Zinc-finger protein GmZF351 improves both salt and drought stress tolerance in soybean.

Abiotic stress is one of the most important factors reducing soybean yield. It is essential to identify regulatory factors contributing to stress responses. A previous study found that the tandem CCCH zinc-finger protein GmZF351 is an oil level regulator.

Characterizing corn-straw-degrading actinomycetes and evaluating application efficiency in straw-returning experiments.

Corn straw is an abundant lignocellulose resource and by-product of agricultural production. With the continuous increase in agricultural development, the output of corn straw is also increasing significantly. However, the inappropriate disposal of straw results in wasting of resources, and also causes a serious ecological crisis.

Application of in Practical Biotechnology of Industrial Recovery of Potato Starch By-Products and Its Flocculation Characteristics.

This study developed a practical recovery for potato starch by-products by and applied it on a plant scale to completely solve the pollution problems. Soughing to evaluate the effect of applied towards the production of by-products recycling and analyze the composition and characteristics of flocculating substances (FS) by and advance a possible flocculation mechanism for by-product conversion. After fermentation, the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal rate, and the conversion rates of cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin, and proteins were 58.

Genome-wide analysis of Dof transcription factors and their response to cold stress in rice (Oryza sativa L.).

Background: Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a food crop for humans worldwide. However, temperature has an effect during the vegetative and reproductive stages.

The rice histone methylation regulates hub species of the root microbiota.

Plants have a close relationship with their root microbiota, which comprises a complex microbial network. Histone methylation is an important epigenetic modification influencing multiple plant traits; however, little is known about the role of plant histone methylation in the assembly and network structure of the root microbiota. In this study, we established that the rice (Oryza sativa) histone methylation regulates the structure and composition of the root microbiota, especially the hub species in the microbial network.

A transcriptional regulatory module controls lipid accumulation in soybean.

Soybean (Glycine max) is one of the most important oilseed crops. However, the regulatory mechanism that governs the process of oil accumulation in soybean remains poorly understood. In this study, GmZF392, a tandem CCCH zinc finger (TZF) protein which was identified in our previous RNA-seq analysis of seed-preferred transcription factors, was found to function as a positive regulator of lipid production.

Microbispora cellulosiformans sp. nov., a novel actinomycete with cellulase activity isolated from soil in the cold region.

A novel cellulase-producing actinomycete strain Gxj-6, isolated from soil in the cold region (Heihe city, Heilongjiang province, the northernmost part of China), subjected to a taxonomic study using a polyphasic approach. In the neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain Gxj-6 fell within the clade comprising the type strains of species of the genus Microbispora. 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity studies exhibited that species Gxj-6 was most closely related to Microbispora bryophytorum NEAU-TX2-2 (99.

The Soybean Gene Contributes to Salt Stress Tolerance by Up-Regulating Salt-Responsive Genes.

Soybean [ (L.) Merr.] is an important crop for oil and protein resources worldwide, and its farming is impacted by increasing soil salinity levels.

A class B heat shock factor selected for during soybean domestication contributes to salt tolerance by promoting flavonoid biosynthesis.

Soybean (Glycine max) production is severely affected in unfavorable environments. Identification of the regulatory factors conferring stress tolerance would facilitate soybean breeding. In this study, through coexpression network analysis of salt-tolerant wild soybeans, together with molecular and genetic approaches, we revealed a previously unidentified function of a class B heat shock factor, HSFB2b, in soybean salt stress response.

A PP2C-1 Allele Underlying a Quantitative Trait Locus Enhances Soybean 100-Seed Weight.

Cultivated soybeans may lose some useful genetic loci during domestication. Introgression of genes from wild soybeans could broaden the genetic background and improve soybean agronomic traits. In this study, through whole-genome sequencing of a recombinant inbred line population derived from a cross between a wild soybean ZYD7 and a cultivated soybean HN44, and mapping of quantitative trait loci for seed weight, we discovered that a phosphatase 2C-1 (PP2C-1) allele from wild soybean ZYD7 contributes to the increase in seed weight/size.

Selection for a Zinc-Finger Protein Contributes to Seed Oil Increase during Soybean Domestication.

Seed oil is a momentous agronomical trait of soybean () targeted by domestication in breeding. Although multiple oil-related genes have been uncovered, knowledge of the regulatory mechanism of seed oil biosynthesis is currently limited. We demonstrate that the seed-preferred gene , encoding a tandem CCCH zinc finger protein, is selected during domestication.

The transcriptomic signature of developing soybean seeds reveals the genetic basis of seed trait adaptation during domestication.

Cultivated soybean has undergone many transformations during domestication. In this paper we report a comprehensive assessment of the evolution of gene co-expression networks based on the analysis of 40 transcriptomes from developing soybean seeds in cultivated and wild soybean accessions. We identified 2680 genes that are differentially expressed during seed maturation and established two cultivar-specific gene co-expression networks.