Drought stress can seriously affect tuberization, yield and quality of potato plant. However, the precise molecular mechanisms governing stolon's response to drought water supply are not very well understood. In this work, a (Solanum tuberosum L.) variant, Ningshu 4, was subjected severe treatment (DT) re-watering (RWT) at tuber bulking stage. Strand-specific cDNA libraries stolon materials were constructed for paired-end transcriptome sequencing analyses differentially expressed gene (DEG)...

Background The oriental fruit moth Grapholita molesta is a host-switching pest species. adults highly depend on olfactory cues in locating optimal host plants and oviposition sites. Odorant binding proteins (OBPs) are thought to be responsible for recognizing transporting hydrophobic odorants across the aqueous sensillum lymph stimulate odorant receptors (ORs) within antennal sensilla activate signal transduction pathway. Exploring physiological function of these OBPs could facilitate...

Background Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) occurs when the nucleus pulposus or annulus fibrosus protrudes into intervertebral space, potentially compressing nerve roots and causing symptoms such as sciatica, restricted mobility, lower extremity weakness. The development of portable lumbar exoskeleton devices offers a new approach, combining traction, range motion (ROM) exercises, resistance training in single system, reducing treatment complexity enhancing LDH patient outcomes. Objective This...

Megalurothrips usitatus is an economically important vegetable pest. Because of the growing demand for reducing pesticide use on vegetables, new environmentally friendly strategies controlling M. are urgently needed. Insect odorant-binding proteins prospective targets screening odorant attractants pest control. However, very little known about OBP genes in usitatus. Here, we identified 14 OBPs genome using HMMER and BLAST. The chromosomal location showed that these were widely distributed...

Chilo sacchariphagus is the key pest of sugar cane. Due to difficulty associated with pesticide application in middle and late growth stages cane, use odorant attractants a beneficial alternative pesticides. Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) insect olfactory system represent excellent targets for screening attractants. Here, we identified 12 OBPs from head transcriptome C. adults, four (CsacOBP1/2/5/12) highly enriched adult antennae. Ligand-binding assays CsacOBPs showed that they can bind 10...

Clinical evidences indicate that multifaceted gait abnormalities may manifest in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, which are associated with cognitive decline. Although the correlation between hippocampal theta power and locomotion has been known for a long time, mechanisms by how impairment participates altered seen AD is not fully understood. To explore manifestations of disorders AD, we characterized performance 3-, 6-, 9-month-old male 5xFAD control mice semi-automated, highly...

Abstract The effect of various flavonoids, lectins and phenyl β ‐ D ‐glucoside on larval survival, weights the activities digestive (total serine protease trypsin) detoxifying (esterase glutathione‐ S ‐transferase) enzymes Spodoptera litura larvae at 7 days after treatment was studied through diet incorporation assay. Flavonoids (rutin, chlorogenic acid, quinic caffeic naringenin, quercitin, kaempferol, myricetin, catechin, ferulic acid) were incorporated in artificial 100, 500 1000 ppm,...

Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is characterized by delayed disconnection. Although the effect of DAI on pathology has been well documented, there limited information regarding role myelin in pathogenesis DAI. We used a modified Marmarou method to create moderate model adult rat and examined corpus callosum brain stem for dynamic glial responses During first week following DAI, Luxol Fast Blue staining western blot analysis MBP showed significant loss stem. Increased apoptosis mature...

Saline–alkaline (SA) stress is characterized by high salinity and alkalinity (high pH), which severely inhibit plant growth cause huge losses in crop yields worldwide. Here we show that a moderate elevation of endogenous abscisic acid (ABA) levels RNAi-mediated suppression OsABA8ox1 (OsABA8ox1-kd), key ABA catabolic gene, significantly increased tolerance to SA rice plants. We produced OsABA8ox1-kd lines two different japonica cultivars, Dongdao 4 Nipponbare. Compared with non-transgenic...

Pheromone binding protein (PBP) is thought primarily to bind and transport the sex pheromone in moths. The accumulated studies suggest that three PBPs were identified moth species. In Grapholita molesta, functions of GmolPBP2 GmolPBP3 have been previously studied. However, function GmolPBP1 still unclear. Furthermore, Cydia pomonella Codlemone can act as a synergist G. molesta. C. pomonella, CpomPBP1 specifically Codlemone. displays high identity with (70%), indicating two may share similar...

Insect odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are significant in binding and transporting odorants to specific receptors. Our previous study demonstrated that BminOBP3 exhibited a strong affinity with undecanol. However, the mechanism between them remains unknown. Here, using homology modeling molecular docking, we found C-terminus (I116-P122), especially hydrogenbonds formed by last three amino acid residues (V120, F121, P122) of C-terminus, is essential for BminOBP3's ligand binding. Mutant...

Current indices of saline-alkaline (SA) tolerance are mainly based on the traditional growth and physiological for salinity likely affect accuracy alfalfa predictions. We determined whether inclusion soil alkalinity-affected indices, particularly Ca2+, Mg2+, their ratios to Na+ in plants, method could improve prediction SA alfalfa, determine important tolerance, identify suitable cultivars alkaline salt-affected soils. Fifty were evaluated under non-SA field conditions. The SA-tolerance...

Modifying saline–alkali soil is crucial for ensuring food security and expanding arable land. Microorganisms play a key role in driving various biochemical processes agricultural ecosystems. However, limited information exists on the changes microbial community structure soda saline-alkali under modified conditions. In this study, we examined physicochemical properties of altered by rice planting alone combined application phosphogypsum Songnen Plain. The results demonstrated that...

The photosensitive unit and conjugation play a significant role in photocatalytic performance of covalent organic frameworks (COFs). In this work, series COFs that introduced the phenyl phenanthridine as with different planarity linkages were synthesized common regulation between them for photocatalysis hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) was also studied. results indicate DHTB‐PPD, 2/3 (β‐ketoenamine/imine is 2/3) building blocks, shows narrowest bandgap strongest charge separation...

Soil alkalization triggers ion toxicity and osmotic alkaline (high pH) stresses in plants, damaging their growth productivity. Therefore, we investigated whether priming with abscisic acid (ABA) increases the tolerance of alfalfa seedlings to stress, then examined underlying molecular mechanisms. Alfalfa were pretreated ABA (10 μM) for 16 h subjected stress using a 15 mM Na2CO3 solution (pH 10.87). Compared control, pretreatment significantly alleviated leaf damage improved fresh weight,...

Olfaction is of great significance for insect mate-seeking and host-locating behaviors. Insect odorant-binding proteins (OBPs), especially those antenna-enriched OBPs, are thought to discriminate, capture transport odorant molecules olfactory receptors, but this has not been fully clarified in Bactrocera minax (Enderlein), an economically important pest citrus crops. Our previous studies showed that seven OBP genes (BminOBP1-7) were identified from B. adults via a head transcriptome...

ABSTRACT Phyllotreta striolata (Fabricius) is an important pest of Brassicaceae in Southeast Asia and North America. Using scanning electron microscopy, we observed the external structure, number, distribution antennal sensilla P. females to discuss putative function these host location oviposition behaviors. The antenna female filiform, composed a scape, pedicel, flagellum with 9 flagellomeres. Five types were identified, including cheaetica, trichodea, Böhm bristles, auricillica,...

Mercury (Hg) pollution poses human health and environmental risks worldwide, as it can have toxic effects causes selective pressure that facilitates the spread of antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) among microbes. More more studies revealed numerous Hg-related (HRGs) help to resist transform Hg. In present study, we systematically analyzed HRG distribution, abundance, organization, their co-distribution with ARGs, using 18,731 publicly available plasmid genomes isolated from a...