A5050514882- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Light effects on plants
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2023-2024
Nanjing Agricultural University
2021-2023
Egerton University
2018
Although whole genome sequencing, genetic variation mapping, and pan-genome studies have been done on a large group of cucumber nuclear genomes, organelle information is largely unclear. As an important component the genome, chloroplast highly conserved, which makes it useful tool for studying plant phylogeny, crop domestication, species adaptation. Here, we constructed first based 121 germplasms, investigated variations through comparative genomic, phylogenetic, haplotype, population...
Carotenoids are indispensable to plants and essential for human nutrition health. Carotenoid contents strongly influenced by light through light-responsive genes such as B-Box (BBX) genes. BBX proteins, a class of zinc-finger transcription factors, mediate many light-signaling pathways, leading the biosynthesis important metabolites in plants. However, identification gene family expression analysis response photoperiod-mediated carotenoid accumulation cucumber remains unexplored. We...
Xishuangbanna (XIS) cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. var. xishuangbannesis Qi et Yuan), is a botanical variety of cultivars native to southwest China that possesses excellent agronomic traits for improvement. However, breeding utilization XIS limited due the current poor understanding its photoperiod-sensitive flowering characteristics. In this study, genetic and transcriptomic analysis were conducted reveal molecular basis photoperiod-regulated in cucumber. A major-effect QTL locus DFF1.1 was...
Anthocyanins are ubiquitous pigments derived from the phenylpropanoid compound conferring red, purple and blue pigmentations to various organs of horticultural crops. The metabolism flavonoids in cytoplasm leads biosynthesis anthocyanin, which is then conveyed vacuoles for storage by plant glutathione S-transferases (GST). Although GST important transporting anthocyanin plants, its identification characterization eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) remains obscure. In this study, a total 40...
The Xishuangbanna (XIS) cucumber is an important botanical variety, accumulating high levels of β-carotene (700 μg/100 g) in the endocarp mature fruit compared with normal green/white flesh types (25–50 g, fresh weight). essential precursor provitamin A synthesis required for human health, thus XIS appealing germplasm vitamin breeding programs. In this review, we highlighted molecular research progress as well bottlenecks undermining its utilization genetic breeding. was first reported 1983;...
The accumulation of carotenoids in plants is a key nutritional quality many horticultural crops. Although the structural genes encoding biosynthetic enzymes are well-characterized, little known regarding photoperiod-mediated carotenoid fruits some Herein, we performed physiological and transcriptomic analyses using two cucumber genotypes, SWCC8 (XIS-orange-fleshed photoperiod-sensitive) CC3 (white-fleshed photoperiod-non-sensitive), established under photoperiod conditions (8L/16D vs....
Leaf color mutants are ideal materials to study pigment metabolism and photosynthesis. variations mainly affected by chlorophylls (Chls) carotenoid contents chloroplast development in higher plants. However, the regulation of chlorophyll remains poorly understood many plant species. The signal-recognition particle system is responsible for insertion light-harvesting a/b proteins (LHCPs) thylakoid membranes, which controls as well Chls biosynthesis post-translationally plants.In this study,...
Indigenous leafy vegetables play a major role in strategies to attain food and nutritional security for African households. However, the potential of these meeting requirements have not been adequately exploited. This study assessed effects shadenets on nutritive value indigenous vegetables. The nightshade (Solanum scabrum Mill.) spiderplant (Cleome gynandra L.) net covers colored white, gray, blue, yellow, with unnetted plants as control were used. From 7th week after sowing (spiderplant)...
Eggplant is one of the most important vegetable crops worldwide and has been considered to have great antioxidant activity. However, little information available about primary metabolic composition nutritional values eggplant. Using a widely targeted metabolome approach, current study investigated variation in 13 eggplant varieties with different morphologies. A total 503 metabolites (amino acids, lipids, nucleotides, organic vitamin, saccharides, alcohols) 170 phenolic acids were detected,...
Abstract Background Leaf color mutants are ideal materials to study pigment metabolism and photosynthesis. variations mainly affected by chlorophylls (Chls) carotenoid contents chloroplast development in higher plants. However, the regulation of chlorophyll remains poorly understood many plant species. The signal-recognition particle system is responsible for insertion light harvesting a/b proteins (LHCPs) thylakoid membranes, which controls as well Chls biosynthesis posttranslationally...
The accumulation of carotenoids in edible plant organs is a key nutritional quality trait many horticultural crops. Although the structural genes that encode biosynthetic enzymes are well characterized, little known regarding photoperiod-mediated carotenoid fruit some crop species. An orange-fleshed Xishuangbanna (XIS) cucumber contains abundant β-carotene but it short-photoperiod dependent. Moreover, underlying molecular regulatory mechanism photoperiodic effect on endocarp XIS remains...