Comparative differences in maintaining membrane fluidity and remodeling cell wall between Glycine soja and Glycine max leaves under drought.

Water shortage is one of the most important environmental factors limiting crop yield. In this study, we used wild soybean (Glycine soja Sieb. et Zucc.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi offset NH emissions in temperate meadow soil under simulated warming and nitrogen deposition.

Most soil ammonia (NH) emissions originate from soil nitrogen (N) that has been in the form of exchangeable ammonium. Emitted NH not only induces nutrient loss but also has adverse effects on the cycling of N and accelerates global warming. There is evidence that arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi can alleviate N loss by reducing NO emissions in N-limited ecosystems, however, some studies have also found that global changes, such as warming and N deposition, can affect the growth and development of AM fungi and alter their functionality.

Integration of the transcriptome and metabolome reveals the mechanism of resistance to low phosphorus in wild soybean seedling leaves.

Plant growth, development, yield and quality are limited by barren soil. Soil phosphorus deficiency is one of the common factors causing soil barrenness. Plants have evolved morphological, physiological and molecular adaptations to resist to phosphorus deficiency.

Diversity and structure of the rhizosphere microbial communities of wild and cultivated ginseng.

Background: The resources of wild ginseng have been reducing sharply, and it is mainly dependent on artificial cultivation in China, Korea and Japan. Based on cultivation modes, cultivated ginseng include understory wild ginseng (the seeds or seedlings of cultivated ginseng were planted under the theropencedrymion without human intervention) and farmland cultivated ginseng (grown in farmland with human intervention). Cultivated ginseng, can only be planted on the same plot of land consecutively for several years owing to soilborne diseases, which is mainly because of the variation in the soil microbial community.

Phylogeography of (Iridaceae) in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau revealed by chloroplast DNA and microsatellite markers.

Quaternary climate oscillations and complex topography have tremendous effects on current distribution and genetic structure of species, and hence the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP), the largest plateau in the world, has become a hotspot for many phylogeographic studies. However, little is known about the phylogeographic pattern of herbaceous plants in QTP. Here, we investigate the genetic diversity, population structure and historical dynamics of , using five chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) fragments and seven microsatellite markers.

Genomic and EST-derived microsatellite markers for Iris laevigata (Iridaceae) and other congeneric species.

Premise Of The Study: The aims of this study are to develop and characterize genomic and expressed sequence tag (EST)-derived microsatellites from Iris laevigata and test their transferability in I. ensata, I. setosa, I.

Development of eighteen microsatellite markers in Anemone amurensis (Ranunculaceae) and cross-amplification in congeneric species.

Polyploidy plays an important role in the evolution of plant genomes. To enable the investigation of the polyploidy events within the genus Anemone, we developed eighteen microsatellite markers from the hexaploid species A. amurensis (Ranunculaceae), and tested their transferability in five closely related species.

Subsequent products after antioxidant actions of beta-carotene and alpha-tocopherol have no Salmonella mutagenicity.

Beta-carotene and alpha-tocopherol are important antioxidants biologically, but whether their oxidized products are toxic or not remains to be discovered. Here, we chromatographically separated 5 pure products or isomeric mixtures from reaction mixtures of beta-carotene and reactive oxygens, and 17 lipid-radical scavenging products of alpha-tocopherol. The products were tested for mutagenicity using Salmonella typhimurium TA98, TA100, TA102, and TA104, in the presence and absence of S9.