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Photosynthetic Homeostasis Mechanism and Configuration Application of Woody Plants in Green Wall Under Light Gradients of Building Facades with Different Orientations Open

Qiang Xing, Jun Qin, Nannan Dong, Bin Zhao, Yonghong Hu · 2025

Under the dual pressures of urbanization and climate change, vertical greening plays a crucial role in compensating for limited urban green space and in enhancing both landscape quality and ecological functions. To improve plant selection …

A dual-substrate methyltransferase catalyzes consecutive methylation reactions to convert proline into stachydrine in Leonurus japonicus Open

Ze-Kun He, Yining Song, Yi Long, Pan Liu, Li Peng , et al. · 2025

A quantitative microbiome atlas reveals hidden diversity, eukaryotic keystones, and evolutionary trade-offs in plant rhizospheres Open

Ertao Wang, Xiaolin Wang, Mingxing Wang, Canzhi Jin, Huan Feng , et al. · 2025

The evolutionary success of land plants is tied to their rhizosphere microbiomes. However, the principles governing how bacteria, fungi, and protists assemble and function across wild plants remain unresolved, limiting our ability to predi…

The SDGSAT-1 mission and its role in monitoring SDG indicators Open

Huadong Guo, Changyong Dou, Dong Liang, Bihong Fu, Hongyu Chen , et al. · 2025

Synergistic mechanisms of DGAT and PDAT in shaping triacylglycerol diversity: evolutionary insights and metabolic engineering strategies Open

Wenxia Cai, Shuiyan Yu, Yonghong Hu · 2025

Triacylglycerol (TAG), the primary storage lipid in plants, determines oil quality through its fatty acid composition. This review focuses on the biosynthesis of TAG, systematically analyzing the mechanistic similarities and differences be…

Metabolomic and evolutionary integration unveils medicinal potential in six Corydalis species Open

Yun Gao, Xiangyu Zhou, Mengxiao Yan, Zhengwei Wang, Xin Zhong , et al. · 2025

The Corydalis genus, one of the largest within the Papaveraceae family, holds a rich diversity of medicinal resources, particularly among its tuberous species. Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) are primarily responsible for the medicinal…

Plasticity of Root Architecture and ROS–Auxin Regulation in Paeonia ostii Under Root-Zone Restriction Open

Yonghong Hu, Ruotong Zhao, Peng Zhou, Jun Qin, Heming Liu , et al. · 2025

Root zone restriction (RZR) technology optimizes plant growth and quality. However, the fleshy root system of Paeonia ostii exhibits sensitivity to spatial constraints, and research on the plasticity of its root architecture and adaptation…

Application of Diverse Nutrients (N, P, and K) Throughout the Annual Growth Cycle Influences the Phenology and Biomass of Paeonia ostii Open

Zijian Li, Shuiyan Yu, Jiajie Fang, Ying Zhang, Zheng Wang , et al. · 2025

The tree peony holds significant historical, cultural, and practical value. P. ostii is extensively cultivated in China, where it represents the primary oil-producing variety of tree peonies. However, the current nutrient supplementation s…

Selection of high-quality tree peony varieties suitable for the south Yangtze River area Open

Zijian Li, Xiaoyong Xu, Xin Yang, Yunzhi Xiang, Ying Zhang , et al. · 2025

Mining Intraday Risk Factor Collections via Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning based on Transferred Options Open

Wenyan Xu, Jiayu Chen, Chen Li, Yonghong Hu, Zhonghua Lu · 2025

Traditional risk factors like beta, size/value, and momentum often lag behind market dynamics in measuring and predicting stock return volatility. Statistical models like PCA and factor analysis fail to capture hidden nonlinear relationshi…

Genome evolution of the ancient hexaploid Platanus × acerifolia (London planetree) Open

Xu Yan, Gehui Shi, Miao Sun, Shengchen Shan, Runzhou Chen , et al. · 2024

Whole-genome duplication (WGD; i.e., polyploidy) and chromosomal rearrangement (i.e., genome shuffling) significantly influence genome structure and organization. Many polyploids show extensive genome shuffling relative to their pre-WGD an…

An “On-Off” Ratiometric Electrochemiluminescence Biosensor Based on Lspr-Enhanced by Ag@Au Nanostructures Combined with Pd Ncs Catalysing a Single Luminophore for Mirna Let-7a Detection Open

Gong-Rui Meng, Shuang-Hong Yan, Mengli Li, Jun-Qian Liu, Chenxi Shi , et al. · 2024

Detection and Mechanism Verification of Early Bruised Kiwifruit Based on Structured Hyperspectral Imaging Open

Diandian Liang, Hao Yin, Jie Cui, Dandan Zhou, Yonghong Hu , et al. · 2024

Ex situ conservation should have clear flexibility Open

Su Liu, Du Cheng, Yonghong Hu · 2024

Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging Combined with Active Oxygen Metabolism for Classification of Similar Diseases in Cucumber Plants Open

Ye Sun, Tan Liu, Xiaochan Wang, Yonghong Hu · 2023

It is a great challenge to identify different cucumber diseases at early stages based on conventional methods due to complex and similar symptoms. By contrast, chlorophyll fluorescence is an early indicator of membrane changes or disturban…

Influence of maturity on bruise detection of peach by structured multispectral imaging Open

Ye Sun, Xiaochan Wang, Leiqing Pan, Yonghong Hu · 2023

Genomic basis of the giga-chromosomes and giga-genome of tree peony Paeonia ostii Open

Junhui Yuan, Sanjie Jiang, Jianbo Jian, Mingyu Liu, Zhen Yue , et al. · 2022

Ubiquitin-based pathway acts inside chloroplasts to regulate photosynthesis Open

Yi Sun, Zujie Yao, Yiting Ye, Jun Fang, Honglin Chen , et al. · 2022

Photosynthesis is the energetic basis for most life on Earth, and in plants it operates inside double membrane–bound organelles called chloroplasts. The photosynthetic apparatus comprises numerous proteins encoded by the nuclear and organe…

PacBio full-length sequencing integrated with RNA-seq reveals the molecular mechanism of waterlogging and its recovery in Paeonia ostii Open

Xiaoxiao Zhang, Xiang Liu, Minghui Zhou, Yonghong Hu, Junhui Yuan · 2022

Paeonia ostii , a widely cultivated tree peony species in China, is a resourceful plant with medicinal, ornamental and oil value. However, fleshy roots lead to a low tolerance to waterlogging in P. ostii . In this study, P. ostii roots wer…

Air Layering Improves Rooting in Tree Peony Cultivars from the Jiangnan Group Open

Ying Zhang, Shuiyan Yu, Yonghong Hu · 2022

Tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa Andr.), a unique traditional flower in China, is famous for its ornamental value, medical use, and edible oil production. Traditional propagation methods, such as sowing, dividing, and grafting do not allow…

PoDPBT, a BAHD acyltransferase, catalyses the benzoylation in paeoniflorin biosynthesis in Paeonia ostii Open

Xiaoxiao Zhang, Jia‐Qi Zuo, Yi‐Ting Wang, Hui‐Yun Duan, Minghui Zhou , et al. · 2022

PoDPBT, an O-benzoyltransferase belonging to the BAHD family, can catalyze the benzoylation of 8-debenzoylpaeoniflorin to paeoniflorin. PoDPBT is the first enzyme demonstrated to be involved in the modification stage of paeoniflorin biosyn…

Paeoniflorin in Paeoniaceae: Distribution, influencing factors, and biosynthesis Open

Xiaoxiao Zhang, Jia‐Qi Zuo, Yi‐Ting Wang, Hui‐Yun Duan, Junhui Yuan , et al. · 2022

Paeoniflorin, a monoterpene glucoside, is increasingly used in the clinical treatment of many diseases because it has a variety of pharmacological activities. Besides, paeoniflorin has been considered the characteristic chemical constituen…

The sage genome provides insight into the evolutionary dynamics of diterpene biosynthesis gene cluster in plants Open

Chenyi Li, Lei Yang, Yan Liu, Zhou-Geng Xu, Jian Gao , et al. · 2022

The widely cultivated medicinal and ornamental plant sage (Salvia officinalis L.) is an evergreen shrub of the Lamiaceae family, native to the Mediterranean. We assembled a high-quality sage genome of 480 Mb on seven chromosomes, and ident…

Influence of Maturity on Bruise Detection of Peach by Structured Hyperspectral Imaging Open

Ye Sun, Xiaochan Wang, Dandan Zhou, Leiqing Pan, Yonghong Hu · 2022

Highly Efficient, Stable, and Easily Detachable Biological Membrane System Inspired by Water Hyacinth Open

Fang Zhang, Yuxin Sun, Xinye Qian, Chunling Zheng, Yonghong Hu · 2022

A unique flavoenzyme operates in ubiquinone biosynthesis in photosynthesis-related eukaryotes Open

Jing-Jing Xu, Xiaofan Zhang, Yan Jiang, Hang Fan, Jianxu Li , et al. · 2021

The CoQ biosynthetic enzyme CoqF distinguishes plants from animals and fungi and has spread via gene transfer and loss.

A 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase converts dihydrofuran to furan in Salvia diterpenoids Open

Jiao-Jiao Song, Xin Fang, Chenyi Li, Yan Jiang, Jianxu Li , et al. · 2021

Tanshinone ⅡA (TⅡA), a diterpene quinone with a furan ring, is a bioactive compound found in the medicinal herb redroot sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge), in which both furan and dihydrofuran analogs are present in abundance. Progress has b…

Engineering high coenzyme Q10 tomato Open

Hang Fan, Yan Liu, Chenyi Li, Yan Jiang, Jiao-Jiao Song , et al. · 2021

Coenzyme Q (CoQ) is vital for energy metabolism in living organisms. In humans, CoQ₁₀ deficiency causes diseases and must be replenished via diet; however, CoQ content in plant foods is primarily low. Here, we report the breedin…

Two types of O‐methyltransferase are involved in biosynthesis of anticancer methoxylated 4′‐deoxyflavones in Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi Open

Mengying Cui, Anrui Lu, Jian‐Xu Li, Jie Liu, Yumin Fang , et al. · 2021

Summary The medicinal plant Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi is rich in specialized 4′‐deoxyflavones, which are reported to have many health‐promoting properties. We assayed Scutellaria flavones with different methoxyl groups on human cancer…

Lipidomic profiling of the developing kernel clarifies the lipid metabolism of Paeonia ostii Open

Shuiyan Yu, Ying Zhang, Yu-Ping Lyu, Zujie Yao, Yonghong Hu · 2021

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