Light is essential for plants, but excessive light is damaging to plant health. Photoprotection
is defined as the prevention against damaging effects of intense solar radiation. Plants have …

The calyxes and fruits of Physalis alkekengi L. var. franchetii (Mast.) Makino (P. alkekengi), a
medicinal and edible plant, are frequently used as heat-clearing and detoxifying agents in …

Black net shade treatment attenuates flavonoid biosynthesis in tea plants, while the effect of
light quality is still unclear. We investigated the flavonoid and transcriptome profiles of tea …

Flavonoids are natural bioactive substances with beneficial health effects against chronic
diseases. Camellia oleifera Abel.(C. oleifera) has attracted attention because its seeds …

Dendrobium huoshanense is both a traditional herbal medicine and a plant of high
ornamental and medicinal value. We used transcriptomics and metabolomics to investigate …

Brassicaceae baby-leaves are good source of functional phytochemicals. To investigate
how Chinese kale and pak-choi baby-leaves in response to different wavebands of blue …

Wounds in tissues provide a pathway of entry for pathogenic fungi and bacteria in plants.
Plants respond to wounding by regulating the expression of genes involved in their defense …

Functional constituents in the leaves of Passiflora plants contain antidepressant and
antianxiety effects which are beneficial to human health and fitness. The objective of this …

Abstract Background Camellia oleifera Abel.(C. oleifera) is an important traditional woody
species in China that produces edible oil. However, the current literature lacks a proper …

Colonization resistance, ie, the protective effects of associated microbiota for the animal host
against pathogen infection, has been studied widely over the last 100 years. However, few …