A5041381924- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction
- Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Silkworms and Sericulture Research
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Plant and animal studies
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Plant and soil sciences
- Botanical Research and Chemistry
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Advanced Glycation End Products research
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Plant & Food Research
2012-2023
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
2014
University of Canterbury
2009-2013
Queen Elizabeth’s Academy
1969
Most published genome sequences are drafts, and most dominated by computational gene prediction. Draft genomes typically incorporate considerable sequence data that not assigned to chromosomes, predicted genes without quality confidence measures. The current Actinidia chinensis (kiwifruit) 'Hongyang' draft has 164 Mb of unassigned pseudo-chromosomes, omissions have been identified in the models.A second an A. (genotype Red5) was fully sequenced. This new resulted a 554.0 assembly with all...
Experiments were designed to compare the relationship between starch degradation and use of carbon for maintenance growth in Arabidopsis source-limited sink-limited conditions. It is known that regulated by clock plants, which degrade their a linear manner such it almost but not completely exhausted at dawn. We asked whether this response maintained under an extreme deficit. was subjected sudden combination day low irradiance, decrease dusk, warm night. Starch degraded through night, even...
Abstract Amyloid fibrils are a misfolded state, formed by many proteins when subjected to denaturing conditions. Their constituent amino acids make them ideally suited as readily functionalized nanoscaffold for enzyme immobilization and their strength, stability, nanometer size attractive features exploitation in the creation of new bionanomaterials. We report successful functionalization amyloid conjugation glucose oxidase (GOD) using glutaraldehyde. GOD retained activity upon attachment...
Kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) is a dioecious, long-living woody perennial vine. Reduced generation time and induction of hermaphroditism can accelerate crop improvement facilitate alternative farming for better food security in the face climate change. Previous studies identified that CENTRORADIALIS genes CEN CEN4 act to repress flowering, whilst male-specific Shy Girl (SyGl) gene with homology type-C cytokinin response regulators could gynoecium development model plants. Here we use...
DATA REPORT article Front. Genet., 16 May 2022Sec. Plant Genomics https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.852161
Green kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) retain high concentrations of chlorophyll in the fruit flesh, whereas gold-fleshed (A. chinensis) is degraded to colourless catabolites during development, leaving yellow carotenoids visible. The plant hormone group cytokinins has been implicated delay senescence, and so aim this work was investigate link between cytokinin levels ripening de-greening.The expression genes related metabolism signal transduction concentration metabolites were measured....
Angiosperm sex chromosomes, where present, are generally recently evolved. The key step in initiating the development of chromosomes from autosomes is establishment a sex-determining locus within region non-recombination. To better understand early chromosome evolution, it important to determine process by which recombination suppressed around determining genes. We have used dioecious angiosperm kiwifruit Actinidia chinensis var. chinensis, has an active-Y system, study rates locus, events...
Pollen development, from unicellular microspores to anthesis, is a complex process involving the coordinated specification, differentiation and functions of different cell types. Key understanding this development identifying genes expressed at precise stages development. However, transcriptomic studies on pollen prior anthesis are complicated by inaccessible nature developing in anther resistant wall. To assist with gene expression during we have developed protocol perform RNA-Seq isolated...
ABSTRACT Dioecy, the presence of male and female individuals, has evolved independently in multiple flowering plant lineages. Although theoretical models for evolution dioecy, such as “two-mutation” model, are well established, little is known about specific genes determining sex their evolutionary history. Kiwifruit, a major tree crop consumed worldwide, dioecious species. In kiwifruit, we had previously identified Y-encoded sex-determinant candidate gene acting suppressor feminization...