Publications by authors named "Weigang Kuang"

is the main pathogen of lotus rhizome rot, which causes the wilt of many plants. Histone acetyltransferase plays a critical part in the growth and virulence of fungi. In the present study, we identified an FcElp3 in homologous to histone acetyltransferase Elp3.

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Background: Previous studies have shown that protein kinase MoKin1 played an important role in the growth, conidiation, germination and pathogenicity in rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae. ΔMokin1 mutant showed significant phenotypic defects and significantly reduced pathogenicity. However, the internal mechanism of how MoKin1 affected the development of physiology and biochemistry remained unclear in M.

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Rice is a crucial food crop worldwide, but it is highly susceptible to Hirschmanniella mucronata, a migratory parasitic nematode. No rice variety has been identified that could resist H. mucronata infection.

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Punica granatum L. (Pomegranate), a deciduous shrub, is widely cultivated as a fruit tree and decorative plant in China. Its flowers, leaves, roots and fruit bark also has been widely used for the treatment of different types of human disease because of the high anti-inflammatory and antibacterial activitiy (Tehranifar et al.

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Rice is a crucial food crop worldwide, but its yield and quality are significantly affected by is a root knot nematode. No rice variety is entirely immune to this nematode disease in agricultural production. Thus, the fundamental strategy to combat this disease is to utilize rice resistance genes.

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Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. is a subtropical evergreen tree with economic and medicinal value.

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The rice pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae causes severe losses to rice production. Previous studies have shown that the protein kinase MoCK2 is essential for pathogenesis, and this ubiquitous eukaryotic protein kinase might affect several processes in the fungus that are needed for infection. To better understand which cellular processes are affected by MoCK2 activity, we performed a detailed transcriptome sequencing analysis of deletions of the MoCK2 b1 and b2 components in relation to the background strain Ku80 and connected this analysis with the abundance of substrates for proteins in a previous pulldown of the essential CKa subunit of CK2 to estimate the effects on proteins directly interacting with CK2.

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Alisma orientale (Alismatidae) is highly valued for both its pharmaceutical and nutritional properties. The tubers are in Chinese herbal medicine and the leaves and stems for several Chinese delicacies. Intercropping A.

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Fusarium wilt, a vascular wilt caused by , has been a serious problem for the lotus. Although some isolate genomes have been sequenced, little is known about the genomic information of the strain that causes Fusarium wilt of aquatic plants. In this study, the genome of FCN23 isolated from lotuses in China was sequenced using Illumina and PacBio sequencing platforms.

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White lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is an aquatic plant of the Nymphaeaceae family that primarily serves as an ornamental plant and is an important cash crop in China. In May 2020, an unknown leaf disease affecting these plants was first detected in White Lotus Science and Technology Expo Park in Guangchang County, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province (26.79° N, 116.

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Eurya nitida Korth. belonging to the family Theaceae is an evergreen shrub or small tree and is usually used as a very important ornamental tree and nectar source plant (Khan et al. 1992; Ma et al.

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The selective infection of Xanthomonas citri pv. citri (Xcc) to citrus cultivars is universally known, but the relationship between endophytic bacteria and the resistance of host variety to canker disease remains unclear. In this study, endophytic bacterial populations of two citrus cultivars-the resistant satsuma mandarin and the susceptible Newhall navel orange-were analyzed through high-throughput sequencing.

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Nelumbo nucifera (Nymphaeaceae family) is a well-known plant in China and with the increasing value of this crop, the planting area of lotus is expanding. In May 2019, an unknown withering lotus seedpod was obtained in Guangchang County of Jiangxi Province (26.79°N, 116.

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This study showed the systematic identification of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) involving in flag leaf senescence of rice, providing the possible lncRNA-mRNA regulatory relationships and lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA ceRNA networks during leaf senescence. LncRNAs have been reported to play crucial roles in diverse biological processes. However, no systematic identification of lncRNAs associated with leaf senescence in plants has been studied.

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Circular RNAs (circRNAs) identification, expression profiles, and construction of circRNA-parental gene relationships and circRNA-miRNA-mRNA ceRNA networks indicate that circRNAs are involved in flag leaf senescence of rice. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of 3'-5' head-to-tail covalently closed non-coding RNAs which have been proved to play important roles in various biological processes. However, no systematic identification of circRNAs associated with leaf senescence in rice has been studied.

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White clover widely cultivated in China is one of the most important perennial leguminous forages in temperate and subtropical regions. There is a large quantity of white clover seeds imported into China each year for demands of high-quality grass seeds. Seedborne diseases may cause significant economic losses.

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