Poplar seedlings were cultivated in saline soil with low salt concentrations for 120 days, after which root tissues were harvested for untargeted metabolomic analysis. For each genotype, roots of three to four seedlings were pooled to form one biological replicate, with four biological replicates...

This study used in-situ soil from five different cultivation areas (Beijing, Henan, Sichuan, Shandong, Shaanxi) to plant 4 different varieties of Salvia miltiorrhiza. At the same time, Beijing soil was separately selected for bacterial agent pot experiments. These root exudates were collected at ...

Root mutualistic microbes can modulate the production of plant secondary metabolites affecting plant–herbivore interactions. Still, the main mechanisms underlying the impact of root mutualists on herbivore performance remain ambiguous. In particular, little is known about how changes in the plant...

1. Classical plant functional traits, often limited by intercorrelation and incomplete capture of dynamic variation, are insufficient for fully predicting ecological responses to environmental change. Quantifying independent functional dimensions, particularly those reflecting molecular and bioch...

Background: Grafting with the dwarf rootstock is an efficient method to control the plant height in fruit production. However, the molecular mechanism is still unclear. Our previous study showed that the plants with Prunus mume rootstock exhibit a considerable reduction in plant height, internode...