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Plants, Volume 14, Issue 5

2025 March-1 - 199 articles

Cover Story: In the present climate change context, sorghum stands out as a valuable crop with diverse end uses. However, stress occurrence can limit this potential. The sorghum head smut pathogen, Sporisorium reilianum f. sp. reilianum (SRS), can cause complete panicle loss on the crop upon successful infection. Sorghum, like many crops, has diverse ways to counteract pathogen infection. The cyanogenic glucoside dhurrin has been reported for its role in the protection of sorghum against biotic and abiotic stresses. To investigate the role that dhurrin may play against SRS, correlation analyses and dhurrin biosynthetic gene expression studies were conducted. Our results suggest that dhurrin bioactivation may play a key role in preventing the infection of sorghum seedlings by the head smut pathogen. View this paper
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Articles (199)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,155 Views
14 Pages

Effects of Cytoplasmic Sterility on Roots and Yield of Nitrogen Sources in Rice

  • Rong Liu,
  • Qin Wang,
  • Xiyuan Wang,
  • Shengmin Yan,
  • Guotao Yang,
  • Peng Ma and
  • Yungao Hu

6 March 2025

Rice is an important food crop, acting as the staple food for more than 50% of the global population. We selected seedlings (two sterile male lines: WA803A and JW803A) that had different cytoplasmic but the same nuclear composition and were heterogen...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,418 Views
32 Pages

South African Medicinal Plants Traditionally Used for Wound Treatment: An Ethnobotanical Systematic Review

  • Farzana Fisher (née Rahiman),
  • Charlene Africa,
  • Jeremy Klaasen and
  • Randall Fisher

5 March 2025

Microbial contamination of chronic wounds complicates their treatment. Traditional knowledge systems and the diversity of indigenous medicinal plants create a haven for traditional medicine practices in South Africa (SA). This systematic review aims...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,527 Views
22 Pages

5 March 2025

Maize (Zea mays L.) is the world’s most productive cereal crop, yet it is threatened by several diseases. Among them, Fusarium stalk rot (FSR) causes an average global yield loss of 4.5%. The mycotoxins deoxynivalenol, zearalenone, fumonis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,034 Views
17 Pages

Gene Expression Dynamics of Sugar Metabolism and Accumulation During Fruit Ripening in Camellia drupifera

  • Xue Sun,
  • Muhammad Zeeshan Ul Haq,
  • Ya Liu,
  • Dongmei Yang,
  • Huageng Yang and
  • Yougen Wu

5 March 2025

Camellia drupifera, a valuable woody oil crop, holds significant ecological, economic, and medicinal importance. Its seed maturation involves intricate physiological changes, particularly the interplay between oil biosynthesis and sugar metabolism. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,505 Views
19 Pages

Adaptive Distribution and Priority Protection of Endangered Species Cycas balansae

  • Huayong Zhang,
  • Yanxia Zhou,
  • Shijia Zhang,
  • Zhongyu Wang and
  • Zhao Liu

5 March 2025

As an endangered species, the habitat of Cycas balansae (C. balansae) is subject to a variety of impacts, including climate change and human activities, and exploring its adaptive distribution and conservation areas under such conditions is crucial t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,818 Views
21 Pages

5 March 2025

In this work, two extraction techniques, conventional and ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) techniques, were employed for the extraction of natural bioactive compounds (NBCs) from the areal parts of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L. cv. Helena)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,502 Views
22 Pages

Identification and Characterization of Lipid Droplet-Associated Protein (LDAP) Isoforms from Tung Tree (Vernicia fordii)

  • Alyssa C. Clews,
  • Payton S. Whitehead,
  • Lingling Zhang,
  • Shiyou Lü,
  • Jay M. Shockey,
  • Kent D. Chapman,
  • John M. Dyer,
  • Yang Xu and
  • Robert T. Mullen

5 March 2025

Lipid droplets (LDs) are cytoplasmic organelles responsible primarily for the storage of neutral lipids, such as triacyclglycerols (TAGs). Derived from the endoplasmic reticulum bilayer, LDs are composed of a hydrophobic lipid core encased by a phosp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,670 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Different Fertilization on Soil Fertility, Biological Activity, and Maize Yield in the Albic Soil Area of China

  • Xingzhu Ma,
  • Yue Zhao,
  • Yu Zheng,
  • Lingli Wang,
  • Yulan Zhang,
  • Yi Sun,
  • Jinghong Ji,
  • Xiaoyu Hao,
  • Shuangquan Liu and
  • Nan Sun

5 March 2025

Fertilization is a key management practice for maintaining or improving soil fertility and ensuring grain yield in agro-ecosystems. Nevertheless, as a low-yield soil, how fertilization strategies impact the status of albic soil physical and chemical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,372 Views
14 Pages

Functional Characterization of Pomegranate CAMTA3 in Cold Stress Responses

  • Shuangshuang Zhao,
  • Rui Lu,
  • Lijuan Feng,
  • Mengyu Zheng,
  • Han Zhang,
  • Yanlei Yin and
  • Ling Zheng

5 March 2025

Cold stress is a significant factor limiting plant growth and development. Pomegranate is particularly susceptible to low temperatures. Calmodulin-binding transcriptional activators (CAMTAs) are key regulators of cold stress tolerance in plants. In t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,502 Views
14 Pages

Elevated Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations Reduce Tomato Mosaic Virus Severity in Tomato Plants

  • Giovanni Marino,
  • Andrea Carli,
  • Antonio Raschi,
  • Mauro Centritto,
  • Emanuela Noris,
  • Chiara D’Errico and
  • Slavica Matić

5 March 2025

Tomato mosaic disease, caused by tomato mosaic virus (ToMV), was studied under naturally elevated [CO2] concentrations to simulate the potential impacts of future climate scenarios on the ToMV–tomato pathosystem. Tomato plants infected with ToM...

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