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Differential amplification of the subtelomeric satellite DNA JcSAT1 in the genus Jatropha L. (Euphorbiaceae)
Satellite DNAs (satDNAs) are highly repetitive sequences that occur in virtually all eukaryotic genomes and can undergo rapid copy number and nucleotide sequence variation among relatives. After chromosomal ma...
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Open AccessBradyrhizobium ottawaense efficiently reduces nitrous oxide through high nosZ gene expression
N2O is an important greenhouse gas influencing global warming, and agricultural land is the predominant (anthropogenic) source of N2O emissions. Here, we report the high N2O-reducing activity of Bradyrhizobium ot...
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Tracking an Introduced Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus in Allium fistulosum in a Field Condition With or Without Controlling Indigenous Fungi by Soil Fumigation As Well as Evaluation on Plant Phosphorus and Growth
Increased plant phosphorus uptake and growth as a result of inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is observed less often under field conditions than in pot experiments. Interaction between introdu...
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Open AccessConstruction of a high-density linkage map and graphical representation of the arrangement of transcriptome-based unigene markers on the chromosomes of onion, Allium cepa L.
Genomic information for Allium cepa L. is limited as it is heterozygous and its genome is very large. To elucidate potential SNP markers obtained by NGS, we used a complete set of A. fistulosum L.-A. cepa monosom...
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Open AccessRhizobia use a pathogenic-like effector to hijack leguminous nodulation signalling
Legume plants form a root-nodule symbiosis with rhizobia. This symbiosis establishment generally relies on rhizobium-produced Nod factors (NFs) and their perception by leguminous receptors (NFRs) that trigger ...
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Deploying root microbiome of halophytes to improve salinity tolerance of crops
Salinization of the soils is one of the most prominent problems threatening global food security. Root microbiome engineering using biofertilizers provides a sustainable way to increase agricultural productivi...
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Open AccessExtreme genetic signatures of local adaptation during Lotus japonicus colonization of Japan
Colonization of new habitats is expected to require genetic adaptations to overcome environmental challenges. Here, we use full genome re-sequencing and extensive common garden experiments to investigate demog...
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Open AccessWidely targeted metabolome and transcriptome landscapes of Allium fistulosum–A. cepa chromosome addition lines revealed a flavonoid hot spot on chromosome 5A
Here, we report a comprehensive analysis of the widely targeted metabolome and transcriptome profiles of Allium fistulosum L. (FF) with the single extra chromosome of shallot [A. cepa L. Aggregatum group (AA)] to...
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Open AccessDivergent evolution of rice blast resistance Pi54 locus in the genus Oryza
The rice blast resistance gene Pi54 was cloned from Oryza sativa ssp. indica cv. Tetep, which conferred broad-spectrum resistance against Magnaporthe oryzae. Pi54 allelic variants have been identified in not only...
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Development of SSR markers linked to QTL reducing leaf hair density and grapevine downy mildew resistance in Vitis vinifera
Dense leaf hairs of grapevines have been known to act as a preexisting defense structure for preventing the incidence of grapevine downy mildew, because the pathogen, Plasmopara viticola, needs water to invade gr...
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Open AccessVariation in bradyrhizobial NopP effector determines symbiotic incompatibility with Rj2-soybeans via effector-triggered immunity
Genotype-specific incompatibility in legume–rhizobium symbiosis has been suggested to be controlled by effector-triggered immunity underlying pathogenic host-bacteria interactions. However, the rhizobial deter...
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Open AccessDissection of niche competition between introduced and indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with respect to soybean yield responses
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi associate with most land plants and deliver phosphorus to the host. Identification of biotic/abiotic factors that determine crop responses to AM fungal inoculation is an essen...
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Open AccessGenetic control of meristem arrest and life span in Arabidopsis by a FRUITFULL-APETALA2 pathway
Monocarpic plants have a single reproductive cycle in their lives, where life span is determined by the coordinated arrest of all meristems, or global proliferative arrest (GPA). The molecular bases for GPA an...
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Structural and Functional Genomic Resources Developed
Structural genomic resources of Allium plants have been less developed because Allium species have a relatively large genome size. In this background, there have been few reports of construction of BAC libraries ...
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Genome Analysis
In order to accelerate basic and applied researches that involve genetic improvement through molecular breeding, comprehensive analyses of genes and the genome of Jatropha curcas have been conducted using both co...
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Erratum: The Cardamine hirsuta genome offers insight into the evolution of morphological diversity
Nature Plants 2, 16167 (2016); published 31 October 2016; corrected 7 November 2016. This Letter should have been published under a Creative Commons licence according to the Nature policy on publishing the pri...
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Sequencing and analysis of the complete organellar genomes of Parmales, a closely related group to Bacillariophyta (diatoms)
We sequenced the complete plastid and mitochondrial genomes of the unicellular marine phytoplankton Triparma laevis, belonging to the order Parmales (Heterokonta). The cells of Parmales are surrounded by silicifi...
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Open AccessThe Cardamine hirsuta genome offers insight into the evolution of morphological diversity
Finding causal relationships between genotypic and phenotypic variation is a key focus of evolutionary biology, human genetics and plant breeding. To identify genome-wide patterns underlying trait diversity, w...
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A high-density genetic linkage map of bronze loquat based on SSR and RAPD markers
We constructed a high-density genetic linkage map of bronze loquat (Eriobotrya deflexa) by using a three-way cross of loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) × (loquat × bronze loquat) and simple sequence repeat (SSR) and r...
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Tomato Genome Sequence
Tomato, being considered as a significant horticultural crop, is regarded as a model plant for the Solanaceae family and for other fruiting plant species. Accordingly, concerted efforts have been applied to de...
