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Yield Losses and Control by Sedaxane and Fludioxonil of Soilborne Rhizoctonia, Microdochium, and Fusarium Species in Winter Wheat (2021)
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Soilborne Rhizoctonia, Microdochium, and Fusarium species are major causal agents of seedling and stem-base diseases of wheat. Currently, seed treatments are considered the most effective solution for their control. Rhizoctonia solani anastomosis gro... Read More about Yield Losses and Control by Sedaxane and Fludioxonil of Soilborne Rhizoctonia, Microdochium, and Fusarium Species in Winter Wheat.

Good soil management can reduce dietary zinc deficiency in Zimbabwe (2021)
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Background Dietary zinc (Zn) deficiency is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with adverse impacts on human health. Agronomic biofortification with Zn fertilizers and improved soil fertility management, using mineral and organic nutrient resourc... Read More about Good soil management can reduce dietary zinc deficiency in Zimbabwe.

The rice EP3 and OsFBK1 E3 ligases alter plant architecture and flower development, and affect transcript accumulation of microRNA pathway genes and their targets (2021)
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ERECTA PANICLE 3 (EP3) and ORYZA SATIVA F-BOX KELCH 1 (OsFBK1) proteins share 57% and 54% sequence identity with the Arabidopsis F-box protein HAWAIIAN SKIRT (HWS). Previously we showed that EP3 is a functional orthologue of HWS. Here we demonstrate... Read More about The rice EP3 and OsFBK1 E3 ligases alter plant architecture and flower development, and affect transcript accumulation of microRNA pathway genes and their targets.

Genotypic and ecological variability of zinc content in the grain of spring bread wheat varieties in the international nursery KASIB (2021)
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Spring bread wheat is the staple crop in Western Siberia and Kazakhstan, a significant portion of which goes for export. Wheat breeding with a high level of zinc in wheat grain is the most cost-effective and environmentally friendly way to address zi... Read More about Genotypic and ecological variability of zinc content in the grain of spring bread wheat varieties in the international nursery KASIB.

CG7379 and ING1 suppress cancer cell invasion by maintaining cell–cell junction integrity (2021)
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Approximately 90% of cancer-related deaths can be attributed to a tumour's ability to spread. We have identified CG7379, the fly orthologue of human ING1, as a potent invasion suppressor. ING1 is a type II tumour suppressor with well-established role... Read More about CG7379 and ING1 suppress cancer cell invasion by maintaining cell–cell junction integrity.

Assessing land suitability for rainfed paddy rice production in Zambia (2021)
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Rice is one of the staple food crops and is a profitable smallholder cash crop in Zambia. It has the potential to contribute significantly to increased incomes and employment among rural producers. However, rice is the only staple crop in the country... Read More about Assessing land suitability for rainfed paddy rice production in Zambia.

The effect of canopy architecture on the patterning of “windflecks” within a wheat canopy (2021)
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Under field conditions, plants are subject to wind-induced movement which creates fluctuations of light intensity and spectral quality reaching the leaves, defined here as windflecks. Within this study, irradiance within two contrasting wheat (Tritic... Read More about The effect of canopy architecture on the patterning of “windflecks” within a wheat canopy.

Parallel adaptation in autopolyploid Arabidopsis arenosa is dominated by repeated recruitment of shared alleles (2021)
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Relative contributions of pre-existing vs de novo genomic variation to adaptation are poorly understood, especially in polyploid organisms. We assess this in high resolution using autotetraploid Arabidopsis arenosa, which repeatedly adapted to toxic... Read More about Parallel adaptation in autopolyploid Arabidopsis arenosa is dominated by repeated recruitment of shared alleles.

Non-invasive hydrodynamic imaging in plant roots at cellular resolution (2021)
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A key impediment to studying water-related mechanisms in plants is the inability to non-invasively image water fluxes in cells at high temporal and spatial resolution. Here, we report that Raman microspectroscopy, complemented by hydrodynamic modelli... Read More about Non-invasive hydrodynamic imaging in plant roots at cellular resolution.

Target Gene Identification and sgRNA Design for Waterlogging Tolerance in Foxtail Millet via CRISPR-Based Transcriptional Activation (2021)
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Background: CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) uses non-functional Cas9 endonuclease (dCas9) but retains the genome targeting ability through its single guide RNAs (sgRNAs). CRISPRa is widely utilised as a gene activation system exploiting its ability in r... Read More about Target Gene Identification and sgRNA Design for Waterlogging Tolerance in Foxtail Millet via CRISPR-Based Transcriptional Activation.

The effect of soil properties on zinc lability and solubility in soils of Ethiopia - an isotopic dilution study (2021)
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Zinc (Zn) deficiency is a widespread nutritional problem in human populations, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The Zn concentration of crops consumed depends in part on the Zn status of the soil. Improved understanding of factors controlling... Read More about The effect of soil properties on zinc lability and solubility in soils of Ethiopia - an isotopic dilution study.

OsJAZ11 regulates phosphate starvation responses in rice (2021)
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Main conclusion: OsJAZ11 regulates phosphate homeostasis by suppressing jasmonic acid signaling and biosynthesis in rice roots. Abstract: Jasmonic Acid (JA) is a key plant signaling molecule which negatively regulates growth processes including root... Read More about OsJAZ11 regulates phosphate starvation responses in rice.

Auxin fluxes through plasmodesmata (2021)
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Characterising the processes that control auxin dynamics is essential to understanding how auxin regulates plant development. Over recent years, several studies have investigated auxin diffusion through plasmodesmata, characterising this cell-to-cell... Read More about Auxin fluxes through plasmodesmata.

Identifying quantitative trait loci for lodging-associated traits in the wheat doubled-haploid population Avalon × Cadenza (2021)
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Lodging affects grain quality and grain yield in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and is difficult to breed for because its sporadic incidence and laborious protocols to measure lodging traits. Thus, developing molecular markers for these traits can incr... Read More about Identifying quantitative trait loci for lodging-associated traits in the wheat doubled-haploid population Avalon × Cadenza.

Mapping the interaction between eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4A) and the inhibitor hippuristanol using carbene footprinting and mass spectrometry (2021)
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Protein-ligand interactions are central to protein activity and cell functionality. Improved knowledge of these relationships greatly benefits our understanding of key biological processes and aids in rational drug design towards the treatment of cli... Read More about Mapping the interaction between eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (eIF4A) and the inhibitor hippuristanol using carbene footprinting and mass spectrometry.

Ten challenges for the future of pedometrics (2021)
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Pedometrics, the application of mathematical and statistical methods to the study of the distribution and genesis of soils, has broadened its scope over the past two decades. The primary focus of pedometricians has traditionally been on spatial and s... Read More about Ten challenges for the future of pedometrics.

A comparison between three legacy soil maps of Zambia at national scale: The spatial patterns of legend units and their relation to soil properties (2021)
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We examined three soil maps of Zambia, two published at scales of 1:1 million – the Exploratory Soil Map of Zambia (ESMZ) and the Vegetation–Soil Map produced by Trapnell and colleagues in 1947 – and one at 1:3 million, the Soil Atlas of Africa (SAA)... Read More about A comparison between three legacy soil maps of Zambia at national scale: The spatial patterns of legend units and their relation to soil properties.

The nutritional quality of cereals varies geospatially in Ethiopia and Malawi (2021)
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Micronutrient deficiencies (MNDs) remain widespread among people in sub-Saharan Africa where access to sufficient food from plant and animal sources that is rich in micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) is limited due to socioeconomic and geographic... Read More about The nutritional quality of cereals varies geospatially in Ethiopia and Malawi.

Challenges for FAIR-compliant description and comparison of crop phenotype data with standardized controlled vocabularies (2021)
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Crop phenotypic data underpin many pre-breeding efforts to characterize variation within germplasm collections. Although there has been an increase in the global capacity for accumulating and comparing such data, a lack of consistency in the systemat... Read More about Challenges for FAIR-compliant description and comparison of crop phenotype data with standardized controlled vocabularies.

Application of sodium selenate to cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) increases shoot and grain Se partitioning with strong genotypic interactions (2021)
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Backgorund: Cowpea is a crop widely used in developing countries due its rusticity. Besides its rich genotypic variability, most breeding programs do not explore its potential to improve elements uptake. Selenium (Se) is a scarce element in most soil... Read More about Application of sodium selenate to cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) increases shoot and grain Se partitioning with strong genotypic interactions.