Design of an Arabidopsis thaliana reporter line to detect heat-sensing and signaling mutants
Global warming is a major challenge for plant survival and growth. Understanding the molecular mechanisms by which higher plants sense and adapt to upsurges in the ambient temperature is essential for developi... (Source: Plant Methods)
Source: Plant Methods - June 8, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Anthony Guihur, Baptiste Bourgine, Mathieu E. Rebeaud and Pierre Goloubinoff Tags: Research Source Type: research
A successive time-to-event model of phyllochron dynamics for hypothesis testing: application to the analysis of genetic and environmental effects in maize
The time between the appearance of successive leaves, or phyllochron, characterizes the vegetative development of annual plants. Hypothesis testing models, which allow the comparison of phyllochrons between ge... (Source: Plant Methods)
Source: Plant Methods - June 7, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Sandra Plancade, Elodie Marchadier, Sylvie Huet, Adrienne Ressayre, Camille No ûs and Christine Dillmann Tags: Methodology Source Type: research
A quantitative method to measure geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP) and geranylgeranyl monophosphate (GGP) in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit
Isoprenoids are a very large class of metabolites playing a key role in plant physiological processes such as growth, stress resistance, fruit flavor, and color. In chloroplasts and chromoplasts, the diterpene... (Source: Plant Methods)
Source: Plant Methods - June 7, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Wayne Zita, Venkatasalam Shanmugabalaji, Miguel Ezquerro, Manuel Rodriguez-Concepcion, Felix Kessler and Gaetan Glauser Tags: Methodology Source Type: research
Non-destructive pre-symptomatic detection of gray mold infection in kiwifruit using hyperspectral data and chemometrics
Application of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) and data analysis algorithms was investigated for early and non-destructive detection of Botrytis cinerea infection. Hyperspectral images were collected from laboratory-... (Source: Plant Methods)
Source: Plant Methods - June 2, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Najmeh Haghbin, Adel Bakhshipour, Hemad Zareiforoush and Sedigheh Mousanejad Tags: Research Source Type: research
Image-based plant wilting estimation
Environmental stress due to climate or pathogens is a major threat to modern agriculture. Plant genetic resistance to these stresses is one way to develop more resilient crops, but accurately quantifying plant... (Source: Plant Methods)
Source: Plant Methods - May 31, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Changye Yang, Sriram Baireddy, Val érian Méline, Enyu Cai, Denise Caldwell, Anjali S. Iyer-Pascuzzi and Edward J. Delp Tags: Methodology Source Type: research
The impact of variable illumination on vegetation indices and evaluation of illumination correction methods on chlorophyll content estimation using UAV imagery
The advancements in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology have recently emerged as an effective, cost-efficient, and versatile solution for monitoring crop growth with high spatial and temporal precision. T... (Source: Plant Methods)
Source: Plant Methods - May 27, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Yuxiang Wang, Zengling Yang, Kootstra Gert and Haris Ahmad Khan Tags: Research Source Type: research
Advances in micropropagation, somatic embryogenesis, somatic hybridizations, genetic transformation and cryopreservation for Passiflora improvement
Passion fruit is an essential commercial plant in the tropics and subtropics, which has lately seen a rise in demand for high-quality fruits and large-scale production. Generally, different species of passion ... (Source: Plant Methods)
Source: Plant Methods - May 25, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Mohammad Aqa Mohammadi, Myat Hnin Wai, Hafiz Muhammad Rizwan, Abdul Qahar Qarluq, Mengjie Xu, Lulu Wang, Yan Cheng, Mohammad Aslam, Ping Zheng, Xiaomei Wang, Wenbin Zhang and Yuan Qin Tags: Review Source Type: research
Eggsplorer: a rapid plant –insect resistance determination tool using an automated whitefly egg quantification algorithm
A well-known method for evaluating plant resistance to insects is by measuring insect reproduction or oviposition. Whiteflies are vectors of economically important viral diseases and are, therefore, widely stu... (Source: Plant Methods)
Source: Plant Methods - May 20, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Micha Gracianna Devi, Dan Jeric Arcega Rustia, Lize Braat, Kas Swinkels, Federico Fornaguera Espinosa, Bart M. van Marrewijk, Jochen Hemming and Lotte Caarls Tags: Methodology Source Type: research
Efficient strategies for controlled release of nanoencapsulated phytohormones to improve plant stress tolerance
Climate change due to different human activities is causing adverse environmental conditions and uncontrolled extreme weather events. These harsh conditions are directly affecting the crop areas, and consequen... (Source: Plant Methods)
Source: Plant Methods - May 15, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Jimmy Sampedro-Guerrero, Vicente Vives-Peris, Aurelio Gomez-Cadenas and Carolina Clausell-Terol Tags: Review Source Type: research
Mapping the forage nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium contents of alpine grasslands by integrating Sentinel-2 and Tiangong-2 data
Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) contents are crucial quality indicators for forage in alpine natural grasslands and are closely related to plant growth and reproduction. One of the greatest cha... (Source: Plant Methods)
Source: Plant Methods - May 15, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Xuanfan Zhang, Tiangang Liang, Jinlong Gao, Dongmei Zhang, Jie Liu, Qisheng Feng, Caixia Wu and Zhiwei Wang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Improving multi-scale detection layers in the deep learning network for wheat spike detection based on interpretive analysis
Detecting and counting wheat spikes is essential for predicting and measuring wheat yield. However, current wheat spike detection researches often directly apply the new network structure. There are few studie... (Source: Plant Methods)
Source: Plant Methods - May 13, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Jiawei Yan, Jianqing Zhao, Yucheng Cai, Suwan Wang, Xiaolei Qiu, Xia Yao, Yongchao Tian, Yan Zhu, Weixing Cao and Xiaohu Zhang Tags: Methodology Source Type: research
Correction: YOLO POD: a fast and accurate multi-task model for dense Soybean Pod counting
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Source: Plant Methods - May 12, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Shuai Xiang, Siyu Wang, Mei Xu, Wenyan Wang and Weiguo Liu Tags: Correction Source Type: research
A vector-free gene interference system using delaminated Mg –Al-lactate layered double hydroxide nanosheets as molecular carriers to intact plant cells
The Mg –Al-lactate layered double hydroxide nanosheet (LDH-NS) has shown great potential as an optimal nanocarrier for extensive use in plants. However, previous studies in plant sciences have not provided a cl... (Source: Plant Methods)
Source: Plant Methods - May 8, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: He Zhang, Xinyu Li, Dong Yu, Junqi Guan, Hao Ding, Hongyang Wu, Qiang Wang and Yinglang Wan Tags: Methodology Source Type: research
Scoring the number of B chromosomes in Zea mays L. using droplet digital PCR assay
B chromosomes are classified as dispensable genomic components tolerated by cells, which are transmitted to progeny despite providing no benefit in most cases. They have been observed in over 2800 species of p... (Source: Plant Methods)
Source: Plant Methods - May 3, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Radim Sva čina, Lucie Hloušková, Miroslava Karafiátová and Jan Bartoš Tags: Methodology Source Type: research
Low-cost and automated phenotyping system “Phenomenon” for multi-sensor in situ monitoring in plant in vitro culture
The current development of sensor technologies towards ever more cost-effective and powerful systems is steadily increasing the application of low-cost sensors in different horticultural sectors. In plant in v... (Source: Plant Methods)
Source: Plant Methods - May 2, 2023 Category: Biology Authors: Hans Bethge, Traud Winkelmann, Patrick L üdeke and Thomas Rath Tags: Research Source Type: research
