Applications of multi-omics technologies for crop improvement

Y Yang, MA Saand, L Huang, WB Abdelaal… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Multiple “omics” approaches have emerged as successful technologies for plant systems
over the last few decades. Advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) have paved a …

Proteomics, metabolomics, and ionomics perspectives of salinity tolerance in halophytes

A Kumari, P Das, AK Parida, PK Agarwal - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Halophytes are plants which naturally survive in saline environment. They account for∼ 1%
of the total flora of the world. They include both dicots and monocots and are distributed …

Ecology and genomics of an important crop wild relative as a prelude to agricultural innovation

EJB Von Wettberg, PL Chang, F Başdemir… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Domesticated species are impacted in unintended ways during domestication and breeding.
Changes in the nature and intensity of selection impart genetic drift, reduce diversity, and …

Promises and challenges of big data computing in health sciences

T Huang, L Lan, X Fang, P An, J Min, F Wang - Big Data Research, 2015 - Elsevier
With the development of smart devices and cloud computing, more and more public health
data can be collected from various sources and can be analyzed in an unprecedented way …

Functional biology of halophytes in the phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soils

MJ Van Oosten, A Maggio - Environmental and experimental botany, 2015 - Elsevier
Halophytic plants are characterized by their ability to survive, even thrive, at concentrations
of sodium and chloride ions that would be toxic to most crop species. Given the diminishing …

A revised mineral nutrient supplement increases biomass and growth rate in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

J Kropat, A Hong‐Hermesdorf, D Casero… - The Plant …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Interest in exploiting algae as a biofuel source and the role of inorganic nutrient deficiency in
inducing triacylglyceride (TAG) accumulation in cells necessitates a strategy to efficiently …

Integrating coexpression networks with GWAS to prioritize causal genes in maize

RJ Schaefer, JM Michno, J Jeffers, O Hoekenga… - The Plant …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified loci linked to hundreds of traits in
many different species. Yet, because linkage equilibrium implicates a broad region …

Hydroponics: A versatile system to study nutrient allocation and plant responses to nutrient availability and exposure to toxic elements

NT Nguyen, SA McInturf… - JoVE (Journal of Visualized …, 2016 - jove.com
Hydroponic systems have been utilized as one of the standard methods for plant biology
research and are also used in commercial production for several crops, including lettuce …

An update on magnesium homeostasis mechanisms in plants

C Hermans, SJ Conn, J Chen, Q Xiao… - Metallomics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Worldwide, nearly two-thirds of the population do not consume the recommended amount of
magnesium (Mg) in their diet. Furthermore, low Mg status (hypomagnesaemia) is known to …

Expanding omics resources for improvement of soybean seed composition traits

J Chaudhary, GB Patil, H Sonah… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Food resources of the modern world are strained due to the increasing population. There is
an urgent need for innovative methods and approaches to augment food production …