Foliar application of chitosan and titanium dioxide enhances silybin content by orchestrating miRNA and gene targets transcription in Milk thistle (Silybum marianum L.)

Milk thistle (Silybum marianum L. Gaertn.) is an important herbaceous and annual plant that is used as a pharmaceutical for the remedy and prevention of liver diseases. Till now, there have been no reports of miRNAs’ involvement in the production of secondary metabolites in milk thistle. The present...

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Main Authors: Samira Jafari, Sadegh Mousavi-Fard, Abdolhossein Rezaei Nejad, Hasan Mumivand, Karim Sorkheh, Nikolaos Nikoloudakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Series:Current Plant Biology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214662823000312