Summary Plant roots interact with pathogenic and beneficial microbes in the soil. While root defense barriers block pathogens, their roles in facilitating beneficial plant–microbe associations are understudied. Here, we examined the impact of specific root defense barriers on the well‐known beneficial association between Arabidopsis thaliana and the ...
Jiayu Zhou +9 more
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The effect of copper toxicity on synergisms and antagonisms between nutrients in grapevine plants [PDF]
Copper (Cu) accumulation in soils can induce toxicity and nutrient imbalances in several plant species. The aim of this work was thus to evaluate the effect of Cu toxicity on two grapevine rootstocks, Fercal and 196.17, and to elucidate if intercropping ...
Bravin, Matthieu +7 more
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Mapping QTLs for mineral element contents in brown and milled rice using an Oryza sativa × O. rufipogon backcross inbred line population [PDF]
Biofortifying food crops with essential minerals would help to alleviate mineral deficiencies in humans. Detection of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for mineral nutrient contents in rice was conducted using backcross inbred lines derived from an ...
Chen, D.-Z. +5 more
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Prediction‐based breeding: Modern tools to optimize and reshape programs
Abstract Prediction‐based breeding reshapes plant genetic improvement by prioritizing the predictive ability of models over causal interpretation. This review examines recent advances in the use of tools such as genomic selection, high‐throughput phenotyping, multi‐omics integration, and enviromics to enhance genetic gain and improve the efficiency of ...
Roberto Fritsche‐Neto +7 more
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Metabolic engineering of micronutrients in crop plants [PDF]
Micronutrient deficiency is a widespread phenomenon, most prevalent in developing countries. Being causally linked to the occurrence of a range of diseases, it affects billions of people worldwide. Enhancing the content of micronutrients in crop products
Blancquaert, Dieter +3 more
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Physiological Effect of Thallium in the Facultative Hyperaccumulator Silene latifolia
ABSTRACT The metallicolous populations of the facultative Tl hyperaccumulator Silene latifolia are extraordinarily tolerant and capable of accumulating up to 80,000 μg Tl g−1 in nature. A growth stimulatory effect of Tl was observed, and this study set out to determine possible mechanisms.
Gaia Regini +9 more
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Comparative genomics explains the evolutionary success of reef-forming corals [PDF]
Transcriptome and genome data from twenty stony coral species and a selection of reference bilaterians were studied to elucidate coral evolutionary history. We identified genes that encode the proteins responsible for the precipitation and aggregation of
Allison +113 more
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ABSTRACT Fe deficiency is a major global challenge for agriculture. While high sulfur (S) supply can improve Fe nutrition in some grasses, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. This study investigated four genetically distinct durum wheat genotypes (Svevo, Karim, LcyE A−B−, and Svems16) to test the hypothesis that they employ different S ...
Alessandro Bruschini +9 more
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Impacts of elevated atmospheric CO₂ on nutrient content of important food crops. [PDF]
One of the many ways that climate change may affect human health is by altering the nutrient content of food crops. However, previous attempts to study the effects of increased atmospheric CO2 on crop nutrition have been limited by small sample sizes and/
Bloom, Arnold J +21 more
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A receptor-like kinase mutant with absent endodermal diffusion barrier displays selective nutrient homeostasis defects [PDF]
We thank the Genomic Technologies Facility (GTF) and the Central Imaging Facility (CIF) of the University of Lausanne for expert technical support. We thank Valérie Dénervaud Tendon, Guillaume Germion, Deborah Mühlemann, and Kayo Konishi for technical ...
Alassimone, Julien +13 more
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