miRNAs for crop improvement.

Climate change significantly impacts crop production by inducing several abiotic and biotic stresses. The increasing world population, and their food and industrial demands require focused efforts to improve crop plants to ensure sustainable food production. Among various modern biotechnological tools, microRNAs (miRNAs) are one of the fascinating tools available for crop improvement.

Developing drought-smart, ready-to-grow future crops.

Breeding crop plants with increased yield potential and improved tolerance to stressful environments is critical for global food security. Drought stress (DS) adversely affects agricultural productivity worldwide and is expected to rise in the coming years. Therefore, it is vital to understand the physiological, biochemical, molecular, and ecological mechanisms associated with DS.

Uncovering the Research Gaps to Alleviate the Negative Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security: A Review.

Climatic variability has been acquiring an extensive consideration due to its widespread ability to impact food production and livelihoods. Climate change has the potential to intersperse global approaches in alleviating hunger and undernutrition. It is hypothesized that climate shifts bring substantial negative impacts on food production systems, thereby intimidating food security.

Reticulocyte Hemoglobin Equivalent: Diagnostic Performance in Assessment of Iron Deficiency in Patients with Hypothyroidism.

Introduction: Iron deficiency affects approximately 30% of the world population and is frequently encountered in hypothyroid patients. Early recognition and prompt treatment of iron deficiency in hypothyroid patients lead to a favorable outcome. The aim of this study is to prove the usefulness of reticulocyte hemoglobin equivalent (Ret-He) as a reliable and effective tool in diagnosis of iron deficiency in hypothyroid patients.

Genome-Wide Characterization of Glutathione Peroxidase (GPX) Gene Family in Rapeseed ( L.) Revealed Their Role in Multiple Abiotic Stress Response and Hormone Signaling.

Plant glutathione peroxidases (GPXs) are the main enzymes in the antioxidant defense system that sustain HO homeostasis and normalize plant reaction to abiotic stress conditions. To understand the major roles of the gene family in rapeseed ( L.), for the first time, a genome-wide study identified 25 genes in the rapeseed genome.

Phytoremediation of Cadmium: Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Mechanisms.

Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most toxic metals in the environment, and has noxious effects on plant growth and production. Cd-accumulating plants showed reduced growth and productivity. Therefore, remediation of this non-essential and toxic pollutant is a prerequisite.

Methods of assessment of early dentine erosion: a review.

Dentine erosion is an increasingly recognised problem, especially in aging population, and various methods have been utilised for its assessment. This narrative review was planned to summarise the methods for the assessment of the early stages of dentine erosion. Relevant original articles published in the English language from 2013 to 2017 were reviewed.

Assessing surface characteristics of eroded dentine with optical coherence tomography: a preliminary in vitro validation study.

We conducted the first pilot study to investigate the use of the attenuation coefficient from an optical coherence tomography (OCT) backscattered signal as a measure of surface roughness changes in eroded dentine at an early stage of the erosion process. Ten human premolar root samples were subjected to citric acid treatment before scanning by OCT. The extracted relative attenuation coefficient (μ) from backscattered OCT signals was shown to increase with the duration of acid challenge.