Tapetum-dependent male meiosis progression in plants: increasing evidence emerges

X Lei, B Liu - Frontiers in plant science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In higher plants, male meiosis is a key process during microsporogenesis and is crucial for
male fertility and seed set. Meiosis involves a highly dynamic organization of chromosomes …

A comprehensive review on potential role of selenium, selenoproteins and selenium nanoparticles in male fertility

S Yuan, Y Zhang, PY Dong, YMC Yan, J Liu, BQ Zhang… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Selenium (Se), a component of selenoproteins and selenocompounds in the human body, is
crucial for the development of male reproductive organs, DNA synthesis, thyroid hormone …

Analysis of Homologous Regions of Small RNAs MIR397 and MIR408 Reveals the Conservation of Microsynteny among Rice Crop-Wild Relatives

PK Dash, P Gupta, SK Pradhan, AK Shasany, R Rai - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
MIRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that play important roles in a wide range of biological
processes in plant growth and development. MIR397 (involved in drought, low temperature …

Male gametogenesis in flowering plants

DL Cui, CX Xu, P Wang, TY Gao, B Wang… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The life cycles of plants are characterized by significant alternations between the diploid
sporophytic and the haploid gametophytic generations. Meiosis and fertilization are the …

The roles of non-coding RNAs in male reproductive development and abiotic stress responses during this unique process in flowering plants

D Shi, H Huang, Y Zhang, Z Qian, J Du, L Huang… - Plant Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Successful male reproductive development is the guarantee for sexual reproduction of
flowering plants. Male reproductive development is a complicated and multi-stage process …

Microsporogenesis and the biosynthesis of floral small interfering RNAs in coffee have a unique pattern among eudicots, suggesting a sensitivity to climate changes

KKP de Oliveira, RR de Oliveira… - Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, the siRNAs pathways, and especially reproductive phasiRNAs, have attracted
attention in eudicots since their biological roles are still unknown and their biogenesis took …

Non-coding RNAs-mediated environmental surveillance determines male fertility in plants

I Vashisht, N Dhaka, R Jain, A Sood, N Sharma… - Plant Physiology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plants are continuously exposed to environmental stresses leading to significant yield
losses. With the changing climatic conditions, the intensity and duration of these stresses are …

Transcriptional trajectories of anther development provide candidates for engineering male fertility in sorghum

N Dhaka, K Krishnan, M Kandpal, I Vashisht, M Pal… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Sorghum is a self-pollinated crop with multiple economic uses as cereal, forage, and biofuel
feedstock. Hybrid breeding is a cornerstone for sorghum improvement strategies that …

Mechanism for the genomic and functional evolution of the MIR2118 family in the grass lineage

T Lan, X Yang, J Chen, P Tian, L Shi, Y Yu… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The MIR2118 family has undergone tremendous expansion in the grass lineage, in which
the miRNA targets numerous noncoding PHAS loci to produce 21‐nt phased small …

Genome-wide changes of regulatory non-coding RNAs reveal pollen development initiated at ecodormancy in peach

J Yu, D Bennett, C Dardick, T Zhebentyayeva… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bud dormancy is under the regulation of complex mechanisms including genetic and
epigenetic factors. To study the function of regulatory non-coding RNAs in winter dormancy …