Publications
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| pollen flow of wheat under natural conditions in the huanghuai river wheat region, china. | the transgenic pollen spread is the main pathway of transgenic plant gene flow. the maximum distance of pollen dispersal (horizontal), the spatial dynamics of pollen movement (vertical), and the patterns of pollen dispersal are important considerations in biosafety assessments of genetically modified crops. to evaluate wheat (triticum aestivum) pollen dispersal, we measured the pollen suspension velocity and analyzed pollen dispersal patterns under natural conditions in the huanghuai river wheat ... | 2015 | 25658025 |
| the effects of chromosome 6p on fertile tiller number of wheat as revealed in wheat-agropyron cristatum chromosome 5a/6p translocation lines. | this study explored the genetic constitutions of several wheat- a. cristatum translocation lines and determined the effects of a. cristatum 6p chromosome segments on fertile tiller number in wheat. progress in wheat breeding is hampered by a relatively narrow range of genetic variation. to overcome this hurdle, wild relatives of common wheat with superior agronomic traits are often used as donors of desirable genes in wheat-breeding programs. one of the successfully utilized wheat wild relatives ... | 2015 | 25656149 |
| identification and development of a functional marker from 6-sft-a2 associated with grain weight in wheat. | as a class of water-soluble, fructose-based oligo- and polysaccharides, fructans are major nonstructural carbohydrates and an important carbon source for grain filling in wheat (triticum aestivum l.). four enzymes are involved in fructan synthesis in higher plants, and 6-sft is a key enzyme in fructan biosynthesis. in this study, thirteen single nucleotide polymorphisms were detected in 6-sft-a2 in 24 wheat accessions, forming three haplotypes. two cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence markers ... | 2017 | 25653572 |
| formulation of eco-friendly medicated chewing gum to prevent motion sickness. | an attempt was made to formulate medicated chewing gum to prevent motion sickness using natural gum base for faster onset of action and easy administration, anywhere and anytime, without access to water. to avoid the discard issue of gum cud, natural gum base of triticum aestivum (wheat grain) was explored because of its biodegradable and biocompatible nature and easy availability. prolamin, extracted from wheat, showed good chewing capacity, elasticity, high water retention capacity, antifungal ... | 2015 | 25652732 |
| nitrogen stress-induced alterations in the leaf proteome of two wheat varieties grown at different nitrogen levels. | inorganic nitrogen (n) is a key limiting factor of the agricultural productivity. nitrogen utilization efficiency has significant impact on crop growth and yield as well as on the reduction in production cost. the excessive nitrogen application is accompanied with severe negative impact on environment. thus to reduce the environmental contamination, improving nue is need of an hour. in our study we have deployed comparative proteome analysis using 2-de to investigate the effect of the nitrogen n ... | 2015 | 25649735 |
| polymarker: a fast polyploid primer design pipeline. | the design of genetic markers is of particular relevance in crop breeding programs. despite many economically important crops being polyploid organisms, the current primer design tools are tailored for diploid species. bread wheat, for instance, is a hexaploid comprising of three related genomes and the performance of genetic markers is diminished if the primers are not genome specific. polymarker is a pipeline that generates snp markers by selecting candidate primers for a specified genome usin ... | 2015 | 25649618 |
| physiological traits associated with heat tolerance in bread wheat (triticum aestivum l.). | field experiments for evaluating heat tolerance-related physiological traits were conducted for two consecutive years using a mapping population of recombinant inbred lines (rils) from the cross raj4014/wh730. chlorophyll content (chl) and chlorophyll fluorescence (cfl) were recorded under timely sown (ts) and late sown (ls) conditions. late sowing exposes the terminal stage of plants to high temperature stress. pooled analysis showed that cfl and chl differed significantly under ts and ls condi ... | 2014 | 25648644 |
| low psi content limits the photoprotection of psi and psii in early growth stages of chlorophyll b-deficient wheat mutant lines. | in vivo analyses of electron and proton transport-related processes as well as photoprotective responses were carried out at different stages of growth in chlorophyll b (chl b)-deficient mutant lines (ank-32a and ank-32b) and wild type (wt) of wheat (triticum aestivum l.). in addition to a high chl a-b ratio, ank mutants had a lower content of photo-oxidizable photosystem i (psi, p m), and several parameters indicated a low psi/psii ratio. moreover, simultaneous measurements of chl fluorescence ... | 2015 | 25648638 |
| phytochemical analysis of jatropha curcas l. during different seasons and developmental stages and seedling growth of wheat (triticum aestivum l) as affected by extracts/leachates of jatropha curcas l. | jatropha curcas shows invasive characters and is a significant source of many phytochemicals with varying biological activities. different plant parts of jatropha curcas l exhibited variation in their phytochemical constituents. leaves and ovary walls were found to contain higher contents of total phenols, tannins and phytic acid whereas free amino acids were greater in leaves. young leaves of jatropha show greater contents of all these metabolites. further, plants exhibit seasonal differences a ... | 2015 | 25648137 |
| expressing an (e)-β-farnesene synthase in the chloroplast of tobacco affects the preference of green peach aphid and its parasitoid. | (e)-β-farnesene (eβf) synthase catalyses the production of eβf, which for many aphids is the main or only component of the alarm pheromone causing the repellence of aphids and also functions as a kairomone for aphids' natural enemies. many plants possess eβf synthase genes and can release eβf to repel aphids. in order to effectively recruit the plant-derived eβf synthase genes for aphid control, by using chloroplast transit peptide (ctp) of the small subunit of rubisco (rbcs) from wheat (triticu ... | 2015 | 25644472 |
| molecular characterization of two isoforms of a farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase gene in wheat and their roles in sesquiterpene synthesis and inducible defence against aphid infestation. | aphids are important pests of wheat (triticum aestivum) that affect crop production globally. herbivore-induced emission of sesquiterpenes can repel pests, and farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase (fps) is a key enzyme involved in sesquiterpene biosynthesis. however, fps orthologues in wheat and their functional roles in sesquiterpene synthesis and defence against aphid infestation are unknown. here, two fps isoforms, tafps1 and tafps2, were identified in wheat. quantitative real-time polymerase chai ... | 2015 | 25644034 |
| interference of allelopathic wheat with different weeds. | interference of allelopathic wheat with weeds involves a broad spectrum of species either independently or synergistically with competitive factors. this study examined the interference of allelopathic wheat with 38 weeds in relation to the production of allelochemical 2,4-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one (dimboa) in wheat with and without root-root interactions. | 2016 | 25641926 |
| characterization of glutathione s-transferases from sus scrofa, cydia pomonella and triticum aestivum: their responses to cantharidin. | glutathione s-transferases (gsts) play a key role in detoxification of xenobiotics in organisms. however, their other functions, especially response to the natural toxin cantharidin produced by beetles in the meloidae and oedemeridae families, are less known. we obtained gst cdnas from three sources: cydia pomonella (cpgstd1), sus scrofa (ssgstα1), and triticum aestivum (tagstf3). the predicted molecular mass is 24.19, 25.28 and 24.49 kda, respectively. these proteins contain typical n-terminal ... | 2015 | 25640718 |
| a whole-genome shotgun approach for assembling and anchoring the hexaploid bread wheat genome. | polyploid species have long been thought to be recalcitrant to whole-genome assembly. by combining high-throughput sequencing, recent developments in parallel computing, and genetic mapping, we derive, de novo, a sequence assembly representing 9.1 gbp of the highly repetitive 16 gbp genome of hexaploid wheat, triticum aestivum, and assign 7.1 gb of this assembly to chromosomal locations. the genome representation and accuracy of our assembly is comparable or even exceeds that of a chromosome-by- ... | 2015 | 25637298 |
| estimation of biomass and canopy height in bermudagrass, alfalfa, and wheat using ultrasonic, laser, and spectral sensors. | non-destructive biomass estimation of vegetation has been performed via remote sensing as well as physical measurements. an effective method for estimating biomass must have accuracy comparable to the accepted standard of destructive removal. estimation or measurement of height is commonly employed to create a relationship between height and mass. this study examined several types of ground-based mobile sensing strategies for forage biomass estimation. forage production experiments consisting of ... | 2015 | 25635415 |
| fine mapping and characterization of sr21, a temperature-sensitive diploid wheat resistance gene effective against the puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici ug99 race group. | the diploid wheat stem rust resistance gene sr21 confers temperature-sensitive resistance to isolates of the ug99 group and maps to the middle of the long arm of chromosome 2a (m). a race of puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, the causal pathogen of stem rust of wheat, known as ug99, and its variants, are virulent to plants carrying stem rust resistance genes currently deployed in most wheat cultivars worldwide. therefore, identification, mapping and deployment of effective resistance genes are cr ... | 2015 | 25634104 |
| exogenous application of putrescine at pre-anthesis enhances the thermotolerance of wheat (triticum aestivum l.). | antioxidant enzymes, besides being involved in various developmental processes, are known to be important for environmental stress tolerance in plants. in this study, the effect of treatment of 2.5 mm putrescine (put), heat stress (hs -42 degrees c for 2 h) and their combination on the expression and activity of antioxidant enzymes was studied at pre-anthesis in the leaves of two wheat (triticum aestivum l.) cultivars--hdr77 (thermotolerant) and hd2329 (thermosusceptible). we observed that 2.5 m ... | 2014 | 25630110 |
| identification and comparative analysis of differentially expressed mirnas in leaves of two wheat (triticum aestivum l.) genotypes during dehydration stress. | micrornas (mirnas) play critical roles in the processes of plant growth and development, but little is known of their functions during dehydration stress in wheat. moreover, the mechanisms by which mirnas confer different levels of dehydration stress tolerance in different wheat genotypes are unclear. | 2015 | 25623724 |
| biolistic genetic transformation of a wide range of chinese elite wheat (triticum aestivum l.) varieties. | 2015 | 25619601 | |
| tascl14, a novel wheat (triticum aestivum l.) gras gene, regulates plant growth, photosynthesis, tolerance to photooxidative stress, and senescence. | rates of photosynthesis, tolerance to photooxidative stress, and senescence are all important physiological factors that affect plant development and thus agricultural productivity. gras proteins play essential roles in plant growth and development as well as in plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. so far few gras genes in wheat (triticum aestivum l.) have been characterized. a previous transcriptome analysis indicated that the expression of a gras gene (tascl14) was induced by high-l ... | 2015 | 25619599 |
| factors controlling carbon metabolism and humification in different soil agroecosystems. | the aim of this study was to describe the processes that control humic carbon sequestration in soil. three experimental sites differing in terms of management system and climate were selected: (i) abanilla-spain, soil treated with municipal solid wastes in mediterranean semiarid climate; (ii) puch-germany, soil under intensive tillage and conventional agriculture in continental climate; and (iii) alberese-italy, soil under organic and conventional agriculture in mediterranean subarid climate. th ... | 2014 | 25614887 |
| does morphological and anatomical plasticity during the vegetative stage make wheat more tolerant of water deficit stress than rice? | water scarcity and the increasing severity of water deficit stress are major challenges to sustaining irrigated rice (oryza sativa) production. despite the technologies developed to reduce the water requirement, rice growth is seriously constrained under water deficit stress compared with other dryland cereals such as wheat (triticum aestivum). we exposed rice cultivars with contrasting responses to water deficit stress and wheat cultivars well adapted to water-limited conditions to the same moi ... | 0 | 25614066 |
| identification and characterization of pleiotropic and co-located resistance loci to leaf rust and stripe rust in bread wheat cultivar sujata. | two new co-located resistance loci, qlr.cim - 1as/qyr.cim - 1as and qlr.cim - 7bl/yrsuj , in combination with lr46 / yr29 and lr67/yr46 , and a new leaf rust resistance quantitative trait loci, conferred high resistance to rusts in adult plant stage. the tall indian bread wheat cultivar sujata displays high and low infection types to leaf rust and stripe rust, respectively, at the seedling stage in greenhouse tests. it was also highly resistant to both rusts at adult plant stage in field trials ... | 2015 | 25613742 |
| biochemical and physiological studies on the effects of senescence leaves of populus deltoides on triticum vulgare. | triticum vulgare (wheat) based products are the major dietary source of food in developing countries. in india, it grows in association with boundary plantations of populus deltoids (poplar). during winter, poplar enters in dormancy which cause a heavy leaf fall at the time of wheat seed germination. large number of poplar senescence leaves may adversely affect the wheat. therefore, the present study was performed to examine the effect of senescence poplar leaves on wheat germ and some other bio ... | 2014 | 25610892 |
| a genome-wide association study of resistance to stripe rust (puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici) in a worldwide collection of hexaploid spring wheat (triticum aestivum l.). | new races of puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (pst), the causal pathogen of wheat stripe rust, show high virulence to previously deployed resistance genes and are responsible for large yield losses worldwide. to identify new sources of resistance we performed a genome-wide association study (gwas) using a worldwide collection of 1000 spring wheat accessions. adult plants were evaluated under field conditions in six environments in the western united states, and seedlings were tested with four ... | 2015 | 25609748 |
| tauba, a uba domain-containing protein in wheat (triticum aestivum l.), is a negative regulator of salt and drought stress response in transgenic arabidopsis. | tauba functions as a negative regulator of salt and drought stress response in transgenic arabidopsis, either the uba domain or the zinc finger domain is crucial for tauba's function. tauba (dq211935), which is a uba domain-containing protein in wheat, was cloned and functionally characterized. southern blot suggested that tauba is a low copy gene in common wheat. qrt-pcr assay showed that the expression of tauba was strongly induced by salt and drought stress. when suffering from drought and sa ... | 2015 | 25604990 |
| cell wall traits as potential resources to improve resistance of durum wheat against fusarium graminearum. | fusarium graminearum, one of the causal agents of fusarium head blight (fhb, scab), leads to severe losses in grain yield and quality due to the production of mycotoxins which are harmful to human and livestock. different traits for fhb resistance in wheat were identified for common wheat (triticum aestivum l.) while the sources of fhb resistance in durum wheat (triticum turgidum ssp. durum), one of the cereals most susceptible to f. graminearum infection, have not been found. new lines of evide ... | 2015 | 25597920 |
| transcriptome and metabolite profiling of the infection cycle of zymoseptoria tritici on wheat reveals a biphasic interaction with plant immunity involving differential pathogen chromosomal contributions and a variation on the hemibiotrophic lifestyle definition. | the hemibiotrophic fungus zymoseptoria tritici causes septoria tritici blotch disease of wheat (triticum aestivum). pathogen reproduction on wheat occurs without cell penetration, suggesting that dynamic and intimate intercellular communication occurs between fungus and plant throughout the disease cycle. we used deep rna sequencing and metabolomics to investigate the physiology of plant and pathogen throughout an asexual reproductive cycle of z. tritici on wheat leaves. over 3,000 pathogen gene ... | 2015 | 25596183 |
| hessian fly larval feeding triggers enhanced polyamine levels in susceptible but not resistant wheat. | hessian fly (mayetiola destructor), a member of the gall midge family, is one of the most destructive pests of wheat (triticum aestivum) worldwide. probing of wheat plants by the larvae results in either an incompatible (avirulent larvae, resistant plant) or a compatible (virulent larvae, susceptible plant) interaction. virulent larvae induce the formation of a nutritive tissue, resembling the inside surface of a gall, in susceptible wheat. these nutritive cells are a rich source of proteins and ... | 2015 | 25592131 |
| metabolism of (14)c-labeled polychlorinated biphenyl congeners by wheat cell suspension cultures. | the metabolism of [ul-(14)c]-2,2',5,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl ((14)c-pcb-52), [ul-(14)c]-2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl ((14)c-pcb-153, and a congeneric mixture of [ul-(14)c]-labeled polychlorinated biphenyls ((14)c-pcb-mix) was studied in cell suspension cultures of wheat (triticum aestivum l. cv. 'heines koga ii'). about 50% of applied (14)c-pcb-52 (20 μg/assay) was transformed during 96 h of incubation. while 7.6% on non-extractable residues emerged, turnover of (14)c-pcb-52 was mainly due to ... | 2015 | 25587776 |
| alternaria toxins in wheat from the autonomous province of vojvodina, serbia: a preliminary survey. | although fusarium species remain a main source of mycotoxin contamination of wheat, in recent years, due to the evident climatic changes, other mycotoxigenic fungi have been recognised as important wheat contaminants. alternaria species, especially a. alternata, have been found as contaminants of wheat as well as wheat-based products. under favourable conditions a. alternata very often produce alternariol (aoh), alternariol monomethyl ether (ame), tenuazonic acid (tea) and others alternaria toxi ... | 2015 | 25585540 |
| distribution of minerals in wheat grains (triticum aestivum l.) and in roller milling fractions affected by pearling. | the distribution of minerals in (pearled) wheat grains was measured by synchrotron x-ray fluorescence, and the impact of pearling (0, 3, 6, 9, and 12% by weight) on the mineral composition of flour, shorts, and bran was identified by icp-ms. the xylem mobile elements (mn, si, ca, and sr) dominated in the outermost bran layers, while the phloem mobile elements (k, mg, p, fe, zn, and cu) were more concentrated in the aleurone. pearling lowered the concentrations of xylem mobile elements and increa ... | 2015 | 25581682 |
| registration of zak era8 soft white spring wheat germplasm with enhanced response to aba and increased seed dormancy. | zak era8 (enhanced response to aba8) (reg. no. gp-966, pi 669443) is a unique line derived from soft white spring wheat (triticum aestivum l.) cultivar zak that has increased seed dormancy but after-ripens within 10 to 16 wk. the goal in developing this germplasm was to use increased seed dormancy to improve tolerance to preharvest sprouting, a problem that can cause severe economic losses. this germplasm was developed by usda-ars, pullman, wa, in collaboration with washington state university. ... | 2014 | 25580180 |
| physiological and molecular changes in barley and wheat under salinity. | in this study, it was aimed to compare salinity-induced changes in barley (hordeum vulgare l. cv. bornova-92) and bread wheat (triticum aestivum l. cv. gerek-79). seeds were germinated under saline conditions (0, 50, 100, 250, and 500 mm nacl) for 2 days and recovered under non-saline conditions for 2 days. at the end of the salt treatment, germination, water content (wc), total soluble protein content, and catalase (cat, ec 1.11.1.6) activity were affected in both species, while superoxide dism ... | 2015 | 25578157 |
| line differences in cor/lea and fructan biosynthesis-related gene transcript accumulation are related to distinct freezing tolerance levels in synthetic wheat hexaploids. | in common wheat, cultivar differences in freezing tolerance are considered to be mainly due to allelic differences at two major loci controlling freezing tolerance. one of the two loci, fr-2, is coincident with a cluster of genes encoding c-repeat binding factors (cbfs), which induce downstream cor/lea genes during cold acclimation. here, we conducted microarray analysis to study comprehensive changes in gene expression profile under long-term low-temperature (lt) treatment and to identify other ... | 2015 | 25577733 |
| early response of wheat seminal roots growing under copper excess. | growth reduction caused by copper excess during plant photoautotrophic metabolism has been widely investigated, but information regarding early responses of root apical meristem (ram) to toxic concentrations of this metal at the initial heterotrophic stage is certainly scarce. we analysed some determinants of seminal root growth in developing wheat seedlings germinated in the presence of 1, 5 and 10 μm cucl2, focussing on oxidative damage to cell membrane and to proteins, and investigated the ex ... | 2015 | 25576839 |
| component-resolved diagnosis of baker's allergy based on specific ige to recombinant wheat flour proteins. | sensitization to wheat flour plays an important role in the development and diagnosis of baker's asthma. | 2015 | 25576081 |
| proteomics of stress responses in wheat and barley-search for potential protein markers of stress tolerance. | wheat (triticum aestivum; t. durum) and barley (hordeum vulgare) agricultural production is severely limited by various abiotic and biotic stress factors. proteins are directly involved in plant stress response so it is important to study proteome changes under various stress conditions. generally, both abiotic and biotic stress factors induce profound alterations in protein network covering signaling, energy metabolism (glycolysis, krebs cycle, atp biosynthesis, photosynthesis), storage protein ... | 2014 | 25566285 |
| effects of high nh(+) 4 on k(+) uptake, culm mechanical strength and grain filling in wheat. | it is well established that a high external nh(+) 4 concentration depresses many processes in plant development, but the underlying mechanisms are still not well understood. to determine whether the negative effects of high levels of nh(+) 4 are related to competitive cation uptake, wheat was grown in a field with moderate (18 g n m(-2)) and high (30 g n m(-2)) supplies of nh(+) 4 in the presence or absence of additional k(+) (6 g k2o m(-2)) to examine culm mechanical strength, the main componen ... | 2014 | 25566278 |
| understanding the biochemical basis of temperature-induced lipid pathway adjustments in plants. | glycerolipid biosynthesis in plants proceeds through two major pathways compartmentalized in the chloroplast and the endoplasmic reticulum (er). the involvement of glycerolipid pathway interactions in modulating membrane desaturation under temperature stress has been suggested but not fully explored. we profiled glycerolipid changes as well as transcript dynamics under suboptimal temperature conditions in three plant species that are distinctively different in the mode of lipid pathway interacti ... | 2015 | 25564555 |
| field study on the uptake and translocation of pbdes by wheat (triticum aestivum l.) in soils amended with sewage sludge. | field experiments were conducted to explore the effects of different sewage sludge amendment strategies on the accumulation and translocation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbdes) in soil-wheat systems. two types of application methods (single or annual application) and four annual application rates (5, 10, 20, and 40 t ha(-1) year(-1)) were investigated. bde 209 was detected in all of the sewage sludge amended soils and different parts of wheat plants collected from the contaminated soils. ... | 2015 | 25563166 |
| pleiotropic effects of tamyb3r1 on plant development and response to osmotic stress in transgenic arabidopsis. | in a previous study, we isolated and characterized tamyb3r1, a myb3r gene, from wheat (triticum aestivum l.). in vitro assays showed that the tamyb3r1 protein is localized to the nucleus, and functions as an msa-binding transcriptional activator. expression of tamyb3r1 is induced by exogenous abscisic acid (aba) and abiotic stress, which encouraged us to further investigate its function in planta. in the present study, we generated transgenic arabidopsis plants overexpressing tamyb3r1. compared ... | 2015 | 25560188 |
| rapid separation of seed gliadins by reversed-phase ultra performance liquid chromatography (rp-uplc) and its application in wheat cultivar and germplasm identification. | to separate gliadin from wheat flour, a novel and stability-indicating reversed-phase ultra performance liquid chromatography (rp-uplc) method is established and optimized. a comparative analysis of routine capillary electrophoresis (ce), reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (rp-hplc), and rp-uplc was performed and the results showed that the resolution and efficiency of rp-uplc were significantly higher than those of ce and rp-hplc. characteristic rp-uplc patterns of different ... | 2015 | 25559118 |
| identification and genetic mapping of the putative thinopyrum intermedium-derived dominant powdery mildew resistance gene pml962 on wheat chromosome arm 2bs. | powdery resistance putatively derived from thinopyrum intermedium in the wheat line l962 is controlled by a single dominant gene designated pml962 and mapped to chromosome arm 2bs. powdery mildew, caused by blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (bgt), is a destructive disease affecting the production of wheat (triticum aestivum). powdery mildew resistance was putatively transferred from thinopyrum intermedium to the common wheat line l962, which conferred resistance to multiple chinese bgt isolates. ... | 2015 | 25556931 |
| cultivar variations in cadmium and lead accumulation and distribution among 30 wheat (triticum aestivum l.) cultivars. | in recent years, heavy metal pollution in agricultural soil in china has received public concern. the concept of low-accumulation cultivars (lacs) was proposed to minimize the influx of pollutants to the human food chain. variations in cd and pb accumulation, distribution, and tolerance among 30 wheat (triticum aestivum l.) cultivars were studied in a hydroponic experiment to preliminary identify lacs of cd or pb for further field experiments. of the 30 wheat cultivars tested, 27 and 26 wheat cu ... | 2015 | 25548022 |
| development, identification and utilization of introgression lines using chinese endemic and synthetic wheat as donors. | chromosome segmental introgression lines (ils) are an effective way to utilize germplasm resources in crops. to improve agronomic traits of wheat cultivar (triticum aestivum) shi 4185, four sets of ils were developed. the donors were chinese endemic subspecies accessions yunnan wheat (t. aestivum ssp. yunnanense) yn3, tibetan semi-wild wheat (t. aestivum ssp. tibetanum) xz-zm19450, and xinjiang wheat (t. aestivum ssp. petropavlovskyi) xj5, and synthetic wheat hc-xm1620 derived from a cross betwe ... | 2015 | 25545589 |
| overexpression of a nac transcription factor delays leaf senescence and increases grain nitrogen concentration in wheat. | increasing the duration of leaf photosynthesis during grain filling using slow-senescing functional stay-green phenotypes is a possible route for increasing grain yields in wheat (triticum aestivum l.). however, delayed senescence may negatively affect nutrient remobilisation and hence reduce grain protein concentrations and grain quality. a novel nac1-type transcription factor (hereafter tanac-s) was identified in wheat, with gene expression located primarily in leaf/sheath tissues, which decre ... | 2015 | 25545326 |
| ethnopharmacological assessment of medicinal plants used against livestock infections by the people living around indus river. | the present study was aimed to document detailed ethnopharmacological knowledge of medicinal plants against livestock infections of an unexplored remote region of pakistan. semistructured questionnaires were used for data collection. total 43 plants belonging to 26 families were found to be used in ethnoveterinary practices. seeds (29%) were found to be the most frequent plant part used followed by leaves (22%). ethnoveterinary recipes were mostly prepared in the form of decoction and powdering. ... | 2014 | 25544941 |
| the dynamic process of interspecific interactions of competitive nitrogen capture between intercropped wheat (triticum aestivum l.) and faba bean (vicia faba l.). | wheat (triticum aestivum l.)/faba bean (vicia faba l.) intercropping shows significant overyielding and high nitrogen (n)-use efficiency, but the dynamics of plant interactions have rarely been estimated. the objective of the present study was to investigate the temporal dynamics of competitive n acquisition between intercropped wheat and faba bean with the logistic model. wheat and faba bean were grown together or alone with limited n supply in pots. data of shoot and root biomass and n content ... | 2014 | 25541699 |
| food security: the challenge of increasing wheat yield and the importance of not compromising food safety. | current wheat yield and consumption is considered in the context of the historical development of wheat, from early domestication through to modern plant breeding, the green revolution and wheat's place as one of the world's most productive and important crops in the 21st century. the need for further improvement in the yield potential of wheat in order to meet current and impending challenges is discussed, including rising consumption and the demand for grain for fuel as well as food. research ... | 2014 | 25540461 |
| heat shock induces production of reactive oxygen species and increases inner mitochondrial membrane potential in winter wheat cells. | heat shock leads to oxidative stress. excessive ros (reactive oxygen species) accumulation could be responsible for expression of genes of heat-shock proteins or for cell death. it is known that in isolated mammalian mitochondria high protonic potential on the inner membrane actuates the production of ros. changes in viability, ros content, and mitochondrial membrane potential value have been studied in winter wheat (triticum aestivum l.) cultured cells under heat treatment. elevation of tempera ... | 2014 | 25540005 |
| interplanting annual ryegrass, wheat, oat, and corn to mitigate iron deficiency in dry beans. | this study evaluated whether grass intercropping can be used to alleviate fe deficiency chlorosis in dry beans (phaseolus vulgaris l.) grown in high ph, calcareous soils with low organic matter. field studies were conducted at the university of wyoming sustainable agriculture research and extension center in 2009 and 2010. black- and navy beans were grown alone or intercropped with annual ryegrass (lolium multiflorum lam.), oat (avena sativa l.), corn (zea mays l.), or spring wheat (triticum aes ... | 2014 | 25536084 |
| when isolated at full receptivity, in vitro fertilized wheat (triticum aestivum, l.) egg cells reveal [ca2+]cyt oscillation of intracellular origin. | during in vitro fertilization of wheat (triticum aestivum, l.) in egg cells isolated at various developmental stages, changes in cytosolic free calcium ([ca2+]cyt) were observed. the dynamics of [ca2+]cyt elevation varied, reflecting the difference in the developmental stage of the eggs used. [ca2+]cyt oscillation was exclusively observed in fertile, mature egg cells fused with the sperm cell. to determine how [ca2+]cyt oscillation in mature egg cells is generated, egg cells were incubated in th ... | 2014 | 25535074 |
| molecular characterization of a new powdery mildew resistance gene pm54 in soft red winter wheat. | a new powdery mildew resistance gene pm54 was identified on chromosome 6bl in soft red winter wheat. powdery mildew is causing increasing damage to wheat production in the southeastern usa. to combat the disease, a continuing need exists to discover new genes for powdery mildew resistance and to incorporate those genes into breeding programs. pioneer(®) variety 26r61 (shortened as 26r61) and ags 2000 have been used as checks in the uniform southern soft red winter wheat nursery for a decade, and ... | 2015 | 25533209 |
| [response of winter wheat (triticum aestivum l. ) hyperspectral characteristics to low temperature stress]. | the simple winter wheat variety was conducted under the low temperature treatment at -2, -4, and -6 °c, the canopy reflectance was measured and the red edge parameters were extracted to study the winter wheat canopy spectral characteristics effected by the low temperature stress and the hyperspectral response to the low temperature stress of winter wheat at jointing stage. the results showed that the canopy reflectance decreased in visible region and increases at near infrared band with the high ... | 2014 | 25532351 |
| molecular cytogenetic identification of a novel 1al.1rs translocation line with powdery mildew resistance. | a wheat germplasm line 13-2-2 with resistance to powdery mildew was isolated; this line was derived from common wheat cv. w770b and rye, secale cereale l. (2n = 2x = 14, rr). the line was characterized based on cytological, genomic in situ hybridization (gish), sequence-characterized amplified region (scar), and simple sequence repeat (ssr) analyses. the mitotic and meiotic investigations showed that the chromosome number and configuration of 13-2-2 were 2n = 42 = 21 ii. gish using rye genomic d ... | 2014 | 25526189 |
| unusual occurrence of cocoons in population of haplodiplosis marginata (diptera: cecidomyiidae) in belgium. | the saddle gall midge, haplodiplosis marginata (von roser) (diptera: cecidomyiidae), is a phytophagous species that develops in saddle-shaped galls on stems of wheat triticum vulgare, barley hordeum sativum, rye secale cereale, and some other species of poaceae. only one generation develops per year. full-grown larvae leave galls and drop onto the soil where they remain up to the springtime of the following year. larvae do not usually spin cocoons. however, formation of cocoons by larvae was obs ... | 2014 | 25525104 |
| deletion of the low-molecular-weight glutenin subunit allele glu-a3a of wheat (triticum aestivum l.) significantly reduces dough strength and breadmaking quality. | low-molecular-weight glutenin subunits (lmw-gs), encoded by glu-3 complex loci in hexaploid wheat, play important roles in the processing quality of wheat flour. to date, the molecular characteristics and effects on dough quality of individual glu-3 alleles and their encoding proteins have been poorly studied. we used a glu-a3 deletion line of the chinese spring (cs-n) wheat variety to conduct the first comprehensive study on the molecular characteristics and functional properties of the lmw-gs ... | 2014 | 25524150 |
| sequencing chromosome 5d of aegilops tauschii and comparison with its allopolyploid descendant bread wheat (triticum aestivum). | flow cytometric sorting of individual chromosomes and chromosome-based sequencing reduces the complexity of large, repetitive triticeae genomes. we flow-sorted chromosome 5d of aegilops tauschii, the d genome donor of bread wheat and sequenced it by roche 454 gs flx platform to approximately 2.2x coverage. repetitive sequences represent 81.09% of the survey sequences of this chromosome, and class i retroelements are the prominent type, with a particular abundance of ltr/gypsy superfamily. nonrep ... | 2015 | 25516153 |
| differences of starch granule distribution in grains from different spikelet positions in winter wheat. | wheat starch development is a complex process and is markedly difference by changes in spikelet spatial position. the present study deals with endosperm starch granule distribution and spatial position during filling development. the study was conducted with pure starch isolated from wheat (triticum aestivum l.), jimai20 and shannong1391, at 7-35 days after anthesis (daa). the results showed that grain number, spikelet weight and grain weight per spikelet in different spatial position showed par ... | 2014 | 25514032 |
| [expression of the f3h gene in various wheat organs]. | in plants, the f3h gene encodes akey enzyme of flavonoid biosynthesis pathway, flavanone 3-hydroxylase. in most plant species, f3h is a single-copy gene, whereas in the genome of bread wheat (triticum aestivum l., 2n = 6x = 42, bbaadd), four copies of this gene were found. using rt-pcr, transcription of these copies was studied in various organs of several wheat genotypes. three homoeologous copies (f3h-a1, f3h-b1, f3h-d1) manifested similar expression patterns and were specifically transcribed ... | 2014 | 25509865 |
| recurrent selection for wider seedling leaves increases early biomass and leaf area in wheat (triticum aestivum l.). | the breeding of wheat with greater early vigour has potential to increase water- and nutrient-use efficiency, as well as to improve weed competitiveness to raise crop yields profitably. given that wheat is inherently conservative in its early growth, a sustained breeding effort was initiated to increase genetically seedling leaf area in developing novel high vigour germplasm. a recurrent selection programme was initiated by intercrossing a genetically diverse set of 28 vigorous wheat lines ident ... | 2015 | 25504641 |
| comparison of small scale methods for the rapid and efficient extraction of mitochondrial dna from wheat crop suitable for down-stream processes. | we evaluated and compared 2 mitochondrial dna (mtdna) extraction methods in terms of dna quality and success of subsequent polymerase chain reaction (pcr) amplifications from yellow etiolated shoots of wheat crop (triticum aestivum). mtdna ex-traction is difficult because the presence of metabolites interfere with dna isolation procedures and downstream applications such as dna restriction, amplification, and cloning. the method (with modification) involved inactivation of genomic dna by dnase i ... | 2014 | 25501244 |
| examination of polymorphism in hybrid wheat by using amplified fragment length polymorphism marker. | to investigate the polymorphism of two groups of male sterile lines and their maintainer lines, we used amplified fragment length polymorphism markers. of the 64 primer pairs, five reproducibly demonstrated polymorphism. group i had 27 polymorphic bands, and group ii had 24 polymorphic bands. the maximum number of polymorphic bands was produced by line 2 (18 polymorphic bands) followed by line 7 (15 polymorphic bands). of the five primer pairs, the highest number of polymorphic bands was produce ... | 2014 | 25501219 |
| internucleosomal dna fragmentation in wild emmer wheat is catalyzed by s1-type endonucleases translocated to the nucleus upon induction of cell death. | leaves of cereal plants display nucleosomal fragmentation of dna attributed to the action of nucleases induced during program cell death (pcd). yet, the specific nuclease activity responsible for generating double strand dna breaks (dsbs) that lead to dna fragmentation has not been fully described. here, we characterized a ca2+/mg2+-dependent s1-type endonuclease activity in leaves of wild emmer wheat (triticum dicoccoides köern.) capable of introducing dsbs as demonstrated by the conversion of ... | 2015 | 25497371 |
| chromowiz: a web tool to query and visualize chromosome-anchored genes from cereal and model genomes. | over the last years reference genome sequences of several economically and scientifically important cereals and model plants became available. despite the agricultural significance of these crops only a small number of tools exist that allow users to inspect and visualize the genomic position of genes of interest in an interactive manner. | 0 | 25491094 |
| genome-wide association study for grain yield and related traits in an elite spring wheat population grown in temperate irrigated environments. | through genome-wide association study, loci for grain yield and yield components were identified in chromosomes 5a and 6a in spring wheat (triticum aestivum). genome-wide association study (gwas) was conducted for grain yield (yld) and yield components on a wheat association mapping initiative (wami) population of 287 elite, spring wheat lines grown under temperate irrigated high-yield potential condition in ciudad obregón, mexico, during four crop cycles (from 2009-2010 to 2012-2013). the popul ... | 2015 | 25490985 |
| a wheat ccaat box-binding transcription factor increases the grain yield of wheat with less fertilizer input. | increasing fertilizer consumption has led to low fertilizer use efficiency and environmental problems. identifying nutrient-efficient genes will facilitate the breeding of crops with improved fertilizer use efficiency. this research performed a genome-wide sequence analysis of the a (nfya), b (nfyb), and c (nfyc) subunits of nuclear factor y (nf-y) in wheat (triticum aestivum) and further investigated their responses to nitrogen and phosphorus availability in wheat seedlings. sequence mining tog ... | 2015 | 25489021 |
| gmpgip3 enhanced resistance to both take-all and common root rot diseases in transgenic wheat. | take-all (caused by the fungal pathogen gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici, ggt) and common root rot (caused by bipolaris sorokiniana) are devastating root diseases of wheat (triticum aestivum l.). development of resistant wheat cultivars has been a challenge since no resistant wheat accession is available. gmpgip3, one member of polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (pgip) family in soybean (glycine max), exhibited inhibition activity against fungal endopolygalacturonases (pgs) in vitro. in th ... | 2015 | 25487419 |
| next-generation sequencing of flow-sorted wheat chromosome 5d reveals lineage-specific translocations and widespread gene duplications. | the ~17 gb hexaploid bread wheat genome is a high priority and a major technical challenge for genomic studies. in particular, the d sub-genome is relatively lacking in genetic diversity, making it both difficult to map genetically, and a target for introgression of agriculturally useful traits. elucidating its sequence and structure will therefore facilitate wheat breeding and crop improvement. | 2014 | 25487001 |
| the regulation of anthocyanin synthesis in the wheat pericarp. | bread wheat producing grain in which the pericarp is purple is considered to be a useful source of dietary anthocyanins. the trait is under the control of the pp-1 homoealleles (mapping to each of the group 7 chromosomes) and pp3 (on chromosome 2a). here, tamyc1 was identified as a likely candidate for pp3. the gene encodes a myc-like transcription factor. in genotypes carrying the dominant pp3 allele, tamyc1 was strongly transcribed in the pericarp and, although at a lower level, also in the co ... | 2014 | 25486242 |
| novel and conserved heat-responsive micrornas in wheat (triticum aestivum l.). | micrornas (mirnas) are small endogenous rnas of ~22 nucleotides that have been shown to play regulatory role by negatively affecting the expression of genes at the post-transcriptional level. information of mirnas on some important crops like soybean, arabidopsis, and rice, etc. are available, but no study on heat-responsive novel mirnas has yet been reported in wheat (triticum aestivum l.). in the present investigation, a popular wheat cultivar hd2985 was used in small rna library construction ... | 2015 | 25480755 |
| physiological and proteome studies of responses to heat stress during grain filling in contrasting wheat cultivars. | experiments to explore physiological and biochemical differences of the effects of heat stress in ten wheat (triticum aestivum l.) cultivars have been performed. based on the response of photosynthesis rates, cell membrane lipid peroxide concentrations and grain yield to heat, six cultivars were clustered as heat-tolerant (cv. '579', cv. '810', cv. '1110', cv. terice, cv. taifun and cv. vinjett) and four as heat-sensitive (cv. '490', cv. '633', cv. '1039' and cv. '1159'). higher rates of photosy ... | 2015 | 25480006 |
| traditional phytoremedies for the treatment of menstrual disorders in district udhampur, j&k, india. | herbal remedies form an integral part of healing and are considered to be the oldest forms of health care known to mankind. the present study aims to document traditional phytoremedies for the treatment of menstrual disorders in udhampur district of j&k, india. | 2015 | 25479156 |
| a procedure to evaluate the efficiency of surface sterilization methods in culture-independent fungal endophyte studies. | extraneous dna interferes with pcr studies of endophytic fungi. a procedure was developed with which to evaluate the removal of extraneous dna. wheat (triticum aestivum) leaves were sprayed with saccharomyces cerevisiae and then subjected to physical and chemical surface treatments. the fungal its1 products were amplified from whole tissue dna extractions. anova was performed on the dna bands representing s. cerevisiae on the agarose gel. band profile comparisons using permutational multivariate ... | 2014 | 25477934 |
| ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry for the detection of durum wheat contamination or adulteration. | in this work, an ultra-performance liquid chromatography electrospray ionization (uplc-esi)-ms/ms methodology based on multiple reaction monitoring (mrm) for the selective and sensitive detection and quantification of durum wheat adulteration has been developed and fully validated. the targeted analysis was performed by monitoring specific transitions at m/z 543.7 > 657.4 and m/z 543.7 > 299.2 of a species-specific marker derived from a tryptic peptide of puroindoline a (pin-a), a cysteine-rich ... | 2014 | 25476941 |
| organization and evolution of transposable elements along the bread wheat chromosome 3b. | the 17 gb bread wheat genome has massively expanded through the proliferation of transposable elements (tes) and two recent rounds of polyploidization. the assembly of a 774 mb reference sequence of wheat chromosome 3b provided us with the opportunity to explore the impact of tes on the complex wheat genome structure and evolution at a resolution and scale not reached so far. | 2014 | 25476263 |
| effects of temperature - heavy metal interactions, antioxidant enzyme activity and gene expression in wheat (triticum aestivum l.) seedlings. | in this study, the effect of heat and chromium (cr) heavy metal interactions on wheat seedlings (triticum aestivum l. cv. ç-1252 and gun91) was investigated by measuring total chlorophyll and carotenoid levels, catalase (cat) and ascorbate peroxidase (apx) antioxidant enzyme activities, and myb73, erf1 and tasrg gene expression. examination of pigment levels demonstrated a decrease in total chlorophyll in both species of wheat under combined heat and heavy metal stress, while the carotenoid leve ... | 2014 | 25475983 |
| qtl analysis of genetic loci affecting domestication-related spike characters in common wheat. | domestication-related changes that govern a spike morphology suitable for seed harvesting in cereals have resulted from mutation and selection of the genes. a synthetic hexaploid wheat (s-6214, genome aabbdd) produced by a cross between durum wheat (aabb) and wild goat grass (dd) showed partial non-domestication-related phenotypes due to genetic effects of the wild goat grass genome. quantitative trait loci (qtls) affecting wheat domestication-related spike characters including spike threshabili ... | 2014 | 25475935 |
| dynamic evolution of nbs-lrr genes in bread wheat and its progenitors. | extensive studies have focused on the largest class of disease resistance genes (nucleotide binding site-leucine-rich repeat, nbs-lrr) in various plants. however, no research on the dynamic evolution of these genes in domesticated species and their progenitors has been reported. recently published genome sequences of bread wheat and its two ancestors provide a good opportunity for comparing nbs-encoding genes between ancestors and their progeny. over 2000 nbs-encoding genes have been identified ... | 2015 | 25475390 |
| genome-wide quantitative trait locus mapping identifies multiple major loci for brittle rachis and threshability in tibetan semi-wild wheat (triticum aestivum ssp. tibetanum shao). | tibetan semi-wild wheat (triticum aestivum ssp. tibetanum shao) is a semi-wild hexaploid wheat resource that is only naturally distributed in the qinghai-tibet plateau. brittle rachis and hard threshing are two important characters of tibetan semi-wild wheat. a whole-genome linkage map of t. aestivum ssp. tibetanum was constructed using a recombinant inbred line population (q1028×zm9023) with 186 lines, 564 diversity array technology markers, and 117 simple sequence repeat markers. phenotypic da ... | 2014 | 25474652 |
| the role of natural enemy foraging guilds in controlling cereal aphids in michigan wheat. | insect natural enemies (predators and parasitoids) provide important ecosystem services by suppressing populations of insect pests in many agricultural crops. however, the role of natural enemies against cereal aphids in michigan winter wheat (triticum aestivum l.) is largely unknown. the objectives of this research were to characterize the natural enemy community in wheat fields and evaluate the role of different natural enemy foraging guilds (foliar-foraging versus ground-dwelling predators) i ... | 2014 | 25473951 |
| virulence determinants of pseudomonas syringae strains isolated from grasses in the context of a small type iii effector repertoire. | pseudomonas syringae is pathogenic to a large number of plant species. for host colonization and disease progression, strains of this bacterium utilize an array of type iii-secreted effectors and other virulence factors, including small secreted molecules such as syringolin a, a peptide derivative that inhibits the eukaryotic proteasome. in strains colonizing dicotyledonous plants, the compound was demonstrated to suppress the salicylic-acid-dependent defense pathway. here, we analyze virulence ... | 2014 | 25472590 |
| markers for seedling and adult plant crown rot resistance in four partially resistant bread wheat sources. | qtl identified for seedling and adult plant crown rot resistance in four partially resistant hexaploid wheat sources. pcr-based markers identified for use in marker-assisted selection. crown rot, caused by fusarium pseudograminearum, is an important disease of wheat in many wheat-growing regions globally. complete resistance to infection by f. pseudograminearum has not been observed in a wheat host, but germplasm with partial resistance to this pathogen has been identified. the partially resista ... | 2015 | 25471673 |
| genetic and physical mapping of powdery mildew resistance gene mlhlt in chinese wheat landrace hulutou. | a powdery mildew resistance gene mlhlt derived from a chinese wheat landrace maps within a 3.6 centimorgan (cm) genetic interval spanning a 13.4 megabase (mb) physical genomic region on chromosome 1ds. wheat powdery mildew, caused by blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (bgt) is a devastating disease that can cause severe yield losses. chinese wheat landrace hulutou confers nearly immune resistance against prevailing bgt isolate e09 in beijing. genetic analysis indicate that the powdery mildew resis ... | 2015 | 25471672 |
| [comparative characteristic of triticum aestivum/triticum durum and triticum aestivum/triticum dicoccum hybrid lines by genomic composition and resistance to fungal diseases under different environmental conditions]. | the genetic diversity of common wheat hybrid lines triticum aestivum/triticum durum and triticum aestivum/triticum dicoccum (2n = 42, f(6-7)) using chromosome-specific microsatellite (ssr) markers and c-staining of chromosomes was studied. cluster analysis of data obtained by 42 ssr markers indicated that the hybrid lines can be broken into three groups according to their origin. there were two cases of complete genetic similarity between lines 183(2)-2/184(1)-6 and-208-3/213-1, which were obtai ... | 2013 | 25470928 |
| far5, a fatty acyl-coenzyme a reductase, is involved in primary alcohol biosynthesis of the leaf blade cuticular wax in wheat (triticum aestivum l.). | a waxy cuticle that serves as a protective barrier against non-stomatal water loss and environmental damage coats the aerial surfaces of land plants. it comprises a cutin polymer matrix and waxes. cuticular waxes are complex mixtures of very long chain fatty acids (vlcfas) and their derivatives. results show that primary alcohols are the major components of bread wheat (triticum aestivum l.) leaf blade cuticular waxes. here, the characterization of tafar5 from wheat cv xinong 2718, which is alle ... | 2015 | 25468933 |
| construction and characterization of three wheat bacterial artificial chromosome libraries. | we have constructed three bacterial artificial chromosome (bac) libraries of wheat cultivar triticum aestivum wangshuibai, germplasms t. monococcum ta2026 and ta2033. a total of 1,233,792,170,880 and 263,040 clones were picked and arrayed in 384-well plates. on the basis of genome sizes of 16.8 gb for hexaploid wheat and 5.6 gb for diploid wheat, the three libraries represented 9.05-, 2.60-, and 3.71-fold coverage of the haploid genomes, respectively. an improved descending pooling system for ba ... | 2014 | 25464379 |
| light regulation of mitochondrial alternative oxidase pathway during greening of etiolated wheat seedlings. | this study deals with effects of de-etiolation (48h) of spring wheat (triticum aestivum l., var. irgina) seedlings on differential expression of aox1 genes, levels of aox protein and the alternative respiratory pathway (ap) capacity. as a result of exposure to continuous irradiation of dark-grown wheat seedlings, the respiratory activity and ap capacity in leaves significantly increased during the first 6h of studies. expression of aox1a was up-regulated by light and proved consistent with chang ... | 2015 | 25462970 |
| selenium and sulfur influence ethylene formation and alleviate cadmium-induced oxidative stress by improving proline and glutathione production in wheat. | we have studied the influence of selenium (se) and sulfur (s) in the protection of photosynthetic capacity of wheat (triticum aestivum) against cadmium (cd) stress. the involvement of ethylene and its interaction with proline and antioxidant metabolism in the tolerance of plants to cd stress was evaluated. application of se or s alleviated cd-induced oxidative stress by increasing proline accumulation as a result of increased activity of glutamyl kinase (gk) and decreased activity of proline oxi ... | 2015 | 25462073 |
| overexpression of wheat nf-ya10 gene regulates the salinity stress response in arabidopsis thaliana. | the nuclear factor y (nf-y) transcription factor is formed by the interaction of three distinct subunits (nf-ya, -yb and -yc). it targets the ccaat box, a common cis-element in eukaryotic promoters. here, the bread wheat gene tanf-ya10-1 has been isolated from the salinity tolerant cultivar sr3. recombinant tanf-ya10-1 was heterologously produced in escherichia coli, and the purified protein successfully bound to the ccaat motif in vitro. tanf-ya10-1 was down-regulated by the imposition of salin ... | 2015 | 25461698 |
| selenium distribution and speciation in plant parts of wheat (triticum aestivum) and indian mustard (brassica juncea) from a seleniferous area of punjab, india. | the concentration, distribution, and speciation of selenium in different parts of wheat and indian mustard, grown in a seleniferous area in punjab, were investigated using synchrotron based (xas) and classical acid digestion and extraction methods. the analyses revealed a high se enrichment in all investigated plant parts, with se levels in the range of 133-931 mg/kg (dry weight, dw). such high se enrichment is mainly due to the considerable amounts of easily available se detected in the soil, w ... | 2015 | 25461096 |
| identification of tawd40d, a wheat wd40 repeat-containing protein that is associated with plant tolerance to abiotic stresses. | tawd40d that encodes a member of wd40 family proteins is a novel gene involved in the wheat response to abiotic stress. tawd40d functions as a positive regulator of plant responses to salt stress and osmotic stress in plant. abiotic stresses can severely affect plant growth and crop productivity. wd40 repeat-containing proteins play a key role in protein-protein or protein-dna interactions by acting as scaffolding molecules and promoting protein activity. in this study, a stress-inducible gene, ... | 2015 | 25447637 |
| oligosaccharidic fractions derived from triticum vulgare extract accelerate tissutal repairing processes in in vitro and in vivo models of skin lesions. | triticum vulgare has been extensively used in traditional medicine thanks to its properties of accelerating tissue repair. the aqueous extract of triticum vulgare (tve) is currently an active component used by farmaceutici damor in the manufacture of certain pharmaceutical products already marketed in italy and abroad under the brand name fitostimoline(®), in the formulation of cream and medicated gauze and is commonly used for the treatment of decubitus ulcers, sores, burns, scarring delays, dy ... | 2015 | 25446580 |
| native and enzymatically modified wheat (triticum aestivum l.) endogenous lipids in bread making: a focus on gas cell stabilization mechanisms. | lipopan f and lecitase ultra lipases were used in straight dough bread making to study how wheat lipids affect bread loaf volume (lv) and crumb structure setting. lipase effects on lv were dose and dough piece weight dependent. the bread quality improving mechanisms exerted by endogenous lipids were studied in terms of gluten network strengthening, which indirectly stabilizes gas cells, and in terms of direct interfacial gas cell stabilization. unlike diacetyl tartaric esters of mono- and diacyl ... | 2015 | 25442598 |
| practical method for the confirmation of authentic flours of different types of cereals and pseudocereals. | gas chromatography with mass spectrometry was used to perform a qualitative analysis of the liposoluble flour extract of different types of cereals (bread wheat and spelt) and pseudocereals (amaranth and buckwheat). in addition to major fatty acids, the liposoluble extract also contained minor fatty acids with more than 20 carbon atoms, higher hydrocarbons and phytosterols. tmsh (trimethylsulfonium hydroxide, 0.2 mol/l in methanol) was used as a trans-esterification reagent. in a trans-esterific ... | 0 | 25442559 |
| [a comparative genetic and cytogenetic mapping of wheat chromosome 5b using introgression lines]. | the genetic map of chromosome 5b has been constructed by using microsatellite (ssr) analysis of 381 plants from the f2 population produced by cross of the chinese spring (cs) and renan cultivars. initially, 180 ssr markers for the common wheat 5b chromosome have been used for analysis of these cultivars. the 32 markers able to detect polymorphism between these cultivars have been located on the genetic map of chromosome 5b. cytogenetic mapping has involved a set of cs 5b chromosome deletion line ... | 2013 | 25438598 |
| molecular cytogenetic characterization and stem rust resistance of five wheat-thinopyrum ponticum partial amphiploids. | partial amphiploids created by crossing common wheat (triticum aestivum l.) and thinopyrum ponticum (podp.) barkworth & d. r. dewey are important intermediates in wheat breeding because of their resistance to major wheat diseases. in this study, we examined the chromosome compositions of five xiaoyan-series wheat-th. ponticum partial amphiploids (xiaoyan 68, xiaoyan 693, xiaoyan 784, xiaoyan 7430, and xiaoyan 7631) using gish, multicolor-gish, and multicolor-fish. we found several chromosome cha ... | 2014 | 25434682 |
| triticeae resources in ensembl plants. | recent developments in dna sequencing have enabled the large and complex genomes of many crop species to be determined for the first time, even those previously intractable due to their polyploid nature. indeed, over the course of the last 2 years, the genome sequences of several commercially important cereals, notably barley and bread wheat, have become available, as well as those of related wild species. while still incomplete, comparison with other, more completely assembled species suggests ... | 0 | 25432969 |
| identification of candidate genes, regions and markers for pre-harvest sprouting resistance in wheat (triticum aestivum l.). | pre-harvest sprouting (phs) of wheat grain leads to a reduction in grain yield and quality. the availability of markers for marker-assisted selection (mas) of phs resistance will serve to enhance breeding selection and advancement of lines for cultivar development. the aim of this study was to identify candidate regions and develop molecular markers for phs resistance in wheat. this was achieved via high density mapping of single nucleotide polymorphism (snp) markers from an illumina 90 k infini ... | 2014 | 25432597 |