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  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,557 Views
12 Pages

7 October 2023

Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) are a widely cultivated member of the Convolvulaceae family. Despite intensive agricultural interest, the metabolic determinants of sweet potato quality remain poorly understood owing to a lack of reliable o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,510 Views
19 Pages

Transcriptome and Metabolome Analyses Reflect the Molecular Mechanism of Drought Tolerance in Sweet Potato

  • Yumeng Yin,
  • Shouchen Qiao,
  • Zhihe Kang,
  • Feng Luo,
  • Qianqian Bian,
  • Guozheng Cao,
  • Guorui Zhao,
  • Zhihao Wu,
  • Guohong Yang and
  • Yannan Wang
  • + 1 author

24 January 2024

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is one of the most widely cultivated crops in the world, with outstanding stress tolerance, but drought stress can lead to a significant decrease in its yield. To reveal the response mechanism of sweet potato...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,288 Views
22 Pages

Integrated Transcriptional and Metabolomic Analysis of Factors Influencing Root Tuber Enlargement during Early Sweet Potato Development

  • Yaqin Wu,
  • Xiaojie Jin,
  • Lianjun Wang,
  • Jian Lei,
  • Shasha Chai,
  • Chong Wang,
  • Wenying Zhang and
  • Xinsun Yang

14 October 2024

Background: Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is widely cultivated as an important food crop. However, the molecular regulatory mechanisms affecting root tuber development are not well understood. Methods: The aim of this study was to systemat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,751 Views
18 Pages

Integrated Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Analyses Reveal the Basis for Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) Storage Roots

  • Qingming Ren,
  • Xiaoxi Zhen,
  • Huiyu Gao,
  • Yinpei Liang,
  • Hongying Li,
  • Juan Zhao,
  • Meiqiang Yin,
  • Yuanhuai Han and
  • Bin Zhang

23 October 2022

Carotenoids are important compounds of quality and coloration within sweet potato storage roots, but the mechanisms that govern the accumulation of these carotenoids remain poorly understood. In this study, metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,532 Views
17 Pages

Integrated Transcriptome and Metabolome Analyses Reveal Details of the Molecular Regulation of Resistance to Stem Nematode in Sweet Potato

  • Shouchen Qiao,
  • Jukui Ma,
  • Yannan Wang,
  • Jingwei Chen,
  • Zhihe Kang,
  • Qianqian Bian,
  • Jinjin Chen,
  • Yumeng Yin,
  • Guozheng Cao and
  • Guorui Zhao
  • + 3 authors

22 May 2023

Stem nematode disease can seriously reduce the yield of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam). To explore resistance mechanism to stem nematode in sweet potato, transcriptomes and metabolomes were sequenced and compared between two sweet potato cul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
624 Views
16 Pages

Leaf color, as a key ornamental and quality trait in leafy vegetable sweet potato, is controlled by the coordinated regulation of multiple pigment metabolic pathways. To dissect the mechanisms underlying leaf color variation, the integrated transcrip...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,366 Views
16 Pages

Allelopathic Molecular Mechanisms of the Two Main Allelochemicals in Sweet Potato

  • Ruiguo Shi,
  • Guimei Jin,
  • Shicai Shen,
  • Gaofeng Xu,
  • Fengping Zheng,
  • David Roy Clements,
  • Yunhai Yang,
  • Shaosong Yang,
  • Fanghao Wan and
  • Fudou Zhang
  • + 1 author

23 October 2024

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is one of the most important global food crops. This crop exhibits excellent allelopathic potential against various weeds, but its allelopathic mechanism at the molecular level is unclear. Therefore, metabolomic and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,179 Views
12 Pages

15 November 2024

Sweet potatoes are rich in amino acids, organic acids, and lipids, offering exceptional nutritional value. To accurately select varieties with higher nutritional value, we employed liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,636 Views
23 Pages

Ceratocystis fimbriata (C. fimbriata) is a notorious pathogenic fungus that causes sweet potato black rot disease. The APSES transcription factor Swi6 in fungi is located downstream of the cell wall integrity (CWI)-mitogen-activated protein kinase (M...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,507 Views
28 Pages

28 July 2025

Background/Objectives: Sweet potato is a tropical and subtropical crop and its growth and yield are susceptible to low-temperature stress. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the low temperature stress of sweetpotato are unknown. Methods: In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,959 Views
15 Pages

Comparative Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Analyses of Phytochemicals in Two Elite Sweet Potato Cultivars for Table Use

  • Lingxiao Zhao,
  • Donglan Zhao,
  • Shizhuo Xiao,
  • An Zhang,
  • Yitong Deng,
  • Xibin Dai,
  • Zhilin Zhou,
  • Zhixian Ji and
  • Qinghe Cao

15 December 2022

To elucidate nutritional components in sweet potato cultivars for table use and to compare the phytochemicals of cultivars from different countries, ‘Kokei No. 14′ and ‘Xinxiang’ were selected. The physiological parameters and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,078 Views
21 Pages

2 August 2025

Drought stress severely limits the productivity of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.), yet the stage-specific molecular mechanisms of its adaptation remain poorly understood. Therefore, we integrated transcriptomics and extensive targeted metabolomics...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,242 Views
25 Pages

10 April 2021

Intercropping, as a common worldwide cultivation pattern, provides opportunities for sustainable agriculture with fuller use of light, temperature and land resources and greater yield per unit of land. The intercropping impact on crop quality is a cu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
630 Views
21 Pages

Biochemical Responses of Atacama and Blesbok Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Cultivars to Early Drought Stress

  • Fikile N. Makhubu,
  • Lebogang E. Siviya,
  • Molemi E. Rauwane,
  • Sunette M. Laurie,
  • Ntakadzeni E. Madala and
  • Sandiswa Figlan

19 November 2025

Sweet potato is a nutrient-dense crop with the potential to improve food security, yet its productivity is constrained by drought stress. Metabolic profiling in sweet potato, particularly in response to abiotic stress, remains poorly understood, with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,289 Views
18 Pages

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) Responses to Phosphorus Deficiency

  • Zhufang Yao,
  • Zhongxia Luo,
  • Hongda Zou,
  • Yiling Yang,
  • Bingzhi Jiang,
  • Lifei Huang and
  • Zhangying Wang

20 July 2025

Phosphorus deficiency poses a significant challenge to the growth and productivity of crops, particularly in nutrient-poor soils. This study investigates the effects of phosphorus deficiency on the growth, endogenous phytohormones, metabolome, and tr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,433 Views
15 Pages

Identification of Long-Distance Transport Signal Molecules Associated with Plant Maturity in Tetraploid Cultivated Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.)

  • Zhiming Hui,
  • Jianfei Xu,
  • Yinqiao Jian,
  • Chunsong Bian,
  • Shaoguang Duan,
  • Jun Hu,
  • Guangcun Li and
  • Liping Jin

28 June 2022

Maturity is a key trait for breeders to identify potato cultivars suitable to grow in different latitudes. However, the molecular mechanism regulating maturity remains unclear. In this study, we performed a grafting experiment using the early-maturin...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,913 Views
14 Pages

Nanoencapsulated Boron Foliar Supply Increased Expression of NIPs Aquaporins and BOR Transporters of In Vitro Ipomoea batatas Plants

  • Juan Nicolas-Espinosa,
  • Pablo Garcia-Gomez,
  • Juan J. Rios,
  • Abel Piqueras,
  • Gloria Bárzana and
  • Micaela Carvajal

9 February 2022

Nanoencapsulation with proteoliposomes from natural membranes has been proposed as a carrier for the highly efficient delivery of mineral nutrients into plant tissues. Since Boron deficiency occurred frequently in crops, and is an element with low mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,238 Views
18 Pages

Transcriptome and Metabolome Analysis Provide New Insights into the Process of Tuberization of Sechium edule Roots

  • Lihong Su,
  • Shaobo Cheng,
  • Yuhang Liu,
  • Yongdong Xie,
  • Zhongqun He,
  • Mingyue Jia,
  • Xiaoting Zhou,
  • Ruijie Zhang and
  • Chunyan Li

Chayote (Sechium edule) produces edible tubers with high starch content after 1 year of growth but the mechanism of chayote tuberization remains unknown. ‘Tuershao’, a chayote cultivar lacking edible fruits but showing higher tuber yield...