Background: Salinity is a major abiotic stress that prevents normal plant growth and development, ultimately reducing crop productivity. This study investigated the effects of salinity stress on two wheat lines: PL1 (wild type) and PL6 (mutant line generated through gamma irradiation of PL1).
Results: The salinity treatment was carried out with a solution consisting of a total volume of 200 mL containing 150 mM NaCl.
L. is a vital cereal crop for global food security. Its adaptability to diverse climates make it economically, socially, and environmentally valuable.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChimeric plants composed of green and albino tissues have great ornamental value. To unveil the functional genes responsible for albino phenotypes in chimeric plants, we inspected the complete plastid genomes (plastomes) in green and albino leaf tissues from 23 ornamental chimeric plants belonging to 20 species, including monocots, dicots, and gymnosperms. In nine chimeric plants, plastomes were identical between green and albino tissues.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and mass spectrometry (MS) are indispensable analytical tools to provide chemical fingerprints in metabolomics studies. The present study evaluated radiation breeding wheat lines for chemical changes by non-targeted NMR-based metabolomics analysis of bran extracts. Multivariate analysis following spectral binning suggested pyrrole-2-carbaldehydes as chemical markers of four mutant lines with distinct NMR fingerprints in a δ range of 9.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecently, wheat has attracted attention as a functional food, rather than a simple dietary energy source. Accordingly, whole-grain intake increases with an understanding of bioactive phytochemicals in bran. The development of colored wheat has drawn more attention to the value of bran owing to its nutritional quality, as well as the antioxidant properties of the colorant.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLentil (; Fabaceae), one of the major pulse crops in the world, is an important source of proteins, prebiotics, lipids, and essential minerals as well as functional components such as flavonoids, polyphenols, and phenolic acids. To improve crop nutritional and medicinal traits, hybridization and mutation are widely used in plant breeding research. In this study, mutant lentil populations were generated by γ-irradiation for the development of new cultivars by inducing genetic diversity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProtons may have contributed to the evolution of plants as a major component of cosmic-rays and also have been used for mutagenesis in plants. Although the mutagenic effect of protons has been well-characterized in animals, no comprehensive phenotypic and genomic analyses has been reported in plants. Here, we investigated the phenotypes and whole genome sequences of Arabidopsis M lines derived by irradiation with proton beams and gamma-rays, to determine unique characteristics of proton beams in mutagenesis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFaba bean (Vicia faba L.), a globally important grain legume providing a stable source of dietary protein, was one of the earliest plant cytogenetic models. However, the lack of draft genome annotations and unclear structural information on mRNA transcripts have impeded its genetic improvement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe enzyme phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthase (PRPS) catalyzes the conversion of ribose 5-phosphate into phosphoribosyl diphosphate; the latter is a precursor of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides. Here, we investigated the function of PRPS from the single-celled green alga in its response to DNA damage from gamma radiation or the alkylating agent LiCl. transcripts were upregulated in cells treated with these agents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFspecies have been developed to produce cultivars of various floral colors and sizes and are also used in traditional medicine. To identify and evaluate mutant cultivars of . and .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFF-box proteins are substrate recognition components of the Skp1-Cullin-F-box (SCF) complex, which performs many important biological functions including the degradation of numerous proteins via the ubiquitin-26S proteasome system. In this study, we isolated the gene encoding the F-box/LRR-repeat (FBXL) protein from wheat ( L.) seedlings and validated that the TaFBXL protein is a component of the SCF complex.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe use of ionizing radiation (IR) during radiotherapy can induce malignant effects, such as metastasis, which contribute to poor prognoses in lung cancer patients. Here, we explored the ability of dendrobine, a plant-derived alkaloid from , to improve the efficacy of radiotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We employed Western blotting, quantitative real-time (qRT)-PCR, transwell migration assays, and wound-healing assays to determine the effects of dendrobine on the migration and invasion of A549 lung cancer cells in vitro.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Perilla frutescens (Lamiaceae) is distributed in East Asia and is classified into var. frutescens and crispa. P.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Proton ions are expected to be used as a discriminative radiation source to induce different kinds of mutations than those produced by γ-rays and carbon ions; however, there is little systemic information about radiosensitivity in plants.
Materials And Methods: We analyzed the LD, LD, and RD values in response to proton ions and γ-rays using 20 plant species. Plant seeds were irradiated, and growth responses were measured one month after planting, except for cymbidium, for which rhizomes were irradiated.
The species (Orchidaceae) has been cultivated as an ornamental plant as well as used in traditional medicines. In this study, the chemical profiles of Dendrobii Herba, used as herbal medicine, in two different species, their hybrid, and the gamma-irradiated mutant lines of the hybrid, were systematically investigated via ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-QToF MS). Among the numerous peaks detected, 17 peaks were unambiguously identified.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSoybean seeds are consumed worldwide owing to their nutritional value and health benefits. In this study we investigated the metabolic properties of 208 soybean mutant diversity pool (MDP) lines by measuring the isoflavone and fatty acid contents of the seed. The total isoflavone content (TIC) ranged from 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh-temperature stress during the grain filling stage has a deleterious effect on grain yield and end-use quality. Plants undergo various transcriptional events of protein complexity as defensive responses to various stressors. The "" wheat cultivar was subjected to high-temperature stress for 6 and 10 days beginning 9 days after anthesis, then two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DE) and peptide analyses were performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous repetitive components of eukaryotic organisms that show mobility in the genome against diverse stresses. TEs contribute considerably to the size, structure, and plasticity of genomes and also play an active role in genome evolution by helping their hosts adapt to novel conditions by conferring useful characteristics. We developed a simple and rapid method for investigation of genetic mobility and diversity among TEs in combination with a target region amplification polymorphism (TE-TRAP) marker system in gamma-irradiated sorghum mutants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransposable elements (TEs)-major components of eukaryotic genomes-have the ability to change location within a genome. Because of their mobility, TEs are important for genome diversification and evolution. Here, a simple rapid method, using the consensus terminal inverted repeat sequences of PONG, miniature inverted-repeat transposable element (MITE)-Tourist (M-t) and MITE-Stowaway (M-s) as target region amplification polymorphism (TE-TRAP) markers, was employed to investigate the mobility of TEs in a gamma-irradiated soybean mutant pool.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe response to gamma irradiation varies among plant species and is affected by the total irradiation dose and dose rate. In this study, we examined the immediate and ensuing responses to acute and chronic gamma irradiation in rice ( L.).
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