iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomic analysis of herbicide stress in Avena ludoviciana Durieu.

Winter wild oat (Avena sterilis subsp. ludoviciana (Durieu) Gillet & Magne) has been considered the most common and troublesome weed in wheat fields of Iran. The widespread and continuous use of herbicides has led to the emergence and development of resistant biotypes in A.

Association analysis of physiological traits in spring barley ( L.) under water-deficit conditions.

In the present study, 148 commercial barley cultivars were assessed by 14 AFLP primer combinations and 32 SSRs primer pairs. Population structure, linkage disequilibrium, and genomic regions associated with physiological traits under drought stress were investigated. The phenotypic results showed a high level of diversity between studied cultivars.

Detection of genomic regions associated with tiller number in Iranian bread wheat under different water regimes using genome-wide association study.

Two of the important traits for wheat yield are tiller and fertile tiller number, both of which have been thought to increase cereal yield in favorable and unfavorable environments. A total of 6,349 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers from the 15 K wheat Infinium array were employed for genome-wide association study (GWAS) of tillering number traits, generating a physical distance of 14,041.6 Mb based on the IWGSC wheat genome sequence.

Genetic control of some plant growth characteristics of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under aluminum stress.

Background: Biomass yield is an important trait for wheat breeding programs. Enhancing the yield of the aerial components of wheat cultivars will be an integral part of future wheat improvement. Aluminum (Al) toxicity is one of the main factors limiting wheat growth and production in acid soils, which occur on up to 50% of the arable lands of the world especially in tropical and subtropical regions.

Mapping QTLs of flag leaf morphological and physiological traits related to aluminum tolerance in wheat ( L.).

Genetic improvement of aluminum (Al) tolerance is one of the cost-effective solutions to improve plant productivity in acidic soils around the world. This study was performed to progress our understanding of the genetic mechanisms of aluminum tolerance underlying wheat ( L.) flag leaf morphological and physiological traits.

Fumaric acids as a novel antagonist of TLR-4 pathway mitigates arsenic-exposed inflammation in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells.

Exposure to environmentally relevant doses of arsenic has several harmful effects on the human immune system. In traditional Eastern medicines, nettle has been used as an anti-inflammatory agent to treat rheumatism and osteoarthritis. Fumaric acid (FA) as a major effective compound in nettle was chosen based on very accurate virtual screening to find antagonist for TLR4/MD structure.

Evolutionary dynamics models in biometrical genetics supports QTL × environment interactions.

The process of development of quantitative trait locus (QTL) involves interactions between many factors, both environmental and genetic, in which many genes interact often in no additive pathways together and with environment. Integration of the mathematical, statistical and biological aspects of these subjects has made important and interesting results. In this review, mathematical methods offered to study the QTL × environment interactions.

Protein complex prediction: A survey.

Protein complexes are one of the most important functional units for deriving biological processes within the cell. Experimental methods have provided valuable data to infer protein complexes. However, these methods have inherent limitations.

Mapping QTL controlling agronomic traits in a doubled haploid population of winter oilseed rape ( L.).

Identification of superior alleles for agronomic traits in genetic resources of oilseed rape ( L.) would be useful for improving the performance of locally adapted cultivars in Iran. The objective of the present work was to analyse the genetic variation and inheritance of important agronomic traits in a doubled haploid population derived from a cross between two German oilseed rape cultivars, Sansibar and Oase.

Identification, Prediction and Data Analysis of Noncoding RNAs: A Review.

Background: Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) which play an important role in various cellular processes are important in medicine as well as in drug design strategies. Different studies have shown that ncRNAs are dis-regulated in cancer cells and play an important role in human tumorigenesis. Therefore, it is important to identify and predict such molecules by experimental and computational methods, respectively.

GWAS analysis in spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) for morphological traits exposed to drought.

Association analysis based on linkage disequilibrium has become a common and powerful approach for detection of QTLs underlying complex agronomic traits including drought tolerance. To determine marker/trait association, 148 modern European spring barley cultivars were evaluated under drought stress. Associations of morphological traits with AFLP/SSR markers were investigated based on the mixed linear model using the TASSEL3.

Leaf proteomics of drought-sensitive and -tolerant genotypes of fennel.

Fennel is attracted attention as a useful resource as researching medicinal plant for drought tolerance. To elucidate the response mechanism in drought-sensitive and -tolerant genotypes of fennel leaf, a gel-free/label-free proteomic technique was used. Fifty-day-old plants were subjected to drought stress for 60days.