai Zhang, Jin Gao, Jun-Xiang Shan, Wang-Wei Ye, Hong-Xuan Lin
Summary: The study identified the role of the TT2 gene in thermotolerance in rice, as well as the process of decoding Ca2+ signals under heat stress through SCT1-CaM interaction. It also demonstrated the role of G proteins in mediating plant responses to abiotic stresses.
Article
Plant Sciences
Janaina Gomes-da-Silva, Fabiana L. R. Filardi, Maria Regina Barbosa, Jose Fernando A. Baumgratz, Carlos E. M. Bicudo, Taciana B. Cavalcanti, Marcus A. N. Coelho, Andrea F. Costa, Denise P. Costa, Eduardo Couto Dalcin, Paulo Labiak, Haroldo C. Lima, Lucia G. Lohmann, Leonor C. Maia, Vidal F. Mansano, Mariangela Menezes, Marli P. Morim, Carlos Wallace N. Moura, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Denilson F. Peralta, Jefferson Prado, Nadia Roque, Joao Renato Stehmann, Lana S. Sylvestre, Larissa Trierveiler-Pereira, Bruno M. T. Walter, Geraldo Zimbrao, Rafaela C. Forzza
Summary: The shortage of reliable taxonomic data hinders biodiversity research, but recent studies on algae, plants, and fungi in Brazil have demonstrated the country's species richness and endemism. Scientific collaboration has proven to be powerful in achieving ambitious goals.
Article
Agronomy
Citao Liu, Bigang Mao, Dingyang Yuan, Chengcai Chu, Meijuan Duan
Summary: Soil salinization-induced crop yield loss is a growing threat to global agriculture. The growth, development, and grain productivity of rice are significantly affected by salt stress, and enhancing rice tolerance to salt stress is crucial for meeting the increasing food demand. The main contributors to salt toxicity on a global scale are Na+ and Cl- ions, which affect up to 50% of irrigated soils. Plant responses to salt stress occur at various levels and involve maintaining ion balance, osmotic adjustment, scavenging reactive oxygen species (ROS), and maintaining nutritional balance. This review summarizes recent research progress on these four aspects of plant physiological response, with a focus on hormonal and gene expression regulation, as well as salt tolerance signaling pathways in rice. The information presented here will be valuable for accelerating the breeding of salt-tolerant rice.
Review
Plant Sciences
Yanqing Sun, Lianguang Shang, Qian-Hao Zhu, Longjiang Fan, Longbiao Guo
Summary: The publication of plant genome sequences has advanced research in plant biology and provided crucial information for crop breeding.
TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Dong Van Nguyen, Huong Mai Nguyen, Nga Thanh Le, Kien Huu Nguyen, Hoa Thi Nguyen, Huong Mai Le, Anh Trung Nguyen, Ngan Thi Thu Dinh, Son Anh Hoang, Chien Van Ha
Summary: Copper nanoparticle priming enhances drought tolerance in maize by increasing leaf water content and plant biomass, as well as anthocyanin, chlorophyll, and carotenoid contents, while decreasing reactive oxygen species accumulation and increasing reactive oxygen species scavenging enzyme activities. Additionally, applying copper nanoparticles increases total seed number and grain yield under drought stress conditions, suggesting a promising approach for the production of drought-tolerant crop plants.
JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Maria E. Alvarez, Arnould Savoure, Laszlo Szabados
Summary: Proline is a multifunctional amino acid that accumulates in plants under various stress conditions, playing a role in regulating osmotic pressure, energy status, nutrient availability, redox balance, and defense against pathogens. Its biosynthesis and catabolism are linked to photosynthesis and mitochondrial respiration, and it can also function as a signal regulating gene expression and metabolic processes. This amino acid plays an important role in maintaining cellular homeostasis, regulating plant development, and promoting stress acclimation.
TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Chen Fu, Yifan Wu, Shaojiao Liu, Chaoqin Luo, Yuqiao Lu, Menghan Liu, Lingfeng Wang, Yunling Zhang, Xuemei Liu
Summary: This study aims to investigate the effect of Rehmannioside A on cognitive impairment after ischemia in rats and SH-SY5Y cells, and further evaluate the anti-oxidative and anti-ferroptosis mechanisms.
JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Anh Tuan Hoang, Ranjna Sirohi, Ashok Pandey, Sandro Nizetic, Su Shiung Lam, Wei-Hsin Chen, Rafael Luque, Sabu Thomas, Muslum Arici, Van Viet Pham
Summary: This paper presents recent advances and potential advantages of microalgae in biofuel production, as well as their role in the energy and environmental sectors. The challenges related to cultivation, harvesting techniques, and downstream processes are discussed, along with promising solutions for industrial-scale production. Additionally, the paper analyzes the role of microalgae in the circular economy.
PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS
(2023)
