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  1. Plant-herbivorous insects are a severe danger to the world’s agricultural production of various crops. Insecticides used indiscriminately resulted in habitat destruction due to their high toxicity, as well as ...

    Authors: Rabab A. Metwally, Hala Sh. Azab, Hatem M. Al-Shannaf and Gamal H. Rabie
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:409
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  2. Water scarcity is a major limiting factor for crop yield production in arid and water-stressed areas worldwide. Cucumber plants have a high transpiration ratio and are vulnerable to drought. Grafting commercia...

    Authors: Said A. Shehata, Hanaa S. Omar, Ahmed G. S. Elfaidy, Shereen S. F. EL-Sayed, Mohamed E. Abuarab and Emad A. Abdeldaym
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:408
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  3. Flower color patterns play an important role in the evolution and subsequent diversification of flowers by attracting animal pollinators. This interaction can drive the diversity observed in angiosperms today ...

    Authors: Yang Li, Fan Kong, Zheng’an Liu, Liping Peng and Qingyan Shu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:405
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  4. Water deficit (WD) has serious effect on the productivity of crops. Formation of cuticular layer with increased content of wax and cutin on leaf surfaces is closely related to drought tolerance. Identification...

    Authors: Fan Yang, Yongchao Han, Qian-Hao Zhu, Xinyu Zhang, Fei Xue, Yanjun Li, Honghai Luo, Jianghong Qin, Jie Sun and Feng Liu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:404
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  5. Glucoraphanin (GRA) is present in the seeds and nutrient organs of broccoli and is the precursor of the anti-cancer compound sulforaphane (SF). The hairy roots obtained by infecting broccoli (Brassica oleracea L....

    Authors: Shaoying Ma, Jinyu Bao, Yaqi Lu, Xu Lu, Peng Tian, Xiaoling Zhang, Jie Yang, Xiaotong Shi, Zhihui Pu and Sheng Li
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:403
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  6. Plants growing in proximity to other plants are exposed to a variety of metabolites that these neighbors release into the environment. Some species produce allelochemicals to inhibit growth of neighboring plan...

    Authors: Eva Knoch, Judit Kovács, Sebastian Deiber, Keisuke Tomita, Reshi Shanmuganathan, Núria Serra Serra, Kazunori Okada, Claude Becker and Niklas Schandry
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:402
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  7. Color is the major ornamental feature of the Rhododendron genus, and it is related to the contents of flavonoid in petals. However, the regulatory mechanism of flavonoid biosynthesis in Rhododendron pulchrum rema...

    Authors: Xi Xia, Rui Gong and Chunying Zhang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:401
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  8. While it is known that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can improve nutrient acquisition and herbivore resistance in crops, the mechanisms by which AMF influence plant defense remain unknown. Plants respond ...

    Authors: Chase A. Stratton, Swayamjit Ray, Brosi A. Bradley, Jason P. Kaye, Jared G. Ali and Ebony G. Murrell
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:400
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  9. SUPPRESSOR OF PHYTOCHROME B-4 #3 (SOB3) is a member of the AT-HOOK MOTIF CONTAINING NUCLEAR LOCALIZED (AHL) family of transcription factors that are involved in light-mediated growth in Arabidopsis thaliana, affe...

    Authors: Caitlin N. Jacques, David S. Favero, Ayako Kawamura, Takamasa Suzuki, Keiko Sugimoto and Michael M. Neff
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:399
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  10. As maize originated in tropical or subtropical zones, most maize germplasm is extremely sensitive to low temperatures during the seedling stage. Clarifying the molecular mechanism of cold acclimation would fac...

    Authors: Li Xuhui, Chen Weiwei, Lu Siqi, Fang Junteng, Zhu Hang, Zhang Xiangbo and Qi Yongwen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:398
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  11. Sorghum bicolor is one of the most important crops worldwide with the potential to provide resilience when other economic staples might fail against the continuous environmental changes. Many physiological, devel...

    Authors: Makarim El-fadil M. Osman, Amina Ibrahim Dirar and Emadeldin Hassan E. Konozy
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:397
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  13. Mei (Prunus mume) is the only woody plant in the genus Prunus with a floral fragrance, but the underlying mechanisms of aroma compound biosynthesis are unclear despite being a matter of considerable interest.

    Authors: Wang Xiujun, Song Zhenqi, Ti Yujing, Ma Kaifeng and Li Qingwei
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:395
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  14. Carotenoid cleavage oxygenases (CCOs) include the carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase (CCD) and 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid (NCED), which can catalize carotenoid to form various apocarotenoids and their derivatives, has...

    Authors: Xiao-Qi Yue, Yue Zhang, Cheng-Kun Yang, Jian-Guo Li, Xia Rui, Feng Ding, Fu-Chu Hu, Xiang-He Wang, Wu-Qiang Ma and Kai-Bing Zhou
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:394
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  15. Cuscuta japonica Choisy (Japanese dodder) is a parasitic weed that damages many plants and affects agricultural production. The haustorium of C. japonica plays a key role during parasitism in host plants; in cont...

    Authors: Chenglin Guo, Liuyan Qin, Yongling Ma and Jianlin Qin
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:393
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  16. Plantlets grown in vitro with a mixed nitrogen source utilize sucrose and CO2 as carbon sources for growth. However, it is very difficult to obtain the correct utilization proportions of nitrate, ammonium, sucros...

    Authors: Kaiyan Zhang, Yanyou Wu, Yue Su and Haitao Li
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:392
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  17. Colored barley, which may have associated human health benefits, is more desirable than the standard white variety, but the metabolites and molecular mechanisms underlying seedcoat coloration remain unclear.

    Authors: Xiaohua Yao, Youhua Yao, Likun An, Xin Li, Yixiong Bai, Yongmei Cui and Kunlun Wu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:391
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  18. Soil salinization leads to a significant decline in crop yield and quality, including licorice, an important medicinal cash crop. Studies have proofed that the application of exogenous silicon can significantl...

    Authors: Zihui Shen, Xiaojiao Cheng, Xiao Li, Xianya Deng, Xiuxiu Dong, Shaoming Wang and Xiaozhen Pu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:390
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  19. In this study, we investigated the effect of an electric field, with an intensity similar to that of the Earth’s field, on plant cells growth. The molecular mechanism underlying this effect remains unclear.

    Authors: Waldemar Karcz and Zbigniew Burdach
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:389
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  20. Multiple C2 domain and transmembrane region proteins (MCTPs) are evolutionarily conserved and important signaling molecules. However, the MCTP gene family has not been comprehensively analyzed in maize.

    Authors: Yujun Zhao, Qianqian Qin, Li Chen, Yun Long, Nannan Song, Haiyang Jiang and Weina Si
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:388
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  21. Calanthe (Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae) is a pantropical genus distributed in Asia and Africa. Its species are of great importance in terms of economic, ornamental and medicinal values. However, due to limited an...

    Authors: Consolata Nanjala, Vincent Okelo Wanga, Wyclif Odago, Elizabeth Syowai Mutinda, Emmanuel Nyongesa Waswa, Millicent Akinyi Oulo, Elijah Mbandi Mkala, Josiah Kuja, Jia-Xin Yang, Xiang Dong, Guang-Wan Hu and Qing-Feng Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:387
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  22. Verticillium wilt of cotton is a serious disease caused by the infection of soil borne fungus Verticillium dahliae Kleb, and the infection mechanisms may involve the regulation of phytohormone ethylene. The precu...

    Authors: Ming-zhu Jia, Zhi-fang Li, Shuan Han, Song Wang and Jing Jiang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:386
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  23. Apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) is an important economic crop. The pathological effects of Fusarium solani, a species complex of soilborne pathogens, on the root systems of apple plants was unknown. It was unclear...

    Authors: Mei Wang, Weixiao Tang, Li Xiang, Xuesen Chen, Xiang Shen, Chengmiao Yin and Zhiquan Mao
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:385
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  24. Farsetia hamiltonii Royle is a medicinally important annual plant from the Cholistan desert that belongs to the tribe Anastaticeae and clade C of the Brassicaceae family. We provide the entire chloroplast sequenc...

    Authors: Nida Javaid, Musarrat Ramzan, Ishtiaq Ahmad Khan, Tahani Awad Alahmadi, Rahul Datta, Shah Fahad and Subhan Danish
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:384
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  25. Alhagi maurorum Medik. (camelthorn) is a dominant desert plant indigenous in various habitats, including the Western Desert of Egypt. The plant is especially prevalent in and around economic iron ore deposits. Nu...

    Authors: Yasmin M. Heikal, Mohamed A. El-Esawi, Ravi Naidu and Maha M. Elshamy
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:383
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  26. The genus Daucus (Apiaceae) comprises about 40 wild species and the cultivated carrot, a crop of great economic and nutritional importance. The rich genetic diversity of wild Daucus species makes them a valuable ...

    Authors: Dariusz Kadluczka, Elwira Sliwinska and Ewa Grzebelus
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:382
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  27. Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the fourth most important food crop in the world and plays an important role in food security. Drought stress has a significantly negative impact on potato growth and production. The...

    Authors: Hongju Jian, Haonan Sun, Rongrong Liu, Wenzhe Zhang, Lina Shang, Jichun Wang, Vadim Khassanov and Dianqiu Lyu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:381
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  28. Melatonin is a multi-functional molecule widely employed in order to mitigate abiotic stress factors, in general and salt stress in particular. Even though previous reports revealed that melatonin could exhibi...

    Authors: Morteza Sheikhalipour, Seyed Abolghasem Mohammadi, Behrooz Esmaielpour, Elnaz Zareei, Muhittin Kulak, Sajid Ali, Mojtaba Nouraein, Mohammad Kazem Bahrami, Gholamreza Gohari and Vasileios Fotopoulos
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:380
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  29. Flowering is a critical physiological change that interferes with not only biomass yield but also secondary metabolism, such as the biosynthesis of flavonoids, in rhizome/root plants. The continuous infloresce...

    Authors: Xinwei Guo, Zuliang Luo, Min Zhang, Linfang Huang, Hui Wang, Yuting Li, Xu Qiao, Ailian Li and Bin Wu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:379
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  30. The Plant Genetic Resources Centre at the Uganda National Gene Bank houses has over 3000 genetically diverse landraces and wild relatives of Sorghum bicolor accessions. This genetic diversity resource is untapped...

    Authors: Subhadra Chakrabarty, Raphael Mufumbo, Steffen Windpassinger, David Jordan, Emma Mace, Rod J. Snowdon and Adrian Hathorn
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:378
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  31. The aim of this work is to develop an efficient method for detection and evaluation of the plant growth regulators produced from cyanobacteria species (Anabaena oryzae and Nostoc muscorum) cultivated on BG110, an...

    Authors: Walaa M. Elakbawy, Sanaa M. M. Shanab and Emad A. Shalaby
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:377
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  32. Procyanidins is a polyphenolic compound with multiple properties. However, the application of exogenous procyanidins in crops has not been reported. Aromatic rice is a high-quality rice with a special aroma an...

    Authors: Haowen Luo, Meiyang Duan, Pipeng Xing, Huifang Xie and Xiangru Tang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:376
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  33. Orchids require specific mycorrhizal associations for seed germination. During symbiotic germination, the seed coat is the first point of fungal attachment, and whether the seed coat plays a role in the identi...

    Authors: Xiang-Gui Chen, Yi-Hua Wu, Neng-Qi Li and Jiang-Yun Gao
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:375
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  34. Silicon (Si) is a multiple stress attenuator element in plants, however more research is needed to elucidate the actions in the plants defense system with low nutrition of manganese (Mn) for a prolonged period...

    Authors: Kamilla Silva Oliveira, Renato de Mello Prado, Mirela Vantini Checchio and Priscila Lupino Gratão
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:374
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  35. Today, salinity stress is one of the most important abiotic stresses in the world, because it causes damage to many agricultural products and reduces their yields. Oxidative stress causes tissue damages in pla...

    Authors: Mohammad Omidi, Azizollah Khandan-Mirkohi, Mohsen Kafi, Zabihollah Zamani, Ladan Ajdanian and Mehdi Babaei
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:373
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  37. Cannabis is an important industrial crop species whose fibre, seeds, flowers and leaves are widely used by humans. The study of cannabinoids extracted from plants has been popular research topic in recent year...

    Authors: Xuan Chen, Hong-Yan Guo, Qing-Ying Zhang, Lu Wang, Rong Guo, Yi-Xun Zhan, Pin Lv, Yan-Ping Xu, Meng-Bi Guo, Yuan Zhang, Kun Zhang, Yan-Hu Liu and Ming Yang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:371
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  38. In China, nitrogen (N)-deficiency often occurs in Citrus orchards, which is one of the main causes of yield loss and fruit quality decline. Little information is known about the adaptive responses of Citrus carbo...

    Authors: Wei-Tao Huang, Zhi-Chao Zheng, Dan Hua, Xu-Feng Chen, Jiang Zhang, Huan-Huan Chen, Xin Ye, Jiu-Xin Guo, Lin-Tong Yang and Li-Song Chen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:370
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  39. Cold is one of the main abiotic stresses that severely affect plant growth and development, and crop productivity as well. Transcriptional changes during cold stress have already been intensively studied in va...

    Authors: Zhenyu Luo, Zhicheng Zhou, Yangyang Li, Shentong Tao, Zheng-Rong Hu, Jia-Shuo Yang, Xuejiao Cheng, Risheng Hu and Wenli Zhang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:369
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  40. Allelopathy is expressed through the release of plant chemicals and is considered a natural alternative for sustainable weed management. Artemisia argyi (A. argyi) is widely distributed throughout Asia, and often...

    Authors: Jinxin Li, Tingting Zhao, Le Chen, Hong Chen, Dandan Luo, Changjie Chen, Yuhuan Miao and Dahui Liu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:368
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  41. Maize (Zea mays) growth performance has been hindered due to the high soil salinity. Salinity is one of the most severe abiotic stresses that has led to growth imbalance and profitability of harvests in arid and ...

    Authors: Maryam Zakavi, Hossein Askari and Mohammad Shahrooei
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:367
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  42. Nitrate is an essential nutrient and an important signaling molecule in plants. However, the molecular mechanisms by which plants perceive nitrate deficiency signaling are still not well understood. Here we re...

    Authors: Jie Wu, Ying Song, Zi-Sheng Zhang, Jing-Xian Wang, Xuan Zhang, Jian-Ye Zang, Ming-Yi Bai, Lin-Hui Yu and Cheng-Bin Xiang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:366
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  43. Nutrients and heavy metals can be lost from soils via leaching, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can influence these events. Soil column experiments were carried out to examine whether leaching intensity an...

    Authors: Yan Xiao and Lu Chen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:365
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  44. The use of organic nanoparticles to improve drought resistance and water demand characteristics in plants seems to be a promising eco-friendly strategy for water resource management in arid and semi-arid areas...

    Authors: Samaneh Attaran Dowom, Zahra Karimian, Mahboubeh Mostafaei Dehnavi and Leila Samiei
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:364
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  45. Soybean is one of the four major crops in China. The occurrence of viruses in soybean causes significant economic losses.

    Authors: Qinglun Li, Yuyang Zhang, Weiguo Lu, Xiaoyu Han, Lingling Yang, Yajuan Shi, Honglian Li, Linlin Chen, Yiqing Liu, Xue Yang and Yan Shi
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:362
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  46. In ipecac (Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brot.) L. Andersson), adventitious shoots can be induced simply by placing internodal segments on phytohormone-free culture medium. The shoots form locally on the epidermis of t...

    Authors: Karin Okazaki, Imari Koike, Sayuri Kera, Katushi Yamaguchi, Shuji Shigenobu, Koichiro Shimomura and Mikihisa Umehara
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:361
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  48. Currently, mechanical maize kernel harvesting has not been fully utilized in developing countries including China, partly due to the absence of suitable cultivars capable of rapid desiccation during seed matur...

    Authors: Liangjie Niu, Cui Du, Wenrui Wang, Man Zhang, Wei Wang, Hui Liu, Jinghua Zhang and Xiaolin Wu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:359
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  49. In order to clarify the the molecular mechanism of anthocyanin accumulation in green and purple fruits of pepper using metabolomics and transcriptomics,to identify different anthocyanin metabolites,and to analyze...

    Authors: Yaning Meng, Hongxiao Zhang, Yanqin Fan and Libin Yan
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:358
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