Publications by authors named "Zheng-wu Fang"
The NF-Y-PYR module integrates the abscisic acid signal pathway to regulate plant stress tolerance.
Plant Biotechnol J
December 2021
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- Drought and salt stress significantly hinder soybean production globally, making it hard to enhance valuable traits related to drought resilience due to their complexity.
- Researchers discovered the NF-YC14 transcription factor, which works with other factors to activate the ABA signaling pathway, crucial for stress tolerance in soybeans.
- Knockout mutants of GmNF-YC14 were more drought-sensitive, while overexpression of GmNF-YC14 or GmPYR1 improved soybean yield and adaptation, suggesting their potential in enhancing drought tolerance.
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- Researchers identified 180 C2 domain genes in soybeans, revealing their important biological functions and grouping them into three distinct phylogenetic categories based on gene structure and function.
- * The study found that specific C2 domain genes had heightened expression levels when exposed to stressors like salt, drought, and abscisic acid (ABA), indicating their role in stress response.
- * Soybean plants with modified hairy roots showed improved tolerance to salt and drought by exhibiting characteristics like delayed leaf rolling and higher proline content, confirming that C2 domain genes enhance stress resilience in soybeans.
The Ankyrin-Repeat Gene Confers Drought and Salt Tolerance in and Soybean.
Front Plant Sci
October 2020
Ankyrin repeat (ANK) proteins are essential in cell growth, development, and response to hormones and environmental stresses. In the present study, 226 genes were identified and classified into nine subfamilies according to conserved domains in the soybean genome ( L.).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlants have a series of response mechanisms to adapt when they are subjected to external stress. Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) in plants function against a variety of abiotic stresses. We screened 17 CDPKs from drought- and salt-induced soybean transcriptome sequences.
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- Stripe rust, caused by the fungus Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, is a severe disease affecting wheat, and breeding resistant cultivars is the best way to manage it.
- The wheat mutant R39 shows adult-plant resistance due to a recessive gene named YrR39, which was precisely mapped to a 17.39 Mb region on chromosome 4B using BSA and SLAF-seq techniques.
- Among 126 annotated genes in this region, the gene Traes_4BS_C868349E1 (linked to disease response) was found to be up-regulated after inoculation, indicating its potential role in resistance to stripe rust.
Arabidopsis thaliana APETALA3 (AP3) and Antirrhinum majus DEFICIENS (DEF) MADS box genes are required to specify petal and stamen identity. AP3 and DEF are members of the euAP3 lineage, which arose by gene duplication coincident with radiation of the core eudicots. In order to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying organ development in early diverging clades of core eudicots, we isolated and identified an AP3 homolog, FaesAP3, from Fagopyrum esculentum (buckwheat, Polygonaceae), a multi-food-use pseudocereal with healing benefits.
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