67 results match your criteria: "Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU)[Affiliation]"

A novel interpretable deep learning-based computational framework designed synthetic enhancers with broad cross-species activity.

Nucleic Acids Res

November 2024

Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-Omics of MARA, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Buxin Road NO. 97, Dapeng District, Shenzhen 518124, China.

Enhancers play a critical role in dynamically regulating spatial-temporal gene expression and establishing cell identity, underscoring the significance of designing them with specific properties for applications in biosynthetic engineering and gene therapy. Despite numerous high-throughput methods facilitating genome-wide enhancer identification, deciphering the sequence determinants of their activity remains challenging. Here, we present the DREAM (DNA cis-Regulatory Elements with controllable Activity design platforM) framework, a novel deep learning-based approach for synthetic enhancer design.

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Introduction: Negative oxygen ions are produced by plants through photosynthesis, utilizing "tip discharge" or the photoelectric effect, which has various functions such as sterilization, dust removal, and delaying aging. With global warming, high temperatures may affect the ability of Rchb. f.

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A novel Pik allele confers extended resistance to rice blast.

Plant Cell Environ

December 2024

Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing, China.

In the ongoing arms race between rice and Magnaporthe oryzae, the pathogen employs effectors to evade the immune response, while the host develops resistance genes to recognise these effectors and confer resistance. In this study, we identified a novel Pik allele, Pik-W25, from wild rice WR25 through bulked-segregant analysis, creating the Pik-W25 NIL (Near-isogenic Lines) named G9. Pik-W25 conferred resistance to isolates expressing AvrPik-C/D/E alleles.

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Molecular Cloning and Functional Identification of a Pericarp- and Testa-Abundant Gene's () Promoter from .

Int J Mol Sci

July 2024

College of Agriculture, Center of Legume Plant Genetics and System Biology, Institute of Oil Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU), Fuzhou 350002, China.

Article Synopsis
  • Peanuts are a special type of plant that grow their seeds underground and are packed with nutrients like oil and protein.
  • Scientists found a gene that helps protect peanut seeds from diseases in the soil, focusing on parts of the seed called pericarp and testa.
  • By using this gene, they hope to make peanuts stronger against soil diseases, which can help in farming and ensure more food is available for everyone.
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Designing future peanut: the power of genomics-assisted breeding.

Theor Appl Genet

March 2024

Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Center of Legume Crop Genetics and Systems Biology, Oil Crops Research Institute, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU), Fuzhou, 350002, China.

Integrating GAB methods with high-throughput phenotyping, genome editing, and speed breeding hold great potential in designing future smart peanut cultivars to meet market and food supply demands. Cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.), a legume crop greatly valued for its nourishing food, cooking oil, and fodder, is extensively grown worldwide.

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Maize and heat stress: Physiological, genetic, and molecular insights.

Plant Genome

March 2024

State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.

Global mean temperature is increasing at a rapid pace due to the rapid emission of greenhouse gases majorly from anthropogenic practices and predicted to rise up to 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level by the year 2050. The warming climate is affecting global crop production by altering biochemical, physiological, and metabolic processes resulting in poor growth, development, and reduced yield.

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miRNAs for crop improvement.

Plant Physiol Biochem

August 2023

Center of Legume Crop Genetics and Systems Biology, Oil Crops Research Institute, College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU), Fuzhou, 35002, China. Electronic address:

Climate change significantly impacts crop production by inducing several abiotic and biotic stresses. The increasing world population, and their food and industrial demands require focused efforts to improve crop plants to ensure sustainable food production. Among various modern biotechnological tools, microRNAs (miRNAs) are one of the fascinating tools available for crop improvement.

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Editorial: Peanut genomics and biotechnology in breeding applications.

Front Plant Sci

June 2023

Center of Legume Plant Genetics and Systems Biology, College of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU), Fuzhou, China.

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The daunting task of feeding an ever-growing population is an immense challenge for the contemporary scientific community, especially in view of the rapidly changing climate throughout the world. Amidst these threatening crises, we witness rapid development in genome editing (GE) technologies, revolutionizing the field of applied genomics and molecular breeding. Various GE tools have been developed during the last two decades, but the CRISPR/Cas system has most recently made a significant impact on crop improvement.

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New possibilities for trait improvement via mobile CRISPR-RNA.

Trends Biotechnol

November 2023

WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia. Electronic address:

CRISPR/Cas9 gene technology is transported as RNA from transgenic roots to distal parts of unmodified grafted scion, where it is translated into proteins to induce heritable mutagenesis at desired loci. This technique has the potential to produce transgene-free and genetically stable plants in difficult-to-propagate and near-extinct species.

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Ectopic Expression of Promotes Secondary Cell Wall Thickening and Flavonoid Accumulation in .

Int J Mol Sci

April 2023

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University-University of California, Riverside, Joint Center for Horticultural Biology and Metabolomics, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.

Secondary cell wall (SCW) thickening has a significant effect on the growth and development of plants, as well as in the resistance to various biotic and abiotic stresses. Lignin accounts for the strength of SCW. It is synthesized through the phenylpropanoid pathway that also leads to flavonoid synthesis.

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Article Synopsis
  • * Scientists studied a specific type of gene in peanuts called O-methyltransferases to understand how they help peanuts grow and respond to stress.
  • * They found 116 of these genes, looked at their different roles and how they behave in various tissues and conditions, which helps understand peanut development and stress responses better.
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Drought stress poorly impacts many morphological and physio-biochemical processes in plants. Pea ( L.) plants are highly nutritious crops destined for human consumption; however, their productivity is threatened under drought stress.

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Salinity stress is a well-known abiotic stress that has been shown to have a negative impact on crop growth, production, and soil richness. The current study was intended to ameliorate salt stress in Indian mustard ( L.), keeping in mind the detrimental influence of salt stress.

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Crop plants are vulnerable to various biotic and abiotic stresses, whereas plants tend to retain their physiological mechanisms by evolving cellular regulation. To mitigate the adverse effects of abiotic stresses, many defense mechanisms are induced in plants. One of these mechanisms is the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade, a signaling pathway used in the transduction of extracellular stimuli into intercellular responses.

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Peanut ( L.) is an important food and feed crop worldwide and is affected by various biotic and abiotic stresses. The cellular ATP levels decrease significantly during stress as ATP molecules move to extracellular spaces, resulting in increased ROS production and cell apoptosis.

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Genome-wide identification of germin-like proteins in peanut ( L.) and expression analysis under different abiotic stresses.

Front Plant Sci

January 2023

Center of Legume Plant Genetics and System Biology, College of Agronomy, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU), Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

Peanut is an important food and feed crop, providing oil and protein nutrients. Germins and germin-like proteins (GLPs) are ubiquitously present in plants playing numerous roles in defense, growth and development, and different signaling pathways. However, the GLP members have not been comprehensively studied in peanut at the genome-wide scale.

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Assessment of proline function in higher plants under extreme temperatures.

Plant Biol (Stuttg)

April 2023

State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia.

Climate change and abiotic stress factors are key players in crop losses worldwide. Among which, extreme temperatures (heat and cold) disturb plant growth and development, reduce productivity and, in severe cases, lead to plant death. Plants have developed numerous strategies to mitigate the detrimental impact of temperature stress.

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Developing future heat-resilient vegetable crops.

Funct Integr Genomics

January 2023

State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Murdoch University, Murdoch, 6150, Australia.

Climate change seriously impacts global agriculture, with rising temperatures directly affecting the yield. Vegetables are an essential part of daily human consumption and thus have importance among all agricultural crops. The human population is increasing daily, so there is a need for alternative ways which can be helpful in maximizing the harvestable yield of vegetables.

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Domestication of orphan crops could be explored by editing their genomes. Genome editing has a lot of promise for enhancing agricultural output, and there is a lot of interest in furthering breeding in orphan crops, which are sometimes plagued with unwanted traits that resemble wild cousins. Consequently, applying model crop knowledge to orphan crops allows for the rapid generation of targeted allelic diversity and innovative breeding germplasm.

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Accumulation of high sodium (Na) leads to disruption of metabolic processes and decline in plant growth and productivity. Therefore, this study was undertaken to clarify how Na/H exchangers and Na/K transporter genes contribute to Na homeostasis and the substantial involvement of lignin biosynthesis genes in salt tolerance in alfalfa ( L.), which is poorly understood.

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Backgrounds: The BRASSINAZOLE-RESISTANT (BZR) family of transcription factors affects a variety of developmental and physiological processes and plays a key role in multiple stress-resistance functions in plants. However, the evolutionary relationship and individual expression patterns of the BZR genes are unknown in various crop plants.

Methods And Results: In this study, we performed a genome-wide analysis of the BZR genes family in wheat and rice.

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Abiotic stresses are one of the significant threats to soybean ( L.) growth and yields worldwide. Soybean has a crucial role in the global food supply chain and food security and contributes the main protein share compared to other crops.

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Genome-Wide Characterization of Ascorbate Peroxidase Gene Family in Peanut ( L.) Revealed Their Crucial Role in Growth and Multiple Stress Tolerance.

Front Plant Sci

September 2022

Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, Center of Legume Plant Genetics and Systems Biology, College of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU), Fuzhou, China.

Ascorbate peroxidase (APX), an important antioxidant enzyme, plays a significant role in ROS scavenging by catalyzing the decrease of hydrogen peroxide under various environmental stresses. Nevertheless, information about the gene family and their evolutionary and functional attributes in peanut ( L.) was not reported.

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The root-specific NtR12 promoter-based expression of RIP increased the resistance against bacterial wilt disease in tobacco.

Mol Biol Rep

December 2022

Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops, Center of Legume Crop Genetics and Systems Biology/College of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU), Fuzhou, 350002, China.

Background: Tobacco is an important economic crop, but the quality and yield have been severely impaired by bacterial wilt disease (BWD) caused by Ralstonia solanacearum.

Methods And Results: Here, we describe a transgenic approach to prevent BWD in tobacco plants. A new root-specific promoter of an NtR12 gene was successfully cloned.

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