Integrated web portal for non-destructive salt sensitivity detection of seeds using fluorescent and visible light images coupled with machine learning algorithms.

Climate change has created unprecedented stresses in the agricultural sector, driving the necessity of adapting agricultural practices and developing novel solutions to the food crisis. (Camelina) is a recently emerging oilseed crop with high nutrient-density and economic potential. Camelina seeds are rich in essential fatty acids and contain potent antioxidants required to maintain a healthy diet.

Camelina sativa High-Throughput Phenotyping Under Normal and Salt Conditions Using a Plant Phenomics Platform.

Climate change and environmental pollution will have a great impact on food security worldwide. More than 30% of the world's irrigated areas are estimated to be perturbed by high salinity affecting the productivity of crops. Camelina sativa, also known as false flax, is a flowering plant that is mainly cultivated as an oilseed crop that has many potential economic benefits; it can be used in food products, in industrial applications, and in animal feed and converted into biofuel.

Unexpected invasion of miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements in viral genomes.

Background: Transposable elements (TEs) are common and often present with high copy numbers in cellular genomes. Unlike in cellular organisms, TEs were previously thought to be either rare or absent in viruses. Almost all reported TEs display only one or two copies per viral genome.

Exaptation of transposable element coding sequences.

Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile genetic elements that were once perceived as merely selfish, but are now recognized as potent agents of adaptation. One way TEs contribute to genome evolution is through TE exaptation, a process whereby TEs, which usually persist by replicating in the genome, transform into novel host genes, which thereafter persist by conferring phenotypic benefits. Exapted TEs are known to contribute diverse and vital functions, and may facilitate punctuated equilibrium, yet we have little understanding about the process of TE exaptation.

Abiotic Stress Phenotypes Are Associated with Conserved Genes Derived from Transposable Elements.

Plant phenomics offers unique opportunities to accelerate our understanding of gene function and plant response to different environments, and may be particularly useful for studying previously uncharacterized genes. One important type of poorly characterized genes is those derived from transposable elements (TEs), which have departed from a mobility-driven lifestyle to attain new adaptive roles for the host (exapted TEs). We used phenomics approaches, coupled with reverse genetics, to analyze T-DNA insertion mutants of both previously reported and novel protein-coding exapted TEs in the model plant .