Duckweed Evolution: from Land back to Water.

Terrestialization is an important evolutionary process that plants experienced. However, little is known about how land plants acquired aquatic growth behaviors. Here we integrate multiproxy evidence to elucidate the evolution of the aquatic plant duckweed.

Wheat domestication gene Q interplays with TaARF12 to antagonistically modulate plant architecture by integrating multiple hormone homeostasis.

Wheat domestication gene Q controls threshability and also pleiotropically affects plant morphogenesis. However, its specific roles in modulating plant architecture and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We dissected Q effects on plant architecture using transgenic overexpression and knockout assays.

Duckweed: a starch-hyperaccumulating plant under cultivation with a combination of nutrient limitation and elevated CO.

Introduction: The increasing global demand for starch has created an urgent need to identify more efficient and sustainable production methods. However, traditional starch sources, such as crop-based options, experience significant bottlenecks due to limitations in land use, water consumption, and the impacts of climate change. Therefore, there is a pressing need to explore and develop new sources of starch.

Genome-editing of a circadian clock gene TaPRR95 facilitates wheat peduncle growth and heading date.

Plant height and heading date are important agronomic traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) that affect final grain yield. In wheat, knowledge of pseudo-response regulator (PRR) genes on agronomic traits is limited.

Comprehensive Comparative Analysis of the Gene Family in Common Wheat () and Its D-Subgenome Donor .

JASMONATE-ZIM DOMAIN (JAZ) repressor proteins work as co-receptors in the jasmonic acid (JA) signalling pathway and are essential for plant development and environmental adaptation. Despite wheat being one of the main staple food crops, until recently, comprehensive analysis of its gene family has been limited due to the lack of complete and high-quality reference genomes. Here, using the latest reference genome, we identified 17 genes in the wheat D-genome donor .

Grain yield improvement by genome editing of TaARF12 that decoupled peduncle and rachis development trajectories via differential regulation of gibberellin signalling in wheat.

Plant breeding is constrained by trade-offs among different agronomic traits by the pleiotropic nature of many genes. Genes that contribute to two or more favourable traits with no penalty on yield are rarely reported, especially in wheat. Here, we describe the editing of a wheat auxin response factor TaARF12 by using CRISPR/Cas9 that rendered shorter plant height with larger spikes.

Biodegradation of Aflatoxin B in the Baijiu Brewing Process by .

Aflatoxin is a potent mycotoxin and a common source of grain contamination that leads to great economic losses and health problems. Although distilled baijiu cannot be contaminated by aflatoxin, its presence in the brewing process affects the physiological activities of micro-organisms and reduces product quality. XSWW9 capable of degrading aflatoxin B (AFB) was isolated from daqu using coumarin as the sole carbon source.

An RCT study showing few weeks of music lessons enhance audio-visual temporal processing.

Music involves different senses and is emotional in nature, and musicians show enhanced detection of audio-visual temporal discrepancies and emotion recognition compared to non-musicians. However, whether musical training produces these enhanced abilities or if they are innate within musicians remains unclear. Thirty-one adult participants were randomly assigned to a music training, music listening, or control group who all completed a one-hour session per week for 11 weeks.

Serum immune responses in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) to paraquat exposure: The traditional parameters and circulating microRNAs.

Paraquat (PQ) is a herbicide used worldwide, and it was shown to be a high-risk compound to aquatic organisms. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of PQ on traditional serum parameters and circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) in common carp to further elucidate the mechanism of PQ toxicity in fish. In the current study, a subacute toxicity test of common carp exposed to PQ at 1.