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Phenotyping technologies are expected to provide predictive power for a range of applications in plant and crop sciences. Here, we use the disease pressure of Beet Cyst Nematodes (BCN) on sugar beet as an illu...
Plant Methods 2017 13:73
Published on: 13 September 2017
Methodology article
Celiac disease (CD) is caused by specific sequences of gluten proteins found in cereals such as bread wheat (Triticum aestivum ssp. aestivum) and spelt (T. aestivum ssp. spelta). Among them, the α-gliadins displa...
Plant Methods 2017 13:72
Published on: 6 September 2017
Methodology article
Seed–soil contact is important to ensure successful germination, however, there is a paucity of reported studies that have quantified the microstructure at and around this critical interface, mainly due to the...
Plant Methods 2017 13:71
Published on: 30 August 2017
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Boron (B) tolerance has been identified as a key target for field pea improvement. Screening for B tolerance in the field is problematic due to variability in space and time, and robust B molecular markers are...
Plant Methods 2017 13:70
Published on: 29 August 2017
Methodology article
In general, enzyme activity is estimated from spectrophotometric data, by taking the slope of the linear part of the progress curve describing the rate of change in the substrate or product monitored. As long ...
Plant Methods 2017 13:69
Published on: 25 August 2017
Methodology article
Sedentary endoparasitic cyst nematodes form a feeding structure in plant roots, called a syncytium. Syncytium formation involves extensive transcriptional modifications, which leads to cell modifications such ...
Plant Methods 2017 13:68
Published on: 24 August 2017
Methodology article
Seed development in the angiosperms requires the production of a female gametophyte (embryo sac) within the ovule. Many aspects of female reproductive development in cereal crops are yet to be described, large...
Plant Methods 2017 13:67
Published on: 15 August 2017
Methodology
Common cutworm (CCW; Spodoptera litura Fabricius) is a major leaf-feeding pest of soybean in Asia. The previous methods of measuring antixenosis against CCW using adult plant under field or net-room conditions we...
Plant Methods 2017 13:66
Published on: 7 August 2017
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Understanding root traits is a necessary research front for selection of favorable genotypes or cultivation practices. Root and tuber crops having most of their economic potential stored below ground are favor...
Plant Methods 2017 13:65
Published on: 7 August 2017
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Plant glutathione S-transferases (GSTs, EC 2.5.1.18) are multifunctional enzymes involved in heavy metal cellular detoxification by conjugating the tripeptide (g-Glu-Cys-Gly) glutathione to heavy metals. Previous...
Plant Methods 2017 13:64
Published on: 4 August 2017
Methodology article
Condensed tannins (CT) are the most abundant secondary metabolite of land plants and can vary in abundance and structure according to tissue type, species, genotype, age, and environmental conditions. Recent i...
Plant Methods 2017 13:63
Published on: 2 August 2017
Methodology article
Modern agriculture uses hyperspectral cameras that provide hundreds of reflectance data at discrete narrow bands in many environments. These bands often cover the whole visible light spectrum and part of the i...
Plant Methods 2017 13:62
Published on: 27 July 2017
Methodology article
Photosynthesis can be roughly separated into biochemical and photochemical processes. Both are affected by drought and can be assessed by non-invasive standard methods. Gas exchange, which mainly assesses the ...
Plant Methods 2017 13:61
Published on: 26 July 2017
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Understanding the arrangement and mechanical properties of wood polymers within the plant cell wall is the basis for unravelling its underlying structure–property relationships. As state of the art Atomic Forc...
Plant Methods 2017 13:60
Published on: 25 July 2017
Methodology article
Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) has been used in many plant species as an attractive post transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) method for studying gene function either individually or at large-scale in a ...
Plant Methods 2017 13:59
Published on: 21 July 2017
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Successful biotechnological improvement of crop plants requires a reliable and efficient in vitro regeneration system. Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), one the most important vegetable crops worldwide, is strongly ge...
Plant Methods 2017 13:58
Published on: 21 July 2017
Methodology
There are numerous systems and techniques to measure the growth of plant roots. However, phenotyping large numbers of plant roots for breeding and genetic analyses remains challenging. One major difficulty is ...
Plant Methods 2017 13:57
Published on: 13 July 2017
Methodology
In sorghum, the growth angle of nodal roots is a major component of root system architecture. It strongly influences the spatial distribution of roots of mature plants in the soil profile, which can impact dro...
Plant Methods 2017 13:56
Published on: 11 July 2017
Methodology article
Tree pruning is a costly practice with important implications for crop harvest and nutrition, pest and disease control, soil protection and irrigation strategies. Investigations on tree pruning usually involve...
Plant Methods 2017 13:55
Published on: 6 July 2017
Methodology
Automated plant phenotyping has been established as a powerful new tool in studying plant growth, development and response to various types of biotic or abiotic stressors. Respective facilities mainly apply no...
Plant Methods 2017 13:54
Published on: 4 July 2017
Research
Low field NMR has been used to investigate water status in various plant tissues. In plants grown in controlled conditions, the method was shown to be able to monitor leaf development as it could detect slight...
Plant Methods 2017 13:53
Published on: 28 June 2017
Methodology
Two crossing techniques for hybridization of chickpea have been reported and include pollination after emasculation and pollination without emasculation. Success of crossing with emasculation varied from 5 to ...
Plant Methods 2017 13:52
Published on: 21 June 2017
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Plant water resource management is one of the main future challenges to fight recent climatic changes. The knowledge of the plant water content could be indispensable for water saving strategies. Terahertz spe...
Plant Methods 2017 13:51
Published on: 17 June 2017
Methodology
Hyperspectral imaging is an emerging means of assessing plant vitality, stress parameters, nutrition status, and diseases. Extraction of target values from the high-dimensional datasets either relies on pixel-...
Plant Methods 2017 13:47
Published on: 15 June 2017
Methodology
Within the Brassicaceae, six species from the genus Brassica are widely cultivated throughout the world as oilseed, condiment, fodder or vegetable crops. The genetic relationships among the six Brassica species a...
Plant Methods 2017 13:49
Published on: 15 June 2017
