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Genome-wide analysis of the Amorphophallus konjac AkCSLA gene family and its functional characterization in drought tolerance of transgenic arabidopsis [PDF]

BMC Plant Biology
Background Amorphophallus konjac (A. konjac), a perennial tuberous plant, is widely cultivated for its high konjac glucomannan (KGM) content, a heteropolysaccharide with diverse applications. The cellulose synthase-like (CSL) gene family is known to be a
Changxin Luo, Shicheng Luo, Zhe Chen, Rui Yang, Xingfen He, Honglong Chu, Zhumei Li, Wei Li, Yumei Shi   +8 more
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Screening of the Candidate DNA Barcodes for Three Important Amorphophallus Species Identification

Agronomy, 2020
Amorphophallus is widely distributed in Southeast Asia, Africa, and other places, with more than 170 species. Amorphophallus has high medicinal value and is commonly used in medicine. However, the current classification based on morphology is challenging
Chufeng Zhao, Xuan She, Erxi Liu, Nunung Harijati, Teng Cheng, Zhongli Hu, Surong Jin, Ying Diao   +7 more
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Effects of shading on morphology, photosynthetic characteristics, and yield of different Amorphophallus varieties [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science
Konjac (Amorphophallus spp.) is a typical shade-demanding cash crop, yet the adaptability of different varieties to light intensity remains poorly understood.
Jinwei Li, Wenxian Xu, Minghui Chen, Yanxiong Gong, Yanwei Ruan, Zesen Lai, Ruyue Xu, Huifang Yuan, Xiangshuai Yan   +8 more
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Potential benefits of oral administration of AMORPHOPHALLUS KONJAC glycosylceramides on skin health – a randomized clinical study [PDF]

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2020
Background Ceramides play a fundamental role in maintaining the skin health as a function of improved barrier permeability. Reduced ceramide content results in skin dryness and wrinkledness.
Sudeep Heggar Venkataramana, Naveen Puttaswamy, Shyamprasad Kodimule   +2 more
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Complete chloroplast genome of the economically important crop, Amorphophallus konjac (Araceae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
Konjac (Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch) is a perennial herb with high commercial and medicinal values. To better understand its genetic and genomic profiles, we sequenced and assembled the completed chloroplast genome of A. konjac.
Changkun Liu, Lifang Yang, Zhenyan Yang, Yunheng Ji   +3 more
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Enhanced recognition and counting of high-coverage Amorphophallus konjac by integrating UAV RGB imagery and deep learning [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Accurate counting of Amorphophallus konjac (Konjac) plants can offer valuable insights for agricultural management and yield prediction. While current studies have primarily focused on detecting and counting crop plants during the early stages of low ...
Ziyi Yang, Kunrong Hu, Weili Kou, Weiheng Xu, Huan Wang, Ning Lu   +5 more
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Changes in the assembly and functional adaptation of endophytic microbial communities in Amorphophallus species with different levels of resistance to necrotrophic bacterial pathogen stress [PDF]

Communications Biology
Pcc is one of the key pathogenic factors responsible for destructive soft rot in konjac. To date, the assembly and functional adaptation of the plant endophytic microbiome under Pcc stress remain poorly understood. Here, we found that Pcc stress leads to
Min Yang, Ying Qi, Penghua Gao, Lifang Li, Jianwei Guo, Yongteng Zhao, Jiani Liu, Zebin Chen, Lei Yu   +8 more
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Nanoscale Calcium Fertilizer Modulates Pathogenicity of Bacterial Soft Rot Pathogen (Pectobacterium aroidearum) in Konjac (Amorphophallus konjac) Through Suppressing of Virulence Factors and Enhancing Plant Defense

Horticulturae
Amorphophallus spp., valued as both crops and medicinal plants, are highly susceptible to soft rot disease, causing substantial yield and economic losses during cultivation and storage. Calcium nanoparticle (CaNP) fertilizer not only has the potential to
Yan Huang, Huan Yang, Xianan Guo, Qiang Xiao, Dengguo Tang, Zhijian Long, Boya Wang, Xin Zhao, Shanglian Hu, Xuegang Luo, Yu Zhang, Ying Cao   +11 more
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Identification of the AKCDPK gene family and AkCDPK15 functional analysis under drought and salt stress. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Konjac is one of the important economic crops for poverty alleviation in mountainous areas of Yunnan Province, China. However, there are always various biotic and abiotic stress during its growth, leading to production reduction and quality decline ...
Penghua Gao, Ying Zou, Min Yang, Lifang Li, Ying Qi, Jianwei Guo, Yongteng Zhao, Jiani Liu, Jianrong Zhao, Feiyan Huang, Lei Yu   +10 more
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Isolation and identification of pathogenic fungi from soft rot tissue of Amorphophallus konjac corm

Guangxi Zhiwu
Konjac (Amorphophallus konjac) is a horticultural plant with high nutritional and medicinal values. Soft rot is a severe disease in production of konjac and it is also the main factor restricting the development of the konjac industry.
LI Zhumei, DONG Kun, ZHANG Yan'an, GAO Yong, CHEN Hong, FANG Pingping, LEI Hongxian, LU Xiaoqian, CHU Honglong   +8 more
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