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  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
733 Views
20 Pages

Overexpression of a Malus baccata (L.) Borkh WRKY Factor Gene MbWRKY33 Increased High Salinity Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana

  • Xinhui Wang,
  • Ming Gao,
  • Yihan Kong,
  • Qian Yu,
  • Lu Yao,
  • Xingguo Li,
  • Wenhui Li,
  • Wanda Liu,
  • Ruining Hou and
  • Lihua Zhang
  • + 1 author

The WRKY transcription factor family is a significant family of plant transcription factors (TFs). Plant growth and development are often influenced by abiotic factors, such as salinity and low temperature. Numerous studies have demonstrated that WRK...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,867 Views
17 Pages

The Transcription Factor MbWRKY46 in Malus baccata (L.) Borkh Mediate Cold and Drought Stress Responses

  • Wanda Liu,
  • Tianhe Wang,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Xiaoqi Liang,
  • Jilong Han,
  • Ruining Hou and
  • Deguo Han

5 August 2023

The living environment of plants is not static; as such, they will inevitably be threatened by various external factors for their growth and development. In order to ensure the healthy growth of plants, in addition to artificial interference, the mos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
183 Views
23 Pages

Overexpression of Malus baccata WRKY63 Enhances Cold Tolerance by Increasing the Antioxidant Level Associated with ROS Scavenging

  • Wanda Liu,
  • Tianhe Wang,
  • Xinhui Wang,
  • Zhiwei Wang,
  • Baitao Guo,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Xiaoyu Shen,
  • Jilong Han,
  • Wenhui Li and
  • Deguo Han

12 December 2025

During their natural growth, plants encounter adverse environmental conditions, such as chilling injury, freezing injury, drought, and salt damage, collectively known as abiotic stresses. Several studies have shown that WRKY proteins regulate various...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,127 Views
15 Pages

Apple is an important horticultural crop, but various adverse environmental factors can threaten the quality and yield of its fruits. The ability of apples to resist stress mainly depends on the rootstock. Malus baccata (L.) Borkh. is a commonly used...

  • Article
  • Open Access
229 Citations
11,916 Views
15 Pages

Maize WRKY Transcription Factor ZmWRKY106 Confers Drought and Heat Tolerance in Transgenic Plants

  • Chang-Tao Wang,
  • Jing-Na Ru,
  • Yong-Wei Liu,
  • Meng Li,
  • Dan Zhao,
  • Jun-Feng Yang,
  • Jin-Dong Fu and
  • Zhao-Shi Xu

6 October 2018

WRKY transcription factors constitute one of the largest transcription factor families in plants, and play crucial roles in plant growth and development, defense regulation and stress responses. However, knowledge about this family in maize is limite...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,766 Views
20 Pages

Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of WRKY Transcription Factors and Their Expression Profile in Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum

  • Yang Liu,
  • Yifan Zhang,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Ling Lin,
  • Xingyao Xiong,
  • Donglin Zhang,
  • Sha Li,
  • Xiaoying Yu and
  • Yanlin Li

27 May 2023

The WRKY gene family plays important roles in plant growth and development, as well as in the responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum has high ornamental and medicinal value. However, few WRKY genes have been r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,710 Views
20 Pages

Screening of Candidate Genes Associated with Brown Stripe Resistance in Sugarcane via BSR-seq Analysis

  • Wei Cheng,
  • Zhoutao Wang,
  • Fu Xu,
  • Guilong Lu,
  • Yachun Su,
  • Qibin Wu,
  • Ting Wang,
  • Youxiong Que and
  • Liping Xu

7 December 2022

Sugarcane brown stripe (SBS), caused by the fungal pathogen Helminthosporium stenospilum, is one of the most serious threats to sugarcane production. However, its outbreaks and epidemics require suitable climatic conditions, resulting in the ineffici...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,555 Views
21 Pages

Insights into the Genetic Architecture and Genomic Prediction of Powdery Mildew Resistance in Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)

  • Frank M. You,
  • Khalid Y. Rashid,
  • Chunfang Zheng,
  • Nadeem Khan,
  • Pingchuan Li,
  • Jin Xiao,
  • Liqiang He,
  • Zhen Yao and
  • Sylvie Cloutier

Powdery mildew (PM), caused by the fungus Oidium lini in flax, can cause defoliation and reduce seed yield and quality. To date, one major dominant gene (Pm1) and three quantitative trait loci (QTL) on chromosomes 1, 7 and 9 have been reported for PM...

  • Article
  • Open Access
687 Views
18 Pages

Genome-Wide Association Study and Transcriptome Analysis Identify QTL and Candidate Genes Involved in Nitrogen Response Mechanisms in Sorghum

  • Fangfang Fan,
  • Yao Wang,
  • Xiaoqiang Cheng,
  • Ruizhen Liu,
  • Yubin Wang,
  • Lan Ju,
  • Haisheng Yan,
  • Hao Niu,
  • Xin Lv and
  • Jianqiang Chu
  • + 2 authors

23 September 2025

Nitrogen is an essential macronutrient for crop growth. Although sorghum can tolerate poor soils, its low-nitrogen (LN) tolerance mechanisms remain underexplored. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) and RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to dis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,697 Views
14 Pages

The Genome of the Marine Alga Ulva compressa (Chlorophyta) Reveals Protein-Coding Genes with Similarity to Plants and Green Microalgae, but Also to Animal, Bacterial, and Fungal Genes

  • Héctor Osorio,
  • Patricio Tapia-Reyes,
  • Daniela Espinoza,
  • Daniel Laporte,
  • Alberto González,
  • Eduardo Castro-Nallar and
  • Alejandra Moenne

The genome of the marine alga Ulva compressa was assembled using long and short reads. The genome assembly was 80.8 Mb in size and encoded 19,207 protein-coding genes. Several genes encoding antioxidant enzymes and a few genes encoding enzymes that s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,951 Views
20 Pages

22 November 2022

Pueraria lobata (wild.) Ohwi is a leguminous plant and one of the traditional Chinese herbal medicines. Its puerarin extract is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry. This study reported a chromosome-level genome assembly for P. lobata and its c...