Peat mine as a threat to the diversity of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in the protected area Nature 2000 in Poland.

Peatlands, shaped by centuries of human activities, now face a primary threat from mining activities. Vulnerable to drainage and hydrological instability, peatland areas encounter challenges that compromise their ecological integrity. This study hypothesised that permanent water reservoirs within mines could serve as refugia for water beetles from adjacent areas prone to drying in the summer.

Genotype-Specific Expression of Selected Candidate Genes Conferring Resistance to Leaf Rust of Rye ( L.).

Leaf rust (LR) caused by f. sp. () is a highly destructive disease in rye.

Leaf rust (Puccinia recondita f. sp. secalis) triggers substantial changes in rye (Secale cereale L.) at the transcriptome and metabolome levels.

Background: Rye (Secale cereale L.) is a cereal crop highly tolerant to environmental stresses, including abiotic and biotic stresses (e.g.

Identification and characteristics of wheat Lr orthologs in three rye inbred lines.

The genetic background of the immune response of rye to leaf rust (LR), although extensively studied, is still not well understood. The recent publication of the genome of rye line Lo7 and the development of efficient transcriptomic methods has aided the search for genes that confer resistance to this disease. In this study, we investigated the potential role of rye orthologs of wheat Lr genes (Lr1, Lr10, Lr21, Lr22a, and RGA2/T10rga2-1A) in the LR seedling-stage resistance of inbred rye lines D33, D39, and L318.

The role of AtPP2-A3 and AtPP2-A8 genes encoding Nictaba-related lectin domains in the defense response of Arabidopsis thaliana to Heterodera schachtii.

Expression levels of AtPP2-A3 and AtPP2-A8 are reduced in syncytia induced by Heterodera schachtii and decline of their expression levels decreases host susceptibility, whereas their overexpression promotes susceptibility to parasite. Plant-parasitic nematodes cause huge crop losses worldwide. Heterodera schachtii is a sedentary cyst-forming nematode that induces a feeding site called a syncytium via the delivery of secreted chemical substances (effectors) to host cells, which modulate host genes expression and phytohormone regulation patterns.