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Maicon S. N. dos Santos¹, João H. C. Wancura², Carolina E. D. Oro³, Rogério M. Dallago³, Marcus V. Tres^1,*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.6, pp. 1105-1127, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.020913 - 14 February 2022
Abstract The growing development of biological products highlights the social and environmental responsibility that several industrial companies are facing in recent years. In this context, the advancement of bioprocessing as an alternative for exploring the potential of ecologically based products, especially in biofuels, food, and agro-industrial business, exposes the rational efficiency of the application of renewable sources in different industrial segments. Industries strongly associated with food production concentrate large amounts of wastes rich in bioactive compounds. A range of highly effective technologies has been highly explored to recover large concentrations of prominent compounds present in these… More >

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Lohanathan Bharathi Priya^1,#, Balamuralikrishnan Balasubramanian^2,#, Balamurugan Shanmugaraj³, Shanmugam Subbiah⁴, Rouh-Mei Hu⁵, Chih-Yang Huang^6,7,8,9,*, Rathinasamy Baskaran^5,*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.6, pp. 1129-1140, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.017707 - 14 February 2022
Abstract For thousands of years, plant based herbal medicines have been utilized by millions of people all over the world. Plant materials or products are used in different folk/traditional medical systems, such as the Chinese, African and Indian medical systems, like Siddha, Ayurveda, Unani, and Homeopathy. Tinospora cordifolia (TC) is a medicinal plant belonging to the family Menispermaceae. It is a big deciduous, climbing shrub growing prevalently in the tropical part of Indian subcontinent regions such as India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Srilanka, and in Myanmar, and China. Guduchi, Giloy, Shindilkodi, and Amritha are all the… More >

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Dalila Jacqueline Escudero-Almanza¹, Oscar Cruz-Alvarez¹, Ofelia Adriana Hernández-Rodríguez¹, Juan Luis Jacobo-Cuellar¹, Esteban Sánchez-Chávez², Pablo Preciado-Rángel³, Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda-Barrios^1,*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.6, pp. 1141-1152, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.019129 - 14 February 2022
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Plant Ecophysiology: Recent Trends and Advancements)
Abstract Pecan [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch.] is a deciduous tree whose fruits (nuts) are of high economic value and offer excellent nutritional benefits. However, soils high in sulphates can limit its growth and development. Working with 5-year-old trees of ‘Western Schley’ pecan grown in soils high in sulphates, the levels of proline and oxidative metabolism were recorded in the leaflets. Results showed that different levels of visible leaflet damage (‘sufficiency’, ‘low’, ‘moderate’ or ‘severe’) were associated with different levels of leaflet sulphates (mg kg⁻¹): ‘sufficiency’ (≤40), ‘low’ (41–60), ‘moderate’ (61–80) and ‘severe’ (80–100). ‘Severe’ sulphate damage was… More >

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Yingbo Li^1,2,#, Ting He^1,2,#, Guimei Guo^1,2, Hongwei Xu^1,2, Yingjie Zong^1,2, Shuwei Zhang^1,2, Ruiju Lu^1,2, Longhua Zhou^1,2,*, Chenghong Liu^1,2,*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.6, pp. 1153-1164, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.019520 - 14 February 2022
Abstract Agrobacterium-mediated transformation has been widely used in plants. However, the mechanism in plant cells’ response to Agrobacterium infection was very complex. The mechanism of the determinants in host cell remains obscure, especially in barley, which is recalcitrant for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. In the present study, microspore-derived embryogenic calli (MDEC) from barley elite cultivar were employed as unique subjects to characterize the mechanisms during the Agrobacterium infection process. Hua 30 MDEC can be successfully infected by Agrobacterium. RNA-sequencing at different infection points (0, 2, 6, 12, 24 hpi) was performed. The average expressional intensity of the whole genomics increased from… More >

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Xiyue Wang¹, Xiaomei Li², Zihao Wu¹, Shoukun Dong^1,*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.6, pp. 1165-1182, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.019130 - 14 February 2022
Abstract Sulfur is an indispensable nutrient for plant growth and development, and is important in the synthesis of sulfur-containing amino acids. Although several studies on the effects of some macronutrients, including nitrogen and phosphorus, have been conducted on the performance of several crops at the genomic level, studies on the effect of sulfur on crop performance are limited. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the effect of different sulfur concentration on the transcriptome of soybean. Additionally, soybean yield parameters were also examined. Two soybean varieties, DND252 and HN84, were exposed to low and high concentrations of… More >

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Yuzhe Zhang^1,#, Guanglong Li^1,#, Shaowang Hu¹, Jinfeng Liu¹, Yushi Jiang¹, Siyan Liu^2,*, Shuyan Guan^2,*, Jing Qu², Dan Yao¹, Andi Shi¹, Yixuan Liu¹
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.6, pp. 1183-1198, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.018853 - 14 February 2022
Abstract Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) is an important cultivated crop, which requires much water during its growth, and drought seriously affects soybean yields. Studies have shown that the expression of small heat shock proteins can enhance drought resistance, cold resistance and salt resistance of plants. In this experiment, soybean GmHsps_p23-like gene was successfully cloned by RT-PCR, the protein encoded by the GmHsps_p23-like gene was subjected to bioinformatics analysis, and the pCAMBIA3301-GmHsps_p23-like overexpression vector and pCBSG015-GmHsps_p23-like gene editing vector were constructed. Agrobacterium-mediated method was used to transform soybeans to obtain positive plants. RT-PCR detection, rehydration experiment and drought resistance… More >

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Jianyu Lu¹, Qingping Jiang¹, Tongyu Liu¹, Yangyang Zhou¹, Mengtong Liu¹, Jing Qu², Yiyong Ma^2,*, Shuyan Guan^2,*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.6, pp. 1199-1209, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.019298 - 14 February 2022
Abstract Maize flowering is an important agronomic character, which is controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTL). Over the years, a large number of flowering-related QTL have been found in maize and exist in public databases. However, combining these data, re-analyzing and mining candidate loci and fine mapping of flowering-related traits to reduce confidence intervals has become a hot issue in maize. In this study, the QTL of 6 important agronomic traits of maize flowering were collected from 15 published articles, including flowering period (DA), Days to tasseling (DTT), Days to silking (DS), Days to pollen shedding More >

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Peipei Hong^1,#, Mei Wang^2,#, Liting Zhi², Hongwei Chen^2,3,4,*, Kefeng Liu¹, Hongli Wang²
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.6, pp. 1211-1226, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.018435 - 14 February 2022
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Plant Omics in Challenging Environment)
Abstract The branching system of higher plants plays a very important role in plant morphogenesis, and the number of branches can directly affect crop yield and the ornamental value of plants. It is a complicated development process involving complex molecular mechanisms. The ‘Cailinghong’ variety of Salvia splendens is characterized by its great branching ability with the ability to grow into a spherical form naturally, without pinching. To gain insight into the molecular events during the branching development of S. splendens, suppressive subtractive hybridization (SSH) technology was used to screen differentially expressed genes between the erect plant type (strain… More >

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Hao Tang^#, Yuanqiu Li^#, Chaobing Luo^*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.6, pp. 1227-1244, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.019278 - 14 February 2022
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Plant Omics in Challenging Environment)
Abstract Plants have evolved constitutive and inductive defense mechanisms to protect themselves from herbivorous insects. Metabolites in plants are thought to be involved in response to herbivores. Bambusa emeiensis is an important bamboo species widely distributed in Southwest China. It is easy to attract herbivores such as Cyrtotrachelus buqueti. Through the detection and analysis of metabolites in B. emeiensis metabolomic data, 35 differential metabolites (biomarkers) were finally identified from 206 detection peaks, mainly primary metabolites. Subsequently, we conducted an association analysis between 35 biomarkers that annotated to be involved in 71 metabolic pathways in the metabolome and 324 differentially… More >

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Guangyue Cai¹, Juanli Tu², Songhao Li³, Yifei Ruan³, Qifeng Wu³, Jiasen Wu^1,*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.6, pp. 1245-1256, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.019599 - 14 February 2022
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Comprehensive Effects of Biochar or other Additives after Applied to Agricultural and Forest Soils)
Abstract Soil heavy metal pollution is becoming more and more serious. Biomass charcoal application can play an important role in alleviating the toxicity of heavy metals in soils. Compared with other biochar, bamboo charcoal has more unique properties and may have a unique effect on heavy metal pollution. Zhejiang Province of Southeastern China is rich in bamboo resources. However, few studies related to bamboo charcoal application for heavy metal remediation in farmland were reported. In this study, four treatments with different amounts of bamboo charcoal application were set up through a field experiment, namely BC0 (no… More >

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Xiaofeng Ai¹, Ruoyu Xiong¹, Xueming Tan¹, Haixia Wang¹, Jun Zhang², Yongjun Zeng¹, Xiaohua Pan¹, Qinghua Shi¹, Taoju Liu¹, Yanhua Zeng^1,*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.6, pp. 1257-1267, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.018328 - 14 February 2022
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: High-Yield Rice Physiology & Genetics)
Abstract High temperature (HT) accompanied with strong light (SL) often occurs in early indica rice production during grout filling stage in southern China, which accelerates grain ripening. Two indica rice cultivars with different amylose content (Zhongjiazao17, ZJZ17, high amylose content; Xiangzaoxian45, XZX45, low amylose content) were grown under control (CK), HT, and HT+SL conditions during grout filling to determine the effects on grain yield and quality of rice. The results showed that compared with CK, HT and HT+SL significantly reduced the 1000-grain weight and filled grain rate whether in high or low amylose content early indica rice cultivars… More >

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Salinda Sandamal^1,2,3,#, Asanka Tennakoon^1,#, Parakkrama Wijerathna¹, Song Ge^2,3, DABN Amarasekera⁴, Buddhi Marambe⁵, Sara M. Elwany⁶, Sobhy Sorour⁶, Ayman El Sabagh⁶, Mohamed M. Hassan⁷, Disna Ratnasekera^1,*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.6, pp. 1269-1287, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.018983 - 14 February 2022
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: High-Yield Rice Physiology & Genetics)
Abstract Information on the genetic diversity of wild rice species in Sri Lanka is relatively meagre, though it plays a key role in crop improvement programs of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.). The present study was carried out to identify the morphological variation pattern of the wild populations of O. nivara in Sri Lanka. Seven populations (P1 to P7) collected from different agro-ecological regions were characterized in a common garden based on nine morphological traits. The findings revealed a high level of phenotypic variation between populations when compared to within a population. The most variable traits were the… More >

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Xiaolan Guo¹, Chenyan Liu¹, Muhammad Shakeel², Delu Wang^1,*
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.6, pp. 1289-1302, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.019774 - 14 February 2022
Abstract The root system plays an important role in the growth and development of blueberry. The aim of this study was to assess the impacts of different fertilizers on the root growth and root–yield relationship of blueberry to provide insight into the regulation of root growth and fruit yield by fertilizing from the perspective of the root system. Rabbiteye blueberry variety ‘Britewell’ as the test material, and six fertilizers, including BF, OR, CF, SF, HF, and RT were used in single-factor fertilization experiments to analyze the effects of different fertilizer treatments on the root morphology, root… More >

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