The SEVEN IN Absentia (SINA), a typical member of the RING E3 ligase family, plays a crucial role in plant growth, development and response to abiotic stress. However, its biological functions in oil crops are still unknown. Previously, we reported that overexpression of AtSINA2 in Arabidopsis...

Phyllosticta (Phyllostictaceae, Botryosphaeriales) includes plant pathogens, endophytes and saprobes, occurring on various hosts worldwide. During the present study, isolates associated with leaf spots were obtained from the hosts Quercus aliena and Viburnum odoratissimum, and identified based on...

A phytochemical investigation on the twigs of Cinnamomum cassia led to the isolation of 39 compounds, including 12 flavonoid glycosides (1-12), three cinnamic acid amides (13-15), 12 lignans (16-27), five sesquiterpenoids (28-32), three cinnamaldehyde derivatives (33-35), two phenols (36 and 37),...

The BRI1 EMS SUPPRESSOR 1/BRASSINAZOLE RESISTANT 1 (BES1/BZR1) plays a vital role in plant growth and development and stress responses, but there are few studies on poplar BES1 genes. In this study, we identified 14 BES1 genes in the Populus trichocarpa genome and analyzed the expression under...

Seed dormancy is an important life history state that increases survival and fitness of seed plants, and thus it has attracted much attention. However, global biogeography, effects of paleoenvironment, evolutionary roles of dormancy transitions, and differences in adaptations of seed dormancy...

Oaks (Quercus L.) are ideal models to assess patterns of plant diversity. We integrated the sequence data of five chloroplast and two nuclear loci from 50 Chinese oaks to explore the phylogenetic framework, evolution and diversification patterns of the Chinese oak's lineage. The framework phylogeny ...

Terrestrial ecosystems play a significant role in global carbon and water cycles because of the substantial amount of carbon assimilated through net primary production and large amount of water loss through evapotranspiration (ET). Using a process-based ecosystem model, we investigate the potential ...

Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), a horticulturally multipurpose species in the family Elaeagnaceae, can build associations with Frankia actinomycetes to enable symbiotic nitrogen-fixing. Currently, no high-quality reference genome is available for an actinorhizal plant, which greatly hinders...

Ultra-barcoding is a technique using whole plastomes and nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) sequences for plant species identification. Paris yunnanensis is a medicinal plant of great economic importance for the pharmaceutical industry. However, the alpha taxonomy of P. yunnanensis is still uncertain,...

A new Choiromyces species was discovered at local wild mushroom markets in Songpan County, Sichuan, southwest China where it has been considered as a Chinese white truffle. Based on both morphological and phylogenetic analyses, the collection was described as Choiromyces sichuanensis sp. nov. This...