• Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis of differentially expressed genes between wild type plants and STTM159 transgenic plants showed that genes involved in cell division, auxin, cytokinin (CK) and brassinosteroids (BRs) biosynthesis and signaling are significantly down-regulated in STTM159 plants. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We investigate the genes regulating biosynthesis and metabolism of cytokinin, cytokinin signal perception and signal transduction primarily in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana . (fu-berlin.de)
  • 3]Wang K L, Li H, Ecker J R. Ethylene biosynthesis and signaling networks. (chinacrops.org)
  • Moreover, our transcriptome map demonstrated the expression profiles of orthologs involved in the biosynthesis of these phytohormones and their signaling networks. (frontiersin.org)
  • We discuss the possibility that C. virgata phytohormone signaling and biosynthesis genes regulate early germination and growth advantages. (frontiersin.org)
  • I am a plant cell biologist and protein biochemist at Oxford Brookes University with expertise in the structure and function of the plant endoplasmic reticulum (ER), membrane proteins and auxin biosynthesis using biochemical techniques as well as high-resolution live cell imaging. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • 2003 ). Transcription level of SMs-related genes determines the biosynthesis and accumulation of SMs in plants, which can occur in different growth phases and places such as organs, tissues (De Kraker et al. (springeropen.com)
  • BACKGROUND: Inositol monophosphates (IMP) are key enzymes in the ascorbic acid (AsA) synthesis pathways, which play vital roles in regulating plant growth and development and stresses tolerance. (bvsalud.org)
  • How are these cytokinin activities linked to other cellular signaling pathways? (fu-berlin.de)
  • Recent research findings have helped to clarify the elaborate signaling networks and the sophisticated crosstalk occurring among the different hormone signaling pathways. (beds.ac.uk)
  • The sensing of abiotic and biotic stresses initiates several complex signaling pathways in plants. (beds.ac.uk)
  • The mechanism of stress-response in plants is highly intricate and requires several integrated pathways to be activated in response to external stresses. (beds.ac.uk)
  • Moreover, with nine diverse groups of plant hormones participating in defense responses, their signaling pathways are intricately interconnected to facilitate the generation of a sophisticated and efficient stress response. (beds.ac.uk)
  • Many of the target genes by the newly identified miRNAs were associated with plant growth and development, stress response, defense and hormone signaling, and oil synthesis pathways. (springeropen.com)
  • ROS are highly reactive species found in nature that can attack plant organelles, metabolites, and molecules by interrupting various metabolic pathways until cell death occurs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Abiotic stresses in plants turn on antioxidative defense machinery which utilizes either of two pathways, i.e . enzymatic or non-enzymatic antioxidants, in an attempt to reduce the stress (Mahmood et al. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This review will focus on the four-floral inductive pathways which operate in Arabidopsis: Photoperiodic, autonomous, gibberellin promotion, and vernalization pathways and how in this network of pathways, different nodes signify a site of signal integration and how the pathways are integrated, leading to a co-ordinated initiation of flowering. (jabonline.in)
  • Further analysis from the RNA-seq data showed that the decreased cell divisions in STTM159 transgenic plants may result, at least partly from the lower expression of the genes involved in cell cycle and hormone homeostasis, which provides new insights of rice miR159-specific functions. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Some plant miRNA families have many members, and their mature miRNAs often have multiple target genes having similar complementary sequence. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Further, 21 candidate genes within three potentially novel QTLs were identified, they were mainly involved in the regulation of phytohormone, cell division and proliferation, meristem development, plant or organ development, and carbohydrate transport. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Some of our research questions are: Which developmental processes are under control of cytokinin, and which genes are involved? (fu-berlin.de)
  • What are the individual functions of cytokinin-related genes? (fu-berlin.de)
  • We are studying the use of cytokinin genes to engineer plants with improved traits in oilseed rape, barley, and poplar. (fu-berlin.de)
  • The wild plant species adapted to the Mongolian grassland environment may allow us to explore useful genes, as a source of unique genetic codes for crop improvement. (frontiersin.org)
  • Processes orchestrated or driven by a plethora of genes, plant hormones, and inherent biological timing mechanisms facilitated by secondary molecules, which result in the systematic transformation of plants and plant parts, from one stage of maturity to another. (lookformedical.com)
  • H. cruentum plants were subjected to a 7 days long desiccation-rehydration process and then used to identify key expressed genes associated to its capacity to dehydrate and rehydrate. (frontiersin.org)
  • Using the floral stage-specific RNAs, we found that the expression of MINI3 and IKU2, the two downstream genes of the SHB1 - MINI3 - IKU2 cascade in the seed development pathway, were particularly reduced in the RAV1 -overexpressing transgenic plants. (molcells.org)
  • Modern researches in crop plants revealed that low levels of ROS act as a signal which induces tolerance to environmental extremes by altering the expression of defensive genes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Furthermore, regulation of plant hormone related genes was more vigorous in apogamy initiation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Generally, it is believed that the genes responsible for cell division and cell wall, and the genes related to plant hormones play a key role in triggering vegetative-to-embryogenic transition [ 16 , 17 , 18 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Murashige and Skoog medium (MS) and the woody plant medium (WPM) were used, enhanced with auxin and 1 mg·L −1 mT or 1 mg·L −1 BA. (mdpi.com)
  • Auxin polar transport regulates plant growth and development. (chinbullbotany.com)
  • Root gravitropism requires lateral root cap and epidermal cells for transport and response to a mobile auxin signal. (nature.com)
  • This is one of the critical stages of embryogenesis, when an immature embryo becomes independent of some physiological factors, in particular, hormones (mainly auxins, cytokinins, and ABA) of a maternal organism. (springer.com)
  • Subsequently, we have discussed the crosstalk among them, followed by crosstalk with growth promoting hormones (gibberellins, auxins and cytokinins). (beds.ac.uk)
  • Studies on miR159 are mostly done on model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana . (biomedcentral.com)
  • 9]Su W, Howell S H. A single genetic locus ckr1, defines Arabidopsis mutants in which root growth is resistant to low concentrations of cytokinin. (chinacrops.org)
  • Proteins that originate from plants species belonging to the genus ARABIDOPSIS. (lookformedical.com)
  • HST is one of at least 17 members of the importin-βfamily in Arabidopsis and is the first member of this family shown to have an essential function in plants. (silverchair.com)
  • Physiological experiments have been performed with diverse species, whereas studies mostly on Arabidopsis thaliana , a little flowering plant, have led to the development of current genetic models. (jabonline.in)
  • Upon elimination of PNY (PENNYWISE) and PNF (POUNDFOOLISH) function in Arabidopsis , SAM remained in a vegetative state as it could not perceive the inductive signals, which suggested the connection between meristem architecture and their response potential to floral stimuli [ 3 ]. (jabonline.in)
  • The focus of the lab is the hormone cytokinin , which is a powerful regulator of plant development and has also functions in the defense to stress. (fu-berlin.de)
  • Salicylic acid (SA) is an important signaling hormone in plant defense responses, but it is also a phenolic compound synthesized by plants in response to diverse pathogens [ 7 ]. (researchsquare.com)
  • The elaborate hormone signaling networks and their ability to crosstalk make them ideal candidates for mediating defense responses. (beds.ac.uk)
  • In this review, we summarize the roles of the major plant hormones in regulating abiotic and biotic stress responses with special focus on the significance of crosstalk between different hormones in generating a sophisticated and efficient stress response. (beds.ac.uk)
  • The discussion on seed dormancy and germination serves to illustrate the fine balance that can be enforced by the two key hormones ABA and GA in regulating plant responses to environmental signals. (beds.ac.uk)
  • Because of the complex interactions among various plant hormones and their ability to control a wide range of physiological processes, they serve as the key endogenous factors in mediating plant stress response. (beds.ac.uk)
  • Plant hormones play a key role in the regulation of plant development and response to various biotic and abiotic stresses. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Gas chromatography (GC) coupled on-line to mass spectrometry (MS) is routinely applied for the simultaneous analysis of multiple hormones in plant tissues [ 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Plant development is tightly regulated by phytohormones such as brassinosteroids, gibberellic acid, abscisic acid, and strigolactones. (frontiersin.org)
  • Developmental Biology of Plants: A Symphony of Life), St. Petersburg: DEAN, 2014. (springer.com)
  • Future research employing genome-scale systems biology approaches to solve problems of such magnitude will undoubtedly lead to a better understanding of plant development. (beds.ac.uk)
  • Understanding of underlying mechanisms is of principle interest for scientists working in various areas of plant biology. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In rice, studies on miR159 were either based upon genome-wide expression analyses focused upon responses to different nitrogen forms and abiotic stress or upon phenotypic studies of transgenic plants overexpressing its precursor. (biomedcentral.com)
  • What are the cellular responses to cytokinin? (fu-berlin.de)
  • Finally, cytokinin regulates responses to stress. (fu-berlin.de)
  • Howell, S.H. (2013) ER stress responses in plants. (iastate.edu)
  • ABA also exists in the aquatic algal progenitors of land plants, but other than its involvement in stress responses, its physiological role in these microorganisms remains elusive. (nature.com)
  • In terrestrial plants ABA plays a role in seed dormancy and germination, stomatal movements and in other responses to numerous stresses that alter their water status 6 . (nature.com)
  • Overall, our results indicate that during an incompatible interaction between H471 and PXO99 A , rice plants prevent pathogen invasion and also initiate multi-component defense responses that inhibit disease development. (researchsquare.com)
  • Nonetheless, Ca 2+ and ROS-mediated responses of plants to environmental constraints just form the tip of the iceberg. (beds.ac.uk)
  • In general, a tropic response can be divided into several steps, comprising perception, signal transduction and differential growth. (nature.com)
  • Phytohormones play critical roles in helping the plants to adapt to adverse environmental conditions. (beds.ac.uk)
  • Phytohormones are the key metabolites participating in the regulation of multiple functions of plant organism. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, highly sensitive, precise and high-throughput methods for quantification of these phytohormones in small samples of plant tissues are still missing. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The method can be applied for the analyses of target phytohormones in small tissue samples obtained from any plant species and/or plant part relying on any commercially available (even less sensitive) tandem mass spectrometry instrumentation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a role in stresses that alter plant water status and may also regulate root gravitropism and hydrotropism. (nature.com)
  • Program access grant to the STFC Harwell Laser Facility 'The Plant Cell Initiative: Protein interactions in the higher plant secretory pathway' 2017-2021 (approximate value of £200K). (brookes.ac.uk)
  • An, Y.-Q. and Lin, L., Transcriptional regulatory programs underlying barley germination and regulatory functions of gibberellin and abscisic acid, BMC Plant Biol . (springer.com)
  • 8]Beaudoin N, Serizet C, Gosti F, Giraudat J. Interactions between abscisic acid and ethylene signaling cascades. (chinacrops.org)
  • Among them, jasmonates, as well as abscisic and salicylic acids are responsible for triggering and modulating plant reactions targeted against pathogens and herbivores, as well as resistance to abiotic stress (drought, UV-irradiation and mechanical wounding). (biomedcentral.com)
  • As an important member of the two-component system (TCS), histidine kinases (HKs) play important roles in various plant developmental processes and signal transduction in response to a wide range of biotic and abiotic stresses. (bvsalud.org)
  • SMs are produced by different medicinal plants under biotic and abiotic stresses (Ebrahimi et al. (springeropen.com)
  • EIN2 is a central component of ethylene signaling pathway, transferring the ethylene signal from endoplasmic reticulum to nucleus. (chinacrops.org)
  • 2]Johnson P R, Ecker J R. The ethylene gas signal transduction pathway: a molecular perspective. (chinacrops.org)
  • 4]Alonso J M, Stepanova A N. The ethylene signaling pathway. (chinacrops.org)
  • Further analyses revealed that the SA content increased much more rapidly in H471 than in HHZ after the inoculation, suggesting that the SA signaling pathway was activated faster in the incompatible interaction than in the compatible interaction. (researchsquare.com)
  • The interactions between proteases and their inhibitors have been linked to modulation of cell death processes in plants and in certain cut flowers. (scialert.net)
  • In this review, we summarized the processes involved in ROS production in response to several types of abiotic stress in cotton plants. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Elevated ROS levels are harmful to plants and may alter the cell's physiological, morphological and metabolic processes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Figure 2: ABA signalling in the cortex is crucial for root hydrotropism. (nature.com)
  • Several results of our basic research have led to applied projects and the study of different crop plants. (fu-berlin.de)
  • Cytokinin regulates yield in crop plants, which is an extremely important trait. (fu-berlin.de)
  • They produce flagellated, actively motile spores (zoospores) that are pathogenic to many crop plants and FISHES. (lookformedical.com)
  • Oxidative stress occurs when crop plants are exposed to extreme abiotic conditions that lead to the excessive production and accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Root system architecture has a central role in crop plants' response to abiotic (soil microorganisms) and abiotic stresses like water stress, mechanical impedance. (oap-onlinejournals.org)
  • Most varieties of crop plants available to agriculture today have been obtained as a result of years of breeding activities focussed on the selection of higher yielding plants adapted to a particular environment. (allindianpatents.com)
  • 2012) Degradation of the endoplasmic reticulum by autophagy during ER stress in plants. (iastate.edu)
  • The PIN proteins are fine-tuned at multiple levels, including transcriptional regulation, post-transcriptional modification, intracellular recycling and vacuolar trafficking for degradation, in response to endogenous and exogenous signals. (chinbullbotany.com)
  • These data could also be used as an important resource for investigating the genetics of floral morphogenesis and various biological mechanisms of orchid plants. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Because the species with male individuals and female individuals have evolved repeatedly from hermaphroditic progenitors, the mechanisms for the control of sex determination in flowering plants are extremely diverse. (researchgate.net)
  • mechanisms for the control of s ex determination in flowering plants are extrem ely diverse. (researchgate.net)
  • Plants have developed rapid and sophisticated mechanisms that confer resistance to invading pathogens. (researchsquare.com)
  • All current land plants have evolved structures, mechanisms and strategies to deal with dehydration. (frontiersin.org)
  • To adapt to such adverse situations, plants have evolved well-developed mechanisms that help to perceive the stress signal and enable optimal growth response. (beds.ac.uk)
  • Plants have evolved defense mechanisms for the production of antioxidants to detoxify the ROS and to protect the plant against oxidative damage. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The normal balance of defensive mechanisms in plants is disturbed by abiotic stresses (Mullineaux and Baker 2010 ). (biomedcentral.com)
  • therefore, plants have evolved a complex array of enzymatic and non-enzymatic detoxification mechanisms to combat oxidative damage due to ROS. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In 2009, Dr. Howell stepped down as Director of the Plant Sciences Institute and assumed new responsibilities as Division Director of the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences at the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C. In 2011, Dr. Howell completed his tour of duty with the Foundation and returned to Iowa State to resume his faculty role in the Department. (iastate.edu)
  • The species A. thaliana is used for experiments in classical plant genetics as well as molecular genetic studies in plant physiology, biochemistry, and development. (lookformedical.com)
  • However, the molecular mechanism and related signaling networks in controlling apogamy is still not entirely understood. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 1]Bleecker A B, Kende H. Ethylene: a gaseous signal molecule in plants. (chinacrops.org)
  • 5]Ji Y, Guo H. From endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to nucleus: EIN2 bridges the gap in ethylene signaling. (chinacrops.org)
  • This study is the first to integrate physiological and proteomic data to provide useful information about the JA-signaling response mechanism of potato tuber development in vitro . (biomedcentral.com)
  • We suggest that the development of this response mechanism in motile algae may have been an important step in the evolution of terrestrial plants and that its retention therein strongly implicates ABA in the regulation of their relevant tropisms. (nature.com)
  • In this study, we found that RAV1 -overexpressing transgenic plants showed abnormally developed ovules, resulting in reduced seed size, weight, and number in a silique. (molcells.org)
  • Plant Physiology 173: 1137-1145. (iastate.edu)
  • J. Plant Physiology & Breeding. (jmp.ir)
  • Liu, J-X. and S.H. Howell (2016) Managing the protein folding demands in the endoplasmic reticulum of plants. (iastate.edu)
  • miR159 is a conserved miRNA among different plant species and has various functions in plants. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Anthocyanins belong to flavonoid secondary metabolites that act as plant pigments to give flowers and fruits different colors and as "scavengers" of reactive oxygen species (ROS) to protect plants from abiotic and biotic stresses. (bvsalud.org)
  • Most flowering plant species are hermaphrodite, but a small number of species, as Cannabis sativa L., are unisexual. (researchgate.net)
  • Although the hemp is a dioecious species, with sexual dimorphism occurring in a late stage of plant development, as a consequence of intensive improvement, many varieties with different sexual expressions were produced, and a large scale of sexualization types is observed in culture. (researchgate.net)
  • A plant species of the family SOLANACEAE, native of South America, widely cultivated for their edible, fleshy, usually red fruit. (lookformedical.com)
  • A mitosporic Hypocreales fungal genus, various species of which are important parasitic pathogens of plants and a variety of vertebrates. (lookformedical.com)
  • Some of the early signaling events include alteration of intracellular Ca 2+ concentration, production of secondary signaling molecules such as inositol phosphate and reactive oxygen species (ROS) as well as activation of kinase cascades. (beds.ac.uk)
  • The nature of high conservancy of plant miRNAs within the plant species made it possible to detect the conserved miRNAs by computational approaches. (springeropen.com)
  • A plant-specific B3 domain and AP2 domain-containing transcription factor, RAV1 acts as a negative regulator of growth in many plant species and its transcription was downregulated by BR and ABA. (molcells.org)
  • Additionally, it was cross-validated with a well-established GC-MS-based procedure and its applicability to a variety of plant species and organs was verified. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The species such as Adiantum and Drynaria are also considered as medicinal plants in curing the human disease in multiple fields. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Each plant species has its own optimal temperature for growth, and its geographical distribution is determined to a major extent by the temperature zone in which it can survive. (allindianpatents.com)
  • The response of a plant to abiotic stresses, such as drought, temperature and osmotic stress, are intimately linked to each other (Zhu et al, Crit. (allindianpatents.com)
  • The CHASE domain is 200-230 amino acids long and always occurs N-terminally in extracellular or periplasmic locations, followed by an intracellular tail housing diverse enzymatic signalling domains such as histidine kinase, adenyl cyclase, GGDEF-type nucleotide cyclase and EAL-type phosphodiesterase domains, as well as non-enzymatic domains such PAS, GAF, phosphohistidine and response regulatory domains. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cytokinin is a negative regulator of root growth and promotes the secondary growth of trees. (fu-berlin.de)
  • These plants should be prepared for fast germination and growth activity in response to the limited summer rainfall. (frontiersin.org)
  • ABA loss of function mutants exhibit pleiotropic phenotypes and simply applying ABA to plants induces an immediate stress response. (nature.com)
  • They were found to be associated with leaf morphogenesis, flowering time, vegetative phase change, and response to environmental cues in plants, where they act as a critical regulatory factor. (springeropen.com)
  • Root system architecture is made up of structural features which exhibits great role in response to environmental stress, and critical to plant growth and development with sufficient root growth. (oap-onlinejournals.org)
  • microRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulators in plant growth and development. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The research group of Thomas Schmülling explores basic as well as applied aspects of plant development. (fu-berlin.de)
  • The expression levels of MaEIN2 was increasing gradually in fruit development, indicating MaEIN2 was involved in the ripening and senescence of plant organs. (chinacrops.org)
  • Several modifications of this editing system have been established for adoption in a variety of plants, as well as for its improved efficiency and portability, bringing new opportunities for the development of transgene-free improved varieties of economically important crops. (mdpi.com)
  • In plants, seed development is a complex process that requires coordinated growth of the embryo, endosperm, and maternal integuments. (molcells.org)
  • Direct treatment with brassinolide (BL) improved seed development of RAV1 -overexpressing plants, but treatment with ABA severely worsened it. (molcells.org)
  • Overall, these results suggest that RAV1 is an additional negative player in the early stages of seed development, during which ABA and BR signaling are coordinated. (molcells.org)
  • Researches related to plant oxidative stresses have shown excellent potential for the development of stress-tolerant crops. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Root is has great role for plant adaptation and productivity of the agricultural crops as well as other plants by exploiting the soil resource thus, important for plant growth and development or main growth factors. (oap-onlinejournals.org)
  • In addition, during their life cycle, plants are exposed to various environmental conditions which greatly influence development and which, when unfavourable, may limit the final yield. (allindianpatents.com)
  • The intricate web of crosstalk among the often redundant multitudes of signaling intermediates is just beginning to be understood. (beds.ac.uk)
  • These factors affect plant growth, thus leading to lower yield and harvest quality. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The present invention concerns a method for altering growth characteristics of plants, in particular a method for altering stress tolerance and yield in plants. (allindianpatents.com)
  • More specifically, the present invention concerns altering tolerance in plants to various environmental stresses and to increasing seed yield by modifying plant haemoglobin gene expression and/or by modifying plant haemoglobin protein levels. (allindianpatents.com)
  • Yield is directly dependent on several factors, for example, the number and size of the organs, plant architecture (for example, the number of branches), seed production and more. (allindianpatents.com)
  • The final yield of a plant is determined by several parameters amongst which growth is a major contributor. (allindianpatents.com)
  • Abiotic stress conditions, such as shortage or excess of solar energy, water and nutrients, extremes of hot and cold temperatures, pollution (e.g. heavy-metal pollution) can all have a major impact on plant growth and can significantly reduce plant yield and growth. (allindianpatents.com)
  • 11] succeeded in obtaining callus from leaf explants by in vitro culture on MS medium with various plant growth regulators (Benzyl adenine, Kinetin, Zeatin, Naphthalene acetic acid, Indole acetic acid, and Indole butyric acid) at different concentrations. (e-namtila.com)
  • New immature growth of a plant including stem, leaves, tips of branches, and SEEDLINGS. (lookformedical.com)
  • Plants can acclimate by using tropisms to link the direction of growth to environmental conditions. (nature.com)
  • During the single period of rapid growth in fruit and seed, cytokinin concentrations increased rapidly at two periods. (pdfplayer.org)
  • 4. Dugede Bernonville T, Clastre M, Besseau S, Oudin A, Burlat V, Glévarec G, Lanoue A, Papon N, El-Sayed M. and Verpoorte R. Growth, metabolic profiling and enzymes activities of Catharanthus roseus seedlings treated with plant growth regulators. (jmp.ir)
  • Plant Growth Regul. (jmp.ir)
  • Plant roots play a significant role in plant growth by exploiting soil resources via the uptake of water and nutrients 72 . (oap-onlinejournals.org)
  • Particularly relevant is the capacity of a plant to maintain growth and to continue its developmental programme in unfavourable conditions. (allindianpatents.com)
  • Romanov G.A., Schmülling, T. (2022) On the biological activity of cytokinin free bases and their ribosides. (fu-berlin.de)
  • Section of Ornamental Plants, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), 166 Nowoursynowska Str. (mdpi.com)
  • f., which belongs to the subgenus Jensoa of the genus Cymbidium , is one of the most horticulturally important and popular ornamental plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae) [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The different interactions of a root with its environment depend on its organization and structure, from the cellular to whole-plant level. (oap-onlinejournals.org)
  • Primordium cells, in contrast to stem cells, are already specified, have entered a period of maximal proliferation, but for a limited number of times, and can thus be considered the plant equivalent of progenitor cells in animal organs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Knott [ 6 ] demonstrated by restricting spinach leaves and SAM to lighting and shading that leaves are the organs where inductive signals originate. (jabonline.in)
  • Roots are essential for plant productivity and serve a variety of functions, such as water and nutrient uptake, forming symbioses with other microorganisms in the rhizosphere, anchoring the plant to the soil, and acting as storage organs. (oap-onlinejournals.org)
  • Root system architecture (RSA) is an important developmental and agronomic trait, which plays vital roles in plant adaptation and productivity under water-limited environments. (oap-onlinejournals.org)
  • It is a drought resistant plant that may thrive in poor or marginal soil, easy to cultivate, can be grown quickly and yields seeds up to 50 years [ 1 ]. (springeropen.com)
  • In addition, a plant can be exposed to a multiplicity of stresses during its life cycle e.g. drought stress is often accompanied by high temperature stress. (allindianpatents.com)
  • Here I aim to engineer plants to convert methane into carbon dioxide. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • Plant microRNAs (miRNAs) are 20-24 nucleotides (nt) long and widely exist as gene regulators. (biomedcentral.com)
  • During his PhD in Biotechnology at the University of Padua, he specialized in plant genome assembly, then moved his interests to microbial genomics. (scitechnol.com)
  • STTM (Short Tandem Target Mimic) is an effective tool to block the activity of endogenous mature miRNA activity in plant. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Within the complexity of multicellular, multi-organ, terrestrial plants it has proved difficult experimentally to isolate the many potential roles of ABA away from its major stress-related role in preventing water loss. (nature.com)
  • Thus, properly defining a role for ABA in a photosynthetic progenitor of land plants where water stress is not normally an issue, the green algae may give valuable insight into its other roles. (nature.com)
  • Overcoming such checkpoints enables SAM to transform into floral meristem to produce flowers, and this transformation is induced by intrinsic and extrinsic stimuli that generate floral signals. (jabonline.in)
  • Given the plant's inability of locomotion as a means of responding to environmental stimuli, plants are exposed to a variety of stresses that limit their performance. (allindianpatents.com)
  • 2017 ). Secondary metabolites (SMs) have complex structures to be manufactured by chemical synthesis and thus frequently extracted from naturally grown or cultivated plants (Deepthi and Satheeshkumar 2016 ). (springeropen.com)