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Biology and Life Sciences Forum, Volume 11, Issue 1

2022 IECPS 2021 - 96 articles

The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Plant Sciences—10th Anniversary of Journal Plants

Online | 1–15 December 2021

Volume Editors:
Adriano Sofo, The University of Basilicata, Italy
Feibo Wu, Zhejiang University, China
Carmen Arena, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Fulai Liu, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Iker Aranjuelo Michelena, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (IdAB-CSIC), Spain
Suresh Awale, University of Toyama, Japan
Giedrė Samuolienė, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Lithuania
Dimitris L. Bouranis, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

Cover Story: The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Plant Science was held from 1 to 15 December 2021 in Sciforum. The Conference deepened plant research at all levels, from the molecular through to the whole plant and community scale, also including bioinformatics and modeling approaches. We particularly highlighted the importance of contributions to current topics, such as plant–plant communication, protection of plant biodiversity, and plants in urban environments. There were five scientific sessions chaired by experts: (a) Plant Physiology, Signalling and Communication; (b) Plant Ecology, Biodiversity and Developmental Biology; (c) Plant Response to Stresses and Changing Environment; (d) Phytochemistry and Phytoremediation, Plants in Urban Ecosystems; and e) Plant Nutrition and Plant–Soil–Microorganism Interactions. This collection encompasses selected abstracts.
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Articles (96)

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,730 Views
5 Pages

Silencing of FaPG1, a Fruit Specific Polygalacturonase Gene, Decreased Strawberry Fruit Fungal Decay during Postharvest

  • Candelas Paniagua,
  • Cristina Sánchez-Raya,
  • Rosario Blanco-Portales,
  • Jose A. Mercado,
  • Elena Palomo-Ríos and
  • Sara Posé

Plant health is a major target in breeding programs because crops are under constant biotic stress, and climate change is exacerbating pests and diseases that have negative impacts on agriculture. Obtaining crop varieties armed with better defences i...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,794 Views
9 Pages

Phenotyping in macadamia breeding programs is laborious, time-consuming and costly. Developing rapid and cost-effective phenotyping technologies can reduce costs and increase breeding efficiency. The aim of this project is to develop an image-based p...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,255 Views
4 Pages

Non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) are key components of plant tissue, being involved in several metabolic and physiological processes, greatly affecting the growth and adaptation of plants. In this study, we compare the seasonal dynamics of leaf NSC...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,453 Views
5 Pages

A Biostimulant Based on Algae Extract and Fulvic Acids Is Able to Improve Photosynthetic Performance and Mitigate the Effects of Salinity in Soybean

  • Bruna Alves da Silva,
  • Carolina Souza de Castro,
  • Johny de Souza Silva,
  • Rafael Santiago da Costa,
  • Flávio Barcellos Cardoso and
  • Rosilene Oliveira Mesquita

The expansion of the salinization of agricultural areas limits the production of crops of high economic importance, such as soybeans. To attenuate the effects of salts on the plants and improve photosynthetic performance under salinity conditions, th...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,022 Views
6 Pages

Evaluating Seven Macadamia Seedling and Cutting Rootstocks for Their Effect on Scion Growth

  • Pragya Dhakal Poudel,
  • Max Cowan,
  • Bruce Topp and
  • Mobashwer Alam

This study evaluated the variability of seven seedling and cutting rootstock genotypes of macadamia for their effect on scion growth. Scion height varied from 384 cm to 524 cm in cutting and 378 cm to 450 cm in seedling rootstocks. This difference wa...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,652 Views
8 Pages

The tuber of Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson (Araceae) has been receiving attention as an alternative food source. However, the tuber contains oxalate compounds which reduce the utilization of this species as a food material. Ind...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,020 Views
6 Pages

Salinity Stress in Red Radish Crops

  • Paula Garcia-Ibañez,
  • Diego A. Moreno and
  • Micaela Carvajal

Red radish (Raphanus sativus L.) attracts interest, not only for its taste, but also for its health-promoting properties. Most of these properties are due to the presence of anthocyanins, glucosinolates and flavonols, whose benefits have been widely...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
891 Views
1 Page

Phenotypic Characterization of Lentil Genotypes for P Uptake and Utilization Efficiency at Seedling Stage

  • Vinita Ramtekey,
  • Ruchi Bansal,
  • Harsh Kumar Dikshit,
  • Gyan Prakash Mishra and
  • Sanjay Kumar

Phosphorus (P) is an essential, non-renewable nutrient for crop productivity worldwide. P is immobilized in the soil, which limits its uptake and utilization by the plants. Breeding for P uptake and utilization efficiency is the most sustainable stra...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,595 Views
4 Pages

Chitosan derivatives with a low molecular weight can enhance plant growth and improve tolerance to various stresses. Hardy ferns form a group of attractive garden perennials with an unknown response to plant biostimulants. Cold winter temperature lim...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2,083 Views
6 Pages

Pathogens are known to affect major physiological processes in plants including the regulation of metabolic networks to maintain homeostasis. Metabolomic analyses generate large datasets that could be analyzed to give insight into the specific metabo...

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