Shahin Imran^1,2,*, Md. Asif Mahamud³, Newton Chandra Paul¹, Prosenjit Sarker⁴, Md. Tahjib-Ul-Arif⁵, Nazmul Islam⁵, Mohammad Saidur Rhaman⁶, Saleh H. Salmen⁷, Sulaiman Ali Alharbi⁷, Mohammad Javed Ansari⁸, Mohammed Ali Alshehri⁹, Akbar Hossain^10,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.9, pp. 2251-2266, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.055736 - 30 September 2024

Abstract Soybean (Glycine max) is a potential legume crop, but it cannot thrive in mild salinity. Salicylic acid (SA) is a renowned plant growth hormone that improves tolerance to saline conditions. Hence, the study was performed to understand the functions of priming seeds and supplementation of SA in modulating salt tolerance in soybean seedlings. When exposed to salt stress, soybean seedlings showed considerably higher contents of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) and malondialdehyde (MDA) while having decreased germination and growth factors, water contents, and photosynthetic pigments. The germination rate, final germination percentage, germination index, germination energy, and seed vigor index… More >

Fuxin Li¹, Enyan Chen¹, Xinxin Chen¹, Jingyu Jia¹, Hemin Wang¹, Jie Zhang¹, Jianrui Sun¹, Xin Li^1,2,3,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.8, pp. 2095-2113, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.054231 - 30 August 2024

Abstract Salt stress inhibits plant growth and affects the biosynthesis of its secondary metabolites. Flavonoids are natural compounds that possess many important biological activities, playing a significant role in the medicinal activity of Eucommia ulmoides (E. ulmoides). To investigate the mechanism by which salt stress affects the biosynthesis of flavonoids in E. ulmoides, a comprehensive analysis of metabolomics and transcriptomics was conducted. The results indicated that salt stress led to the wilting and darkening of E. ulmoides leaves, accompanied by a decrease in chlorophyll levels, and significantly induced malondialdehyde (MDA) and relative electrical conductivity. During salt stress, most metabolites in… More >

Claudia A. Porcelli¹, Gerardo Rubio², Flavio H. Gutiérrez Boem², Raul S. Lavado^2,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.8, pp. 2009-2018, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.052874 - 30 August 2024

Abstract The effects of the salt stress on plant growth are usually increased by the water stress. We studied the impact of both stresses in simultaneous pulses of drought and salinity on Paspalum dilatatum. This forage species is native to South America, spread in grasslands in many tropical, subtropical, and temperate areas of the world, and very common in grasslands of the Flooding Pampas of Argentina. Mimicking what happens in nature. We compared a pot experiment, a non-stressed control against water stress for a month (midpoint between field capacity and wilting point), and two saline stresses (moderate,… More >

Bushra Rehman¹, Asma Zulfiqar¹, Houneida Attia², Rehana Sardar³, Muneera A. Saleh², Khalid H. Alamer⁴, Ibtisam M. Alsudays⁵, Faisal Mehmood⁶, Qamar uz Zaman^7,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.8, pp. 1819-1838, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.048780 - 30 August 2024

Abstract Salinity is a major abiotic stress that hinders plant development and productivity and influences agricultural yield. Seed priming is a technique used to boost germination and seedling growth under abiotic stress. A pot experiment was conducted to evaluate the impact of seed priming with potassium nitrate (KNO₃) at various levels (0%, 0.50%, 1.00% and 1.50%) under salt stress (0, 75, 100 mM NaCl) on two maize verities (MNH360 and 30T60) for the growth, development and metabolic attributes results revealed that in maize variety MNH360, KNO₃ priming’s significantly enhanced growth parameters than in maize variety 30T60 under… More >

Feiyu Yan^1,2, Xin Chen¹, Zhenzhen Wang¹, Yuxuan Xia¹, Dehui Zheng¹, Sirui Xue¹, Hongliang Zhao^1,2, Zhiwei Huang^1,2, Yuan Niu^1,2, Guoliang Zhang^1,2,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.7, pp. 1421-1440, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.053914 - 30 July 2024

Abstract Melatonin and abscisic acid, as major plant hormones, play important roles in the physiological and biochemical activities of crops, but the interaction between the two under salt stress is not yet clear. This study investigated the endogenous levels of melatonin and abscisic acid in rice by using exogenous melatonin, abscisic acid, and their synthetic inhibitors, and examined their interactions under salt stress. The research results indicate that melatonin and abscisic acid can improve rice salt tolerance. Melatonin alleviated the salt sensitivity caused by abscisic acid deficiency, increased antioxidant enzyme activity and antioxidant content in rice More >

Honghui Sun^1,2,#, Ruichao Liu^1,2,#, Yueting Qi¹, Hongsheng Gao¹, Xueting Wang¹, Ning Jiang^1,2, Xiaotong Guo^1,2, Hongxia Zhang¹, Chunyan Yu^1,2,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.93, No.3, pp. 533-549, 2024, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2024.049417 - 28 March 2024

Abstract Grapes, one of the oldest tree species globally, are rich in vitamins. However, environmental conditions such as low temperature and soil salinization significantly affect grape yield and quality. The glutamate receptor (GLR) family, comprising highly conserved ligand-gated ion channels, regulates plant growth and development in response to stress. In this study, 11 members of the VvGLR gene family in grapes were identified using whole-genome sequence analysis. Bioinformatic methods were employed to analyze the basic physical and chemical properties, phylogenetic trees, conserved domains, motifs, expression patterns, and evolutionary relationships. Phylogenetic and collinear analyses revealed that the VvGLRs… More >

Jie Zhang¹, Yingwei Zhao², Hongying Li³, Jianwei Ni^4,*, Dongmei Wang^1,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.9, pp. 2591-2610, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2023.028338 - 28 July 2023

Abstract Paper mulberry is a high-quality woody feed resource plant with high crude protein content. It is widely distributed in China and has excellent characteristics of salt and alkali tolerance. Paper mulberry has ecological and economic importance. Salt stress has become a critical factor with the increasing degree of soil salinity that restricts plant growth. In the saline-alkali environments, transcriptome expression is altered leading to phenotypic defects in most plants. However, the regulatory mechanism related to paper mulberry’s salt-stress (SS) response is not clearly understood. In the present study de novo transcriptomic assembly was performed, and gene… More >

Sang Ik Song^*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.7, pp. 2017-2034, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2023.027469 - 29 May 2023

Abstract Small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) E3 ligases that facilitate the conjugation of SUMO proteins to target substrates contain an SP-RING domain which is like the RING domain found in ubiquitin E3 ligases. In this study, we isolated and characterized the Oryza sativa protein inhibitor of activated STAT like1 (OsPIAL1) containing SP-RING domains, as the rice homolog of Arabidopsis PIALs. OsPIAL1 interacts with OsSUMO proteins but does not interact with rice SUMO-conjugating enzymes (OsSCEs). An analysis of transgenic rice plant shows that OsPIAL1 is involved in SUMO conjugation to SCEs but not in SUMO conjugation to substrates. In addition,… More >

ABDUL SAMAD¹, KANVAL SHAUKAT^1,*, MAHMOOD-UR-REHMAN ANSARI², MEREEN NIZAR¹, NOREEN ZAHRA³, AMBREEN NAZ⁴, HAFIZ MUHAMMAD WALEED IQBAL⁵, ALI RAZA⁶, VLADAN PESIC⁷, IVICA DJALOVIC⁸

BIOCELL, Vol.47, No.3, pp. 523-532, 2023, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2023.023704 - 03 January 2023

Abstract Salinity is one of the major abiotic factors that limit the growth and productivity of plants. Foliar application of plant growth regulators (PGRs) may help plants ameliorate the negative impacts of salinity. Thus, a field experiment was conducted at the Botanical Garden University of Balochistan, Quetta, to explore the potential role of PGRs, i.e., moringa leaf extract (MLE; 10%), proline (PRO; 1 µM), salicylic acid (SA; 250 µM), and thiourea (TU; 10 mM) in ameliorating the impacts of salinity (120 mM) on Plantago ovata, an important medicinal plant. Salinity hampered plant photosynthetic pigments and metabolites but… More >

Shahid Hussain¹, Rui Zhang¹, Shuli Liu¹, Yang Wang¹, Irshad Ahmad², Yinglong Chen¹, Hongyan Hou³, Qigen Dai^1,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.92, No.3, pp. 861-881, 2023, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2023.025487 - 29 November 2022

Abstract

Understanding physiological responses in saline agriculture may facilitate wheat breeding programs. Based on a screening test, the Ningmai-14 (NM-14) and Yangmai-23 (YM-23) wheat cultivars were selected for further experiments to understand the underlying salinity tolerance mechanism. This study investigated the effects of five salinity levels such as Control (CK) = 0 (without NaCl stress), S1 = 0.20%, S2 = 0.25%, S3 = 0.30% and S4 = 0.35% of NaCl concentrations of soil on wheat plants. The results showed that increased salinity concentration reduced the growth and yield of wheat cultivars (NM-14 and YM-23). However, YM-23 (12.7%)

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