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Prospective of indigenous African wild food plants in alleviation of the severe iron deficiency anaemia in Sub‐Saharan Africa

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Iron deficiency anaemia remains a major public health challenge in Sub‐Saharan Africa, where population growth, displacement and limited resources heighten nutritional insecurity. We compiled a list of indigenous African underutilized wild food plants and examined their potential for addressing micronutrient deficiencies.
Eltayb Abdellatef, Yohannes Gedamu Gebre, Petra Bauer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A systems biology approach identifies a R2R3 MYB gene subfamily with distinct and overlapping functions in regulation of aliphatic glucosinolates.

PLoS ONE, 2007
BackgroundGlucosinolates are natural metabolites in the order Brassicales that defend plants against both herbivores and pathogens and can attract specialized insects. Knowledge about the genes controlling glucosinolate regulation is limited.
Ida Elken Sønderby, Bjarne Gram Hansen, Nanna Bjarnholt, Carla Ticconi, Barbara Ann Halkier, Daniel J Kliebenstein   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative transcriptome analyses of genes involved in sulforaphane metabolism at different treatment in Chinese kale using full-length transcriptome sequencing

BMC Genomics, 2019
Background Sulforaphane is a natural isothiocyanate available from cruciferous vegetables with multiple characteristics including antioxidant, antitumor and anti-inflammatory effect. Single-molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing has been used for long-read
Qiuyun Wu, Junwei Wang, Shuxiang Mao, Haoran Xu, Qi Wu, Mantian Liang, Yiming Yuan, Mingyue Liu, Ke Huang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Novel applications of the tomato microbiome: Roles and considerations for agriculture, human health, and society

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Plants, like humans, have a microbiome that helps them grow, defend themselves against pathogens, acquire nutrients, and protect themselves against environmental stresses. The microbiome of tomatoes, a staple crop grown worldwide, could be utilized not only to reduce fertilizer and pesticide applications, but also to clean up harmful pollutants ...
Sean Lindert, Kathryn Kingsley, Peerapol Chiaranunt, James F. White   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Metabolomics Study of Glucosinolates in Four Watercress (Nasturtium officinale R. Br.) Samples from Different Origins Using Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography–Electrospray Ionization–Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Horticulturae
Glucosinolates are important plant secondary metabolites that are involved in plant defense responses and have beneficial effects on human life and health. Watercress (Nasturtium officinale R. Br.) is an aquatic vegetable rich in glucosinolates.
Suchong Deng, Xiaoqing Ma, Qiang Ding, Xilin Hou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Insect attraction versus plant defense: young leaves high in glucosinolates stimulate oviposition by a specialist herbivore despite poor larval survival due to high saponin content. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Glucosinolates are plant secondary metabolites used in plant defense. For insects specialized on Brassicaceae, such as the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L.
Francisco R Badenes-Perez, Jonathan Gershenzon, David G Heckel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid and Selective Absorption of Plant Defense Compounds From the Gut of a Sequestering Insect

Frontiers in Physiology, 2022
Many herbivorous insects exploit defense compounds produced by their host plants for protection against predators. Ingested plant defense compounds are absorbed via the gut epithelium and stored in the body, a physiological process that is currently not ...
Zhi-Ling Yang, Fabian Seitz, Veit Grabe, Sandor Nietzsche, Adrian Richter, Michael Reichelt, Rolf Beutel, Franziska Beran   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

From A. rhizogenes RolD to Plant P5CS: Exploiting Proline to Control Plant Development [PDF]

, 2018
The capability of the soil bacterium Agrobacterium rhizogenes to reprogram plant development and induce adventitious hairy roots relies on the expression of a few root-inducing genes (rol A, B, C and D), which can be transferred from large virulence ...
Costantino, Paolo, Mattioli, Roberto, Trovato, Maurizio   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Copper toxicity affects indolic glucosinolates and gene expression of key enzymes for their biosynthesis in Chinese cabbage

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 2019
Excessive levels of Cu2+ are phytotoxic and exposure of Chinese cabbage to elevated Cu2+ concentrations led to reduction of the plant biomass. To get more insight into the role of glucosinolates upon copper stress, the impact of elevated Cu2+ levels on ...
T. Aghajanzadeh, Dharmendra H. Prajapati, Meike Burow   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Resistance mechanisms in collard green genotypes to Plutella xylostella: role of physical and morphological traits

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Resistance to Plutella xylostella in collard greens is mediated by antixenosis and antibiosis, associated with traits such as leaf wax, hardness, and color. Genotypes showed strong resistance potential, supporting their use in breeding and integrated pest management strategies. Abstract BACKGROUND The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera:
Aline Marques Pinheiro, Edson Luiz Lopes Baldin, Vinicius Fernandes Canassa, Alisson da Silva Santana, Thais Lohaine Braga dos Santos, André Luiz Lourenção, Carlos Gilberto Raetano   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source