Quercetin alleviates seed germination and growth inhibition in Apocynum venetum and Apocynum pictum under mannitol-induced osmotic stress.

Quercetin is one of the main flavonoids in the human diet and mainly found in different plant tissues, including seeds, flowers, leaves, stems, and roots. However, its biological function in plant tissues, especially in seeds, is unknown. In this study, the seed germination and subsequent seedling growth of Apocynum pictum and A.

Dataset of full-length transcriptome assembly and annotation of using pacbio sequel II.

, which belongs to Apocynaceae, is widely distributed throughout salt-barren zones, desert steppes, and alluvial flats of the Mediterranean area and Northwestern China. has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine because of its anti-inflammation, anti-oxidative, anti-hypertensive, anti-cancer, and bactericidal effects. However, the absence of genetic information on  is an obstacle to understanding its stress resistance or medicinal function.

QTL for yield and its components responded to elevated CO2 in rice (Oryza sativa L.).

FACE (free air carbon dioxide enrichment) technology may provide a means by which the environment around growing plants can be modified to realistically simulate the concentration of atmospheric CO2 in the future. The plant growth and its yield of plant species can be enhanced under FACE. Identification of genomic regions influencing the response of yield and its components to elevated CO2 will be useful for understanding the genetics of active response to changed CO2 environment and developing higher yield cultivars, which will be adapted to future enriched atmospheric CO2 environment.

[The prevalence and its effective factors of primary angle-closure glaucoma in defined populations of rural and urban in Beijing].

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) of urban and rural residents in Beijing, China. A quantitative comparison was made based on the data collected from this epidemiological survey. We also identify some of the most typical risk factors associated with PACG.