OsCYCBL1 and OsHTR702 positively regulate rice tolerance to cold stress.

Chaling wild rice (Oryza rufipogon Griff.) can survive winter due to its extreme cold tolerance, whereas cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) cannot.

Stress response membrane protein OsSMP2 negatively regulates rice tolerance to drought.

In a gene chip analysis, rice (Oryza sativa) OsSMP2 gene expression was induced under various abiotic stresses, prompting an investigation into its role in drought resistance and abscisic acid signaling. Subsequent experiments, including qRT-PCR and β-glucuronidase activity detection, affirmed the OsSMP2 gene's predominant induction by drought stress. Subcellular localization experiments indicated the OsSMP2 protein primarily localizes to the cell membrane system.

Study on the effect of compound cultivation on the growth feature and active ingredients content of .

We investigated the effects of the complex cultivation of on microbial communities, secretions, yield, and active ingredients, and the mechanism of action between microbial communities, secretions, and growth and development. Neither maize nor soybean was suitable to grow with , but sesame significantly increased salvinone content, the active ingredient of , and Tanshinone IIA, Tanshinone I, and Cryptotanshinone increased by 27.06%, 22.

Rice false smut virulence protein subverts host chitin perception and signaling at lemma and palea for floral infection.

The flower-infecting fungus Ustilaginoidea virens causes rice false smut, which is a severe emerging disease threatening rice (Oryza sativa) production worldwide. False smut not only reduces yield, but more importantly produces toxins on grains, posing a great threat to food safety. U.

DLUT: Decoupled Learning-Based Unsupervised Tracker.

Unsupervised learning has shown immense potential in object tracking, where accurate classification and regression are crucial for unsupervised trackers. However, the classification and regression branches of most unsupervised trackers calculate object similarities by sharing cross-correlation modules. This leads to high coupling between different branches, thus hindering the network performance.

AP2/EREBP Pathway Plays an Important Role in Chaling Wild Rice Tolerance to Cold Stress.

Cold stress is the main factor limiting rice production and distribution. Chaling wild rice can survive in cold winters. AP2/EREBP is a known transcription factor family associated with abiotic stress.

Molecular understanding of anthocyanin biosynthesis activated by PAP1 and regulated by 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in engineered red Artemisia annua cells.

Eight promoters were cloned, from which AC and G-box cis-elements were identified. PAP1 enhanced the promoter activity. 2,4-D reduced the anthocyanin biosynthesis via downregulating the expression of the PAP1 transgene.

Overexpression of OsHAD3, a Member of HAD Superfamily, Decreases Drought Tolerance of Rice.

Haloacid dehalogenase-like hydrolase (HAD) superfamily have been shown to get involved in plant growth and abiotic stress response. Although the various functions and regulatory mechanism of HAD superfamily have been well demonstrated, we know little about the function of this family in conferring abiotic stress tolerance to rice. Here, we report OsHAD3, a HAD superfamily member, could affect drought tolerance of rice.

Overexpression of Rice Histone H1 Gene Reduces Tolerance to Cold and Heat Stress.

Temperature stresses, including low- and high-temperature stresses, are the main abiotic stresses affecting rice yield. Due to global climate change, the impact of temperature pressure on rice yield is gradually increasing, which is also a major concern for researchers. In this study, an H1 histone in (, LOC_Os04g18090) was cloned, and its role in rice's response to temperature stresses was functionally characterized.

Ectopic Expression of a Maize Gene in Rice Increases Grain Length and Yield, but Reduces Drought Stress Tolerance.

As the human population grows rapidly, food shortages will become an even greater problem; therefore, increasing crop yield has become a focus of rice breeding programs. The maize gene, , encoding a putative member of the DUF1645 protein family with an unknown function, was transformed into rice. Phenotypic analysis showed that enhanced expression significantly altered various traits in transgenic rice plants, including increased grain length, width, weight, and number per panicle, resulting in a significant increase in yield, but a decrease in rice tolerance to drought stress.

Antifungal mechanisms of the antagonistic bacterium UTF-33 and its potential as a new biopesticide.

Biological control has gradually become the dominant means of controlling fungal disease over recent years. In this study, an endophytic strain of UTF-33 was isolated from acid mold ( L.) leaves.

Isolation of B-612, a Strain That Is Resistant to Rice Blast Disease and an Investigation of the Mechanisms Responsible for Suppressing Rice Blast Fungus.

Rice yield can be significantly impacted by rice blast disease. In this investigation, an endophytic strain of that exhibited a potent inhibitory effect on the growth of rice blast was isolated from healthy cauliflower leaves. 16S rDNA gene sequence analysis showed that it belongs to the genus .

Machine learning combined with MALDI-TOF MS has the potential ability to identify serotypes of the avian pathogen Riemerella anatipestifer.

Aim: Combining MALDI-TOF MS and machine learning to establish a new rapid method to identify two important serotypes of Rimerella anatipestifer.

Methods And Results: MALDI-TOF MS was performed on 115 R. anatipestifer strains (serotype 1, serotype 2, and other serotypes) to explore its ability to identify serotypes of R.

Overproduction of OsRACK1A, an effector-targeted scaffold protein promoting OsRBOHB-mediated ROS production, confers rice floral resistance to false smut disease without yield penalty.

Grain formation is fundamental for crop yield but is vulnerable to abiotic and biotic stresses. Rice grain production is threatened by the false smut fungus Ustilaginoidea virens, which specifically infects rice floral organs, disrupting fertilization and seed formation. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms of the U.

Rice β-Glucosidase 4 (Os1βGlu4) Regulates the Hull Pigmentation via Accumulation of Salicylic Acid.

Salicylic acid (SA) is a stress hormone synthesized in phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) and the branching acid pathway. SA has two interconvertible forms in plants: SAG (SA -β-glucoside) and SA (free form). The molecular mechanism of conversion of SA to SAG had been reported previously.

Phytohormones and Transcriptome Analyses Revealed the Dynamics Involved in Spikelet Abortion and Inflorescence Development in Rice.

Panicle degeneration, sometimes known as abortion, causes heavy losses in grain yield. However, the mechanism of naturally occurring panicle abortion is still elusive. In a previous study, we characterized a mutant, exhibiting abortion in apical spikelets starting from the 6 cm stage of panicle development.

Is a Positive Regulator of Tolerance to Drought and Salt Stresses in Rice.

Rice ( L.) is one of the main food crops for human survival, and its yield is often restricted by abiotic stresses. Drought and soil salinity are among the most damaging abiotic stresses affecting today's agriculture.

Whole-genome analyses of APEC carrying mcr-1 in some coastal areas of China from 2019 to 2020.

Objectives: Polymyxin is considered as one of the 'last lines of defense' for the treatment of multidrug resistant bacteria. Increased use of polymyxin during recent years poses a risk to public health. The purpose of this study was to investigate the carrying situation of the mcr-1 drug-resistance gene in waterfowl in some coastal areas of China from 2019 to 2020.

OsSCL30 overexpression reduces the tolerance of rice seedlings to low temperature, drought and salt.

Rice is one of the main food crops for the world population. Various abiotic stresses, such as low temperature, drought, and high salinity, affect rice during the entire growth period, determining its yield and quality, and even leading to plant death. In this study, by constructing overexpression vectors D-163 + 1300:OsSCL30 and D-163 + 1300-AcGFP:OsSCL30-GFP, the mechanism of action of OsSCL30 in various abiotic stresses was explored.

Isolation, characterization, and genome analysis of bacteriophage P929 that could specifically lyase the KL19 capsular type of Klebsiella pneumoniae.

In recent years, Klebsiella pneumoniae has caused an increase in the number of serious infections associated with pneumonia, septicemia, urinary tract infections, and pyogenic liver abscess. In this study, a phage P929, isolated from hospital sewage in Jiangsu, could specifically infect K. pneumoniae KL19 capsular type by forming plaques with a translucent halo that expanded over time.

O145 may be emerging as a predominant serogroup of Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) in China.

Among the numerous serotypes of Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC), O1, O2 and O78 have long been considered the predominant serogroups. O145, a pivotal serogroup in non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, has never been considered an important serogroup among APEC. The prevalence of APEC O145 was determined from the results of molecular serogrouping based on 42 sequenced isolates from Jiangsu and Guangxi Provinces in China.

Combining pangenome analysis to identify potential cross-protective antigens against avian pathogenic .

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTSPan-RV analysis was used for the first time in the discovery of APEC-protective proteins.A total of 53 potential protective proteins were screened out.Four proteins were verified as potential vaccine candidates using western blotting.

Characterization and genome analysis of a broad lytic spectrum bacteriophage P479 against multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli.

The increase of multi-drug resistant and multi-serotypes of pathogenic Escherichia coli has brought more severe challenge to control infection. Nowadays, bacteriophage is a promising tool to treat colibacillosis as an alternative of antibiotics. A coliphage P479, isolated from sewage of poultry farm, could lyse multiple serotypes, including not only O1, O2, O8, O9, O21, O78, O83, O145 of Avian pathogenic E.

The antagonistic mechanism of Bacillus velezensis ZW10 against rice blast disease: Evaluation of ZW10 as a potential biopesticide.

Rice blast, caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, is one of the three major diseases affecting rice production and quality; it reduces rice grain yield by nearly 30%. In the early stage of this study, a strain of Bacillus velezensis with strong inhibition of M. oryzae was isolated and named ZW10.