Combined saline-alkali and cold stresses severely constrain plant growth at middle and high latitudes. Plants have evolved cross-adaptation mechanisms wherein exposure to one stress enhances resistance to another. However, the specific mechanisms driving cross-adaptation between saline-alkali and...
Telenomus remus, an egg parasitoid capable of penetrating multi-layered egg masses, has emerged as a promising candidate for the biological control of Spodoptera frugiperda. Nevertheless, our prior investigations have uncovered that its limited cold tolerance represents a critical bottleneck in m...
Cold stress negatively affects maize (Zea mays L.) growth, development and yield. Metabolic adjustments contribute to the adaptation of maize under cold stress. We show here that the transcription factor INDUCER OF CBF EXPRESSION 1 (ZmICE1) plays a prominent role in reprogramming amino a...
Microalgae are important primary producers and form the basis for the marine food web. As global climate changes, so do salinity levels that algae are exposed to. A metabolic response of algal cells partly alleviates the resulting osmotic stress. Some metabolites involved in the response are well...
Living organisms are organized into hierarchical levels of increasing complexity. As mutational effects propagate through these levels, multiple phenotypes are produced. However, identifying which phenotypes influence fitness and drive selection remains a key challenge in understanding genotype-p...
Biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) encoding the production of bacteriocins are widespread among bacterial isolates and are important genetic determinants of competitive fitness within a given habitat. Staphylococci produce a tremendous diversity of compounds, and the corresponding BGCs are frequen...
The gut microbiota is increasingly recognized as a regulator of host metabolism and bone physiology. However, how microbial colonization integrates systemic metabolic cues with skeletal remodeling under metabolic stress remains unclear.
The lung of yak is an important adaptive organ in the cold and low oxygen environment. Hypoxia can induce the pathological manifestations of pulmonary fibrosis in yak, but there was no study on hypoxia induced pulmonary fibrosis in yak. In this study full target metabolomics were used to conduct ...
