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Trends Plant Sci
; 29(4): 388-390, 2024 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38102047
ABSTRACT
Aluminum (Al) toxicity is a crucial limiting factor for crop growth in acid soils. Recently, Liu et al. demonstrated that the root microbiota of rice modulates the responses to Al toxicity and phosphorus limitation, offering intriguing insights into microbiome function and opening new research opportunities.
Subject(s)
Microbiota , Oryza , Soil , Plants , Phosphorus , Aluminum , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Plant Roots
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Trends Plant Sci
; 27(11): 1084-1086, 2022 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35973903
ABSTRACT
Nitrogen (N) nutrition and meiosis demand large amounts of energy and widely affect crop yield. Recently, Yang and colleagues connected both processes by demonstrating that meiosis initiation depends on the electron-transfer flavoprotein/electron-transfer flavoprotein:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (ETF/ETFQO) system, whereas meiotic defects of the etfß mutant can be rescued using N supplementation.