Roots, Litter, and Seasonal Drought Together Inhibit Plant Growth in the Herbaceous Layer in a Subtropical Moist Forest of Southwestern China by Xianbin Liu, Yun Li, Lingqian Kong, D. Jean Lodge, J. Aaron Hogan, Chao Wang

“…The study of the regeneration and growth dynamics of herbaceous understory communities in forests is relatively more common than that of woody plant overstory and understory communities. To investigate which environmental factors (plant roots, forest litter, or both) control seedling survival, growth, and production in the herbaceous layer in the context of increasingly severe seasonal drought caused by global climate change, we performed a seedling growth experiment of the herbaceous layer influenced by the interaction of plant roots and forest litter through a manipulative complete block experiment, crossed with an irrigation experiment, in a montane subtropical moist evergreen broad-leaved forest of southwestern China. …”
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<i>PagGRF11</i> Overexpression Promotes Stem Development and Dwarfing in <i>Populus</i> by Yanting Tian, Ye Zhao, Yuhan Sun, Yousry A. El-Kassaby, Guoyong Song, Yueqi Mi, Juan Han, Yun Li

“…Poplar is not only an important woody plant, but also a model species for molecular plant studies. …”
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Transcriptomic and Anatomic Profiling Reveal Etiolation Promotes Adventitious Rooting by Exogenous Application of 1-Naphthalene Acetic Acid in <i>Robinia pseudoacacia</i> L. by Muhammad Zeeshan Munir, Saleem Ud Din, Muhammad Imran, Zijie Zhang, Tariq Pervaiz, Chao Han, Zaib Un Nisa, Ali Bakhsh, Muhammad Atif Muneer, Yuhan Sun, Yun Li

“…The process of etiolation contributes significantly to vegetative propagation and root formation of woody plants. However, the molecular interaction pattern of different factors for etiolated adventitious root development in woody plants remains unclear. …”
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Genome-wide identification of the AlkB homologs gene family, PagALKBH9B and PagALKBH10B regulated salt stress response in Populus by Ye Zhao, Qi Guo, Sen Cao, Yanting Tian, Kunjin Han, Yuhan Sun, Juan Li, Qingshan Yang, Qingju Ji, Ronald Sederoff, Yun Li

“…Poplar is an important model plant for studying perennial woody plants. Poplars typically have a long juvenile period of 7–10 years, requiring long periods of time for studies of flowering or mature wood properties. …”
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Transcriptome Profiling Reveals Role of MicroRNAs and Their Targeted Genes during Adventitious Root Formation in Dark-Pretreated Micro-Shoot Cuttings of Tetraploid <i>Robinia pseud... by Saleem Uddin, Muhammad Zeeshan Munir, Sadia Gull, Aamir Hamid Khan, Aimal Khan, Dilawar Khan, Muhammad Asif Khan, Yue Wu, Yuhan Sun, Yun Li

“…These results provide novel insights and a foundation for further studies to elucidate the molecular factors and processes controlling AR formation in woody plants.…”
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