Molecular and genetic bases of heat stress responses in crop plants and breeding for increased resilience and productivity

M Janni, M Gullì, E Maestri, M Marmiroli… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
To ensure the food security of future generations and to address the challenge of the 'no
hunger zone'proposed by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), crop production …

Role of plant heat-shock proteins and molecular chaperones in the abiotic stress response

W Wang, B Vinocur, O Shoseyov, A Altman - Trends in plant science, 2004 - cell.com
Abiotic stresses usually cause protein dysfunction. Maintaining proteins in their functional
conformations and preventing the aggregation of non-native proteins are particularly …

[PDF][PDF] Morpho-molecular characterization of microfungi associated with marine based habitats

MC Dayarathne, EBG Jones… - …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Our investigation of saprobic marine fungi in India, Thailand, Sweden and the UK yielded 57
species accommodated in 26 families. In the present study, we describe two new genera, 37 …

[HTML][HTML] Plant heat-shock proteins: a mini review

MH Al-Whaibi - Journal of King Saud University-Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Plants as sessile organisms are exposed to persistently changing stress factors. The primary
stresses such as drought, salinity, cold and hot temperatures and chemicals are …

Heat stress in cotton: a review on predicted and unpredicted growth-yield anomalies and mitigating breeding strategies

S Majeed, IA Rana, MS Mubarik, RM Atif, SH Yang… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
The demand for cotton fibres is increasing due to growing global population while its
production is facing challenges from an unpredictable rise in temperature owing to rapidly …

De novo assembly and characterization of bark transcriptome using Illumina sequencing and development of EST-SSR markers in rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis …

D Li, Z Deng, B Qin, X Liu, Z Men - BMC genomics, 2012 - Springer
Background In rubber tree, bark is one of important agricultural and biological organs.
However, the molecular mechanism involved in the bark formation and development in …

Arabidopsis stromal 70-kD heat shock proteins are essential for plant development and important for thermotolerance of germinating seeds

PH Su, H Li - Plant physiology, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The 70-kD heat shock proteins (Hsp70s) have been shown to be important for protein
folding, protein translocation, and stress responses in almost all organisms and in almost all …

Unraveling field crops sensitivity to heat stress: Mechanisms, approaches, and future prospects

M Nadeem, J Li, M Wang, L Shah, S Lu, X Wang, C Ma - Agronomy, 2018 - mdpi.com
The astonishing increase in temperature presents an alarming threat to crop production
worldwide. As evident by huge yield decline in various crops, the escalating drastic impacts …

Physiological and Molecular Assessment of Altered Expression of Hsc70-1 in Arabidopsis. Evidence for Pleiotropic Consequences

DY Sung, CL Guy - Plant Physiology, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Hsp70s function as molecular chaperones. The protective chaperone activities of hsp70
help to confer tolerance to heat, glucose deprivation, and drought. Overexpression of …

Exploring structural variation and gene family architecture with De Novo assemblies of 15 Medicago genomes

P Zhou, KAT Silverstein, T Ramaraj, J Guhlin, R Denny… - BMC genomics, 2017 - Springer
Background Previous studies exploring sequence variation in the model legume, Medicago
truncatula, relied on mapping short reads to a single reference. However, read-mapping …