Drought stress-induced crop loss has been considerably increased in recent years because
of global warming and changing rainfall pattern. Natural drought-tolerant plants entail the …

For centuries, crop plants have represented the basis of the daily human diet. Among them,
cereals and legumes, accumulating oils, proteins, and carbohydrates in their seeds …

Pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) play a key role in triggering PAMPs
triggered immunity (PTI) in plants. In the case of the rice-Magnaporthe oryzae pathosystem …

The amyloid cascade hypothesis suggests that amyloid beta (Aβ) contributes to initiating
subsequent tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the underlying …

Seed germination is a complex physiological process initiated by water uptake and results in
the emergence of radicles and plumules. Because water uptake is a prerequisite for …

Soybean is a rich source of vegetal protein for both animal and human consumption.
Despite the high levels of protein in soybean seeds, industrial processing to obtain soybean …

Improving the proteins and amino acid contents of rice seeds is one of the prime objectives
of plant breeders. We recently developed an EMS mutant/high-protein mutant (HPM) of rice …

The preparation of microsomal membrane proteins (MPs) is critically important to
microsomal proteomics. To date most research studies have utilized an ultracentrifugation …

The study aimed to understand mechanism/s of neuronal outgrowth in the rat adrenal-
derived pheochromocytoma cell line (PC12) under pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating …

Seed storage compound deposition is influenced by both maternal and filial tissues. Within
this framework, we analyzed strategies that operate during the development and filling of …