Rapid expansion of coastal aquaculture ponds in Southeast Asia: Patterns, drivers and impacts.

Aquaculture pond is one of the most important land use types and a main income source in coastal zones in Southeast Asia. However, the fast expansion of aquaculture ponds threatens coastal ecosystems - an issue that Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)14 seeks to address. Investigating expansion patterns is essential for exploring the drivers and understanding its impacts, and thus the focus of the sustainable management of aquaculture.

NbJAZ3 is required for jasmonate-meditated glandular trichome development in Nicotiana benthamiana.

Exogenous methyl jasmonate (MeJA) treatment induces glandular trichome development in Nicotiana benthamiana, but the function of JAZ proteins, acting as core repressors, and their downstream genes have not been clearly shown in plants. Here, a bioinformatics analysis of 71 JAZ genes from tobacco, Arabidopsis thaliana, and tomato was carried out and shown to share highly conserved domains. Then, the expression profile of 17 NbJAZs in different tissues was analyzed, and NbJAZ3 was highly expressed in trichome.

NbCycB2 represses Nbwo activity via a negative feedback loop in tobacco trichome development.

The transcription factor Woolly (Wo) and its downstream gene CycB2 have been shown to regulate trichome development in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). It has been demonstrated that only the gain-of-function allele of Slwo (SlWoV, the Slwo woolly motif mutant allele) can increase the trichome density; however, it remains unclear why the two alleles function differently in trichome development. In this study, we used Nicotiana benthamiana as a model and cloned the homologues of Slwo and SlCycB2 (named Nbwo and NbCycB2).

Fine Mapping of a Gene () that Causes Epidermal Reticulation of Tomato Fruit and Characterization of the Associated Transcriptome.

The hydrophobic cuticle that covers the surface of tomato () fruit plays key roles in development and protection against biotic and abiotic stresses, including water loss, mechanical damage, UV radiation, pathogens, and pests. However, many details of the genes and regulatory mechanisms involved in cuticle biosynthesis in fleshy fruits are not well understood. In this study, we describe a novel tomato fruit phenotype, characterized by epidermal reticulation (ER) of green fruit and a higher water loss rate than wild type (WT) fruit.