• He used, among others, two lines of Arabidopsis thaliana, a plant, that has proved to be of great significance in modern Molecular Biology of plants. (wikipedia.org)
  • Today's molecular biologists know well that the plant they use the most as a model, the Arabidopsis thaliana , lengthens the stem just before dawn when the days are short (winter). (sciencedaily.com)
  • In the work published this week in Current Biology , the authors carried out an exhaustive analysis of the interactions between the proteins and the DNA of the Arabidopsis thaliana plant. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The mustard plant, Arabidopsis thaliana , that's touched a few times a day in the lab will be much squatter, and flower much later, than one that's left to its own accord. (anthropocenemagazine.org)
  • To elucidate their relationship with heat tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana , we examined the effects of HS on several groups of seedlings: wild type, cngc6 , and cngc6 complementation and overexpression lines. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In response to low temperature, many biochemical and physiological processes change in plants through regulation of cold responsive (COR) gene expression as well as through posttranslational protein modifications. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Being involved in several biochemical and physiological processes Zn is an essentially required micronutrient. (pakbs.org)
  • At night, however, PIF proteins accumulate inside the cell and, just before dawn, promote the plant stem growth. (sciencedaily.com)
  • 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)
  • Microbial communities are ubiquitous in all environments on Earth that support life, and they play crucial roles in global biogeochemical cycles, plant and animal health, and biotechnological processes. (ncsu.edu)
  • Elevated CO 2 (eCO 2 ) is a determinant factor of climate change and is known to alter plant processes such as physiology, growth and resistance to pathogens. (portlandpress.com)
  • An approach integrated across the plant-animal divide would advance our understanding of disease by quantifying critical processes including transmission, community interactions, pathogen evolution, and complexity at multiple spatial and temporal scales. (springer.com)
  • Physiological responses and high-throughput capability enable facile and cost-effective explorations as well as hypothesis-driven tests. (korea.ac.kr)
  • 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)
  • Skewing and waving have been described as gravity-enhanced touch responses, since these root patterns are notably present when a plant is grown on a tilted, impenetrable surface. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Within this branch of research, I am studying: 1) the physiological and genomic responses of vertebrates to crude oil and its chemical derivatives, and 2) the influence of biotic and abiotic factors on metal bioavailability and toxicity in fish. (lsu.edu)
  • We previously reported the involvement of nitric oxide (NO) and cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel 6 (CNGC6) in the responses of plants to heat shock (HS) exposure. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These data indicate that CNGC6 acts upstream of NO in the HS pathway, which improves our insufficient knowledge of the initiation of plant responses to high temerature. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Our study aims to decipher the effect of eCO 2 on plant responses to PM. Oak seedlings were grown in controlled environment at ambient (aCO 2 , ∼400 ppm) and eCO 2 (∼1000 ppm), and infected with Erysiphe alphitoides, the causal agent of oak PM. Plant growth, physiological parameters and disease progression were monitored. (portlandpress.com)
  • Both plants and animals have anhydrobiotic responses and understanding the mechanisms that support such an extreme stress response will prove invaluable for future food security and for new therapeutics to treat for example proteinopathy-based diseases. (royalsociety.org)
  • Ozone pollution compromises plant defense responses to insect herbivory. (arizona.edu)
  • Plant responses to airborne volatiles depend on signal source and specificity. (arizona.edu)
  • Dispensing a Synthetic Green Leaf Volatile to Two Plant Species in a Common Garden Differentially Alters Physiological Responses and Herbivory. (arizona.edu)
  • Plant species-specific responses to an identical volatile cue have important implications for agronomic costs and benefits of volatile-mediated interplant communication under field conditions. (arizona.edu)
  • The oxidative burst or the rapid production of ROS with a subsequent cascade of plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress (Hippeli et al. (rehabsociety.org.hk)
  • Na+ induces specific downstream responses, but the sodium-sensing mechanism of plants remains to be identified. (rehabsociety.org.hk)
  • Then, we will delve into the complex biochemical pathways and signaling cascades that enable plants to translate light stimuli into directional growth responses. (wellbeingport.com)
  • Furthermore, the age and position of plant tissues can also affect their responsiveness to light signals, with younger tissues showing stronger phototropic responses than older ones. (wellbeingport.com)
  • However, these three models were mainly theoretical and could not provide a full explanation for the molecular basis and physiological causes of heterosis [ 8 , 9 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The cell system offers reliable guidelines for further comprehensive analysis of complex regulatory mechanisms in whole-plant physiology, immunity, growth and development. (korea.ac.kr)
  • Low temperature is a major environmental factor determining the growth and productivity of plants. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study complemented the gaps in the genetic information of wild ginseng in different growth periods and helped to clarify the potential mechanisms of the effect of growth years on the physiological state in wild ginseng and cultivated ginseng, which also provided a new insight into the mechanism of ginsenoside regulation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The second, diversion, theory of the 1930s explains the phenomenon of apical dominance as auxin from the shoot apex prevents growth promoting factors synthesized in roots and cotyledons from entering into buds and stimulate bud outgrowth. (frontiersin.org)
  • A Model of Differential Growth-Guided Apical Hook Formation in Plants. (algorithmicbotany.org)
  • Soil salinity is a key problem in cereal crops production that affects the metabolic activities as well as plant growth ultimately leading to plant death. (pakbs.org)
  • Toxic effect of salinity can lead to reduced plant growth and yield. (pakbs.org)
  • Earliest agronomist not considered Si as an essential element as N, P and K for plant growth because of non-availability of positive evidence to show Si involvement in any metabolic activities of plants (Datnoff et al. (researchsquare.com)
  • In this study, transcriptome data were derived from two Arabidopsis ecotypes, WS and Col-0, under three tilted growth conditions in order to identify candidate genes involved in skewing. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Plants also determine their growth in relation to the gravity vector, resulting in a gravitropic set-point angle (GSA), which is most commonly associated with lateral organ growth relative to the primary organ [ 29 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This knowledge could help to understand how plants face different kinds of stress that affect their growth, such as drought or high temperature. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Our results show that the regulation of plant growth has evolved in plants to encompass the orchestrated sequential action of the PRRs. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This demonstrates the dual role of the PRRs: as regulators of the central clock components and as physiological repressors of growth," explains Elena Monte. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Thanks to this study, we have learned how the plant circadian clock affects the plant growth, which is an important process at the agronomic level," adds Guiomar Martín, the first author of the work, who is currently at the Gulbenkian Institute of Science (Portugal). (sciencedaily.com)
  • 6] K. M. Folta, M. A. Pontin, G. Karlin-Neumann, R. Bottini, and E. P. Spalding, "Genomic and physiological studies of early cryptochrome 1 action demonstrate roles for auxin and gibberellin in the control of hypocotyl growth by blue light," The Plant J., Vol.36, pp. 203-214, 2003. (fujipress.jp)
  • Mark Jaffe, a plant physiologist who was based at Ohio University in the early 1970s, recognized that this touch-induced growth inhibition is a general phenomenon in plant biology. (anthropocenemagazine.org)
  • He coined the cumbersome term "thigmomorphogenesis" from the Greek roots thigmo- (touch) and morphogenesis (creation of shape) to describe the general effect of mechanical stimulation on plant growth. (anthropocenemagazine.org)
  • So in retrospect, it isn't so surprising that a plant would retard its growth in response to touch. (anthropocenemagazine.org)
  • Growth retardation in response to touch is an evolutionary adaptation that increases the chances that a plant can survive multiple, and often violent, perturbations. (anthropocenemagazine.org)
  • Recurrence of AR leads an array of alterations in plants that includes inhibited seed germination, growth and productivity, biomass accumulation, photosynthesis, enzyme activities, protein synthesis, gene expression patterns, and over production of active oxygen species (AOS). (degruyter.com)
  • Accumulation of ascorbic acid, carotenoids, phenols and proline, and exogenous addition of calcium, polyamines, growth tonic, salicylic acid and, β-aminobutyric acid were shown to be the effective strategies to cope low-pH stress in plants. (degruyter.com)
  • Plant growth is governed by many environmental factors, including heat shock (HS), which always causes serious damage to plants. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The field trips will examine plants of shale barrens, swamps, old-growth forests, bogs and Triassic uplands. (botany.org)
  • In a common garden experiment, we tested the hypothesis that exposure to a single HIPV would decrease herbivore damage at the cost of reduced plant growth and reproduction. (arizona.edu)
  • More specifically, several Paenibacillus species serve as efficient plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), which competitively colonize plant roots and can simultaneously act as biofertilizers and as antagonists ( biopesticides ) of recognized root pathogens, such as bacteria, fungi, and nematodes. (wikipedia.org)
  • [29] They enhance plant growth by several direct and indirect mechanisms. (wikipedia.org)
  • Several studies show that PGPR exert their plant growth-promoting activity by depriving native microflora of iron. (wikipedia.org)
  • It refers to the ability of plants to grow towards or away from light sources, which plays an essential role in their survival and growth. (wellbeingport.com)
  • The study of phototropism dates back to the 19th century when Charles Darwin and his son Francis conducted experiments on plant growth in response to light. (wellbeingport.com)
  • In plants, positive phototropism is most common, as they need light for photosynthesis and growth. (wellbeingport.com)
  • The treatment of seeds with calcium ions (Ca 2+ ) enhanced the NO level in Arabidopsis seedlings under HS conditions, whereas treatment with EGTA (a Ca 2+ chelator) reduced it, implicating that CNGC6 stimulates the accumulation of NO depending on an increase in cytosolic Ca 2+ ([Ca 2+ ] cyt ). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Our results are of significance with regard to understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the natural epoxy oil production in this plant and provide valuable reference for developing other oilseeds with high level of valued epoxy oil. (researchsquare.com)
  • In the present review, molecular and physiological mechanisms explaining the observed beneficial effects plant derive from the Si supplementations, more particularly in horticultural species have been discussed. (researchsquare.com)
  • Third, we will investigate the molecular mechanisms of MDH by measuring gene and protein expression of both hybrid and inbred plants as well as the microbes inside their roots. (ncsu.edu)
  • The present review summarizes information on mechanisms of AR formation, uptake of H + , SO4− $\rm SO_{4}^{-} $ and NO3− $\rm NO_{3}^{-} $ by plants, AR-induced physiological, biochemical, and molecular changes and their amelioration using potential compounds. (degruyter.com)
  • Interdisciplinary scientists at the plant-animal interface scoped the application of anhydrobiotic mechanisms in future technologies. (royalsociety.org)
  • Introduction Attempted infection of plants by a nonpathogen or an avir- ulent strain of a pathogen elicits rapid collapse of the chal- The oxidative burst, the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in response to microbial pathogen attack, is a ubiquitous early part of the resistance mechanisms of plant cells. (rehabsociety.org.hk)
  • In this article, we will explore the physical basis of the phototropic response, delving into the intricate mechanisms that allow plants to perceive, interpret, and act upon light signals. (wellbeingport.com)
  • This study demonstrates that, in Arabidopsis roots, exogenous l-ascorbic acid triggers a transient increase of the cytosolic free calcium activity ([Ca2+]cyt. (deepdyve.com)
  • Plant foods include roots and other underground parts, green leaves and stems, many fruits, inner bark of trees, and a range of beverage teas. (botany.org)
  • We will start by examining the anatomy and physiology of plant cells, including the specialized structures called photoreceptors that are responsible for detecting light. (wellbeingport.com)
  • His studies on the physiological background of the mechanism of flowering of higher plants revealed some interaction between the role of vernalisation (mainly cold treatment) and the direct effect of the plant hormone Gibberellic acid. (wikipedia.org)
  • 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)
  • This mechanism may underlie ascorbate release, signalling phenomena, apoplastic redox reactions, iron acquisition, and control the ionic and electrical equilibrium (together with K+ efflux via GORK channels). (deepdyve.com)
  • Self-incompatibility is a genetic mechanism that exists in flowering plants to prevent a plant from being pollinated by its own pollen and to promote cross-pollination. (ashs.org)
  • Compared with systematic studies of positive heterosis, the phenomenon of negative heterosis has been largely ignored in genetic studies and breeding programs, and the genetic mechanism of this phenomenon has not been thoroughly elucidated to date. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Although the mechanism whereby NOA1 affects NO production in plants has not been throughly elucidated, noa1 , which exhibits an reduced endogenous NO level, is also a valuable material for studies on NO function in plant. (biomedcentral.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)
  • 13 ] demonstrated that the higher photosynthetic efficiency of Arabidopsis hybrids was obviously associated with the early increase in the activity of genes involved in chlorophyll biosynthesis and photosynthesis, which contributed to increased heterotic biomass. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The transient gene expression system using Arabidopsis mesophyll protoplasts has proven an important and versatile tool for conducting cell-based experiments using molecular, cellular, biochemical, genetic, genomic and proteomic approaches to analyze the functions of diverse signaling pathways and cellular machineries. (korea.ac.kr)
  • Species in the genus Ocimum are native to Africa, South America, and Asia, and are valued as aromatic and medicinal plants. (biomedcentral.com)
  • For many temperate plant species, a period of exposure to chilling temperatures increases plant tolerance to subsequent freezing conditions in a phenomenon known as "cold acclimation" [ 7 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In some species, bud outgrowth is inhibited by signals from the apex of the main shoot, a phenomenon known as apical dominance. (frontiersin.org)
  • In some plant species, AA is the substrate for the biosynthesis of oxalate and tartrate (Smirnoff and Wheeler, 2000). (deepdyve.com)
  • Yet, their traditional food systems include many, diverse plant species, as well as some marine algae, lichens and fungi. (botany.org)
  • Although few organisms are as practical to study as fast-growing Drosophila , research on other species in the past decade or so has produced multiple reports of common phylogenetic patterns in animals and their microbial residents-a phenomenon known as phylosymbiosis-and scientists have documented various correlations between microbiome composition and host phenotypes. (the-scientist.com)
  • Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are widely generated in various redox reactions in plants. (rehabsociety.org.hk)
  • Satyabrata Sarkar, (born 1928 in Uttarpara near Calcutta, India), is a scientist, investigating physiological phenomena in plants and then studying the structure and function of plant-pathogenic viruses in the Max-Planck-Institute for Biology in Tübingen and at the University of Hohenheim in Germany. (wikipedia.org)
  • Developmental Biology of Plants: A Symphony of Life), St. Petersburg: DEAN, 2014. (springer.com)
  • In one of her experiments designed to elucidate the effect of the hormone gibberellin on plant biology, she sprayed arabidopsis leaves with this hormone and then checked which genes were activated by the treatment. (anthropocenemagazine.org)
  • The Division of Cellular, Developmental and Integrative Biology comprises a faculty with diverse research interests employing a broad range of approaches to study organisms across plant and animal taxa. (lsu.edu)
  • Gametogenesis, Plant" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) . (harvard.edu)
  • The biosynthesis and metabolism of PAs in plants have been well clarified. (ashs.org)
  • The use of plant models in deep learning: an application to leaf counting in rosette plants. (algorithmicbotany.org)
  • Global warming is advancing the timing of spring leaf‐out in temperate and boreal plants, affecting biological interactions and global biogeochemical cycles. (researchgate.net)
  • In fact, the first hypotheses about the existence of a circadian clock in living organisms came with the observation of leaf and flower movements in plants. (sciencedaily.com)
  • To understand how the plant grew, Salisbury and his team of technicians at Colorado State University decided to measure the daily increase in leaf length by going out into the field and physically measuring the leaves with a ruler. (anthropocenemagazine.org)
  • In fact, Janet Braam and her colleagues at Rice University demonstrated that simply touching an arabidopsis leaf results in a rapid change in the genetic makeup of the plant. (anthropocenemagazine.org)
  • Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) and pepper (Capsicum annuum) plants were exposed to a persistent, low dose (~10 ng/h) of the green leaf volatile cis-3-hexenyl acetate (z3HAC), which is a HIPV and damage-associated volatile. (arizona.edu)
  • 18 The oxidative burst mounted during early plant infection disrupts the cellular redox homeostasis 19 of fungal phytopathogens. (rehabsociety.org.hk)
  • Trends in plant Science el 2015 amb un factor d'impacte de 12,9 i un Plant Journal el 2017 com a primer signant descobrint la funció de la proteïna PR-1, descoberta en 1970, citada en més de 3000 articles científics i de la qual es desconeixia la seva funció bioquímica. (uji.es)
  • 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)
  • Leverhulme Trust 'pMMO in plants for methane detoxification and as a carbon negative biofuel' with Dr D Pearce (Brookes) and Prof T Smith (Sheffield Hallam University) (value £113K, duration December 2015 to November 2017). (brookes.ac.uk)
  • In maize and many other plants, F1 hybrids perform better than their inbred parent lines - a phenomenon known as heterosis or hybrid vigor. (ncsu.edu)
  • Khan TA, Mazid M, Mohammad F (2012) Potential of Ascorbic acid against oxidative burst in plants under biotic stress: a review. (rehabsociety.org.hk)
  • Floral initiation and floral organ development are both regulated by the phytohormone gibberellin (GA). For example, in short-day photoperiods, the Arabidopsis floral transition is strongly promoted by GA-mediated activation of the floral meristem-identity gene LEAFY. (ox.ac.uk)
  • We combine the study of uncultured microorganisms with genetic, molecular, and biochemical studies on cultivable microorganisms to gain an in-depth understanding of specific metabolic pathways and physiological strategies. (ncsu.edu)
  • Previous soil and plant researchers suggests that use of beneficial soil microorganisms and silicon (Si) in agriculture is a sustainable strategy for alleviation of various biotic and abiotic stresses in plants (Rizwan et al. (researchsquare.com)
  • Further, by employing a comparative approach that is inclusive of microorganisms, plants, wild and domestic animals, and humans, we will deepen our understanding of disease for all of these fields. (springer.com)
  • Altogether I observed that application of the TCAs citrate and fumarate, two major components of the TCA cycle, was inducing priming in Arabidopsis against the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. (unine.ch)
  • These CBFs can bind to and activate downstream COR genes, such as COR15 , COR47 , COR78 , and KIN1 , to protect plant cells from freezing damage. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, gene expression profiles have such a vast amount of information and therefore most analyses work are done on the data narrowed down by statistical methods, there remains a possibility ofmissing out on genes that consist the factors of phenomena from their evaluations. (fujipress.jp)
  • To her satisfaction, the same genes that had been induced by spraying with the hormone, or with water, were also activated by touching the plants. (anthropocenemagazine.org)
  • Braam understood that her newfound genes were clearly activated by touch, and she aptly named them the " TCH genes" since they were induced by touching the plants. (anthropocenemagazine.org)
  • J'ai observé que l'application de citrate et de fumarate, deux composants majeurs du cycle du TCA, induisait une résistante chez Arabidopsis contre le pathogène bactérien Pseudomonas syringae pv. (unine.ch)
  • The workhorse and experimental system par excellence in our laboratory is the Gram-negative soil bacterium and plant-colonizer Pseudomonas putida , in particular the strain called KT2440. (fems-microbiology.org)
  • 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)
  • Therefore, integrated approaches including Si supplementations will help to improve plant resilience under biotic and abiotic stresses. (researchsquare.com)
  • Of course, plants are exposed to multiple tactile stresses such as wind, rain, and snow, and animals regularly come into contact with many of them. (anthropocenemagazine.org)
  • Priming can be triggered by biotic and abiotic stimuli, as well as by chemicals such as β-aminobutyric acid (BABA), a nonprotein amino acid which has been recently described to be naturally synthesized by plants. (unine.ch)
  • The results of these experiments will clarify the microbial features and patterns of plant immune activity that result in MDH. (ncsu.edu)
  • 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)
  • Initially, as a young research fellow at Stanford University, she was interested not in the effect of touch on plants but rather in the genetic programs activated by plant hormones. (anthropocenemagazine.org)
  • Later, in the early 20th century, scientists identified auxins as the plant hormones responsible for phototropism. (wellbeingport.com)
  • I am committed to interdisciplinary research, and an example of the successes gained from this approach is the project with Prof A Nabok (Engineering Sheffield Hallam University) using total internal reflection ellipsometry to quantify protein-membrane interactions on native plant membranes and human cell lines. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • I published the first report of plant ER reticulon protein interactors by Co-IP and FRET-FLIM. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • In doing so, they constitute barriers against accidental reprogramming that maintain developmental and physiological homeostasis. (nature.com)
  • Pathogens traverse disciplinary and taxonomic boundaries, yet infectious disease research occurs in many separate disciplines including plant pathology, veterinary and human medicine, and ecological and evolutionary sciences. (springer.com)
  • However, as with any inducible phenomenon, responding to volatile cues may incur physiological and ecological costs that limit plant productivity. (arizona.edu)
  • Our goal is to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of how plants harness the power of light to navigate their environment and thrive in diverse ecological niches. (wellbeingport.com)
  • Here we described the role of Si and its transporters in mitigating abiotic stress condition in horticultural plants. (researchsquare.com)
  • Plants were assayed for a Mendelian antiherbivore defense that also affects tolerance to abiotic stressors. (arizona.edu)
  • 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)
  • Overall, these are very important physiological roles of AA relating this molecule exclusively to antioxidant functions. (deepdyve.com)
  • Soon after the discovery that the apical signal that inhibits axillary bud outgrowth is the plant hormone auxin ( Thimann and Skoog, 1933 ), three theories - direct, diversion, and indirect (Figure 1 ) - were proposed to explain the phenomenon of apical dominance (reviewed in Snow, 1937 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Additionally, AR upsets the balance between AOS generation and elimination by altering the antioxidant defense system, and consequently oxidative stress in plants. (degruyter.com)
  • Dr. Susan Pell, Brooklyn Botanic Garden Scientist, Returns from successful Plant Research Expedition in Papua New Guinea. (botany.org)
  • He worked on tissue culture of plants and the application of radioisotopes in biological research at the Bose Institute, Calcutta. (wikipedia.org)
  • Heterosis is an important biological phenomenon that has been extensively utilized in agricultural breeding. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 2014). The male sterile families in sugar beet are phenotypically true-breeding and near-homozygous for practical purposes with all plants looking alike and any phenotypic observable variation among plants of the family is regarded as environmental or non-genetic although some of this variation may be residual genetic. (academicjournals.org)
  • Journal of Plant Interactions. (uji.es)
  • Infectious disease in humans and in plant and animal agriculture (or in domesticated companion animals) is often the direct consequence of interactions with non-agricultural populations of the same hosts (Cleaveland et al. (springer.com)
  • Herbivore-induced plant volatile (HIPV)-mediated eavesdropping by plants is a well-documented, inducible phenomenon that has practical agronomic applications for enhancing plant defense and pest management. (arizona.edu)
  • We examined whether urban environmental change drives parallel evolution by sampling 110,019 white clover plants from 6169 populations in 160 cities globally. (arizona.edu)
  • Abstract The defense system of a plant can be primed to respond faster and stronger to stress, resulting in an augmented stress resistance and/or tolerance. (unine.ch)
  • This review presents updated information on PMEs, including their sources, sequences and structural diversity, biochemical properties and function in plant development. (bvsalud.org)
  • Although the amino acid sequences of NRs are highly conserved, NIA2 shows greater activity than NR1, accounting for about 90% of the total NR activity in plant cells [ 9 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Pectin methylesterases (PMEs) are enzymes that play a critical role in modifying pectins, a class of complex polysaccharides in plant cell walls. (bvsalud.org)
  • The mitochondrion is an important cellular component in plants and that functions in producing vital energy for the cell. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Application of Si to plants promotes cell walls strength and provides additional support through increased mechanical and biochemical support. (researchsquare.com)
  • Plant Cell Tiss. (springer.com)
  • an oxidative burst triggered by the treatment of Arabidopsis plants with a cell wall elicitor prepared from the fungus Fusarium oxysporum could be abolished by knocking down the transcript levels of PRX33 and PRX34 through the transgenic expression of a French bean class III peroxidase cDNA (FBP1) in an antisense orientation (Daudi et al. (rehabsociety.org.hk)
  • Following a general introduction into plant defense and priming, in a first part I elaborate the capacity of some TCAs as priming agents. (unine.ch)
  • ABA loss of function mutants exhibit pleiotropic phenotypes and simply applying ABA to plants induces an immediate stress response. (nature.com)
  • The ethylene biosynthesis pathway in higher plants has been well studied. (hindawi.com)