A role for zinc in plant defense against pathogens and herbivores

C Cabot, S Martos, M Llugany, B Gallego… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Pests and diseases pose a threat to food security, which is nowadays aggravated by climate
change and globalization. In this context, agricultural policies demand innovative …

Plant-insect-microbe interaction: A love triangle between enemies in ecosystem

A Noman, M Aqeel, M Qasim, I Haider, Y Lou - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
In natural ecosystems, plants interact with biotic components such as microbes, insects,
animals and other plants as well. Generally, researchers have focused on each interaction …

CRISPR/Cas9 targeted mutagenesis of SlLBD40, a lateral organ boundaries domain transcription factor, enhances drought tolerance in tomato

L Liu, J Zhang, J Xu, Y Li, L Guo, Z Wang, X Zhang… - Plant Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARIES DOMAIN (LBD)-containing genes are plant-
specific genes that play important roles in lateral organ development. In this study, we …

Molecular regulation of antioxidants and secondary metabolites act in conjunction to defend plants against pathogenic infection

MU Akbar, M Aqeel, MS Shah, G Jeelani, N Iqbal… - South African Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plants, being sessile in nature, are inept to escape biotic stress that adversely impact their
growth, development, and productivity. Rather, plants employ a variety of processes at the …

PRRs and NB-LRRs: from signal perception to activation of plant innate immunity

A Noman, M Aqeel, Y Lou - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
To ward off pathogens and pests, plants use a sophisticated immune system. They use
pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs), as well as nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat …

Zinc finger protein transcription factors: Integrated line of action for plant antimicrobial activity

A Noman, M Aqeel, N Khalid, W Islam, T Sanaullah… - Microbial …, 2019 - Elsevier
The plants resist/tolerate unfavorable conditions in their natural habitats by using different
but aligned and integrated defense mechanisms. Such defense responses include not only …

Microplastics in soil differentially interfere with nutritional aspects of chilli pepper

K Alharbi, M Aqeel, N Khalid, A Nazir, MK Irshad… - South African Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study was executed to assess the disruption in nutritional attributes of Capsicum
annuum by five different microplastic (MP) types ie polyvinylchloride (PVC), polystyrene …

The bZIP gene family in watermelon: genome-wide identification and expression analysis under cold stress and root-knot nematode infection

Y Yang, J Li, H Li, Y Yang, Y Guang, Y Zhou - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) family transcription factors play crucial roles in regulating
plant development and stress response. In this study, we identified 62 ClabZIP genes from …

Ecological health risk assessment of microplastics and heavy metals in sediments, water, hydrophytes (Alternanthera philoxeroides, Typha latifolia, and Ipomoea carnea), and …

K Arshad, M Aqeel, A Noman, A Nazir… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
For the ecological risk assessment of heavy metals and microplastics in Marala wetlands in
Sialkot, Pakistan, samples of sediments, water, aquatic plants (Alternanthera philoxeroides …

Plant hypersensitive response vs pathogen ingression: death of few gives life to others

A Noman, M Aqeel, SH Qari, AA Al Surhanee… - Microbial …, 2020 - Elsevier
The hypersensitive response (HR) is a defense action against pathogen ingression.
Typically, HR is predictable with the appearance of the dead, brown cells along with visible …