Publications by authors named "Juan-Ying Zhao"
Fall Armyworm-Induced Secondary Metabolites in Sorghum Defend Against Its Attack.
Insects
February 2025
The fall armyworm (FAW), , is one of the major agricultural pests that has invaded China. The FAW is a polyphagous insect with the gramineous crop sorghum being a key host plant. However, the basis of sorghum's chemical defense against FAW feeding is still unclear.
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- LiDAR systems using classical signals are vulnerable to spoofing attacks that help targets avoid detection.
- A new quantum-secured LiDAR protocol employs Gaussian modulated coherent states for more accurate range measurement and the ability to detect such spoofing attempts.
- Simulation results show that this method effectively identifies spoofing with high accuracy and low false alarms, making it a practical solution using current technology.
Various functions of detoxification enzymes against insecticides in Nilaparvata lugens selected by toxicity assays and RNAi methods.
Pestic Biochem Physiol
June 2024
The brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens is a devastating agricultural pest of rice, and they have developed resistance to many pesticides. In this study, we assessed the response of BPH nymphs to nitenpyram, imidacloprid, and etofenprox using contact and dietary bioassays, and investigated the underlying functional diversities of BPH glutathione-S-transferase (GST), carboxylesterase (CarE) and cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (P450) against these insecticides. Both contact and ingestion toxicity of nitenpyram to BPH were significantly higher than either imidacloprid or etofenprox.
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- Researchers identified 180 C2 domain genes in soybeans, revealing their important biological functions and grouping them into three distinct phylogenetic categories based on gene structure and function.
- * The study found that specific C2 domain genes had heightened expression levels when exposed to stressors like salt, drought, and abscisic acid (ABA), indicating their role in stress response.
- * Soybean plants with modified hairy roots showed improved tolerance to salt and drought by exhibiting characteristics like delayed leaf rolling and higher proline content, confirming that C2 domain genes enhance stress resilience in soybeans.
The Ankyrin-Repeat Gene Confers Drought and Salt Tolerance in and Soybean.
Front Plant Sci
October 2020
Ankyrin repeat (ANK) proteins are essential in cell growth, development, and response to hormones and environmental stresses. In the present study, 226 genes were identified and classified into nine subfamilies according to conserved domains in the soybean genome ( L.).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFunctional Analysis of the Soybean Gene Responding to Drought and Salt Stresses.
Int J Mol Sci
November 2019
Plants have a series of response mechanisms to adapt when they are subjected to external stress. Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) in plants function against a variety of abiotic stresses. We screened 17 CDPKs from drought- and salt-induced soybean transcriptome sequences.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins are extensive in all eukaryotes. Their functions remain as yet largely unknown. Mining potential stress responsive PPRs, and checking whether known PPR editing factors are affected in the stress treatments.
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