microRNAs and their roles in plant development

Q Dong, B Hu, C Zhang - Frontiers in plant science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Small RNAs are short non-coding RNAs with a length ranging between 20 and 24
nucleotides. Of these, microRNAs (miRNAs) play a distinct role in plant development …

Genetic and molecular exploration of maize environmental stress resilience: Toward sustainable agriculture

Z Yang, Y Cao, Y Shi, F Qin, C Jiang, S Yang - Molecular Plant, 2023 - cell.com
Global climate change exacerbates the effects of environmental stressors, such as drought,
flooding, extreme temperatures, salinity, and alkalinity, on crop growth and grain yield …

Designing salt stress‐resilient crops: Current progress and future challenges

X Liang, J Li, Y Yang, C Jiang… - Journal of Integrative Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Excess soil salinity affects large regions of land and is a major hindrance to crop production
worldwide. Therefore, understanding the molecular mechanisms of plant salt tolerance has …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in deciphering salt tolerance mechanism in maize

Y Cao, X Zhou, H Song, M Zhang, C Jiang - The Crop Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Maize (Zea mays L.) is a global cereal crop whose demand is projected to double by 2050.
Along with worsening of farmland salinization, salt stress has become a major …

miR169o and ZmNF‐YA13 act in concert to coordinate the expression of ZmYUC1 that determines seed size and weight in maize kernels

M Zhang, H Zheng, L Jin, L Xing, J Zou… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play key regulatory roles in seed development and emerge as new
key targets for engineering grain size and yield. The Zma‐miRNA169 family is highly …

Overexpression of the homeobox-leucine zipper protein ATHB-6 improves the drought tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.)

P Jiao, Z Jiang, X Wei, S Liu, J Qu, S Guan, Y Ma - Plant Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Homeo-Leucine Zipper (HD-Zip) proteins are a class of transcription factors unique
to higher plants and are involved in plant stress responses and regulation of growth and …

The microRNA ppe-miR393 mediates auxin-induced peach fruit softening by promoting ethylene production

L Ma, Y Zhao, M Chen, Y Li, Z Shen, Y Cao… - Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Auxin can inhibit or promote fruit ripening, depending on the species. Melting flesh (MF)
peach fruit (Prunus persica L. Batsch) cultivars produce high levels of ethylene caused by …

SmWRKY11 acts as a positive regulator in eggplant response to salt stress

L Shen, X Xia, L Zhang, S Yang, X Yang - Plant Physiology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Salt stress is one of the most threatening abiotic stresses to plants, which can seriously affect
plant growth, development, reproduction, and yield. However, the mechanisms of plant …

The ZmbHLH32-ZmIAA9-ZmARF1 module regulates salt tolerance in maize

Z Yan, K Li, Y Li, W Wang, B Leng, G Yao… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The growth and productivity of maize (Zea mays), along with other crop plants, can be
significantly hindered by salt stress. Nevertheless, the precise molecular mechanism …

[HTML][HTML] miRNA transcriptome reveals key miRNAs and their targets contributing to the difference in Cd tolerance of two contrasting maize genotypes

L Teng, X Zhang, R Wang, K Lin, M Zeng… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil cadmium (Cd) contamination is a global environmental and food safety production
issue. microRNAs (miRNAs) are proven to be involved in plant growth and development …