Publications by authors named "Futian Peng"

Background/objectives: The sucrose non-fermentation-related kinase 1 (SnRK1) protein complex in plants plays an important role in energy metabolism, anabolism, growth, and stress resistance. SnRK1 is a heterotrimeric complex. The SnRK1 complex is mainly composed of α, β, βγ, and γ subunits.

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Trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (TPS) is essential for plant growth and development, linking trehalose-6-phosphate (T6P) to carbon metabolism. However, little is known about the gene family in peaches and their potential roles in regulating carbohydrates in peach fruit. In this study, nine genes were identified in the peach genome and named according to the homologous genes in .

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LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARIES DOMAIN/ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2-LIKEs (LBDs/ASLs) are plant-specific transcription factors that function downstream of auxin-regulated lateral root (LR) formation. Our previous research found that PpLBD16 positively regulates peach (Prunus persica) LR formation. However, the downstream regulatory network and target genes of PpLBD16 are still largely unknown.

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Resistance genes (R genes) are a class of genes that are immune to a wide range of diseases and pests. In planta, NLR genes are essential components of the innate immune system. Currently, genes belonging to NLR family have been found in a number of plant species, but little is known in peach.

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  • Soil salinity hinders sustainable agriculture in the peach tree industry, affecting growth and productivity.
  • Lipid metabolomic analysis revealed that phosphatidic acid plays a crucial role in helping peach seedlings withstand salt stress, with the MAPK signaling pathway showing significant activation under stress conditions.
  • The OE- line displayed greater resistance to salt stress compared to WT and KO lines, as evidenced by lower sodium content in its roots, suggesting phosphatidic acid's role in promoting Na efflux through the SOS1 protein, thereby protecting the roots from salt damage.
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The main peach-producing area in Shandong is an important peach fruit-producing area in China. Understanding the nutritional properties of the soil in peach orchards helps us to understand the evolution of soil properties and adjust management methods in a timely manner. This study focuses on 52 peach orchards in the main peach-producing area in Shandong as the research object.

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Nitrogen availability and uptake levels can affect nutrient accumulation in plants. In this study, the effects of valine and urea supplementation on the growth of new shoots, lignin content, and carbon and the nitrogen metabolism of '' were investigated. Relative to fertilization with urea, the application of valine inhibited shoot longitudinal growth, reduced the number of secondary shoots in autumn, and increased the degree of shoot lignification.

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  • Peach trees are economically important but highly sensitive to drought stress, which severely impacts their growth.
  • Lauric acid (LA) can alleviate this stress by improving photosynthesis, reducing oxidative damage, and increasing osmoregulatory substances in drought-stressed peach seedlings.
  • RNA sequencing revealed that LA influences the expression of numerous genes linked to various stress response pathways, enhancing the overall drought resistance of the plants.
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Waterlogging occurs due to poor soil drainage or excessive rainfall. It is a serious abiotic stress factor that negatively affects crop growth. Waterlogging often causes plants to shed leaves, fruits, and, ultimately, to die.

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  • HD-Zip (Homeodomain-Leucine Zippers) transcription factors are crucial for plant growth but haven't been thoroughly studied in peaches, particularly during root formation in cuttings.
  • The research identified 23 PpHDZ genes located on 6 chromosomes, categorized them into 4 subfamilies, and analyzed their expression in different tissues and during root development.
  • The study highlights the importance of PpHDZs in root formation, contributing to the understanding of peach HD-Zip gene functions and classifications.
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Enhancing fruit sugar contents, especially for high-flavonoid apples with a sour taste, is one of the main goals of horticultural crop breeders. This study analyzed sugar accumulation and the underlying mechanisms in the F2 progenies of a hybridization between the high-sugar apple (Malus × domestica) variety "Gala" and high-flavonoid apple germplasm "CSR6R6". We revealed that MdSWEET9b (sugars will eventually be exported transporter) helps mediate sugar accumulation in fruits.

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Sugar and anthocyanin are important indicators of fruit quality, and understanding the mechanism underlying their accumulation is essential for breeding high-quality fruit. We identified an R2R3-MYB transcription factor MdMYB305 in the red-fleshed apple progeny, which was positively correlated with fruit sugar content but negatively correlated with anthocyanin content. Transient injection, stable expression [overexpressing and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9)], and heterologous transformation of tomato confirmed that MdMYB305 promotes the accumulation of sugar and inhibits the synthesis of anthocyanin.

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  • Heavy metal contamination, particularly copper, negatively affects plant growth and health, causing stress in organisms like peach seedlings.
  • Exogenous leucine was found to enhance leaf structure, photosynthesis, and chlorophyll content, while also reducing oxidative damage from copper stress.
  • Leucine boosted nitrogen metabolism efficiency and overall plant resilience to copper toxicity, showcasing its potential in mitigating heavy metal stress in plants.
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Silicon is a beneficial element for plant growth, as well as for improving plant resistance to multiple biotic and abiotic stresses. Gummosis is a common harmful disease in peach and is induced by many factors. However, the effect of silicon on gummosis of peach has not been determined yet.

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Water shortage is a key factor that can restrict peach tree growth. Plants produce fatty acids and the fatty acid derivatives lauric acid (LA) and 12-hydroxylauric acid (LA-OH), which are involved in abiotic stress responses, but the underlying stress response mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, physiological examination revealed that in (L.

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The oxygen content in the root zone considerably affects the growth and development of peach trees. However, few studies have been conducted on the effects of the oxygen content in the root zones of peach trees on soil microbes and root growth. Four-year-old Ruiguang 33/ (L.

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Nitrogen is an important nutrient element that limits plant growth and yield formation, but excessive nitrogen has negative effects on plants and the environment. It is important to reveal the molecular mechanism of high NUE (nitrogen use efficiency) for breeding peach rootstock and variety with high NUE. In this study, two peach rootstocks, Shannong-1 (S) and Maotao (M), with different NUE were used as materials and treated with 0.

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Background: Drought is one of the main concerns worldwide and restricts the development of agriculture. Silicon improves the drought resistance of plants, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear.

Results: We sequenced the transcriptomes of both control and silicon-treated peach seedlings under drought stress to identify genes or gene networks that could be managed to increase the drought tolerance of peach seedlings.

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Silicon (Si) is abundant in nature, and it has been proved to be beneficial for the healthy growth and development of many plant species, improve plant stress resistance. Gummosis in peach is an invasive disease that causes widespread and serious damage. Mechanical damage and ethylene (ETH) can induce gummosis in peach shoots in the field.

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Plants suffer from a variety of environmental stresses during their growth and development. The evolutionarily conserved sucrose nonfermenting kinase 1-related protein kinase 1 (SnRK1) plays a central role in the regulation of energy homeostasis in response to stresses. In plant cells, autophagy is a degradation process occurring during development or under stress, such as nutrient starvation.

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Sucrose nonfermenting-1-related protein kinase 1 (SnRK1) is a central integrator of plant stress and energy starvation signalling pathways. We found that the -overexpression (OE) roots had a higher respiratory rate and tolerance to waterlogging than the -RNAi roots, suggesting that plays a positive role in the regulation of anaerobic respiration under waterlogging. upregulated the activity of anaerobic respiration-related enzymes including hexokinase (HK), phosphofructokinase (PFK), pyruvate kinase (PK), pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC), alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH).

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  • Salt stress negatively impacts fruit tree growth and decreases fruit quality and yield.
  • Adding external phosphatidylcholine (PC) significantly boosts salt tolerance in one-year-old peach trees, enhancing both leaf gas exchange and root health.
  • The mechanism involves increased phospholipase D activity and phosphatidic acid production, which help regulate osmotic balance and reduce damage from salt stress.
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Sucrose nonfermentation 1 (SNF1) related kinase 1 (SnRK1) is a central energy sensor kinase in plants and a key switch regulating carbon and nitrogen metabolism. Fruit quality depends on leaf photosynthetic efficiency and carbohydrate accumulation, but the role of peach (Prunus persica) SnRK1 α subunit (PpSnRK1α) in regulating leaf carbon metabolism and the light signal response remains unclear. We studied the carbon metabolism of tomato leaves overexpressing PpSnRK1α and the responses of PpSnRK1α-overexpressing tomato leaves to light signals.

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It is very important to promote root growth and delay root and leaf senescence, to improve nitrogen absorption and utilization efficiency, and to improve the storage nutrition level of the tree, so as to improve the fruit quality and yield of peach. In this experiment, we compared and analyzed the effects of traditional fertilization and bag-controlled release fertilizer (BCRF) on the growth of shoots and roots, senescence of leaves and roots, and fruit yield and quality. Moreover, the impacts of BCRF on ammonia volatilization, nitrogen utilization rate, fine root turnover, and plant storage nutrients were also investigated.

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