Phenotypic Variability and Genetic Diversity of <i>Phragmites australis</i> in Quebec and Kashmir Reveal Contrasting Population Structure by Gowher A. Wani, Manzoor A. Shah, Honoré Tekeu, Zafar A. Reshi, Alain R. Atangana, Damase P. Khasa

“…Herbarium-based information sources from 2005 onwards about nativity and distributional range of <i>Phragmites australis</i> were used to survey putative native populations of the species in Quebec, and chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) PCR-RFLP analyses identified only one native population, whereas the same analyses revealed that the Kashmir populations are invasive. …”
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Potential of Rhizobia Nodulating <i>Anthyllis vulneraria</i> L. from Ultramafic Soil as Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria Alleviating Nickel Stress in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> L. by Marzena Sujkowska-Rybkowska, Anna Rusaczonek, Dorota Kasowska, Krzysztof Gediga, Joanna Banasiewicz, Tomasz Stępkowski, Maciej Jerzy Bernacki

“…Plant growth, leaf anatomy, chloroplast ultrastructure, efficiency of photosynthesis, and antioxidant defense system activity were significantly impaired by Ni, however, the majority of these effects were diminished in plants inoculated with the most effective PGP rhizobia. …”
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Genetic diversity of the wild Asian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) from Northern China by Yanrong Fu, Fengluan Liu, Shuo Li, Daike Tian, Li Dong, Yuchu Chen, Yan Su

“…To identify and protect the germplasms of Chinese wild Asian lotus, eleven genomic-SSR primers, three EST-SSR primers, and three chloroplast DNA primers were used to investigate the genetic diversity among 69 samples of wild Asian lotus from 25 locations in northern China. …”
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Niche divergence at the intraspecific level in an endemic rare peony (Paeonia rockii): A phylogenetic, climatic and environmental survey by Peng-Bin Dong, Ling-Juan Wang, Yun Jia, Zhong-Hu Li, Hong-Yan Wang, Feng-Xia Guo, Yuan Chen

“…In this study, we integrated whole chloroplast genomes, and ecological factors to obtain insights into ecological speciation and species divergence in this endemic rare peony. …”
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Pb uptake, accumulation, and translocation in plants: Plant physiological, biochemical, and molecular response: A review by Shafeeq Ur Rahman, Anzhen Qin, Muhammad Zain, Zain Mushtaq, Faisal Mehmood, Luqman Riaz, Sadiq Naveed, Mohammad Javed Ansari, Mohd Saeed, Irfan Ahmad, Muhammad Shehzad

“…Pb disrupts the nutrient uptake through roots, alters plasma membrane permeability, and disturbs chloroplast ultrastructure that triggers changes in respiration as well as transpiration activities, creates the reactive oxygen species (ROS), and activates some enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants. …”
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Impact of Gene Flow and Introgression on the Range Wide Genetic Structure of <i>Quercus robur</i> (L.) in Europe by Bernd Degen, Yulai Yanbaev, Malte Mader, Ruslan Ianbaev, Svetlana Bakhtina, Hilke Schroeder, Celine Blanc-Jolivet

“…All samples were screened with a targeted sequencing approach on a set of 381 polymorphic loci (356 nuclear SNPs, 3 nuclear InDels, 17 chloroplast SNPs, and 5 mitochondrial SNPs). In a former analysis with additional 1763 putative <i>Quercus petraea</i> trees screened for the same gene markers we obtained estimates on the species admixture of all pedunculate oak trees. …”
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A novel single-base mutation in CaSGR1 confers the stay-green phenotype in pepper by Yuhua Liu, Lijun Ou, Zhoubin Liu, Junheng Lyu, Jing Wang, Jingshuang Song, Bozhi Yang, Wenchao Chen, Sha Yang, Wei Liu, Xuexiao Zou, Zhuqing Zhang

“…The causal gene of the stay-green trait was mapped to an approximately 131-kb region, and a senescence-induced chloroplast protein gene, CaSGR1 (Capana01g000359), was identified as a candidate gene. …”
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Chemodiversity of Calophyllum inophyllum L. oil bioactive components related to their specific geographical distribution in the South Pacific region by Joape Ginigini, Gaël J. Lecellier, Mael Nicolas, Mohammed Nour, Edouard Hnawia, Nicolas Lebouvier, Gaëtan Herbette, Peter Lockhart, Phila Raharivelomanana

“…Genetic diversity was assessed using chloroplast barcoding markers (the Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (accD) gene and the psaA-ycf3 intergenic spacer region). …”
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The first two whole mitochondrial genomes for the genus Dactylis species: assembly and comparative genomics analysis by Guangyan Feng, Yongjuan Jiao, Huizhen Ma, Haoyang Bian, Gang Nie, Linkai Huang, Zheni Xie, Qifan Ran, Wenwen Fan, Wei He, Xinquan Zhang

“…We also identified 52–53 large fragments that were transferred from the chloroplast genome to the mitochondrial genome, and found that the similarity was more than 70%. …”
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Plant Diversity Responses of <i>Ulmus pumila</i> L. Communities to Grazing Management in Hunshandak Sandy Land, China by Wenda Huang, Yuanzheng He, Xueyong Zhao, Hongxiao Yang, Honghao Gan, Xin Zhao

“…There was no difference in allelic richness in nuclear DNA (<i>nr</i>DNA) of U (<i>U. pumila</i>) and chloroplast DNA (<i>cp</i>DNA) of NU (other dominant species besides <i>U. pumila</i>) among grazing management types. …”
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A Comprehensive Study of the Genus <i>Sanguisorba</i> (Rosaceae) Based on the Floral Micromorphology, Palynology, and Plastome Analysis by Inkyu Park, Junho Song, Sungyu Yang, Goya Choi, Byeongcheol Moon

“…Therefore, we carried out the first comprehensive study on the floral micromorphology, palynology, and complete chloroplast (cp) genome of the <i>Sanguisorba</i> species. …”
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Enhancing Urban Wastewater Treatment through Isolated <i>Chlorella</i> Strain-Based Phytoremediation in Centrate Stream: An Analysis of Algae Morpho-Physiology and Nutrients Remova... by Costanza Baldisserotto, Sara Demaria, Michela Arcidiacono, Elisa Benà, Pierluigi Giacò, Roberta Marchesini, Lorenzo Ferroni, Linda Benetti, Marcello Zanella, Alessio Benini, Simonetta Pancaldi

“…While algal biomass and nutrient removal was little affected by the differently diluted effluent, morpho-physiological parameters (<i>F_V</i>/<i>F_M</i> ratio, carotenoids, chloroplast ultrastructure) showed that cell stress increased with increasing amounts of centrate. …”
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Integrated Analysis of Metabolome and Transcriptome Revealed Different Regulatory Networks of Metabolic Flux in Tea Plants [<i>Camellia sinensis</i> (L.) O. Kuntze] with Varied Lea... by Yazhen Zhang, Liyuan Wang, Xiangrui Kong, Zhihui Chen, Sitong Zhong, Xinlei Li, Ruiyang Shan, Xiaomei You, Kang Wei, Changsong Chen

“…Among them, lipids were the main downregulated primary metabolites in etiolated leaves, which were closely linked with the thylakoid membrane and chloroplast structure. Flavones and flavonols were the dominant upregulated secondary metabolites in etiolated leaves, which might be a repair strategy for reducing the negative effects of dysfunctional chloroplasts. …”
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Transcriptome profiling, physiological, and biochemical analyses provide new insights towards drought stress response in sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marshall) saplings by Lungowe Mulozi, Amaranatha R. Vennapusa, Sathya Elavarthi, Oluwatomi E. Jacobs, Krishnanand P. Kulkarni, Purushothaman Natarajan, Umesh K. Reddy, Kalpalatha Melmaiee

“…Among the DEGs, transcription factors (including NAC, HSF, ZFPs, GRFs, and ERF), chloroplast-related and stress-responsive genes such as peroxidases, membrane transporters, kinases, and protein detoxifiers were predominant. …”
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A mitochondrial pentatricopeptide repeat protein enhances cold tolerance by modulating mitochondrial superoxide in rice by Xiaofeng Zu, Lilan Luo, Zhen Wang, Jie Gong, Chao Yang, Yong Wang, Chunhui Xu, Xinhua Qiao, Xian Deng, Xianwei Song, Chang Chen, Bao-Cai Tan, Xiaofeng Cao

“…Defects in the plastid-localized pseudouridine synthase OsPUS1 affect chloroplast ribosome biogenesis, leading to low-temperature albino seedlings and accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). …”
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Characterization of Two Aggressive PepMV Isolates Useful in Breeding Programs by Cristina Alcaide, Eduardo Méndez-López, Jesús R. Úbeda, Pedro Gómez, Miguel A. Aranda

“…We also examined the subcellular localization of PepGFPm2^E236K in comparison to that of PepGFPm2, focusing on chloroplast affection, but no differences were observed in the GFP subcellular distribution between the two viruses in epidermal cells of <i>N. benthamiana</i> plants. …”
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Transcriptome analysis reveals regulatory mechanisms of different drought-tolerant Gleditsia sinensis seedlings under drought stress by Fuhua Liu, Yang Zhao, Xiurong Wang, Biao Wang, Feng Xiao, Kequan He

“…Results The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were predominantly enriched in pathways related to “chloroplast” (GO:0009507), “photosynthesis” (GO:0015979), “plant hormone signal transduction” (map04075), “flavonoid biosynthesis” (map00941), “stress response”, “response to reactive oxygen species (ROS)” (GO:0000302), “signal transduction” (GO:0007165) in G. sinensis HR and HS families exposed to mild and severe drought stress. …”
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Characterization of <i>PtAOS1</i> Promoter and Three Novel Interacting Proteins Responding to Drought in <i>Poncirus trifoliata</i> by Jiang Xiong, Lian Liu, Xiaochuan Ma, Feifei Li, Chaolan Tang, Zehang Li, Biwen Lü, Tie Zhou, Xuefei Lian, Yuanyuan Chang, Mengjing Tang, Shenxi Xie, Xiaopeng Lu

“…PtAOS1 contains a putative chloroplast targeting sequence in N-terminal and shows relative to pistachio (<i>Pistacia vera</i>) AOS. …”
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Exogenous γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) improves salt-inhibited nitrogen metabolism and the anaplerotic reaction of the tricarboxylic acid cycle by regulating GABA-shunt metabolism in... by Yongchao Wang, Hongzhang Cao, Shancong Wang, Jiameng Guo, Hangyu Dou, Jiangfang Qiao, Qinghua Yang, Ruixin Shao, Hao Wang

“…Applying exogenous GABA maintained chloroplast structure and relieved chlorophyll degradation, thus improving the photosynthetic performance of the leaves. …”
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Exploration of the truncated cytosolic Hsp70 in plants - unveiling the diverse T1 lineage and the conserved T2 lineage by Yi-Jing Chen, Sou-Yu Cheng, Cheng-Han Liu, Wen-Chieh Tsai, Hsin-Hsin Wu, Ming-Der Huang

“…Our findings unveil the widespread occurrence of Hsp70Ts across all four Hsp70 forms, including cytosolic, endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondrial, and chloroplast Hsp70s, with cytosolic Hsp70T being the most prevalent and abundant subtype. …”
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