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Plants, Volume 12, Issue 6

2023 March-2 - 217 articles

Cover Story: Climate change is causing rapid shifts in the environmental conditions experienced by plants, but we lack generalizable frameworks to predict the consequences for different species. We present a trade-off-based framework for understanding whether plants may undergo range shifts, defining species’ capacity for range shifts based on their colonization ability and ability to express a phenotype suited to their environment, which are influenced by ecological strategies and functional trade-offs. These processes affect species’ small-scale habitat ranges and determine if species track climate-driven changes in abiotic/biotic conditions and undergo geographic range shifts. Our framework provides a conceptual basis for plant species distribution models, aiding in the prediction of species’ ranges shifts due to climate change. View this paper
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Articles (217)

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,878 Views
11 Pages

Phylogeny and Systematics of Sassafras (Lauraceae), an Interesting Genus with Disjunct Distributions in Eastern North America and East Asia

  • Yunyan Zhang,
  • Jingbo Zhou,
  • David Y. P. Tng,
  • Shuang Wang,
  • Ying Wang,
  • Ye Peng,
  • Hong Liu and
  • Zhongsheng Wang

22 March 2023

The Lauraceae is a family of the order Laurales, with 2500–3000 species comprising 50 genera, mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests. Up to two decades ago, the systematic classification of the Lauraceae w...

(This article belongs to the Topic Plant Systematics and Taxonomy)
  • Review
  • Open Access
61 Citations
8,414 Views
21 Pages

Essential Oils as Nematicides in Plant Protection—A Review

  • Linda Catani,
  • Barbara Manachini,
  • Eleonora Grassi,
  • Loretta Guidi and
  • Federica Semprucci

22 March 2023

By 2030, the European Commission intends to halve chemical pesticide use and its consequent risks. Among pesticides, nematicides are chemical agents used to control parasitic roundworms in agriculture. In recent decades, researchers have been looking...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Management of the Root-Knot Nematodes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,009 Views
14 Pages

22 March 2023

The application of carbon-based nanomaterials (CBNMs) in plant science and agriculture is a very recent development. Many studies have been conducted to understand the interactions between CBNMs and plant responses, but how fullerol regulates wheat s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,391 Views
17 Pages

Association of High and Low Molecular Weight Glutenin Subunits with Gluten Strength in Tetraploid Durum Wheat (Triticum turgidum spp. Durum L.)

  • Jameel M. Al-Khayri,
  • Rana M. Alshegaihi,
  • ELsayed I. Mahgoub,
  • Elsayed Mansour,
  • Osama O. Atallah,
  • Muhammad N. Sattar,
  • Muneera Q. Al-Mssallem,
  • Fatima M. Alessa,
  • Mohammed I. Aldaej and
  • Abdallah A. Hassanin

22 March 2023

The gluten strength and the composition of high- and low-molecular-weight glutenin subunits (HMWGSs and LMWGSs) of fifty-one durum wheat genotypes were evaluated using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) sedimentation testing and SDS polyacrylamide gel elec...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cereals: Aspects of Quality, Health, Technology, and Innovation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,812 Views
16 Pages

Variation in the Concentration of Tilia spp. Pollen in the Aeroplankton of Lublin and Szczecin, Poland

  • Elżbieta Weryszko-Chmielewska,
  • Krystyna Piotrowska-Weryszko,
  • Tomasz Wolski,
  • Aneta Sulborska-Różycka and
  • Agata Konarska

22 March 2023

Although lime trees have numerous benefits, they can pose a threat to allergy sufferers during the flowering period, as their pollen exhibits allergenic properties. This paper presents the results of 3 years of aerobiological research (2020–202...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,342 Views
16 Pages

Synergistic Effects of Water Management and Silicon Foliar Spraying on the Uptake and Transport Efficiency of Cadmium in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

  • Xiaoyun Huang,
  • Chengwu Fan,
  • Dongyi Xie,
  • Hongxing Chen,
  • Song Zhang,
  • Hui Chen,
  • Song Qin,
  • Tianling Fu,
  • Tengbing He and
  • Zhenran Gao

22 March 2023

To study the synergistic effects of water management and silicon (Si) foliar spraying on the uptake and transport of cadmium (Cd) in rice, we designed four treatments: conventional intermittent flooding + no Si foliar spraying (CK), continuous floodi...

(This article belongs to the Topic Effect of Heavy Metals on Plants)
  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
5,319 Views
17 Pages

Chemical Profiling and Biological Properties of Essential Oils of Lavandula stoechas L. Collected from Three Moroccan Sites: In Vitro and In Silico Investigations

  • Taoufiq Benali,
  • Ahmed Lemhadri,
  • Kaoutar Harboul,
  • Houda Chtibi,
  • Abdelmajid Khabbach,
  • Si Mohamed Jadouali,
  • Luisa Quesada-Romero,
  • Said Louahlia,
  • Khalil Hammani and
  • Mohamed Akhazzane
  • + 4 authors

22 March 2023

The aim of this study was the determination of the chemical compounds of Lavandula stoechas essential oil from Aknol (LSEOA), Khenifra (LSEOK), and Beni Mellal (LSEOB), and the in vitro investigation of their antibacterial, anticandidal, and antioxid...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Essential Oil with Biological Activity II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
74 Citations
4,972 Views
16 Pages

22 March 2023

Agro-industrial wastes are rich in polyphenols and other bioactive compounds, and valorizing these wastes is a crucial worldwide concern for saving health and the environment. In this work, olive leaf waste was valorized by silver nitrate to produce...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Therapeutics 2.0)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,629 Views
10 Pages

Gene Coexpression Analysis Identifies Genes Associated with Chlorophyll Content and Relative Water Content in Pearl Millet

  • Harshraj Shinde,
  • Ambika Dudhate,
  • Atul Sathe,
  • Neha Paserkar,
  • Sopan Ganpatrao Wagh and
  • Ulhas Sopanrao Kadam

22 March 2023

Pearl millet is a significant crop that is tolerant to abiotic stresses and is a staple food of arid regions. However, its underlying mechanisms of stress tolerance are not fully understood. Plant survival is regulated by the ability to perceive a st...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,094 Views
17 Pages

22 March 2023

Small RNAs (sRNAs) are the hallmark and main effectors of RNA silencing and therefore are involved in major biological processes in plants, such as regulation of gene expression, antiviral defense, and plant genome integrity. The mechanisms of sRNA a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Effects of Small RNA on Plant-Pathogen Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,041 Views
13 Pages

Improved Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) Adults Biocontrol in Citrus by Hirsutella citriformis (Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae) Gum-Enhanced Conidia Formulation

  • Orquídea Pérez-González,
  • Ricardo Gomez-Flores,
  • Roberto Montesinos-Matías,
  • Marco A. Mellín-Rosas,
  • Servando H. Cantú-Bernal and
  • Patricia Tamez-Guerra

22 March 2023

Hirsutella citriformis Speare is the only entomopathogenic fungus involved in Diaphorina citri Kuwayama natural epizootics. The aim of the present study was to evaluate different protein sources as supplements to stimulate Hirsutella citriformis grow...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Pathogenesis and Disease Control in Crops)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,881 Views
17 Pages

22 March 2023

Soil salinization is an increasing agricultural problem around the world, affecting crop productivity and quality. Seed germination and seedling establishment are susceptible to salt stress. Suaeda liaotungensis is a halophyte with strong salt tolera...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetic and Environmental Factors Affecting Seed Germination)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,714 Views
21 Pages

Effect of Mn Deficiency on Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism of Different Genotypes Seedlings in Maize (Zea mays L.)

  • Yuzhao Tao,
  • Changzhuang Liu,
  • Lin Piao,
  • Fuqiang Yang,
  • Jiaqi Liu,
  • Muhammad Faheem Jan and
  • Ming Li

22 March 2023

Manganese deficiency critically impairs the function and stability of photosystem II (PSII) and negatively impacts crop growth and yield. However, the response mechanisms of carbon and nitrogen metabolism to Mn deficiency in different genotypes of ma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Nutrition Volume II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,811 Views
12 Pages

Increased Leaf Bacterial Network Complexity along the Native Plant Diversity Gradient Facilitates Plant Invasion?

  • Xiang-Deng Du,
  • Jiang Wang,
  • Congcong Shen,
  • Jichen Wang,
  • Zhongwang Jing,
  • Li-Nan Huang,
  • Zhen-Hao Luo and
  • Yuan Ge

22 March 2023

Understanding the mechanisms of biological invasion is critical to biodiversity protection. Previous studies have produced inconsistent relationships between native species richness and invasibility, referred to as the invasion paradox. Although faci...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Invasion Ecology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,050 Views
17 Pages

Discovering the Repeatome of Five Species Belonging to the Asteraceae Family: A Computational Study

  • Maria Ventimiglia,
  • Marco Castellacci,
  • Gabriele Usai,
  • Alberto Vangelisti,
  • Samuel Simoni,
  • Lucia Natali,
  • Andrea Cavallini,
  • Flavia Mascagni and
  • Tommaso Giordani

22 March 2023

Genome divergence by repeat proliferation and/or loss is a process that plays a crucial role in species evolution. Nevertheless, knowledge of the variability related to repeat proliferation among species of the same family is still limited. Consideri...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,641 Views
19 Pages

Allelopathic Potential of the Cyanotoxins Microcystin-LR and Cylindrospermopsin on Green Algae

  • Ivanka Teneva,
  • Violeta Velikova,
  • Detelina Belkinova,
  • Dzhemal Moten and
  • Balik Dzhambazov

22 March 2023

Allelopathic interactions are widespread in all aquatic habitats, among all groups of aquatic primary biomass producers, including cyanobacteria. Cyanobacteria are producers of potent toxins called cyanotoxins, whose biological and ecological roles,...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,802 Views
9 Pages

22 March 2023

With global warming, the concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and greenhouse gases, such as CO2, are increasing. However, it is still unknown whether these increases will affect vegetation productivity. Exploring the impacts of global wa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Morphology and Function, Geometric Morphometrics, and Modelling: Decoding the Mathematical Secrets of Plants)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,993 Views
26 Pages

22 March 2023

The contribution of bee forages in the form of nectar, pollen, and propolis to beekeeping development depends on plant species diversity. The data concerning the increase in honey production in southwestern Saudi Arabia, which was unexpected with the...

(This article belongs to the Section Phytochemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,887 Views
16 Pages

21 March 2023

Penicillium expansum is the most common postharvest pathogen of apple fruit, causing blue mold disease. Due to the extensive use of fungicides, strains resistant to multiple chemical classes have been selected. A previous study by our group proposed...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in Plant Protection)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,855 Views
12 Pages

21 March 2023

Salt stress is a major constraint in rice production worldwide. Salt stress is estimated to cause annual losses of 30–50% in rice production. Discovering and deploying salt-resistance genes are the most effective ways to control salt stress. We...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,003 Views
21 Pages

Heat-Stress-Induced Changes in Physio-Biochemical Parameters of Mustard Cultivars and Their Role in Heat Stress Tolerance at the Seedling Stage

  • Ashwini Sakpal,
  • Sangita Yadav,
  • Ravish Choudhary,
  • Navinder Saini,
  • Sujata Vasudev,
  • Devendra K. Yadava,
  • Sezai Ercişli,
  • Romina Alina Marc and
  • Shiv K. Yadav

21 March 2023

In the era of global warming, heat stress, particularly at the seedling stage, is a major problem that affects the production and productivity of crops such as mustard that are grown in cooler climates. Nineteen mustard cultivars were exposed to cont...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Insights into Plant Resistance to Stress)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,542 Views
12 Pages

21 March 2023

To investigate the impact of biochar on eggplant growth, physiology, and yield parameters under separate and associated drought and salt stress, a pot experiment was carried out. An eggplant variety (‘Bonica F1’) was exposed to one NaCl c...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,829 Views
16 Pages

21 March 2023

Cranberry fruits are an important source of anthocyanins and anthocyanidins. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of excipients on the solubility of cranberry anthocyanins and their dissolution kinetics as well as on the disinte...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Extraction, Characterization and Biological Activity of Natural Products)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,672 Views
16 Pages

Seed Transmission of Begomoviruses: A Potential Threat for Bitter Gourd Cultivation

  • Ravisankar Gomathi Devi,
  • Chinnaraj Jothika,
  • Arjunan Sankari,
  • Sethuraman Lakshmi,
  • Varagur Ganesan Malathi and
  • Perumal Renukadevi

21 March 2023

Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.), one of the valued vegetable crops in India, is severely affected by yellow mosaic disease caused by two begomoviruses, tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus (ToLCNDV) and bitter gourd yellow mosaic virus (BgYMV). The...

(This article belongs to the Topic Plant Virus)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,199 Views
18 Pages

Interactive Temperature and CO2 Rise, Salinity, Drought, and Bacterial Inoculation Alter the Content of Fatty Acids, Total Phenols, and Oxalates in the Edible Halophyte Salicornia ramosissima

  • Jennifer Mesa-Marín,
  • Enrique Mateos-Naranjo,
  • João Carreiras,
  • Eduardo Feijão,
  • Bernardo Duarte,
  • Ana Rita Matos,
  • Marco Betti,
  • Carmen Del Rio,
  • Marina Romero-Bernal and
  • Susana Redondo-Gómez
  • + 1 author

21 March 2023

In this work, we studied the combined effect of increased temperature and atmospheric CO2, salt and drought stress, and inoculation with plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on the growth and some nutritional parameters of the edible halophyte...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Physiology and Metabolism)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,872 Views
16 Pages

Quick Decline and Stem Pitting Citrus tristeza virus Isolates Induce a Distinct Metabolomic Profile and Antioxidant Enzyme Activity in the Phloem Sap of Two Citrus Species

  • Susana A. Dandlen,
  • José P. Da Silva,
  • Maria Graça Miguel,
  • Amílcar Duarte,
  • Deborah M. Power and
  • Natália Tomás Marques

21 March 2023

Susceptibility to the severe Citrus tristeza virus (CTV), T36, is higher for Citrus macrophylla (CM) than for C. aurantium (CA). How host-virus interactions are reflected in host physiology is largely unknown. In this study, the profile of metabolite...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Basis of Disease Resistance in Plants)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,396 Views
14 Pages

Characterization of the NAC Transcription Factor in Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis) and Functional Identification of PeNAC-19 in Cold Stress

  • Yi Xu,
  • Pengfei Li,
  • Funing Ma,
  • Dongmei Huang,
  • Wenting Xing,
  • Bin Wu,
  • Peiguang Sun,
  • Binqiang Xu and
  • Shun Song

21 March 2023

The NAC (NAM, ATAF and CUC) gene family plays an important role in plant development and abiotic stress response. However, up to now, the identification and research of the NAC (PeNAC) family members of passion fruit are still lacking. In this study,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,193 Views
14 Pages

21 March 2023

Within the framework of a long-term experiment, established in 1955, we evaluated the development and effects of weather and mineral fertilization (Control, NPK1, NPK2, NPK3, NPK4) on the yield and stability of winter wheat following alfalfa. In tota...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)
  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
7,188 Views
13 Pages

21 March 2023

Avenanthramides are a group of N-cinnamoylanthranilic acids (phenolic alkaloid compounds) that are produced in oat plants as phytoalexins, in response to pathogen attack and elicitation. The enzyme catalysing the cinnamamide-generating reaction is hy...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multifunctionality of Phenolic Compounds in Plants)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,201 Views
17 Pages

Kinetics of Microwave-Assisted Extraction Process Applied on Recovery of Peppermint Polyphenols: Experiments and Modeling

  • Branimir Pavlić,
  • Muammer Kaplan,
  • Zoran Zeković,
  • Oltan Canli,
  • Nebojša Jovičić,
  • Danijela Bursać Kovačević,
  • Anica Bebek Markovinović,
  • Predrag Putnik and
  • Oskar Bera

21 March 2023

The aim of this work was to investigate the microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) kinetics of polyphenolic compounds from organic peppermint leaves. The phytochemicals of peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) are increasingly used in food technology due to t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recovery, Characterization, Functionality and Applications of Bioactive Compounds from Food-Plant Products and Their By-Products)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,202 Views
16 Pages

Production of Secondary Metabolites from Cell Cultures of Sageretia thea (Osbeck) M.C. Johnst. Using Balloon-Type Bubble Bioreactors

  • Ji-Hye Kim,
  • Jong-Eun Han,
  • Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy,
  • Ja-Young Kim,
  • Mi-Jin Kim,
  • Taek-Kyu Jeong and
  • So-Young Park

21 March 2023

Sageretia thea is used in the preparation of herbal medicine in China and Korea; this plant is rich in various bioactive compounds, including phenolics and flavonoids. The objective of the current study was to enhance the production of phenolic compo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Production of Plant Secondary Metabolites Using Plant Tissue Culture and Bioreactor Culture Techniques)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,614 Views
12 Pages

21 March 2023

Rice blast caused by pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most serious diseases in rice. The pyramiding of effective resistance genes into rice varieties is a potential approach to reduce the damage of blast disease. In this study, comb...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Breeding and Germplasm Improvement of Rice)
  • Article
  • Open Access
92 Citations
13,136 Views
15 Pages

Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging for Early Detection of Drought and Heat Stress in Strawberry Plants

  • Muhammad Akbar Andi Arief,
  • Hangi Kim,
  • Hary Kurniawan,
  • Andri Prima Nugroho,
  • Taehyun Kim and
  • Byoung-Kwan Cho

21 March 2023

The efficiency of photosynthesis in strawberry plants is measured to maintain the quality and quantity of strawberries produced. The latest method used to measure the photosynthetic status of plants is chlorophyll fluorescence imaging (CFI), which ha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,416 Views
13 Pages

Monitoring Drought Stress in Common Bean Using Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Multispectral Imaging

  • Tomislav Javornik,
  • Klaudija Carović-Stanko,
  • Jerko Gunjača,
  • Monika Vidak and
  • Boris Lazarević

21 March 2023

Drought is a significant constraint in bean production. In this study, we used high-throughput phenotyping methods (chlorophyll fluorescence imaging, multispectral imaging, 3D multispectral scanning) to monitor the development of drought-induced morp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,391 Views
25 Pages

Conjoining Trees for the Provision of Living Architecture in Future Cities: A Long-Term Inosculation Study

  • Max D. Mylo,
  • Ferdinand Ludwig,
  • Mohammad A. Rahman,
  • Qiguan Shu,
  • Christoph Fleckenstein,
  • Thomas Speck and
  • Olga Speck

20 March 2023

Faced with the environmental challenges posed by climate change, architects are creating nature-based solutions for urban areas, such as transforming living trees into artificial architectural structures. In this study, we have analyzed stem pairs of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,905 Views
15 Pages

The Chromatin Remodeling Factor BrCHR39 Targets DNA Methylation to Positively Regulate Apical Dominance in Brassica rapa

  • Wei Zhu,
  • Zhengqing Xie,
  • Zhenni Chu,
  • Yakun Ding,
  • Gongyao Shi,
  • Weiwei Chen,
  • Xiaochun Wei,
  • Yuxiang Yuan,
  • Fang Wei and
  • Baoming Tian

20 March 2023

The SHPRH (SNF2, histone linker, PHD, RING, helicase) subfamily belonging to ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling factor is the effective tumor-suppressor, which can polyubiquitinate PCNA (proliferating cell nuclear antigen) and participate in post-rep...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,958 Views
16 Pages

20 March 2023

The indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) auxin is an important endogenous hormone that plays a key role in the regulation of plant growth and development. In recent years, with the progression of auxin-related research, the function of the Gretchen Hagen 3 (GH...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,706 Views
18 Pages

20 March 2023

Planting halophytes such as Suaeda salsa (L.) Pall. under drip irrigation is a viable solution for the remediation of saline soils. We conducted this study to investigate the effects of different irrigation volumes and planting densities on the growt...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant–Soil Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,118 Views
16 Pages

The Current and Potential Distribution of Parthenium Weed and Its Biological Control Agent in Pakistan

  • Asad Shabbir,
  • Myron P. Zalucki,
  • Kunjithapatham Dhileepan,
  • Naeem Khan and
  • Steve W. Adkins

20 March 2023

Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae), commonly known as parthenium weed, is a highly invasive weed spreading rapidly from northern to southern parts of Pakistan. The persistence of parthenium weed in the hot and dry southern districts suggests th...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in Plant Protection)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,996 Views
15 Pages

Maize Yield Response, Root Distribution and Soil Desiccation Crack Features as Affected by Row Spacing

  • Giovanni Lacolla,
  • Davide Caranfa,
  • Ugo De Corato,
  • Giovanna Cucci,
  • Mario Alberto Mastro and
  • Anna Maria Stellacci

20 March 2023

Plant density is among the most critical factors affecting plant yields and resource use efficiency since it drives the exploitation of the available resources per unit area, root distribution and soil water losses by direct evaporation from the soil...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Current Soil-Health Status of Our Soils and Near-Term Trends on Potential Food Productivity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,467 Views
13 Pages

The Allelopathic Effects of Trewia nudiflora Leaf Extracts and Its Identified Substances

  • Mst. Rokeya Khatun,
  • Shunya Tojo,
  • Toshiaki Teruya and
  • Hisashi Kato-Noguchi

20 March 2023

Trewia nudiflora Linn. is a woody plant of the Euphorbiaceae family. It is well known for its use as a folk remedy, but its potential for phytotoxicity has not been explored. Therefore, this study investigated the allelopathic potential and the allel...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,796 Views
18 Pages

20 March 2023

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) participate in a wide range of biological processes, but lncRNAs in plants remain largely unknown; in particular, we lack a systematic identification of plant lncRNAs involved in hormone responses. To explore the molecul...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Molecular Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,877 Views
24 Pages

The Protective Effect of Exogenous Ascorbic Acid on Photosystem Inhibition of Tomato Seedlings Induced by Salt Stress

  • Xianjun Chen,
  • Hongwei Han,
  • Yundan Cong,
  • Xuezhen Li,
  • Wenbo Zhang,
  • Wenliang Wan,
  • Jinxia Cui,
  • Wei Xu,
  • Ming Diao and
  • Huiying Liu

20 March 2023

This study investigated the protective effects of exogenous ascorbic acid (AsA, 0.5 mmol·L−1) treatment on salt-induced photosystem inhibition in tomato seedlings under salt stress (NaCl, 100 mmol·L−1) conditions with and wi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physiological and Biochemical Adjustments in Response to Abiotic Stressors Associated with Climate Change)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,559 Views
22 Pages

Transcriptional Regulation of Female and Male Flower Bud Initiation and Development in Pecan (Carya illinoensis)

  • Yifei Xie,
  • Zhiying Hou,
  • Miao Shi,
  • Qiaoyan Wang,
  • Zhengfu Yang,
  • Kean-Jin Lim and
  • Zhengjia Wang

20 March 2023

Pecan (Carya illinoensis) nuts are delicious and rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which are beneficial for human health. Their yield is closely related to several factors, such as the ratio of female and male flowers. We sampled and paraffin-sectione...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Gene Regulatory Mechanisms of Flower and Fruit Development in Plants)
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  • Open Access
35 Citations
4,822 Views
17 Pages

20 March 2023

Climate change increases the extinction risk of species, and studying the impact of climate change on endangered species is of great significance to biodiversity conservation. In this study, the endangered plant Meconopsis punicea Maxim (M. punicea)...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Arctic and Alpine Plants: Ecology, Adaptations and Conservation Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
6,305 Views
20 Pages

Broad-Spectrum Antifungal, Biosurfactants and Bioemulsifier Activity of Bacillus subtilis subsp. spizizenii—A Potential Biocontrol and Bioremediation Agent in Agriculture

  • Karina Guillén-Navarro,
  • Tomás López-Gutiérrez,
  • Verónica García-Fajardo,
  • Sergio Gómez-Cornelio,
  • Eugenia Zarza,
  • Susana De la Rosa-García and
  • Manuel Chan-Bacab

20 March 2023

In this study, the antifungal, biosurfactant and bioemulsifying activity of the lipopeptides produced by the marine bacterium Bacillus subtilis subsp. spizizenii MC6B-22 is presented. The kinetics showed that at 84 h, the highest yield of lipopeptide...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microbial Formulations to Increase Crop Production, from Laboratory to Fields)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,189 Views
12 Pages

Accumulation Rule of Sugar Content in Corn Stalk

  • Jianjian Chen,
  • Yunlong Bian,
  • Zhenxing Wu,
  • Xiangnan Li,
  • Tingzhen Wang and
  • Guihua Lv

20 March 2023

The primary parts of corn stalks are the leaves and the stems, which comprise the cortex and the pith. Corn has long been cultivated as an grain crops, and now it is a primary global source of sugar, ethanol, and biomass-generated energy. Even though...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Maize Ecophysiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
6,131 Views
17 Pages

Effects of Steam and Water Blanching on Drying Characteristics, Water Distribution, Microstructure, and Bioactive Components of Gastrodia Elata

  • Yong-Kang Xie,
  • Xing-Yi Li,
  • Chang Chen,
  • Wei-Peng Zhang,
  • Xian-Long Yu,
  • Hong-Wei Xiao and
  • Feng-Yin Lu

20 March 2023

In the current work, the effects of steam and boiling water blanching on the drying characteristics, water distribution, microstructure, and contents of bioactive substances of Gastrodia elata (G. elata) were explored. Results showed that the degree...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Technologies for Reducing Postharvest Loss of Fruits and Vegetables)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,050 Views
15 Pages

Citrus Bright Spot Virus: A New Dichorhavirus, Transmitted by Brevipalpus azores, Causing Citrus Leprosis Disease in Brazil

  • Camila Chabi-Jesus,
  • Pedro Luis Ramos-González,
  • Aline Daniele Tassi,
  • Laura Rossetto Pereira,
  • Marinês Bastianel,
  • Douglas Lau,
  • Maria Cristina Canale,
  • Ricardo Harakava,
  • Valdenice Moreira Novelli and
  • Juliana Freitas-Astúa
  • + 1 author

20 March 2023

Citrus leprosis (CL) is the main viral disease affecting the Brazilian citriculture. Sweet orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) trees affected by CL were identified in small orchards in Southern Brazil. Rod-like particles of 40 × 100 nm and elect...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diseases of Horticultural Crops and Their Management)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,616 Views
15 Pages

Effects of Warming, Phosphorous Deposition, and Both Treatments on the Growth and Physiology of Invasive Solidago canadensis and Native Artemisia argyi

  • Miaomiao Cui,
  • Bin Yang,
  • Guangqian Ren,
  • Haochen Yu,
  • Zhicong Dai,
  • Jian Li,
  • Qiong Ran,
  • Piergiorgio Stevanato,
  • Justin Wan and
  • Daolin Du

19 March 2023

Anthropogenic climate change and species invasion are two major threats to biodiversity, affecting the survival and distribution of many species around the world. Studying the responses of invasive species under climate change can help better underst...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Invasion 2022)

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