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  1. The mitogenomes of vascular plants are one of the most structurally diverse molecules. In the present study we characterize mitogenomes of a rare and endangered species Pulsatilla patens. We investigated the gene...

    Authors: Kamil Szandar, Katarzyna Krawczyk, Kamil Myszczyński, Monika Ślipiko, Jakub Sawicki and Monika Szczecińska
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:109
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  2. Sustainable production of high-quality feedstock has been of great interest in bioenergy research. Despite the economic importance, high temperatures and water deficit are limiting factors for the successful c...

    Authors: Rita K. Hayford, Desalegn D. Serba, Shaojun Xie, Vasudevan Ayyappan, Jyothi Thimmapuram, Malay C. Saha, Cathy H. Wu and Venu Kal Kalavacharla
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:107
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  3. Hydrocharis L. and Limnobium Rich. are small aquatic genera, including three and two species, respectively. The taxonomic status, phylogenetic relationships and biogeographical history of these genera have remain...

    Authors: Zhi-Zhong Li, Samuli Lehtonen, Andrew W. Gichira, Karina Martins, Andrey Efremov, Qing-Feng Wang and Jin-Ming Chen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:106
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  4. The grains of foxtail millet are enriched in carotenoids, which endow this plant with a yellow color and extremely high nutritional value. However, the underlying molecular regulation mechanism and gene coexpr...

    Authors: Hui Li, Shangling Han, Yiqiong Huo, Guifang Ma, Zhaoxia Sun, Hongying Li, Siyu Hou and Yuanhuai Han
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:105
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  5. Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) target homologous genomic DNA sequences for cytosine methylation, known as RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM), plays an important role in transposon control and regulation of g...

    Authors: Liping Yang, Chenjing Lang, Yanju Wu, Dawei Meng, Tianbo Yang, Danqi Li, Taicheng Jin and Xiaofu Zhou
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:104
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  7. Salix matsudana (Koidz.) is a widely planted ornamental allotetraploid tree species. Genetic engineering can be used to enhance the tolerance of this species to soil salinization, endowing varieties with the abil...

    Authors: Yanhong Chen, Yuanhao Dai, Yixin Li, Jie Yang, Yuna Jiang, Guoyuan Liu, Chunmei Yu, Fei Zhong, Bolin Lian and Jian Zhang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:102
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:191

  8. The Peucedanum genus is the backbone member of Apiaceae, with many economically and medically important plants. Although the previous studies on Peucedanum provide us with a good research basis, there are still u...

    Authors: Chang-Kun Liu, Jia-Qing Lei, Qiu-Ping Jiang, Song-Dong Zhou and Xing-Jin He
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:101
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  10. Alkaline soils cause low productivity in crop plants including lentil. Alkalinity adaptation strategies in lentil were revealed when morpho-anatomical and physio-biochemical observations were correlated with t...

    Authors: Dharmendra Singh, Chandan Kumar Singh, Jyoti Taunk, Kishor Gaikwad, Vijayata Singh, Satish Kumar Sanwal, Sourabh Karwa, Deepti Singh, Parbodh Chander Sharma, Rajendra Kumar Yadav and Madan Pal
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:99
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  12. Bougainvillea is a popular ornamental plant with brilliant color and long flowering periods. It is widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics. The primary ornamental part of the plant is its colorful and un...

    Authors: Wenping Zhang, Qun Zhou, Jishan Lin, Xinyi Ma, Fei Dong, Hansong Yan, Weimin Zhong, Yijing Lu, Yuan Yao, Xueting Shen, Lixian Huang, Wanqi Zhang and Ray Ming
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:97
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  13. Nitrate (NO3−) and ammonium (NH4+) are the primary forms of inorganic nitrogen (N) taken up by plant roots, and a lack of these N sources commonly limits plant growth. To better understand how NO3− and NH4+ diffe...

    Authors: Jing Zhou and Jiang-Ting Wu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:96
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  14. Phoebe zhennan S.Lee (nanmu) is listed as a threatened tree species in China, whose growth and development, especially during the seedling stage, can be severely limited by drought. Previous studies on nanmu resp...

    Authors: Na Xie, Bo Li, Jing Yu, Ruxia Shi, Qin Zeng, Yunli Jiang and Dan Zhao
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:95
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  15. In certain unisexual flowers, non-functional sexual organs remain vestigial and unisexuality can be overlooked leading to the ambiguous description of the sexual systems. Therefore, to accurately describe the ...

    Authors: Niveditha Ramadoss, Amy Orduño-Baez, Carlos Portillo, Scarlet Steele, Jon Rebman and Lluvia Flores-Rentería
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:94
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  16. Many citrus orchards of south China suffer from soil acidification, which induces aluminum (Al) toxicity. The Al-immobilization in vivo is crucial for Al detoxification. However, the distribution and translocatio...

    Authors: Han Zhang, Xin-yu Li, Mei-lan Lin, Ping-ping Hu, Ning-wei Lai, Zeng-rong Huang and Li-song Chen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:93
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  17. Falcarinol-type polyacetylenes (PAs) such as falcarinol (FaOH) and falcarindiol (FaDOH) are produced by several Apiaceae vegetables such as carrot, parsnip, celeriac and parsley. They are known for numerous bi...

    Authors: Frank Dunemann, Wanying He, Christoph Böttcher, Sven Reichardt, Thomas Nothnagel, Paul Heuvelmans and Freddy Hermans
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:92
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  18. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most widely grown food crops, and its yield and quality are particularly important for a warm-saturated diet. Cold stress restricts rice growth, development, and yield; howeve...

    Authors: Hualong Liu, Wei Xin, Yinglin Wang, Dezhuang Zhang, Jingguo Wang, Hongliang Zheng, Luomiao Yang, Shoujun Nie and Detang Zou
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:91
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  19. Inter- and intraspecific variation in plant traits play an important role in grassland community assembly under global change scenarios. However, explorations of how these variations contribute to the response...

    Authors: Aixia Guo, Xiaoan Zuo, Senxi Zhang, Ya Hu, Ping Yue, Peng Lv, Xiangyun Li, Shenglong Zhao and Qiang Yu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:90
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  20. Refugia is considered to be critical for maintaining biodiversity; while discerning the type and pattern of refugia is pivotal for our understanding of evolutionary processes in the context of conservation. In...

    Authors: Rui Guo, Yong-Hua Zhang, Hua-Jie Zhang, Jacob B. Landis, Xu Zhang, Heng-Chang Wang and Xiao-Hong Yao
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:89
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  21. The large and diverse Coffeeae alliance clade of subfamily Ixoroideae (Rubiaceae) consists of 10 tribes, > 90 genera, and > 2000 species. Previous molecular phylogenetics using limited numbers of markers were ...

    Authors: Sara Getachew Amenu, Neng Wei, Lei Wu, Oyetola Oyebanji, Guangwan Hu, Yadong Zhou and Qingfeng Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:88
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  22. Genomic selection is a powerful tool in plant breeding. By building a prediction model using a training set with markers and phenotypes, genomic estimated breeding values (GEBVs) can be used as predictions of ...

    Authors: Avjinder S. Kaler, Larry C. Purcell, Timothy Beissinger and Jason D. Gillman
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:87
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  23. Helicteres angustifolia has long been used in Chinese traditional medicine. It has multiple pharmacological benefits, including anti-inflammatory, anti-viral and anti-tumor effects. Its main active chemicals inc...

    Authors: Yuying Huang, Wenli An, Zerui Yang, Chunzhu Xie, Shanshan Liu, Ting Zhan, Huaigeng Pan and Xiasheng Zheng
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:86
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  24. For better understanding the mechanism of Reaumuria soongarica community formation in a salt stressed grassland ecosystem, we designed a field experiment to test how leaves salt secretion changes the competitive ...

    Authors: Chang-shun Wang, Hui-qing Wang, Wei Wang, Cun-zhu Liang, Hua-min Liu and Li-xin Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:85
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  25. Certain Fusarium exometabolites have been reported to inhibit seed germination of the cereal-parasitizing witchweed, Striga hermonthica, in vitro. However, it is unknown if these exometabolites will consistently ...

    Authors: Williams Oyifioda Anteyi, Iris Klaiber and Frank Rasche
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:84
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  26. Wheat powdery mildew, caused by Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt), is an important disease affecting wheat production. Planting resistant cultivars is an effective, safe, and economical method to control the...

    Authors: Junmei Wang, Yahong Li, Fei Xu, Hongxing Xu, Zihang Han, Lulu Liu and Yuli Song
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:83
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  27. Golden 2-Like (G2-like) transcription factors play an important role in plant development. However, the roles of these G2-like regulatory genes in response to abiotic stresses in tomato are not well understood.

    Authors: Zi-yu Wang, Shuang Zhao, Jun-fang Liu, Hai-yan Zhao, Xu-ying Sun, Tai-ru Wu, Tong Pei, Yue Wang, Qi-feng Liu, Huan-huan Yang, He Zhang, Jing-bin Jiang, Jing-fu Li, Ting-ting Zhao and Xiang-yang Xu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:82
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  28. Canopy architecture is critical in determining the light environment and subsequently the photosynthetic productivity of fruit crops. Numerous CCT domain-containing genes are crucial for plant adaptive respons...

    Authors: Zheng Liu, Jia-Li Liu, Lin An, Tao Wu, Li Yang, Yin-Sheng Cheng, Xian-Shuang Nie and Zhong-Qi Qin
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:81
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  29. Plants in cliff habitats may evolve specific reproductive strategies to cope with harsh environments, and unraveling these reproductive characteristics can improve our understanding of survival strategies and ...

    Authors: Yuan-Mi Wu, Xue-Li Shen, Ling Tong, Feng-Wei Lei, Xiao-Fei Xia, Xian-Yun Mu and Zhi-Xiang Zhang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:80
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  30. Anthocyanins have distinct biological functions in plant coloring, plant defense against strong light, UV irradiation, and pathogen infection. Aromatic hydroxyl groups and ortho-dihydroxyl groups in anthocyani...

    Authors: Yan Zhou, Muhammad Ali Mumtaz, Yonghao Zhang, Zhuang Yang, Yuanyuan Hao, Huangying Shu, Jie Zhu, Wenlong Bao, Shanhan Cheng, Guopeng Zhu and Zhiwei Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:79
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  31. Glucosinolates (GSLs) play important roles in defending against exogenous damage and regulating physiological activities in plants. However, GSL accumulation patterns and molecular regulation mechanisms are la...

    Authors: Tianyi Zhang, Rui Liu, Jinyu Zheng, Zirong Wang, Tian’e Gao, Miaomiao Qin, Xiangyang Hu, Yuanyuan Wang, Shu Yang and Tao Li
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:78
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  32. Structural variants (SVs) constitute a large proportion of the genomic variation that results in phenotypic variation in plants. However, they are still a largely unexplored feature in most plant genomes. Here...

    Authors: Ao Li, Ai Liu, Shuang Wu, Kunjing Qu, Hongyin Hu, Jinli Yang, Nawal Shrestha, Jianquan Liu and Guangpeng Ren
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:77
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  33. Eucalyptus spp. are candidates for phytoremediation in heavy metal (HM)-polluted soils as they can adapt to harsh environments, grow rapidly, and have good economic value. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are t...

    Authors: Xinyang Wang, Jingwei Liang, Ziyi Liu, Yuxuan Kuang, Lina Han, Hui Chen, Xianan Xie, Wentao Hu and Ming Tang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:76
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  34. Plastome (Plastid genome) sequences provide valuable markers for surveying evolutionary relationships and population genetics of plant species. Papilionoideae (papilionoids) has different nucleotide and struct...

    Authors: Mahtab Moghaddam, Atsushi Ohta, Motoki Shimizu, Ryohei Terauchi and Shahrokh Kazempour-Osaloo
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:75
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  35. Ratooning in sugarcane is a crucial strategy for ensuring the long-term sustainability of the sugarcane industry. Knowledge gap relating to the interaction between rhizosphere microbiome and ratooning crop, pa...

    Authors: Abdullah Khan, Hongtao Jiang, Junyao Bu, Muhammad Adnan, Syeda Wajeeha Gillani and Muqing Zhang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:74
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  36. Chitosan has shown potential for the control of Fusarium head blight (FHB) disease caused by Fusarium graminearum. The objective of this study was to compare the effect of chitosan hydrochloride applied pre- or p...

    Authors: Myriam Deshaies, Nadia Lamari, Carl K. Y. Ng, Patrick Ward and Fiona M. Doohan
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:73
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  37. Maize (Zea mays L. ssp. mays) was domesticated from teosinte (Zea mays ssp. parviglumis) about 9000 years ago in southwestern Mexico and adapted to a range of environments worldwide. Researchers have depicted the...

    Authors: Gen Xu, Xuan Zhang, Wenkang Chen, Renyu Zhang, Zhi Li, Weiwei Wen, Marilyn L. Warburton, Jiansheng Li, Huihui Li and Xiaohong Yang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:72
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  38. Calcium (Ca) deficiency can cause apple bitter pit, reduce the quality and shelf life. WRKY transcription factors play essential role in plant response to multiple disorders. However, the underlying mechanisms...

    Authors: Chen Sun, Weiwei Zhang, Haiyong Qu, Longfei Yan, Lixia Li, Yuqi Zhao, Hongqiang Yang, Hua Zhang, Gaifang Yao and Kangdi Hu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:71
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  39. Seed germination is a crucial process, which determines the initiation of seed plant life cycle. The early events during this important life cycle transition that called early seed germination is defined as in...

    Authors: Haoxuan Li, Xiaozheng Li, Guanjie Wang, Jianhua Zhang and Guanqun Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:70
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  40. Coffea arabica L. is an economically important agricultural crop and the most popular beverage worldwide. As a perennial crop with recalcitrant seed, conservation of the genetic resources of coffee can be achiev...

    Authors: Yeshitila Mekbib, Kassahun Tesfaye, Xiang Dong, Josphat K. Saina, Guang-Wan Hu and Qing-Feng Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:69
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  41. Methyl jasmonate (MeJA) plays a role in improving plant stress tolerance. The molecular mechanisms associated with heat tolerance mediated by MeJA are not fully understood in perennial grass species. The study...

    Authors: Gang Nie, Jie Zhou, Yiwei Jiang, Jie He, Yang Wang, Zongchao Liao, Charlotte Appiah, Dandan Li, Guangyan Feng, Linkai Huang, Xia Wang and Xinquan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:68
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  44. Codon usage bias (CUB) analysis is an effective method for studying specificity, evolutionary relationships, and mRNA translation and discovering new genes among various species. In general, CUB analysis is ma...

    Authors: Yao Zhang, Zenan Shen, Xiangrui Meng, Liman Zhang, Zhiguo Liu, Mengjun Liu, Fa Zhang and Jin Zhao
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:65
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  45. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are a group of important symbiotic microorganisms found in ecosystems. Maize is the second most produced food crop globally. To investigate the mechanisms by which mycorrhiza...

    Authors: Junqing Ma, Wenqi Wang, Juan Yang, Shengfeng Qin, Yisen Yang, Chenyu Sun, Gen Pei, Muhammad Zeeshan, Honglin Liao, Lu Liu and Jinghua Huang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:64
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  46. The polyphyletic group of seagrasses shows an evolutionary history from early monocotyledonous land plants to the marine environment. Seagrasses form important coastal ecosystems worldwide and large amounts of...

    Authors: Lukas Pfeifer, Gijs van Erven, Elizabeth A. Sinclair, Carlos M. Duarte, Mirjam A. Kabel and Birgit Classen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:63
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  47. For translational genomics, a roadmap is needed to know the molecular similarities or differences between species, such as model species and crop species. This knowledge is invaluable for the selection of targ...

    Authors: Andreas Hartmann, Oliver Berkowitz, James Whelan and Reena Narsai
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:62
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  48. Cotton fiber is an important natural resource for textile industry and an excellent model for cell biology study. Application of glabrous mutant cotton and high-throughput sequencing facilitates the identifica...

    Authors: Xianyan Zou, Faiza Ali, Shuangxia Jin, Fuguang Li and Zhi Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:61
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  49. The impacts of increasing nitrogen (N) deposition and overgrazing on terrestrial ecosystems have been continuously hot issues. Grazing exclusion, aimed at restoration of grassland ecosystem function and servic...

    Authors: Mengru Li, Lilong Wang, Junjun Li, Zhenling Peng, Liang Wang, Xinfang Zhang and Shijian Xu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2022 22:60
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