RNA interference: a natural immune system of plants to counteract biotic stressors

T Muhammad, F Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Liang - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
During plant-pathogen interactions, plants have to defend the living transposable elements
from pathogens. In response to such elements, plants activate a variety of defense …

Applications and trends of machine learning in genomics and phenomics for next-generation breeding

S Esposito, D Carputo, T Cardi, P Tripodi - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Crops are the major source of food supply and raw materials for the processing industry. A
balance between crop production and food consumption is continually threatened by plant …

WRKY genes family study reveals tissue-specific and stress-responsive TFs in wild potato species

C Villano, S Esposito, V D'Amelia, R Garramone… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Wild potatoes, as dynamic resource adapted to various environmental conditions, represent
a powerful and informative reservoir of genes useful for breeding efforts. WRKY transcription …

Genome-wide analysis of AGO, DCL and RDR gene families reveals RNA-directed DNA methylation is involved in fruit abscission in Citrus sinensis

A Sabbione, L Daurelio, A Vegetti, M Talón, F Tadeo… - BMC Plant …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Small RNAs regulate a wide variety of processes in plants, from organ
development to both biotic and abiotic stress response. Being master regulators in genetic …

CBF1 and CBF4 in Solanum tuberosum L. differ in their effect on low-temperature tolerance and development

Q Song, X Wang, J Li, THH Chen, Y Liu… - … and Experimental Botany, 2021 - Elsevier
Cold stress, as an adverse environmental condition that plants experience, dramatically
affects plant growth and development, crop productivity and quality. Plants growing in …

The evolutionary history of small RNAs in Solanaceae

P Baldrich, S Bélanger, S Kong, S Pokhrel… - Plant …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The Solanaceae or “nightshade” family is an economically important group with remarkable
diversity. To gain a better understanding of how the unique biology of the Solanaceae …

LTR-TEs abundance, timing and mobility in Solanum commersonii and S. tuberosum genomes following cold-stress conditions

S Esposito, F Barteri, J Casacuberta, M Mirouze… - Planta, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Main conclusion Copia/Ale is the youngest lineage in both Solanum tuberosum and
S. commersonii. Within it, we identified nightshade, a new LTR element active in the …

Identification of miRNA-mRNA pairs involved in the development of grafted peach hybrids by integrating sRNAome and transcriptome

S Zhang, L Feng, W Jia, TN Wuyun, GP Zhu, H Zhao… - Scientia …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plant grafting is widely practiced with fruit trees and horticultural crops, and can lead to graft
hybrid formation with desirable traits that can solve production problems. MicroRNAs have …

Integrative Analysis of the DICER-like (DCL) Genes From Peach (Prunus persica): A Critical Role in Response to Drought Stress

MA Belal, M Ezzat, Y Zhang, Z Xu, Y Cao… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
DICER-likes (DCLs) proteins are the core component for non-coding RNA (ncRNA)
biogenesis, playing essential roles in some biological processes. The DCL family has been …

Deep‐sequencing of Solanum commersonii small RNA libraries reveals riboregulators involved in cold stress response

S Esposito, R Aversano, JM Bradeen… - Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Among wild species used in potato breeding, Solanum commersonii displays the highest
tolerance to low temperatures under both acclimated (ACC) and non‐acclimated (NACC) …