Although lipo-chitooligosaccharides (LCOs) are important signal molecules for plant-
symbiont interactions, a number of reports suggest that LCOs can directly impact plant …

Plant-produced volatile compounds play important roles in plant signaling and in the
communication of plants with other organisms. Many plants emit green leaf volatiles (GLVs) …

Recent reverse genetics technologies have enabled genetic manipulation of plant negative‐
strand RNA virus (NSR) genomes. Here, we report construction of an infectious clone for the …

Nutrient use efficiency (NUE) depends on the plant's ability to take up nutrients efficiently
from the soil, but also depends on internal transport, storage and remobilization of nutrients …

Quantitative real‐time PCR (q PCR) involves the need of a proper standard for normalizing
the gene expression data. Different studies have shown the validity of reference genes to …

Background The structural basis of chloroplast and the regulation of chloroplast biogenesis
remain largely unknown in maize. Gene mutations in these pathways have been linked to …

Nitrate (NO3-) is a key element for crop production but its levels in agricultural soils are
limited. Plants have developed mechanisms to cope with these NO3-fluctuations based on …

Neolamarckia cadamba is an economically-important fast-growing tree species in South
China and Southeast Asia. As a prerequisite first step for future gene expression studies, we …

To grow and thrive plants must be able to adapt to both adverse environmental conditions
and attack by a variety of pests. Elucidating the sophisticated mechanisms plants have …

Carex rigescens is an ornamental turfgrass in northern China which has a relatively low
maintenance cost and robust tolerance to many adverse environmental conditions, so it …