Growth-promoting Sphingomonas paucimobilis ZJSH1, associated with Dendrobium officinale, a traditional Chinese medicinal plant, was characterized. At 90 days post-inoculation, strain ZJSH1 significantly promoted the growth of D. officinale seedlings, with increases of stems by 8.6% and fresh weight by 7.5%. Interestingly, the polysaccharide content extracted from the inoculated seedlings was 0....

Rice is an important staple crop as it feeds about a half of the earth's population. It is known to be sensitive to a range of abiotic stresses which result in significant decline in crop productivity. Recently, the use of phytohormones for abiotic stress amelioration has generated considerable interest. Plants adapt to various environmental stresses by undergoing series of changes at physiolog...

Brachypodium distachyon is a new model plant closely related to wheat and other cereals. In this study, we performed a comprehensive analysis of hormone-regulated genes in Brachypodium distachyon using RNA sequencing technology. Brachypodium distachyon seedlings were treated with eight phytohormones (auxin, cytokinine, brassinosteroid, gibberelline, abscisic acid, ethylene, jasmonate and salicy...

Plants generate cells and organs throughout their life cycle. Plant cell proliferation relates to the activity of dividing meristematic cells, which subsequently differentiate in a position- and lineage-dependent manner. The events underlying the regulation of cell division and further differentiation processes are under tight control of both intrinsic and environmental parameters. Among the in...

Relationships between sex-specific floral traits and endogenous phytohormones associated with altitude are unknown particularly in dioecious trees. We thus examined the relationships between floral morphology or biomass and phytohormones in male and female flowers of dioecious Populus cathayana populations along an altitudinal gradient (1,500, 1,600, and 1,700 m above sea level) in the Xiaowuta...

Plants are very delicate have no opportunity other than to adapt their growth and changing with environment and need to coordinate their growth and physiology responses. Plants present in an environment in ancient time characterized by the presence of various types of stresses both biotic and abiotic. Phytohormones play important role in plant growth, development and response to stresses. Plant...

Correction for 'Recent advances in the synthesis of analogues of phytohormones strigolactones with ring-closing metathesis as a key step' by Chiara Lombardi, et al., Org. Biomol. Chem., 2017, DOI: 10.1039/c7ob01917c.

In annual plants with determinate growth, sugar accumulation signals high carbon availability once growth has ceased, resulting in senescence-dependent nutrient recycling to the seeds. However, this senescence-inducing effect of sugars is abolished at cold temperature, where sugar accumulation is important for protection. Here, natural variation was exploited to analyse the effect of chilling o...