CircRNAs responsive to winter dormancy and spring flushing conditions of tea leaf buds.

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are important regulators of diverse biological processes of plants. However, the evolution and potential functions of circRNAs during winter dormancy and spring bud flushing of tea plant is largely unknown. Using RNA-seq data, a total of 1184 circRNAs were identified in the winter dormant and spring bud flushing leaf samples of tea plants in two different cultivars exhibiting different duration of winter dormancy.

Genome-wide identification and expression profiling of chitinase genes in tea ( (L.) O. Kuntze) under biotic stress conditions.

Chitinases are a diverse group of enzymes having the ability to degrade chitin. Chitin is the second most abundant polysaccharide on earth, predominantly found in insect exoskeletons and fungal cell walls. In this study, we performed a genome-wide search for chitinase genes and identified a total of 49 chitinases in tea.

Genome wide identification and characterization of abiotic stress responsive lncRNAs in Capsicum annuum.

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a type of non-coding transcripts having length of more than 200 nucleotides lacking protein-coding ability. In the present study, 12807 lncRNAs were identified in Capsicum annuum tissues exposed to abiotic stress conditions viz. heat, cold, osmotic and salinity stress.

Endophytes from Gnetum gnemon L. can protect seedlings against the infection of phytopathogenic bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum as well as promote plant growth in tomato.

Endophytes are beneficial plant microbes which help the plants by producing various plant growth promoting substances and also by acting as biocontrol agents against various plant pathogens. In the present study, evaluation of endophytic bacteria isolated from Gnetum gnemon, an ethnomedicinal plant was carried out for their plant growth promoting (PGP) activity and antagonistic potential against bacterial wilt pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum. Initially a total of 40 endophytic bacteria were isolated which were clustered into 13 groups based on RFLP and BOX-PCR fingerprinting.

Mining of miRNAs from EST data in Dendrobium nobile.

Dendrobium nobile is an orchid species highly popular for its therapeutic properties and is often used as a medicinal herb. Documenting miRNA-target associations in D. nobile is an important step to facilitate functional genomics studies in this species.