Stress-induced early flowering is mediated by miR169 in Arabidopsis thaliana

MY Xu, L Zhang, WW Li, XL Hu… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Plants interact with their environment and they often flower earlier under stress conditions,
but how such stress-induced flowering is regulated remains poorly understood. Here …

osa-MIR393: a salinity- and alkaline stress-related microRNA gene

P Gao, X Bai, L Yang, D Lv, X Pan, Y Li, H Cai… - Molecular biology …, 2011 - Springer
Salinity and alkalinity are the two main environmental factors that limit rice production. Better
understanding of the mechanisms responsible for salinity and alkaline stress tolerance …

MicroRNA156ab regulates apple plant growth and drought tolerance by targeting transcription factor MsSPL13

C Feng, X Zhang, B Du, Y Xiao, Y Wang, Y Sun… - Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Drought stress substantially reduces the productivity of apple plants and severely restricts
the development of apple industry. Malus sieversii, wild apples with excellent drought …

Biotechnological application of functional genomics towards plant‐parasitic nematode control

J Li, TC Todd, J Lee, HN Trick - Plant biotechnology journal, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Plant‐parasitic nematodes are primary biotic factors limiting the crop production. Current
nematode control strategies include nematicides, crop rotation and resistant cultivars, but …

microRNAs as promising tools for improving stress tolerance in rice

A Macovei, SS Gill, N Tuteja - Plant signaling & behavior, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Rice (Oryza sativa) represents one of the most important food crops in the world, since it
feeds more than two billion people. The increased rice production can play significant roles …

Virus-based microRNA expression for gene functional analysis in plants

Y Tang, F Wang, J Zhao, K Xie, Y Hong, Y Liu - Plant physiology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Traditional virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a powerful virus-based short interfering
RNA-mediated RNA silencing technique for plant functional genomics. Besides short …

A Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Promoter of a Hairpin RNA Contributes to Alternaria alternata Leaf Spot Resistance in Apple (Malus × domestica)

Q Zhang, C Ma, Y Zhang, Z Gu, W Li, X Duan… - The Plant …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Apple leaf spot caused by the Alternaria alternata f. sp mali (ALT1) fungus is one of the most
devastating diseases of apple (Malus× domestica). We identified a hairpin RNA (hpRNA) …

MIGS: miRNA‐induced gene silencing

FF de Felippes, J Wang, D Weigel - The Plant Journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Gene silencing is an important tool in the study of gene function. Virus‐induced gene
silencing (VIGS) and hairpin RNA interference (hpRNAi), both of which rely on small …

Cloning and characterization of miRNAs and their targets, including a novel miRNA-targeted NBS–LRR protein class gene in apple (Golden Delicious)

C Ma, Y Lu, S Bai, W Zhang, X Duan, D Meng, Z Wang… - Molecular Plant, 2014 - cell.com
MicroRNA (miRNA) has emerged as an important regulator of gene expression in plants.
146 miRNAs were identified from apple (Malus domestica cv. Golden Delicious) by …

Improvement in fruit quality by overexpressing miR399a in woodland strawberry

Y Wang, J Zhang, W Cui, C Guan, W Mao… - Journal of agricultural …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Fruit quality is an important trait in strawberry and is determined by many factors. The
soluble solid content in strawberry fruits is positively related to the phosphorus content …