The essential role of the hickory StMADS11 subfamily in flower organogenesis and flowering time in Arabidopsis.

The StMADS11 subfamily genes play a crucial role in regulating flowering time, flower development, and bud dormancy in plants. These genes exhibit functional differences between annual and perennial woody plants. In hickory (Carya cathayensis Sarg.

Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase GhCDPK16 Exerts a Positive Regulatory Role in Enhancing Drought Tolerance in Cotton.

Cotton is essential for the textile industry as a primary source of natural fibers. However, environmental factors like drought present significant challenges to its cultivation, adversely affecting both production levels and fiber quality. Enhancing cotton's drought resilience has the potential to reduce yield losses and support the growth of cotton farming.

Rice Serine Hydroxymethyltransferases: Evolution, Subcellular Localization, Function and Perspectives.

In rice, there is a lack of comprehensive research on the functional aspects of the members of the () gene family. This study provides a comprehensive investigation of the gene family, covering phylogeny, gene structure, promoter analysis, expression analysis, subcellular localization, and protein interaction. Remarkably, we discovered a specific gene loss event occurred in the chloroplast-localized group IIa SHMTs in monocotyledons.

Quantitative Phosphoproteomic Analysis Reveals Potential Regulatory Mechanisms of Early Fruit Enlargement in Pecan ().

Pecan () is a popular tree nut. Its fruit development undergoes slow growth, rapid expansion, core hardening, and kernel maturation stages. However, little is known about how pecan initiates fruit development and enlargement after pollination.

Comprehensive identification and analysis of circRNAs during hickory ( Sarg.) flower bud differentiation.

Flower bud differentiation represents a crucial transition from vegetative growth to reproductive development. (hickory) is an important economic species in China, with a long juvenile period that hinders its commercial development. In recent years, circular RNAs (circRNAs) have been widely studied and identified as sponges for miRNA regulation of mRNA expression.

GROP: A genomic information repository for oilplants.

Biomass energy is an essential component of the agriculture economy and represents an important and particularly significant renewable energy source in the fight against fossil fuel depletion and global warming. The recognition that many plants naturally synthesize hydrocarbons makes these oil plants indispensable resources for biomass energy, and the advancement of next-generation sequencing technology in recent years has now made available mountains of data on plants that synthesize oil. We have utilized a combination of bioinformatic protocols to acquire key information from this massive amount of genomic data and to assemble it into an oil plant genomic information repository, built through website technology, including Django, Bootstrap, and echarts, to create the Genomic Information Repository for Oil Plants (GROP) portal (http://grop.

Whole-Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Long Noncoding RNAs Involved in Female Floral Development of Hickory ( Sarg.).

Hickory, an endemic woody oil and fruit tree species in China, is of great economic value. However, hickory has a long juvenile period and an inconsistent flowering of males and females, thus influencing the bearing rates and further limiting fruits yield. Currently, it is reported that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play critical regulatory roles in biological processes.

Identification and Analysis of the AP2 Subfamily Transcription Factors in the Pecan ().

The AP2 transcriptional factors (TFs) belong to the APETALA2/ ethylene-responsive factor (AP2/ERF) superfamily and regulate various biological processes of plant growth and development, as well as response to biotic and abiotic stresses. However, genome-wide research on the AP2 subfamily TFs in the pecan () is rarely reported. In this paper, we identify 30 AP2 subfamily genes from pecans through a genome-wide search, and they were unevenly distributed on the pecan chromosomes.