Coniferyl alcohol doubles justicidin B in Linum austriacum root cultures in dose- and timing-dependent tests
A plant in vitro culture study found that 50 μM coniferyl alcohol approximately doubled justicidin B accumulation in Linum austriacum ...
Tag: plant biotechnology
Research report: Genetic code expansion enables plant-directed control of bacterial activity
A laboratory proof of concept shows that engineered plants can release a noncanonical amino acid that activates selected genes in ...
Research report: Optimization of nitrogen source ratios for somatic embryo maturation in Pinus elliottii
A controlled study in three slash pine lines found that optimized ratios of five nitrogen sources promoted somatic embryo maturation ...
Gene Family Study Maps How Flowering Chinese Cabbage Balances Growth and Stress
A genome-wide study of flowering Chinese cabbage has cataloged ten BraBES1 transcription factor genes, revealing a conserved brassinosteroid signaling module ...
Feeding a flavonoid to trick flax roots into making more anticancer lignan
Exogenous vitexin supplementation significantly boosts justicidin B accumulation in Linum root cultures by rerouting the phenylpropanoid pathway toward lignan biosynthesis.
Engineered Rhizobium Strain Opens Transient Gene Expression to Diverse Crops
An engineered Rhizobium rhizogenes strain called AS109 enables efficient transient gene expression across diverse dicot crop species, opening rapid functional ...
Two-Layer Gene Editing Delivers Elite Herbicide-Tolerant Crops
Researchers combined structure-guided protein design with cis-regulatory editing at the native HPPD locus to create elite herbicide-tolerance alleles in rice ...
Orchid Genome Study Uncovers 242 Enzyme Genes Behind Medicinal Compounds and Stress Survival
A genome-wide survey of Dendrobium nobile identifies 242 cytochrome P450 genes, including an orchid-specific subfamily linked to medicinal alkaloid production ...
Radiation-Hardened Bacterium Lends Soybean a Gene That Beats Salt and Drought
Scientists transferred a stress-defense gene from the radiation-resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans into soybean, producing plants with triple the survival rate ...
Exonuclease Boost Makes CRISPR Cas12a Cut Big Chunks Out of Sugarcane’s Daunting Genome
Researchers report the first CRISPR/Cas12a editing of sugarcane, showing that co-expressing the mTREX2 exonuclease boosts large deletions seven-fold and enables ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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