Publications
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| quantitative proteomics analysis reveals the tolerance of wheat to salt stress in response to enterobacter cloacae sbp-8. | salinity stress adversely affects the plant growth and is a major constraint to agriculture. in the present study, we studied the role of plant growth promoting rhizobacterium (pgpr) enterobacter cloacae sbp-8 possessing acc deaminase activity on proteome profile of wheat (triticum aestivum l.) under high salinity (200 mm nacl) stress. the aim of study was to investigate the differential expressed protein in selected three (t-1, t-2, t-3) treatments and absolute quantification (ms/ms analysis) w ... | 2017 | 28877183 |
| rna sequencing and co-expressed long non-coding rna in modern and wild wheats. | there is an urgent need for the improvement of drought-tolerant bread and durum wheat. the huge and complex genome of bread wheat (bbaadd genome) stands as a vital obstruction for understanding the molecular mechanism underlying drought tolerance. however, tetraploid wheat (triticum turgidum ssp., bbaa genome) is an ancestor of modern bread wheat and offers an important model for studying the drought response due to its less complex genome. additionally, several wild relatives of tetraploid whea ... | 2017 | 28878329 |
| responses of wheat plants to interactions of 24-epibrassinolide and glomus mosseae in saline condition. | this study was designed to investigate the possible effects of 24-epibrassinolide (br), arbuscular mycorrhizal (am) fungus, glomus mosseae, singularly and collectively under salt stress in wheat (triticum aestivum l.) plants. after foliar spraying of mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal plants by 5 µm epibrassinolide (24-epi), they were treated with 0 and 150 mm nacl for 2 weeks and then harvested. the results showed interactions of g. mosseae and 24-epi could alleviate the adverse effects of salinit ... | 2017 | 28878494 |
| effect of co-segregating markers on high-density genetic maps and prediction of map expansion using machine learning algorithms. | advances in sequencing and genotyping methods have enable cost-effective production of high throughput single nucleotide polymorphism (snp) markers, making them the choice for linkage mapping. as a result, many laboratories have developed high-throughput snp assays and built high-density genetic maps. however, the number of markers may, by orders of magnitude, exceed the resolution of recombination for a given population size so that only a minority of markers can accurately be ordered. another ... | 2017 | 28878789 |
| characterization and mapping of leaf rust and stripe rust resistance loci in hexaploid wheat lines uc1110 and pi610750 under mexican environments. | growing resistant wheat varieties is a key method of minimizing the extent of yield losses caused by the globally important wheat leaf rust (lr) and stripe rust (yr) diseases. in this study, a population of 186 f8 recombinant inbred lines (rils) derived from a cross between a synthetic wheat derivative (pi610750) and an adapted common wheat line (cv. "uc1110") were phenotyped for lr and yr response at both seedling and adult plant stages over multiple seasons. using a genetic linkage map consist ... | 2017 | 28878791 |
| physiologic and metabolic effects of exogenous kojic acid and tyrosol, chemicals produced by endophytic fungus, on wheat seeds germination. | antioxidant compounds have the ability to scavenge the reactive oxygen species in an attempt to minimise damage in seeds during the germination. this study aimed to evaluate the physiological and metabolic process of two well-established antioxidant compounds: kojic acid and hydroxyphenyl ethanol (tyrosol), at increasing concentrations, on wheat seeds. the use of different concentrations of tyrosol or kojic acid not showed any interference on seed germination rate. however, we observed isolated ... | 2017 | 28880115 |
| changes in soil microbial communities after 10 years of winter wheat cultivation versus fallow in an organic-poor soil in the loess plateau of china. | agricultural management methods, such as cultivation or fallowing, have led to significant changes in soil fertility and hence, crop yield. such changes may have stemmed from changes in soil microbial communities and associated biogeochemical processes. this phenomenon is particularly true in organic-poor soil in the loess plateau of china. in this study, we examined three existing soil management regimes as part of a 10-year field experiment and evaluated their effects on fungal and bacterial c ... | 2017 | 28880897 |
| geostatistical characterization of cereal leaf beetle (coleoptera: chrysomelidae) distributions in wheat. | a 3-yr study was conducted in wheat, triticum aestivum l., in south carolina to characterize the spatial distribution of oulema melanopus (l.) adults, eggs, and larvae using semivariograms, which provides a measure of spatial dependence among sampling data. moran's i coefficients for peak densities of each life stage indicated significant positive autocorrelation for seven (two for eggs, one for larvae, and four for adults) of the 16 datasets. aggregation was detected in 13 of these 16 datasets ... | 2017 | 28881956 |
| quantitative genetics of disease resistance in wheat. | wheat (triticum aestivum l.) is one of the top three global food security crops. fusarium head blight is one of the major constraints in sustainable wheat production and resistance to the disease is polygenic. this review provides an overview of recent efforts in mapping these genes/loci with the objective to aid marker-assisted selection breeding. | 2017 | 28885177 |
| development of a set of pcr markers specific to aegilops longissima chromosome arms and application in breeding a translocation line. | transcriptome data were used to develop 134 aegilops longissima specific pcr markers and their comparative maps were constructed by contrasting with the homologous genes in the wheat b genome. three wheat- ae. longissima 1bl·1s l s translocation lines were identified using the correspondence markers. aegilops longissima is an important wild species of common wheat that harbors many genes that can be used to improve various traits of common wheat (triticum aestivum l.). to efficiently transfer th ... | 2018 | 28887628 |
| identification of major quantitative trait loci for root diameter in synthetic hexaploid wheat under phosphorus-deficient conditions. | synthetic hexaploid wheat (shw) possesses numerous genes for resistance to stress, including phosphorus (p) deficiency. root diameter (rdm) plays an important role in p-deficiency tolerance, but information related to shw is still limited. thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the genetic architecture of rdm in shw under p-deficient conditions. to this end, we measured the rdm of 138 f9 recombinant inbred lines derived from an f2 population of a synthetic hexaploid wheat line (shw ... | 2017 | 28887804 |
| the effect of imidazolium based ionic liquids on wheat and barley germination and growth: influence of length and oxygen functionalization of alkyl side chain. | in this work five different imidazolium based ionic liquids, namely: 1-(2-oxybutyl)-3-methylimidazolium chloride, [c2oc2mim][cl]; 1-(2-oxypropyl)-3-methylimidazolium chloride, [c1oc2mim][cl]; 1-(3-hydroxypropyl)-3-ethylimidazolium chloride, [ohc3eim][cl]; 1-(3-hydroxypropyl)-3-methylimidazolium chloride, [ohc3mim][cl]; 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3-methylimidazolium chloride, [ohc2mim][cl], together with commercial 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride, [bmim][cl] and synthesized protic imidazolium chlori ... | 2018 | 28888123 |
| characterization of a novel zinc finger transcription factor (taznf) from wheat conferring heat stress tolerance in arabidopsis. | c3hc4-type zinc finger proteins are known to play important roles in various plant processes including regulation of growth and development, signaling networks, responses to abiotic stresses etc. the current study identifies and explores the involvement of taznf in plant stress response, mainly heat stress. taznf belongs to c4hc3-type zinc finger transcription factor. phylogenetic analysis of taznf revealed strong sequence similarity to brachypodium distachyon, a model system for crop species. g ... | 2017 | 28889352 |
| aluminium in coal fly ash (fa), in plants grown on fa, and in the leachates from fa. | two coal fly ashes (fa), one from montana semi-bituminous coal and another from north dakota lignite alone or in combination with bottom ash (ba) from montana semi-bituminous coal were tested as plant growth media for the following plant species: barley (hordeum vulgare), oats (avena sativa), rye (secale cereale), wheat (triticum aestivum), regreen; a hybrid between wheatgrass (agropyron cristatum) and winter wheat (triticum aestivum), and triticale; a hybrid between wheat (triticum aestivum) an ... | 2014 | 28890900 |
| bacteria utilizing plant-derived carbon in the rhizosphere of triticum aestivum change in different depths of an arable soil. | root exudates shape microbial communities at the plant-soil interface. here we compared bacterial communities that utilize plant-derived carbon in the rhizosphere of wheat in different soil depths, including topsoil, as well as two subsoil layers up to 1 m depth. the experiment was performed in a greenhouse using soil monoliths with intact soil structure taken from an agricultural field. to identify bacteria utilizing plant-derived carbon, 13 c-co2 labelling of plants was performed for two weeks ... | 2017 | 28892269 |
| characterization of an antimicrobial and phytotoxic ribonuclease secreted by the fungal wheat pathogen zymoseptoria tritici. | the fungus zymoseptoria tritici is the causal agent of septoria tritici blotch (stb) disease of wheat leaves. zymoseptoria tritici secretes many functionally uncharacterized effector proteins during infection. here, we characterized a secreted ribonuclease (zt6) with an unusual biphasic expression pattern. transient expression systems were used to characterize zt6, and mutants thereof, in both host and non-host plants. cell-free protein expression systems monitored the impact of zt6 protein on f ... | 2018 | 28895153 |
| comparison of soil analytical methods for estimating wheat potassium fertilizer requirements in response to contrasting plant k demand in the glasshouse. | the traditional soil potassium (k) testing methods fail to accurately predict k requirement by plants. the diffusive gradients in thin-films (dgt) method is promising, but the relationship between the dgt-measured k pool and plant available k is not clear. wheat (triticum aestivum l., cv. frame) was grown in 9 australian broad acre agricultural soils in a glasshouse trial until the end of tillering growth stage (gs30) with different plant k demands generated by varying plant numbers and pot size ... | 2017 | 28900177 |
| an in planta biolistic method for stable wheat transformation. | the currently favoured method for wheat (triticum aestivum l.) transformation is inapplicable to many elite cultivars because it requires callus culture and regeneration. here, we developed a simple, reproducible, in planta wheat transformation method using biolistic dna delivery without callus culture or regeneration. shoot apical meristems (sams) grown from dry imbibed seeds were exposed under a microscope and subjected to bombardment with different-sized gold particles coated with the gfp gen ... | 2017 | 28904403 |
| quantifying rooting at depth in a wheat doubled haploid population with introgression from wild emmer. | the genetic basis of increased rooting below the plough layer, post-anthesis in the field, of an elite wheat line (triticum aestivum 'shamrock') with recent introgression from wild emmer (t. dicoccoides), is investigated. shamrock has a non-glaucous canopy phenotype mapped to the short arm of chromosome 2b (2bs), derived from the wild emmer. a secondary aim was to determine whether genetic effects found in the field could have been predicted by other assessment methods. | 2017 | 28911016 |
| fungal flora and aflatoxin contamination in pakistani wheat kernels (triticum aestivum l.) and their attribution in seed germination. | this study aimed to isolate fungal pathogens and to subsequently quantify aflatoxin (af; b1 + b2 + g1 + g2) contamination in wheat crops grown in pakistan. accordingly, a total of 185 wheat samples were collected from different areas of pakistan and numerous potent fungal pathogens were isolated. af contamination attributed to the presence of intoxicating fungal pathogens and resulting metabolic activities were quantified using a high performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detector coupl ... | 2016 | 28911571 |
| alignment of common wheat and other grass genomes establishes a comparative genomics research platform. | grass genomes are complicated structures as they share a common tetraploidization, and particular genomes have been further affected by extra polyploidizations. these events and the following genomic re-patternings have resulted in a complex, interweaving gene homology both within a genome, and between genomes. accurately deciphering the structure of these complicated plant genomes would help us better understand their compositional and functional evolution at multiple scales. here, we build on ... | 2017 | 28912789 |
| corrigendum: expression level of the dreb2-type gene, identified with amplifluor snp markers, correlates with performance, and tolerance to dehydration in bread wheat cultivars from northern kazakhstan. | [this corrects the article on p. 1736 in vol. 7, pmid: 27917186.]. | 2017 | 28912797 |
| development of taqman probes targeting the four major celiac disease epitopes found in α-gliadin sequences of spelt (triticum aestivum ssp. spelta) and bread wheat (triticum aestivum ssp. aestivum). | celiac disease (cd) is caused by specific sequences of gluten proteins found in cereals such as bread wheat (triticum aestivum ssp. aestivum) and spelt (t. aestivum ssp. spelta). among them, the α-gliadins display the highest immunogenicity, with four t-cell stimulatory epitopes. the toxicity of each epitope sequence can be reduced or even suppressed according to the allelic form of each sequence. one way to address the cd problem would be to make use of this allelic variability in breeding prog ... | 2017 | 28912827 |
| quantitative trait loci for resistance to stripe rust of wheat revealed using global field nurseries and opportunities for stacking resistance genes. | quantitative trait loci controlling stripe rust resistance were identified in adapted canadian spring wheat cultivars providing opportunity for breeders to stack loci using marker-assisted breeding. stripe rust or yellow rust, caused by puccinia striiformis westend. f. sp. tritici erikss., is a devastating disease of common wheat (triticum aestivum l.) in many regions of the world. the objectives of this research were to identify and map quantitative trait loci (qtl) associated with stripe rust ... | 2017 | 28913655 |
| enabling molecular technologies for trait improvement in wheat. | wheat is the major staple food crop and a source of calories for humans worldwide. a steady increase in the wheat production is essential to meet the demands of an ever-increasing global population and to achieve food security. the large size and structurally intricate genome of polyploid wheat had hindered the genomic analysis. however, with the advent of new genomic technologies such as next generation sequencing has led to genome drafts for bread wheat and its progenitors and has paved the wa ... | 2017 | 28913791 |
| wheat improvement in india: present and future. | wheat (triticum aestivum l.) contributes substantially to global food and nutritional security. with the growing demands under the constraints of depleting natural resources, environmental fluctuation, and increased risk of epidemic outbreaks, the task of increasing wheat production has become daunting. the factors responsible for first green revolution seem to be exhausting rapidly, and there is an immediate need to develop the technologies which can not only increase the wheat production but a ... | 2017 | 28913794 |
| agrobacterium-mediated transformation of wheat using immature embryos. | methods of the agrobacterium-mediated transformation of bread wheat (triticum aestivum l.) have been improved in recent years so that genetic engineering can be routinely used for functional genomics as well as for wheat breeding. in the protocol described here, immature embryos of the spring-type model genotype bobwhite sh 98 26 have been used. preculture and temperature pretreatment of these explants have led to the reproducible generation of transgenic plants at efficiencies between 5 and 15% ... | 2017 | 28913798 |
| targeted mutagenesis in hexaploid bread wheat using the talen and crispr/cas systems. | the use of sequence-specific transcription activator-like effector nucleases (talens) and the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-associated system (crispr/cas9) have provided powerful reverse genetic approaches to the targeted modification of genomes in numerous organisms. both systems have been employed to generate loss-of-function alleles in bread wheat, by targeting multiple and single copies of genes. here we present protocols for modifying the wheat genome using the t ... | 2017 | 28913801 |
| endogenous reference genes and their quantitative real-time pcr assays for genetically modified bread wheat (triticum aestivum l.) detection. | endogenous reference genes (erg) and their derivate analytical methods are standard requirements for analysis of genetically modified organisms (gmos). development and validation of suitable ergs is the primary step for establishing assays that monitoring the genetically modified (gm) contents in food/feed samples. herein, we give a review of the ergs currently used for gm wheat analysis, such as acc1, pkaba1, almt1, and waxy-d1, as well as their performances in gm wheat analysis. also, we discu ... | 2017 | 28913806 |
| phenotypic characterization of transgenic wheat lines against fungal pathogens puccinia triticina and fusarium graminearum. | leaf rust (lr) and fusarium head blight (fhb) caused by puccinia triticina and fusarium graminearum, respectively, are among the most damaging fungal diseases challenging wheat production worldwide. genetic resistance in combination with fungicide application has been the most widely employed approach to combat these fungal pathogens. alternative approaches that could augment current practices are needed for the control of these devastating pathogens. to that end, we have recently shown that the ... | 2017 | 28913807 |
| databases for wheat genomics and crop improvement. | the genomics revolution brought on by advances in high-throughput sequencing has led to the production of vast amounts of data. databases play an essential role in storing and managing this information to make it available to researchers and crop breeders. this chapter provides an outline of how to use databases and tools for wheat genome research. | 2017 | 28913808 |
| high-density snp genotyping array for hexaploid wheat and its relatives. | a lack of genetic diversity between wheat breeding lines has been recognized as a significant block to future yield increases. wheat breeding and prebreeding strategies are increasingly using material from wheat ancestors or wild relatives to reintroduce diversity. where molecular markers are polymorphic between the host and introgressed material, they may be used to track the size and location of the introgressed material through generations of backcrossing. to generate markers for this purpose ... | 2017 | 28913809 |
| conversion of array-based single nucleotide polymorphic markers for use in targeted genotyping by sequencing in hexaploid wheat (triticum aestivum). | wheat breeders and academics alike use single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) as molecular markers to characterize regions of interest within the hexaploid wheat genome. a number of snp-based genotyping platforms are available, and their utility depends upon factors such as the available technologies, number of data points required, budgets and the technical expertise required. unfortunately, markers can rarely be exchanged between existing and newly developed platforms, meaning that previously ... | 2017 | 28913866 |
| seed maturation associated transcriptional programs and regulatory networks underlying genotypic difference in seed dormancy and size/weight in wheat (triticum aestivum l.). | maturation forms one of the critical seed developmental phases and it is characterized mainly by programmed cell death, dormancy and desiccation, however, the transcriptional programs and regulatory networks underlying acquisition of dormancy and deposition of storage reserves during the maturation phase of seed development are poorly understood in wheat. the present study performed comparative spatiotemporal transcriptomic analysis of seed maturation in two wheat genotypes with contrasting seed ... | 2017 | 28915785 |
| drug-herb interactions in the elderly patient with ibd: a growing concern. | inflammatory bowel disease (ibd), which includes conditions such as crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is becoming more prevalent with the elderly being the fastest growing group. parallel to this, there is an increasing interest in the use of complementary and alternative medicine (cam). nearly half of patients with ibd have used cam at one time. the elderly patients, however, are burdened by comorbid conditions, polypharmacy, and altered functional status. with increasing use of complemen ... | 2017 | 28918484 |
| genome-wide identification, classification, evolutionary analysis and gene expression patterns of the protein kinase gene family in wheat and aegilops tauschii. | in this study we systematically identified and classified pks in triticum aestivum, triticum urartu and aegilops tauschii. domain distribution and exon-intron structure analyses of pks were performed, and we found conserved exon-intron structures within the exon phases in the kinase domain. collinearity events were determined, and we identified various t. aestivum pks from polyploidizations and tandem duplication events. global expression pattern analysis of t. aestivum pks revealed that some pk ... | 2017 | 28918554 |
| the roles of pleiotropy and close linkage as revealed by association mapping of yield and correlated traits of wheat (triticum aestivum l.). | grain yield (gy) of bread wheat (triticum aestivum l.) is quantitatively inherited. correlated gy-syndrome traits such as plant height (ph), heading date (hd), thousand grain weight (tgw), test weight (tw), grains per ear (gpe), and ear weight (ew) influence gy. most quantitative genetics studies assessed the multiple-trait (mt) complex of gy-syndrome using single-trait approaches, and little is known about its underlying pleiotropic architecture. we investigated the pleiotropic architecture of ... | 2017 | 28922760 |
| three myb genes co-regulate the phloem-based defence against english grain aphid in wheat. | plant phloem-based defence (pbd) against phloem-feeding insects is characteristic of the sieve occlusion by phloem lectins and β-1,3-glucan callose, both of which are produced under regulation by ethylene and myb transcription factors. wheat pbd requires β-1,3-glucan synthase-like proteins gsl2, gsl10, and gsl12, and may also require insect-resistant mannose-binding lectins hfr-1 and wci-1, which can accumulate in the phloem upon aphid feeding. this study elucidates whether any of the 73 myb gen ... | 2017 | 28922762 |
| quantitative trait loci responsible for sharp eyespot resistance in common wheat ci12633. | sharp eyespot is a major fungal disease of wheat caused by rhizoctonia cerealis in cool and humid environments worldwide. in this study, 224 single seed descent derived f13, f14 and f15 recombinant inbred lines (rils) from the cross between ci12633 (a resistant cultivar) and yangmai 9 (a susceptible cultivar) were assessed for sharp eyespot resistance (r.cerealis isolate r0301) in field and greenhouse conditions in three growing seasons. different agronomic characteristics were also evaluated in ... | 2017 | 28924253 |
| soil biological activity contributing to phosphorus availability in vertisols under long-term organic and conventional agricultural management. | mobilization of unavailable phosphorus (p) to plant available p is a prerequisite to sustain crop productivity. although most of the agricultural soils have sufficient amounts of phosphorus, low availability of native soil p remains a key limiting factor to increasing crop productivity. solubilization and mineralization of applied and native p to plant available form is mediated through a number of biological and biochemical processes that are strongly influenced by soil carbon/organic matter, b ... | 2017 | 28928758 |
| probing behavior of dichelops furcatus (f.) (heteroptera: pentatomidae) on wheat plants characterized by electropenetrography (epg) and histological studies. | the stink bug dichelops furcatus (f.) (heteroptera: pentatomidae) has increased in abundance in recent years on the wheat, triticum aestivum l., crop cultivated in the southern region of brazil. to investigate the probing (stylet penetration) behaviors and nonprobing behaviors of d. furcatus on wheat plants, the electrical penetration graph or electropenetrography (epg) technique was applied. nine epg waveforms (types/subtypes) were identified and described on stem and on ear head of wheat plant ... | 2017 | 28931161 |
| diversity, distribution of puroindoline genes and their effect on kernel hardness in a diverse panel of chinese wheat germplasm. | kernel hardness, which has great influence on the end-use properties of common wheat, is mainly controlled by puroindoline genes, pina and pinb. using ecotilling platform, we herein investigated the allelic variations of pina and pinb genes and their association with the single kernel characterization system (skcs) hardness index in a diverse panel of wheat germplasm. | 2017 | 28931378 |
| addition of aegilops u and m chromosomes affects protein and dietary fiber content of wholemeal wheat flour. | cereal grain fiber is an important health-promoting component in the human diet. one option to improve dietary fiber content and composition in wheat is to introduce genes from its wild relatives aegilops biuncialis and aegilops geniculata. this study showed that the addition of chromosomes 2ug, 4ug, 5ug, 7ug, 2mg, 5mg, and 7mg of ae. geniculata and 3ub, 2mb, 3mb, and 7mb of ae. biuncialis into bread wheat increased the seed protein content. chromosomes 1ug and 1mg increased the proportion of po ... | 2017 | 28932231 |
| herbicidal activity of slow-release herbicide formulations in wheat stands infested by weeds. | the present study reports the herbicidal activity of metribuzin and tribenuron-methyl embedded in the degradable matrix of natural poly-3-hydroxybutyrate [p(3hb)/met and p(3hb)/tbm]. the developed formulations were constructed as films and microgranules, which were tested against the weeds such as white sweet clover melilotus albus and lamb's quarters chenopodium album in the presence of soft spring wheat (triticum aestivum, cv. altaiskaya 70) as the subject crop for investigation. the activity ... | 2017 | 28934007 |
| practical application of genomic selection in a doubled-haploid winter wheat breeding program. | crop improvement is a long-term, expensive institutional endeavor. genomic selection (gs), which uses single nucleotide polymorphism (snp) information to estimate genomic breeding values, has proven efficient to increasing genetic gain by accelerating the breeding process in animal breeding programs. as for crop improvement, with few exceptions, gs applicability remains in the evaluation of algorithm performance. in this study, we examined factors related to gs applicability in line development ... | 2017 | 28936114 |
| silencing of copine genes confers common wheat enhanced resistance to powdery mildew. | powdery mildew, caused by the biotrophic fungal pathogen blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (bgt), is a major threat to the production of wheat (triticum aestivum). it is of great importance to identify new resistance genes for the generation of bgt-resistant or bgt-tolerant wheat varieties. here, we show that the wheat copine genes tabon1 and tabon3 negatively regulate wheat disease resistance to bgt. two copies of tabon1 and three copies of tabon3, located on chromosomes 6as, 6bl, 1al, 1bl and 1 ... | 2017 | 28941084 |
| effects of co-composting of farm manure and biochar on plant growth and carbon mineralization in an alkaline soil. | in the present study, the effects of co-composts of biochar (bc) and farm manure (fm) on the growth of wheat (triticum aestivum l.) and carbon mineralization in an alkaline soil were investigated. the co-composts of fm and bc were prepared at various ratios (fm100:bc0, fm75:bc25, fm50:bc50, fm25:bc75, fm0:bc100) using aboveground piles and were used in two separate experiments conducted simultaneously. in the plant growth trial, prepared co-composts were applied at a rate of 2% w/w and wheat was ... | 2017 | 28942511 |
| assessment of two carrier materials for phosphate solubilizing biofertilizers and their effect on growth of wheat (triticum aestivum l.). | biofertilizers are usually carrier-based inoculants containing beneficial microorganisms. incorporation of microorganisms in carrier material enables easy-handling, long-term storage and high effectiveness of biofertilizers. objective of the present study was to assess enriched biogas sludge and soil as biofertilizer carriers on growth and yield of wheat. six phosphate solubilizing strains were used in this study. three phosphate solubilizing strains, 77-ns2 (bacillus endophyticus), 77-cs-s1 (ba ... | 2017 | 28942836 |
| effects of hmw-gs ax1 or dx2 absence on the glutenin polymerization and gluten micro structure of wheat (triticum aestivum l.). | wheat (triticum aestivum l.) dough strength and extensibility are mainly determined by the polymerization of glutenin. the number of high-molecular-weight glutenin subunits (hmw-gs) differs in various wheat varieties due to the silencing of some genes. the effects of ax1 or dx2 subunit absence on glutenin polymerization, dough mixing properties and gluten micro structure were investigated with two groups of near-isogenic lines. the results showed that ax1 or dx2 absence decreased the accumulatio ... | 2018 | 28946321 |
| free and esterified carotenoids in pigmented wheat, tritordeum and barley grains. | carotenoids are important phytonutrients responsible for the yellow endosperm color in cereal grains. five carotenoids, namely lutein, zeaxanthin, antheraxanthin, α- and β-carotene, were quantified by hplc-dad-ms in fourteen genotypes of wheat, barley and tritordeum harvested in czechia in 2014 and 2015. the highest carotenoid contents were found in yellow-grained tritordeum ht 439 (12.16μg/gdw), followed by blue-grained wheat v1-131-15 (7.46μg/gdw), and yellow-grained wheat ta 4024 (7.04μg/gdw) ... | 2018 | 28946328 |
| a novel approach based on untargeted lipidomics reveals differences in the lipid pattern among durum and common wheat. | in the present work the possibility of using an untargeted metabolomic strategy to discriminate between common and durum wheat lipidome for an authenticity purpose was explored. a first study was conducted by analyzing 52 samples from two durum and common wheat varieties. afterwards, an extended and independent sample set (173 samples and five varieties) was used as a confirmatory study to verify the stability and consistency of the models obtained. putatively identified markers were evaluated a ... | 2018 | 28946342 |
| bioactive compounds and antioxidant properties of pseudocereals-enriched water biscuits and their in vitro digestates. | carotenoids, tocols, phenolic acids and antioxidant capacity were studied during in vitro digestion of water biscuits (wb) from bread wheat, einkorn and einkorn-pseudocereals. antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of digestates were also measured using a 70% caco2/30% ht-29 human intestinal co-culture layer. antioxidant profiles differed among wb formulations. only hydrophilic molecules were solubilised by gastric digestion. after intestinal digestion, 77% carotenoids and 67% tocols were released ... | 2018 | 28946344 |
| molecular cloning and functional characterization of two novel high molecular weight glutenin subunit genes in aegilops markgrafii. | the high molecular weight glutenin subunits (hmw-gs) in bread wheat are major determinants of the viscoelastic properties of dough and the end-use quality of wheat flour. two novel hmw-gss, 1cx1.1 and 1cy9.1, from the diploid species aegilops markgrafii (cc) were identified in the present study. the corresponding open-reading frames of the genes of 1cx1.1 and 1cy9.1 were isolated and sequenced using allele-specific polymerase chain reaction. sequence comparison demonstrated that the hmw-gss from ... | 2017 | 28947704 |
| lechevalieria rhizosphaerae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from rhizosphere soil of wheat (triticum aestivum l.) and emended description of the genus lechevalieria. | a novel actinomycete, designated strain neau-a2t, was isolated from rhizosphere soil of wheat (triticum aestivum l.) and characterized using a polyphasic approach. phylogenetic analysis based on 16s rrna gene sequences indicated that strain neau-a2t should be assigned to the genus lechevalieria and forms a distinct branch with its closest neighbour lechevalieria aerocolonigenes dsm 40034t (99.0 %). moreover, key morphological and chemotaxonomic properties also confirmed the affiliation of strain ... | 2017 | 28950934 |
| genome-wide association mapping of loci for resistance to stripe rust in north american elite spring wheat germplasm. | stripe rust, caused by puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, is a major yield-limiting foliar disease of wheat (triticum aestivum) worldwide. in this study, the genetic variability of elite spring wheat germplasm from north america was investigated to characterize the genetic basis of effective all-stage and adult plant resistance (apr) to stripe rust. a genome-wide association study was conducted using 237 elite spring wheat lines genotyped with an illumina infinium 90k single-nucleotide polymor ... | 2018 | 28952421 |
| haplotype analysis of the pre-harvest sprouting resistance locus phs-a1 reveals a causal role of tamkk3-a in global germplasm. | pre-harvest sprouting (phs) is an important cause of quality loss in many cereal crops and is particularly prevalent and damaging in wheat. resistance to phs is therefore a valuable target trait in many breeding programs. the phs-a1 locus on wheat chromosome arm 4al has been consistently shown to account for a significant proportion of natural variation to phs in diverse mapping populations. however, the deployment of sprouting resistance is confounded by the fact that different candidate genes, ... | 2017 | 28955352 |
| functional analysis and marker development of tacrt-d gene in common wheat (triticum aestivum l.). | calreticulin (crt), an endoplasmic reticulum (er)-localized ca2+-binding/buffering protein, is highly conserved and extensively expressed in animal and plant cells. to understand the function of crts in wheat (triticum aestivum l.), particularly their roles in stress tolerance, we cloned the full-length genomic sequence of the tacrt-d isoform from d genome of common hexaploid wheat, and characterized its function by transgenic arabidopsis system. tacrt-d exhibited different expression patterns i ... | 2017 | 28955354 |
| evaluating the health risks of potentially toxic elements through wheat consumption in multi-industrial metropolis of faisalabad, pakistan. | potentially toxic elements (ptes) pollution is the fastest growing concern around the entire globe especially in developing countries. rapid industrialization and urbanization are the dominant sources of anthropogenic soil-food chain contamination with ptes. the intent of current study was to investigate the interactive levels of cu, fe, mn, ni, pb, and zn in soil and their accumulation in wheat (triticum aestivum l.) samples collected from 96 sites including industrial, urban, and peri-urban ar ... | 2017 | 28956229 |
| density separation as a strategy to reduce the enzyme load of preharvest sprouted wheat and enhance its bread making quality. | as preharvest sprouting of wheat impairs its use in food applications, postharvest solutions for this problem are required. due to the high kernel to kernel variability in enzyme activity in a batch of sprouted wheat, the potential of eliminating severely sprouted kernels based on density differences in nacl solutions was evaluated. compared to higher density kernels, lower density kernels displayed higher α-amylase, endoxylanase, and peptidase activities as well as signs of (incipient) protein, ... | 2018 | 28958551 |
| ectopic expression of triticum aestivum serk genes (taserks) control plant growth and development in arabidopsis. | somatic embryogenesis receptor kinases (serks) belong to a small gene family of receptor-like kinases involved in signal transduction. a total of 54 genes were shortlisted from the wheat genome survey sequence of which 5 were classified as serks and 49 were identified as serk-like (serls). tissue- specific expression of taserks at major developmental stages of wheat corroborates their indispensable role during somatic and zygotic embryogenesis. taserk transcripts show inherent differences in the ... | 2017 | 28959050 |
| genome-wide association study of septoria tritici blotch resistance in ethiopian durum wheat landraces. | septoria tritici blotch (stb) is a devastating fungal disease affecting durum and bread wheat cultivation worldwide. the identification, development, and employment of resistant wheat genetic material is the key to overcoming costs and limitations of fungicide treatments. the search for resistance sources in untapped genetic material may speed up the deployment of stb genetic resistance in the field. ethiopian durum wheat landraces represent a valuable source of such diversity. in this study, 31 ... | 2017 | 28959268 |
| rapid development and characterization of chromosome specific translocation line of thinopyrum elongatum with improved dough strength. | the protein content and its type are principal factors affecting wheat (triticum aestivum) end product quality. among the wheat proteins, glutenin proteins, especially, high molecular weight glutenin subunits (hmw-gs) are major determinants of processing quality. wheat and its primary gene pool have limited variation in terms of hmw-gs alleles. wild relatives of wheat are an important source of genetic variation. for improvement of wheat processing quality its wild relative thinopyrum elongatum ... | 2017 | 28959271 |
| low-molecular-weight glutenin subunits from the 1u genome of aegilops umbellulata confer superior dough rheological properties and improve breadmaking quality of bread wheat. | wheat-related genomes may carry new glutenin genes with the potential for quality improvement of breadmaking. in this study, we estimated the gluten quality properties of the wheat line cnu609 derived from crossing between chinese spring (cs, triticum aestivum l., 2n = 6x = 42, aabbdd) and the wheat aegilops umbellulata (2n = 2x = 14, uu) 1u(1b) substitution line, and investigated the function of 1u-encoded low-molecular-weight glutenin subunits (lmw-gs). | 2017 | 28960410 |
| variation in foliar uptake of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in six varieties of winter wheat. | to investigate intraspecific variations of foliar uptake of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) of winter wheat (triticum aestivum l.), leaves of six varieties including changwu 521 (cw), hedong tx-006 (hd), jiaomai 266 (jm), xiaoyan 22 (xy), yunong 949 (yn), and zhongmai 175 (zm) were exposed to three levels of (0, 0.25, and 1.5 mg l-1) mixture of six selected pahs (phenanthrene, anthracene, pyrene, benz[a]anthracene, benzo[a]pyrene, and benzo[g,h,i]perylene). after 10 consecutive days of a ... | 2017 | 28965195 |
| health risk assessment and growth characteristics of wheat and maize crops irrigated with contaminated wastewater. | the present study evaluated the effect of untreated wastewater irrigation and its health risks in triticum aestivum (wheat) and zea mays (maize) cultivated at south cairo, egypt. morphological measurements (stem and root lengths, number of leaves per plant, and dry weights of main organs) as well as soil, irrigation water, and plant analyses for nutrients and heavy metals were conducted in polluted and unpolluted sites. wastewater irrigations leads to reduction in the morphological traits of the ... | 2017 | 28971323 |
| cinnamon rolls triggered anaphylactic reaction. the genesis could be wheat-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis two case reports from our department of allergology illustrate the wheat-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis (wdeia), which is a relatively rare, yet potentially fatal form of food allergy. wheat (triticum aestivum) is the most commonly grown crop world-wide, and some individuals cannot tolerate it due to wheat hypersensitivity. the most dangerous reaction is the anaphylaxis due t ... | 2017 | 28972639 | |
| in vitro and in vivo anti-cancer activity of dichloromethane fraction of triticum aestivum sprouts. | triticum aestivum sprouts (ta) contain significant amounts of chlorophyll, minerals, enzymes, and other functional entities. furthermore, ta extracts have been shown to possess anti-obesity, anti-diabetic and hepatoprotective effects and are believed to help blood flow, digestion, and general detoxification of the body. in this study, the mechanism underlying the anti-cancer effects of a dichloromethane fraction of ta (tdf) was investigated in vitro and in vivo. in vitro study was done by examin ... | 2017 | 28972884 |
| unlocking new alleles for leaf rust resistance in the vavilov wheat collection. | thirteen potentially new leaf rust resistance loci were identified in a vavilov wheat diversity panel. we demonstrated the potential of allele stacking to strengthen resistance against this important pathogen. leaf rust (lr) caused by puccinia triticina is an important disease of wheat (triticum aestivum l.), and the deployment of genetically resistant cultivars is the most viable strategy to minimise yield losses. in this study, we evaluated a diversity panel of 295 bread wheat accessions from ... | 2018 | 28980023 |
| label-free quantitative proteomic analysis of drought stress-responsive late embryogenesis abundant proteins in the seedling leaves of two wheat (triticum aestivum l.) genotypes. | late embryogenesis abundant (lea) proteins are highly hydrophilic proteins with key roles in environmental stress responses. in this study, we performed the first survey of the lea proteome in seedling leaves from two wheat genotypes subjected to drought stress, i.e., shaanhe 6 (sh, drought-tolerant) and zhengyin 1 (zy, drought-sensitive). after isolating the lea subpopulation by treating total soluble proteins with heating combined with 1% trichloroacetic acid treatment that was assessed by wes ... | 2018 | 28982538 |
| rna-seq analysis provides the first insights into the phylogenetic relationship and interspecific variation between agropyron cristatum and wheat. | agropyron cristatum, which is a wild grass of the tribe triticeae, grows widely in harsh environments and provides many desirable genetic resources for wheat improvement. however, unclear interspecific phylogeny and genome-wide variation has limited the utilization of a. cristatum in the production of superior wheat varieties. in this study, by sequencing the transcriptome of the representative tetraploid a. cristatum z559 and the common wheat variety fukuhokomugi (fukuho), which are often used ... | 2017 | 28983310 |
| allelic variation and transcriptional isoforms of wheat tamyc1 gene regulating anthocyanin synthesis in pericarp. | recently the tamyc1 gene encoding bhlh transcription factor has been isolated from the bread wheat (triticum aestivum l.) genome and shown to co-locate with the pp3 gene conferring purple pericarp color. as a functional evidence of tamyc1 and pp3 being the same, higher transcriptional activity of the tamyc1 gene in colored pericarp compared to uncolored one has been demonstrated. in the current study, we present additional strong evidences of tamyc1 to be a synonym of pp3. furthermore, we have f ... | 2017 | 28983311 |
| mesophyll cell ultrastructure of wheat leaves etiolated by lead and selenium. | the ultrastructure of mesophyll cells was studied in leaves of the triticum aestivum l. cv. "trizo" seedlings after two weeks of growth on soil contaminated by pb and/or se. the soil treatments: control; (pb1) 50mgkg-1; (pb2) 100mgkg-1; (se1) 0.4mgkg-1; (se2) 0.8mgkg-1; (pb1+se1); (pb1+se2); (p2+se1); and (pb2+se2) were used. light and other conditions were optimal for plant growth. the (se1)-plants showed enhanced growth and biomass production; (pb1+se1)-plants did not lag behind the controls, ... | 2017 | 28988150 |
| stomatal conductance, mesophyll conductance, and transpiration efficiency in relation to leaf anatomy in rice and wheat genotypes under drought. | increasing leaf transpiration efficiency (te) may provide leads for growing rice like dryland cereals such as wheat (triticum aestivum). to explore avenues for improving te in rice, variations in stomatal conductance (gs) and mesophyll conductance (gm) and their anatomical determinants were evaluated in two cultivars from each of lowland, aerobic, and upland groups of oryza sativa, one cultivar of o. glaberrima, and two cultivars of t. aestivum, under three water regimes. the te of upland rice, ... | 2017 | 28992130 |
| variations in yield and gluten proteins in durum wheat varieties under late-season foliar versus soil application of nitrogen fertilizer in a northern mediterranean environment. | with the increasing demand for high-quality foodstuffs and concern for environmental sustainability, late-season nitrogen (n) foliar fertilization of common wheat is now an important and widespread practice. this study investigated the effects of late-season foliar versus soil n fertilization on yield and protein content of four varieties of durum wheat, aureo, ariosto, biensur and liberdur, in a three-year field trial in northern italy. | 2017 | 28992373 |
| aluminum induces distinct changes in the metabolism of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in the roots of two wheat genotypes with different aluminum resistance. | aluminum (al) toxicity in acid soils is a primary factor limiting plant growth and crop yield worldwide. considerable genotypic variation in resistance to al toxicity has been observed in many crop species. in wheat (triticum aestivum l.), al phytotoxicity is a complex phenomenon involving multiple physiological mechanisms which are yet to be fully characterized. to elucidate the physiological and molecular basis of al toxicity in wheat, we performed a detailed analysis of reactive oxygen specie ... | 2017 | 29016127 |
| tapub1, a putative e3 ligase gene from wheat, enhances salt stress tolerance in transgenic nicotiana benthamiana. | high salinity is one of the most severe environmental stresses and limits the growth and yield of diverse crop plants. we isolated a gene named tapub1 from wheat (triticum aestivum l. cv hf9703) that encodes a novel protein containing a u-box domain, the precursor rna processing 19p (prp19) superfamily and wd-40 repeats. real-time reverse transcription-pcr analysis showed that tapub1 transcript accumulation was up-regulated by high salinity, drought and phytohormones, suggesting that it plays a ... | 2017 | 29016965 |
| effect of silicate slag application on wheat grown under two nitrogen rates. | field studies were established on the alluvial floodplain soils in louisiana, from 2013 to 2015, to evaluate the effect of silicate slag applications on productivity of wheat (triticum aestivum), under sufficient and high nitrogen (n) application rates. treatments were arranged in a randomized complete block design, with four replications consisting of twelve treatments: a factorial combination of two n (101 and 145 kg n ha-1) and five silicate slag rates (0, 1, 2, 4.5, and 9 mg ha-1), and two c ... | 2017 | 29019922 |
| a conserved fungal glycosyltransferase facilitates pathogenesis of plants by enabling hyphal growth on solid surfaces. | pathogenic fungi must extend filamentous hyphae across solid surfaces to cause diseases of plants. however, the full inventory of genes which support this is incomplete and many may be currently concealed due to their essentiality for the hyphal growth form. during a random t-dna mutagenesis screen performed on the pleomorphic wheat (triticum aestivum) pathogen zymoseptoria tritici, we acquired a mutant unable to extend hyphae specifically when on solid surfaces. in contrast "yeast-like" growth, ... | 2017 | 29020037 |
| molecular identification of the wheat male fertility gene ms1 and its prospects for hybrid breeding. | the current rate of yield gain in crops is insufficient to meet the predicted demands. capturing the yield boost from heterosis is one of the few technologies that offers rapid gain. hybrids are widely used for cereals, maize and rice, but it has been a challenge to develop a viable hybrid system for bread wheat due to the wheat genome complexity, which is both large and hexaploid. wheat is our most widely grown crop providing 20% of the calories for humans. here, we describe the identification ... | 2017 | 29021581 |
| qtls and potential candidate genes for heat stress tolerance identified from the mapping populations specifically segregating for fv/fm in wheat. | despite the fact that fv/fm (maximum quantum efficiency of photosystem ii) is the most widely used parameter for a rapid non-destructive measure of stress detection in plants, there are barely any studies on the genetic understanding of this trait under heat stress. our aim was to identify quantitative trait locus (qtl) and the potential candidate genes linked to fv/fm for improved photosynthesis under heat stress in wheat (triticum aestivum l.). three bi-parental f2 mapping populations were gen ... | 2017 | 29021798 |
| high-resolution mapping of the pericentromeric region on wheat chromosome arm 5as harbouring the fusarium head blight resistance qtl qfhs.ifa-5a. | the qfhs.ifa-5a allele, contributing to enhanced fusarium head blight resistance in wheat, resides in a low-recombinogenic region of chromosome 5a close to the centromere. a near-isogenic ril population segregating for the qfhs.ifa-5a resistance allele was developed and among 3650 lines as few as four recombined within the pericentromeric c-5as1-0.40 bin, yielding only a single recombination point. genetic mapping of the pericentromeric region using a recombination-dependent approach was thus no ... | 2017 | 29024288 |
| genetic diversity of avenin-like b genes in aegilops tauschii coss. | avenin-like storage proteins influence the rheological properties and processing quality in common wheat, and the discovery of new alleles will benefit wheat quality improvement. in this study, 13 avenin-like b alleles (taalpb7d-a-m) were discovered in 108 aegilops tauschii coss. accessions. ten alleles were reported for the first time, while the remaining three alleles were the same as alleles in other species. a total of 15 nucleotide changes were detected in the 13 alleles, resulting in only ... | 2018 | 29030762 |
| physiological and biochemical responses of wheat (triticum aestivum l.) seedlings to three imidazolium-based ionic liquids in soil. | ionic liquids (ils) are considered environmentally friendly solvents and are widely applied in various fields; however, some researchers have noted the toxicity of ils to plants cultivated in nutrient solution. to evaluate the toxicities of ils to wheat seedlings in soil, the natural growth environment of plants, a study was performed using three imidazolium-based ionic liquids with different anions: 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([c8mim]cl), 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ([c8mim]br ... | 2018 | 29031056 |
| commercial phenoxyacetic herbicides control heavy metal uptake by wheat in a divergent way than pure active substances alone. | impact of two widely used commercial herbicides, i.e. aminopielik d 450 sl and chwastox 300 sl, on the uptake and translocation of selected heavy metals in wheat plants triticum aestivum l. cultivated in the laboratory pot experiments was investigated. mineral-humus, loamy sand soil representative for the central part of poland was applied. bioavailable, exchangeable and total forms of cd, co, cu, zn, pb, and mn were determined. transfer coefficients, translocation, and bioaccumulation factors i ... | 2017 | 29034141 |
| taflo2-a1, an ortholog of rice flo2, is associated with thousand grain weight in bread wheat (triticum aestivum l.). | the flo2 gene is a member of a conserved gene family in plants. this gene has been found to be related to thousand grain weight (tgw) in rice. its orthologs in hexaploid wheat were cloned, and the haplotype variation in taflo2-a1 was tested for association with tgw. | 2017 | 29037166 |
| a quantitative genetic framework highlights the role of epistatic effects for grain-yield heterosis in bread wheat. | increasing wheat yield is a key global challenge to producing sufficient food for a growing human population. wheat grain yield can be boosted by exploiting heterosis, the superior performance of hybrids compared with midparents. here we present a tailored quantitative genetic framework to study the genetic basis of midparent heterosis in hybrid populations derived from crosses among diverse parents. we applied this framework to an extensive data set assembled for winter wheat. grain yield was a ... | 2017 | 29038596 |
| an updated protocol for high throughput plant tissue sectioning. | quantification of the tissue and cellular structure of plant material is essential for the study of a variety of plant sciences applications. currently, many methods for sectioning plant material are either low throughput or involve free-hand sectioning which requires a significant amount of practice. here, we present an updated method to provide rapid and high-quality cross sections, primarily of root tissue but which can also be readily applied to other tissues such as leaves or stems. to incr ... | 2017 | 29046689 |
| optical sensing of weed infestations at harvest. | kochia (kochia scoparia l.), russian thistle (salsolatragus l.), and prickly lettuce (lactuca serriola l.) are economically important weeds infesting dryland wheat (triticum aestivum l.) production systems in the western united states. those weeds produce most of their seeds post-harvest. the objectives of this study were to determine the ability of an optical sensor, installed for on-the-go measurement of grain protein concentration, to detect the presence of green plant matter in flowing grain ... | 2017 | 29048342 |
| linear discriminant analysis reveals differences in root architecture in wheat seedlings related to nitrogen uptake efficiency. | root architecture impacts water and nutrient uptake efficiency. identifying exactly which root architectural properties influence these agronomic traits can prove challenging. in this paper, approximately 300 wheat (triticum aestivum) plants were divided into four groups using two binary classifications, high versus low nitrogen uptake efficiency (nupe), and high versus low nitrate in the growth medium. the root system architecture for each wheat plant was captured using 16 quantitative variable ... | 2017 | 29048563 |
| comprehensive profiling of lysine ubiquitome reveals diverse functions of lysine ubiquitination in common wheat. | protein ubiquitination, which is a major post-translational modifications that occurs in eukaryotic cells, is involved in diverse biological processes. to date, large-scale profiling of the ubiquitome in common wheat has not been reported, despite its status as the major cereal crop in the world. here, we performed the first ubiquitome analysis of the common wheat (triticum aestivum l.) variety, aikang 58. overall, 433 lysine modification sites were identified in 285 proteins in wheat seedlings, ... | 2017 | 29051560 |
| genome-wide identification and analysis of mapk and mapkk gene families in bread wheat (triticum aestivum l.). | the mitogen-activated protein kinase (mapk) cascade is a universal signal transduction module that plays a vital role in regulating growth and development, as well as environmental stress responses in plants. wheat is one of the most important crops worldwide. although the mapk kinase kinase (map3k) family in wheat has been investigated, the mapk and mapk kinase (map2k) gene families remain unknown at present. here, 54 mapk and 18 mapkk genes were identified in wheat using recent genomic informa ... | 2017 | 29053643 |
| heavy metal accumulation and health risk assessment in soil-wheat system under different nitrogen levels. | heavy metal(loid)s (hms) in organic fertilizer have become a primary source of hms pollution of farmlands, which could cause deleterious health effects in people exposed through soil-plant systems via multi-pathways. this study investigated china's main grain production area (henan province) to evaluate the accumulation and transport characteristics of hms (cr, mn, ni, cu, zn, as, cd and pb) in a soil-wheat system and conduct a health risk assessment for wheat (triticum aestivum) grain under dif ... | 2017 | 29054646 |
| melatonin improves the photosynthetic carbon assimilation and antioxidant capacity in wheat exposed to nano-zno stress. | the release of nanoparticles into the environment is inevitable, which has raised global environmental concern. melatonin is involved in various stress responses in plants. the present study investigated the effects of melatonin on photosynthetic carbon (c) assimilation and plant growth in nano-zno stressed plants. it was found that melatonin improved the photosynthetic c assimilation in nano-zno stressed wheat plants, mainly due to the enhanced photosynthetic energy transport efficiency, higher ... | 2017 | 29057793 |
| in vivo phosphoproteome characterization reveals key starch granule-binding phosphoproteins involved in wheat water-deficit response. | drought stress during grain development causes significant yield loss in cereal production. the phosphorylated modification of starch granule-binding proteins (sgbps) is an important mechanism regulating wheat starch biosynthesis. in this study, we performed the first proteomics and phosphoproteomics analyses of sgbps in elite chinese bread wheat (triticum aestivum l.) cultivar jingdong 17 under well-watered and water-stress conditions. | 2017 | 29058608 |
| improving the baking quality of bread wheat by genomic selection in early generations. | genomic selection shows great promise for pre-selecting lines with superior bread baking quality in early generations, 3 years ahead of labour-intensive, time-consuming, and costly quality analysis. the genetic improvement of baking quality is one of the grand challenges in wheat breeding as the assessment of the associated traits often involves time-consuming, labour-intensive, and costly testing forcing breeders to postpone sophisticated quality tests to the very last phases of variety develop ... | 2018 | 29063161 |
| relay cropping of wheat (triticum aestivum l.) in cotton (gossypium hirsutum l.) improves the profitability of cotton-wheat cropping system in punjab, pakistan. | delayed sowing of wheat (triticum aestivum l.) in cotton-based system reduces the productivity and profitability of the cotton-wheat cropping system. in this scenario, relay cropping of wheat in standing cotton might be a viable option to ensure the timely wheat sowing with simultaneous improvement in wheat yields and system profitability. this 2-year study (2012-2013 and 2013-2014) aimed to evaluate the influence of sowing dates and relay cropping combined with different management techniques o ... | 2018 | 29063403 |
| single nucleotide polymorphisms in b-genome specific udp-glucosyl transferases associated with fusarium head blight resistance and reduced deoxynivalenol accumulation in wheat grain. | an in vitro spike culture method was optimized to evaluate fusarium head blight (fhb) resistance in wheat (triticum aestivum) and used to screen a population of ethyl methane sulfonate treated spike culture-derived variants (scdv). of the 134 scdv evaluated, the disease severity score of 47 of the variants was ≤30%. single nucleotide polymorphisms (snp) in the udp-glucosyltransferase (ugt) genes, taugt-2b, taugt-3b, and taugt-est, differed between ac nanda (an fhb-susceptible wheat variety) and ... | 2018 | 29063821 |
| physical location of new pcr-based markers and powdery mildew resistance gene(s) on rye (secale cereale l.) chromosome 4 using 4r dissection lines. | rye (secale cereale l.) 4r chromosome contains elite genes that are applicable for wheat (triticum aestivum l.) cultivar improvement. pcr-based 4r-specific markers can benefit the detection of elite genes on 4r in wheat backgrounds. in this study, a new fluorescence in situ hybridization (fish) map of the 4rku chromosome of rye kustro has been constructed. a set of 4rku dissection lines was obtained and 301 new 4rku-specific markers were developed using specific length amplified fragment sequenc ... | 2017 | 29067030 |
| the potential role of selected bioactive compounds from spelt and common wheat in glycemic control. | diet is an important lifestyle factor which influences people's health and the prevention of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes. cereal-based foods constitute the main component of the everyday diet worldwide. old cereal species like spelt (triticum spelta l.) are becoming more and more popular, especially in europe. this review focuses on the role of bioactive compounds from spelt and their possible biological mechanisms of action in glycemic control. spelt grain contains a high amount of ... | 2017 | 29068605 |
| the first near-complete assembly of the hexaploid bread wheat genome, triticum aestivum. | common bread wheat, triticum aestivum, has one of the most complex genomes known to science, with 6 copies of each chromosome, enormous numbers of near-identical sequences scattered throughout, and an overall haploid size of more than 15 billion bases. multiple past attempts to assemble the genome have produced assemblies that were well short of the estimated genome size. here we report the first near-complete assembly of t. aestivum, using deep sequencing coverage from a combination of short il ... | 2017 | 29069494 |