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  1. NIN-LIKE PROTEIN (NLP) transcription factors are master regulators of nitrate-inducible gene expression in higher plants. NLP transcription factors contain a nitrate signal-responsive domain in the amino-termi...

    Authors: Mineko Konishi and Shuichi Yanagisawa
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:90
  2. HMA4 transporters are involved in the transport and binding of divalent heavy metals (Cd, Zn, Pb [lead] and Co [cobalt]). In general, as efflux pumps, HMA4 transporters can increase the heavy metal tolerance o...

    Authors: Jianwu Wang, Shuang Liang, Weiwei Xiang, Huiping Dai, Yizhong Duan, Furen Kang and Tuanyao Chai
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:89
  3. Zygophyllum xanthoxylum is a succulent xerophyte with remarkable tolerance to diverse abiotic stresses. Previous studies have revealed important physiological mechanisms and identified functional genes associated...

    Authors: Hongju Yin, Mengzhan Li, Dingding Li, Sardar-Ali Khan, Shelley R. Hepworth and Suo-Min Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:88
  4. Phosphorus (P) fixation on aluminum (Al) and iron (Fe) oxides in soil clays restricts P availability for crops cultivated on highly weathered tropical soils, which are common in developing countries. Hence, P ...

    Authors: Karine C. Bernardino, Maria Marta Pastina, Cícero B. Menezes, Sylvia M. de Sousa, Laiane S. Maciel, Geraldo Carvalho Jr, Claudia T. Guimarães, Beatriz A. Barros, Luciano da Costa e Silva, Pedro C. S. Carneiro, Robert E. Schaffert, Leon V. Kochian and Jurandir V. Magalhaes
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:87
  5. Brassinosteroids (BRs) play a crucial role in plant vegetative growth and reproductive development. The transcription factors BZR1 and BES1/BZR2 are well characterized as downstream regulators of the BR signal...

    Authors: Li Song, Wei Chen, Biao Wang, Qiu-Ming Yao, Babu Valliyodan, Ming-Yi Bai, Ming-Zhe Zhao, Heng Ye, Zhi-Yong Wang and Henry T. Nguyen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:86
  6. As a class of natural antioxidants in plants, fruit flavonol metabolites are beneficial to human health. However, the regulatory networks for flavonol biosynthesis in most fruits are largely unknown. Previousl...

    Authors: Rui Zhai, Yingxiao Zhao, Meng Wu, Jie Yang, Xieyu Li, Hanting Liu, Ting Wu, Fangfang Liang, Chengquan Yang, Zhigang Wang, Fengwang Ma and Lingfei Xu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:85
  7. AP2/ERF transcription factors perform indispensable functions in various biological processes, such as plant growth, development, biotic and abiotic stresses responses. The AP2/ERF transcription factor family has...

    Authors: Moyang Liu, Wenjun Sun, Zhaotang Ma, Tianrun Zheng, Li Huang, Qi Wu, Gang Zhao, Zizhong Tang, Tongliang Bu, Chenglei Li and Hui Chen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:84
  8. Cytokinin is a negative regulator of root growth, and a reduction of the cytokinin content or signalling causes the formation a larger root system in model plants, improves their growth under drought and nutri...

    Authors: Erika Nehnevajova, Eswarayya Ramireddy, Andrea Stolz, Maria Gerdemann-Knörck, Ondřej Novák, Miroslav Strnad and Thomas Schmülling
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:83
  9. There exist differences in morphological traits and phytochemical compositions between field- and mountain-cultivated Panax ginseng (FCG and MCG), which might be attributed to variations of terpenoids metabolism ...

    Authors: Hang Fan, Ke Li, Fan Yao, Liwei Sun and Yujun Liu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:82
  10. Collenchyma cells occur widely in eudicotyledons and provide mechanical support for growing organs. At maturity, the cells are elongated and have thick, non-lignified walls, which in celery contain cellulose a...

    Authors: Da Chen, Laurence D. Melton, Zoran Zujovic and Philip J. Harris
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:81
  11. Continuous cropping stress involves such factors as biological barriers, allelopathic autotoxicity, deterioration of soil physicochemical properties, and soil fertility imbalance and is regarded as a kind of c...

    Authors: Xilong Liang, Xue Hou, Jianying Li, Yiqiang Han, Yuxian Zhang, Naijie Feng, Jidao Du, Wenhui Zhang, Dianfeng Zheng and Shumei Fang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:79
  12. MiRNAs have emerged as key regulators of stress response in plants, suggesting their potential as candidates for knock-in/out to improve stress tolerance in agricultural crops. Although diverse assays have bee...

    Authors: Alejandro Sanz-Carbonell, María Carmen Marques, Antonio Bustamante, Mario A. Fares, Guillermo Rodrigo and Gustavo Gomez
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:78
  13. Clementine mandarin (Citrus clementina Hort. ex Tan.) is one of the most famous and widely grown citrus cultivars worldwide. Variations in relation to the composition and distribution of repetitive DNA sequences ...

    Authors: Honghong Deng, Suqiong Xiang, Qigao Guo, Weiwei Jin, Zexi Cai and Guolu Liang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:77
  14. Magnesium (Mg)-deficiency is one of the most prevalent physiological disorders causing a reduction in Citrus yield and quality. ‘Xuegan’ (Citrus sinensis) seedlings were irrigated for 16 weeks with nutrient solut...

    Authors: Yan-Tong Cai, Han Zhang, Yi-Ping Qi, Xin Ye, Zeng-Rong Huang, Jiu-Xin Guo, Li-Song Chen and Lin-Tong Yang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:76
  15. Lipoxygenases (LOXs) play significant roles in abiotic stress responses, and identification of LOX gene promoter function can make an important contribution to elucidating resistance mechanisms. Here, we cloned t...

    Authors: Chenghui Wang, Ge Gao, Songxiao Cao, Qunjie Xie and Hongyan Qi
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:75
  16. Leaves of Poaceae have a unique morphological feature: they consist of a proximal sheath and a distal blade separated by a ligular region. The sheath provides structural support and protects young developing l...

    Authors: Alina E. Dresvyannikova, Nobuyoshi Watanabe, Alexander F. Muterko, Alexander A. Krasnikov, Nikolay P. Goncharov and Oxana B. Dobrovolskaya
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19(Suppl 1):55

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1

  17. Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is grown for fiber and seed production. Unfavorable environments, such as nutrient deficiency and non-optimal soil acidity, decrease the quantity and quality of yield. Cultivation of...

    Authors: Alexey A. Dmitriev, George S. Krasnov, Tatiana A. Rozhmina, Alexander V. Zyablitsin, Anastasiya V. Snezhkina, Maria S. Fedorova, Elena N. Pushkova, Parfait Kezimana, Roman O. Novakovskiy, Liubov V. Povkhova, Marina I. Smirnova, Olga V. Muravenko, Nadezhda L. Bolsheva, Anna V. Kudryavtseva and Nataliya V. Melnikova
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19(Suppl 1):54

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1

  18. The variation in structure and function of gene regulatory networks (GRNs) participating in organisms development is a key for understanding species-specific evolutionary strategies. Even the tiniest modificat...

    Authors: Alexey V. Doroshkov, Dmitrii K. Konstantinov, Dmitrij A. Afonnikov and Konstantin V. Gunbin
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19(Suppl 1):53

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1

  19. Anthocyanins are plants secondary metabolites important for plant adaptation to severe environments and potentially beneficial to human health. Purple colour of barley grain is caused by the pigments synthesiz...

    Authors: Elena I. Gordeeva, Anastasiya Yu. Glagoleva, Tatjana V. Kukoeva, Elena K. Khlestkina and Olesya Yu. Shoeva
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19(Suppl 1):52

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1

  20. More than 70 cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) types have been identified in Helianthus, but only for less than half of them, research of mitochondrial organization has been conducted. Moreover, complete mitochond...

    Authors: Maksim S. Makarenko, Alexander V. Usatov, Tatiana V. Tatarinova, Kirill V. Azarin, Maria D. Logacheva, Vera A. Gavrilova and Renate Horn
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19(Suppl 1):51

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1

  21. Myc-like regulatory factors carrying the basic helix–loop–helix (bHLH) domain belong to a large superfamily of transcriptional factors (TFs) present in all eukaryotic kingdoms. In plants, the representatives o...

    Authors: Ksenia V. Strygina and Elena K. Khlestkina
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19(Suppl 1):50

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1

  22. Transcriptome map is a powerful tool for a variety of biological studies; transcriptome maps that include different organs, tissues, cells and stages of development are currently available for at least 30 plan...

    Authors: Anna V. Klepikova, Ivan V. Kulakovskiy, Artem S. Kasianov, Maria D. Logacheva and Aleksey A. Penin
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19(Suppl 1):49

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1

  23. Na+ extrusion from cells is important for plant growth in high saline environments. SOS1 (salt overly sensitive 1), an Na+/H+ antiporter located in the plasma membrane (PM), functions in toxic Na+ extrusion from ...

    Authors: Yafei Fan, Xiaochang Yin, Qing Xie, Youquan Xia, Zhenyu Wang, Jie Song, Yang Zhou and Xingyu Jiang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:74
  24. The development and ripening of fresh fruits is an important trait for agricultural production and fundamental research. Almost all plant hormones participate in this process. Strigolactones (SLs) are a new cl...

    Authors: Han Wu, Huihui Li, Hong Chen, Qi Qi, Qiangqiang Ding, Juan Xue, Jing Ding, Xiangning Jiang, Xilin Hou and Yi Li
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:73
  25. Drought is an important constraint on grapevine sustainability. Vitis riparia, widely used in rootstock and scion breeding, has been studied in isolated leaf drying response studies; however, it is essential to i...

    Authors: Vedbar Singh Khadka, Kimberley Vaughn, Juan Xie, Padmapriya Swaminathan, Qin Ma, Grant R. Cramer and Anne Y. Fennell
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:72
  26. Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) is one of the most abundant wild berries in the Northern European ecosystems. This species plays an important ecological role as a food source for many vertebrate and invertebrat...

    Authors: Rafael Fonseca Benevenuto, Tarald Seldal, Stein Joar Hegland, Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Joseph Kawash and James Polashock
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:70
  27. Grape leaves provide the biochemical substrates for berry development. Thus, understanding the regulation of grapevine leaf metabolism can aid in discerning processes fundamental to fruit development and berry...

    Authors: Asfaw Degu, Uri Hochberg, Darren C. J. Wong, Giorgio Alberti, Naftali Lazarovitch, Enrico Peterlunger, Simone D. Castellarin, Jose C. Herrera and Aaron Fait
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:69
  28. Development of crop cultivars with high low nitrogen (LN) tolerance or nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) is imperative for sustainable agriculture development. Tibetan wild barley is rich in genetic diversity and ...

    Authors: Xiaoyan Quan, Jianbin Zeng, Guang Chen and Guoping Zhang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:68
  29. Soil salinization is one of the most crucial abiotic stresses that limit the growth and production of eggplant. The existing researches in eggplant were mostly focused on salt-induced morphological, biochemica...

    Authors: Jing Li, Zhen Gao, Lu Zhou, Linzhi Li, Junhao Zhang, Yang Liu and Huoying Chen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:67
  30. Soil salinity is one of the major serious factors that affect agricultural productivity of almost all crops worldwide, including the important oilseed crop sesame. In order to improve salinity resistance in se...

    Authors: Yujuan Zhang, Donghua Li, Rong Zhou, Xiao Wang, Komivi Dossa, Linhai Wang, Yanxin Zhang, Jingyin Yu, Huihui Gong, Xiurong Zhang and Jun You
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:66
  31. Thermo-sensitive genetic male sterile (TGMS) lines have been widely used in two-line hybrid rice breeding. The two-line hybrids have increased rice yields substantially. However, the effect of environmental te...

    Authors: Siyao Wang, Qingyuan Tian, Shiqi Zhou, Dandan Mao and Liangbi Chen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:65
  32. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are transcripts more than 200 bp in length do not encode proteins. Up to the present, it has been reported that lncRNAs play an essential role in developmental processes through ...

    Authors: Xinxin Wu, Ting Shi, Shahid Iqbal, Yong Zhang, Lin Liu and Zhihong Gao
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:64
  33. Drought and nitrogen (N) deficiency are two major limiting factors for forest productivity in many ecosystems. Elucidating the mechanisms underlying the influence of soil N availability on drought responses of...

    Authors: Junyu Song, Yang Wang, Yuehan Pan, Jiayin Pang, Xin Zhang, Junfeng Fan and Yi Zhang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:63
  34. Maturation of litchi (Litchi chinensis) fruit is characterized by dramatic changes in pigments in the pericarp and flavor compounds in the aril. Among them, the biosynthesis of anthocyanins is most noticeable. Pr...

    Authors: Biao Lai, Li-Na Du, Bing Hu, Dan Wang, Xu-Ming Huang, Jie-Tang Zhao, Hui-Cong Wang and Gui-bing Hu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:62
  35. Zucchini fruit set can be limited due to unfavourable environmental conditions in off-seasons crops that caused ineffective pollination/fertilization. Parthenocarpy, the natural or artificial fruit development...

    Authors: Teresa Pomares-Viciana, Mercedes Del Río-Celestino, Belén Román, Jose Die, Belén Pico and Pedro Gómez
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:61
  36. Tubby-like proteins (TLPs), characterized by a signature tubby domain, are widespread in plants and animals. To date, only plant TLPs involved in multifarious stress responses and male gametophyte development ...

    Authors: Jianing Xu, Shanshan Xing, Qinghua Sun, Chunyan Zhan, Xin Liu, Shizhong Zhang and Xiaoyun Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:60
  37. Amaranth is a plant naturally resistant to various types of stresses that produces seeds of excellent nutritional quality, so amaranth is a promising system for food production. Amaranth wild relatives have su...

    Authors: Esaú Bojórquez-Velázquez, Alberto Barrera-Pacheco, Eduardo Espitia-Rangel, Alfredo Herrera-Estrella and Ana Paulina Barba de la Rosa
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:59
  38. Plants grow in multi-species communities rather than monocultures. Yet most studies on the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from plants in response to insect herbivore feeding focus on one plant s...

    Authors: Rose N. Kigathi, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Michael Reichelt, Jonathan Gershenzon and Sybille B. Unsicker
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:58
  39. Sugar beet is a highly salt-tolerant crop. However, its ability to withstand high salinity is reduced compared to sea beet, a wild ancestor of all beet crops. The aim of this study was to investigate transcrip...

    Authors: Monika Skorupa, Marcin Gołębiewski, Katarzyna Kurnik, Janusz Niedojadło, Jacek Kęsy, Krzysztof Klamkowski, Katarzyna Wójcik, Waldemar Treder, Andrzej Tretyn and Jarosław Tyburski
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:57
  40. Salinity-alkalinity stress is one of the major abiotic stresses affecting plant growth and development. γ-Aminobutyrate (GABA) is a non-protein amino acid that functions in stress tolerance. However, the inter...

    Authors: Xiaoqing Jin, Tao Liu, Jiaojiao Xu, Zixing Gao and Xiaohui Hu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:48
  41. Harvest time is a relevant economic trait in citrus, and selection of cultivars with different fruit maturity periods has a remarkable impact in the market share. Generation of early- and late-maturing cultiva...

    Authors: Javier Terol, M. José Nueda, Daniel Ventimilla, Francisco Tadeo and Manuel Talon
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:47
  42. Adventitious root (AR) formation is a complex genetic trait, which is controlled by various endogenous and environmental cues. Auxin is known to play a central role in AR formation; however, the mechanisms und...

    Authors: Han Woo Lee, Chuloh Cho, Shashank K. Pandey, Yoona Park, Min-Jung Kim and Jungmook Kim
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:46
  43. Maize stover is an important source of crop residues and a promising sustainable energy source in the United States. Stalk is the main component of stover, representing about half of stover dry weight. Charact...

    Authors: Mona Mazaheri, Marlies Heckwolf, Brieanne Vaillancourt, Joseph L. Gage, Brett Burdo, Sven Heckwolf, Kerrie Barry, Anna Lipzen, Camila Bastos Ribeiro, Thomas J. Y. Kono, Heidi F. Kaeppler, Edgar P. Spalding, Candice N. Hirsch, C. Robin Buell, Natalia de Leon and Shawn M. Kaeppler
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:45
  44. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH or G6PD) functions in supply of NADPH, which is required for plant defense responses to stresses. However, whether G6PD functions in the abscisic acid (ABA) signaling p...

    Authors: Lei Yang, Shengwang Wang, Lili Sun, Mengjiao Ruan, Sufang Li, Rui He, Wenya Zhang, Cuifang Liang, Xiaomin Wang and Yurong Bi
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:44
  45. Internal γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) interacting with stress response substances may be involved in the regulation of differentially abundant proteins (DAPs) associated with optimum temperature and cold stress ...

    Authors: Xujun Zhu, Jieren Liao, Xingli Xia, Fei Xiong, Yue Li, Jiazhi Shen, Bo Wen, Yuanchun Ma, Yuhua Wang and Wanping Fang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:43
  46. Plant photosynthesis can be improved by elevated CO2 concentration (eCO2). In vitro growth under CO2 enriched environment can lead to greater biomass accumulation than the conventional in micropropagation. Howeve...

    Authors: Xin Zhao, Wen-Fang Li, Ying Wang, Zong-Huan Ma, Shi-Jin Yang, Qi Zhou, Juan Mao and Bai-Hong Chen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:42
  47. Schima superba (Theaceae) is a popular woody tree in China. The obscure chromosomal characters of this species are a limitation in the development of high-density genetic linkage maps, which are valuable resource...

    Authors: Rui Zhang, Hanbo Yang, Zhichun Zhou, Bin Shen, Jijun Xiao and Bangshun Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2019 19:41

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