Publications by authors named "Shuaishuai Qian"
Genes (Basel)
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- DNA methylation is crucial for how plants adjust to stress, especially high temperatures, and the study looked at how it differs between heat-resistant and heat-sensitive plant materials.
- High-temperature stress led to a decrease in methylation levels of the CG and CHG types, while CHH levels increased, revealing differences between the subgenomes.
- A total of 124 common differentially methylated genes were identified, with many not affected by DNA methylation in terms of expression, providing insights into the complex regulation of gene expression during temperature stress.
Plants (Basel)
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how temperature affects the occurrence and spread of a fungal infection in cotton, highlighting its significance in disease management.
- Through experiments, it was found that the optimal temperature for the fungal pathogen Vd-3 to thrive and form colonies is 25 °C, and that endotoxins extracted from the fungus are most effective at infecting cotton leaves after 48 hours.
- A total of 34,955 differentially expressed genes were identified in infected cotton leaves, with key focus on genes involved in photosynthesis, sugar metabolism, and defense hormone pathways, establishing a gene regulatory network that could inform potential cotton disease resistance strategies.
