NUCLEAR TRANSPORT FACTOR 2-LIKE improves drought tolerance by modulating leaf water loss in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.).

Drought is a major environmental factor that limits the production of alfalfa (Medicago sativa). In the present study, M. sativa NUCLEAR TRANSPORT FACTOR 2-LIKE (MsNTF2L) was identified as a nucleus-, cytoplasm-, and plasma membrane-localized protein.

Bidirectional lncRNA Transfer between Parasites and Their Host Plant.

Dodder species ( spp.) are holoparasites that have extensive material exchange with their host plants through vascular connections. Recent studies on cross-species transfer have provided breakthrough insights, but little is known about the interaction mechanisms of the inter-plant mobile substances in parasitic systems.

Novel preparation of Au nanoparticles loaded Laponite nanoparticles/ECM injectable hydrogel on cardiac differentiation of resident cardiac stem cells to cardiomyocytes.

Cardiac tissue engineering offers a facile biomedical technology to develop a cardiac tissue regeneration or tissue repair by involving combinations of effective biomaterials and nanomaterials with engineering strategies. The cardiac regenerative materials were fabricated by electrically active nanoparticles onto the biocompatible matrix to inspire low-resistance electrical signal in the native heart tissues. In the current report, we investigated on the improvement of cardiac functionally inspired conductive injectable hydrogel fabricated from the electroactive gold (Au) and laponite (Lap) nanoparticles loaded myocardial extracellular matrix (ECM) to enhance the functional and biological properties of cardiomyocytes.

Full-length transcript sequencing and comparative transcriptomic analysis to evaluate the contribution of osmotic and ionic stress components towards salinity tolerance in the roots of cultivated alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.).

Background: Alfalfa is the most extensively cultivated forage legume. Salinity is a major environmental factor that impacts on alfalfa's productivity. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying alfalfa responses to salinity, especially the relative contribution of the two important components of osmotic and ionic stress.

Comparative Transcriptomic and Physiological Analyses of L. Indicates that Multiple Regulatory Networks Are Activated during Continuous ABA Treatment.

Alfalfa is the most extensively cultivated forage legume worldwide. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying alfalfa responses to exogenous abscisic acid (ABA) are still unknown. In this study, the first global transcriptome profiles of alfalfa roots under ABA treatments for 1, 3 and 12 h (three biological replicates for each time point, including the control group) were constructed using a BGISEQ-500 sequencing platform.

Multiple Regulatory Networks Are Activated during Cold Stress in L.

Cultivated alfalfa ( L.) is one of the most important perennial legume forages in the world, and it has considerable potential as a valuable forage crop for livestock. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying alfalfa responses to cold stress are largely unknown.

[Freeze resistance analysis of different wheat cultivars based on the relationships between physiological indices and grain yield].

A pot experiment with twenty wheat cultivars was conducted to investigate the superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), and catalase (CAT) activities and the MDA, soluble protein and soluble sugar contents of functional leaves as well as the grain yield, 1000-grain weight, and grain morphological characters under low temperature stress. Low temperature (-4 degrees C) stress at stem elongation stage resulted in the changes of grain morphology and yield characters. For most of test cultivars, their grain length-width ratio, grain roundness, and sterile spikelets increased, and their grain equivalent diameter, grain area, 1000-grain weight, and grain yield decreased.