A tale of two sugars: trehalose 6-phosphate and sucrose

CM Figueroa, JE Lunn - Plant physiology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Trehalose 6-phosphate (Tre6P), the intermediate of trehalose biosynthesis, is an
essential signal metabolite in plants, linking growth and development to carbon status. The …

A myo‐inositol‐1‐phosphate synthase gene, IbMIPS1, enhances salt and drought tolerance and stem nematode resistance in transgenic sweet potato

H Zhai, F Wang, Z Si, J Huo, L Xing… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Myo‐inositol‐1‐phosphate synthase (MIPS) is a key rate limiting enzyme in myo‐
inositol biosynthesis. The MIPS gene has been shown to improve tolerance to abiotic …

Polyamines: osmoprotectants in plant abiotic stress adaptation

A Sengupta, M Chakraborty, J Saha, B Gupta… - Osmolytes and plants …, 2016 - Springer
Environmental stress is one of the major threats affecting the living world. The most crucial
function of plant is to induce different regulatory self-defence pathways in response to stress …

Roles of osmolytes in plant adaptation to drought and salinity

K Nahar, M Hasanuzzaman, M Fujita - Osmolytes and plants acclimation to …, 2016 - Springer
Drought and salinity are an immense threat to crop production worldwide, and crop growth
models predict that due to global climate change the frequency and severity of drought and …

Functional analysis of a cold-responsive rice WRKY gene, OsWRKY71

CY Kim, KTX Vo, CD Nguyen, DH Jeong… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2016 - Springer
Publicly available microarray data and RNA gel blot analysis identified a rice WRKY
transcription factor, OsWRKY71, that is highly upregulated in response to cold stress …

New Insights on Drought Stress Response by Global Investigation of Gene Expression Changes in Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis)

P Zhao, P Liu, G Yuan, J Jia, X Li, D Qi… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Water is a critical environmental factor that restricts the geographic distribution of plants.
Sheepgrass [Leymus chinensis,(Trin.) Tzvel] is an important forage grass in the Eurasia …

Virus-induced gene silencing-based functional analyses revealed the involvement of several putative trehalose-6-phosphate synthase/phosphatase genes in disease …

H Zhang, Y Hong, L Huang, S Liu, L Tian… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Trehalose and its metabolism have been demonstrated to play important roles in control of
plant growth, development, and stress responses. However, direct genetic evidence …

Metabolic engineering of compatible solute trehalose for abiotic stress tolerance in plants

SK Sah, G Kaur, SH Wani - Osmolytes and plants acclimation to changing …, 2016 - Springer
It is estimated that by 2050 the world population will reach 9.1 billion, but the production of
agricultural products is the same. In order to feed the whole population, global agricultural …

Delayed germination of Arabidopsis seeds under chilling stress by overexpressing an abiotic stress inducible GhTPS11

C Wang, S Zhang, S Qi, C Zheng, C Wu - Gene, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (TPS) plays an important role in metabolic
regulation and stress responses in a variety of organisms. However information about cotton …

Identification of mild freezing shock response pathways in barley based on transcriptome profiling

X Wang, D Wu, Q Yang, J Zeng, G Jin… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Low temperature is a major abiotic stress affecting crop growth and productivity. A better
understanding of low temperature tolerance mechanisms is imperative for developing the …