Functional study on the regulation of lignin formation and disease resistance by the CpARF22 gene in Cucurbita pepo L.

The hull-less Cucurbita pepo L., also known as the naked-seeded pumpkin, is a relatively rare natural variant whose seeds closely resemble shelled pumpkin kernels, hence its name. The Fusarium wilt, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.

Synaptic and intrinsic plasticity mediated by CCK-type signaling coordinates behavioral changes during motivational state shifts.

Transitions from hunger to satiety involve multiple behavioral changes, including modulation and inhibition of feeding behavior. In mammals, cholecystokinin (CCK) is a key satiety peptide implicated in these processes; however, whether and how CCK might induce satiety via synaptic and intrinsic plasticity remains unclear. Here, we investigate CCK-type signaling in the protostome mollusk Aplysia californica.

Identification of ARF genes in Cucurbita pepo L and analysis of expression patterns, and functional analysis of CpARF22 under drought, salt stress.

Background: Auxin transcription factor (ARF) is an important transcription factor that transmits auxin signals and is involved in plant growth and development as well as stress response. However, genome-wide identification and responses to abiotic and pathogen stresses of the ARF gene family in Cucurbita pepo L, especially pathogen stresses, have not been reported.

Results: Finally, 33 ARF genes (CpARF01 to CpARF33) were identified in C.

Identification of an allatostatin C signaling system in mollusc Aplysia.

Neuropeptides, as pervasive intercellular signaling molecules in the CNS, modulate a variety of behavioral systems in both protostomes and deuterostomes. Allatostatins are neuropeptides in arthropods that inhibit the biosynthesis of juvenile hormones. Based on amino acid sequences, they are divided into three different types in arthropods: allatostatin A, allatostatin B, allatostatin C.

Newly Identified Aplysia SPTR-Gene Family-Derived Peptides: Localization and Function.

When individual neurons in a circuit contain multiple neuropeptides, these peptides can target different sets of follower neurons. This endows the circuit with a certain degree of flexibility. Here we identified a novel family of peptides, the Aplysia SPTR-Gene Family-Derived peptides (apSPTR-GF-DPs).

[Screening, identification and biocontrol effect of antagonistic actinomycetes against the pathogen of Cytospora sp. for apple tree].

The pathogen of Cytospora sp. was considered as the target fungus to evaluate the bio-control potential of antagonistic actinomycetes against Cytospora sp. in the present study, which was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of apple tree.

[Efficiency of Trichoderma longibrachiatum T6 in the control of Meloidogyne incognita and its rhizosphere colonization in cucumber].

Efficiency of different concentrations of Trichoderma longibrachiatum T6 against Meloidogyne incognita and its rhizosphere colonization in cucumber were determined in greenhouse experiments. The results of rhizosphere colonization experiments showed that the number of colonies in cucumber soil and root increased significantly ten weeks after inoculation with the second stage juveniles of M. incognita and different concentrations of T.

[Lethal effects of Trichoderma longibrachiatum on Heterodera avenae].

The lethal effect of the conidia suspension of Trichoderma longibrachiatum against second stage juveniles of Heterodera avenae was observed under microscopic conditions and studied in vitro to preliminarily determine the potential and mechanism of the conidia suspension of T. longibrachiatum against H. avenae.

[Parasitic and lethal effects of Trichoderma longibrachiatum on Heterodera avenae: microscopic observation and bioassay].

A laboratory experiment was conducted to study the parasitic and lethal effects of Trichoderma longibrachiatum conidia suspension on Heterodera avenae cysts. Different concentrations (1.5 x 10(5)-1.