Open avenues for carotenoid biofortification of plant tissues

L Morelli, M Rodriguez-Concepcion - Plant communications, 2023 - cell.com
Plant carotenoids are plastidial isoprenoids that function as photoprotectants, pigments, and
precursors of apocarotenoids such as the hormones abscisic acid and strigolactones …

Carotenoids: resources, knowledge, and emerging tools to advance apocarotenoid research

J Beltrán, ET Wurtzel - Plant Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Carotenoids are a large class of isoprenoid compounds which are biosynthesized by plants,
algae, along with certain fungi, bacteria and insects. In plants, carotenoids provide crucial …

Insights into the alleviation of cadmium toxicity in rice by nano-zinc and Serendipita indica: Modulation of stress-responsive gene expression and antioxidant defense …

MF Adil, S Sehar, Z Ma, K Tahira, SMH Askri… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The adversities of cadmium (Cd) contamination are quite distinguished among other heavy
metals (HMs), and so is the efficacy of zinc (Zn) nutrition in mitigating Cd toxicity. Rice (Oryza …

Putative Daucus carota Capsanthin-Capsorubin Synthase (DcCCS) Possesses Lycopene β-Cyclase Activity, Boosts Carotenoid Levels, and Increases Salt Tolerance …

C Rosas-Saavedra, LF Quiroz, S Parra… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant carotenoids are synthesized and accumulated in plastids through a highly regulated
pathway. Lycopene β-cyclase (LCYB) is a key enzyme involved directly in the synthesis of α …

The apocarotenoid β‐ionone regulates the transcriptome of Arabidopsis thaliana and increases its resistance against Botrytis cinerea

A Felemban, JC Moreno, J Mi, S Ali, A Sham… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Carotenoids are isoprenoid pigments indispensable for photosynthesis. Moreover, they are
the precursor of apocarotenoids, which include the phytohormones abscisic acid (ABA) and …

Gene pyramiding in transgenic plant development: approaches and challenges

R Rajput, J Naik, P Misra, PK Trivedi… - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2023 - Springer
Climate change leads to frequent alterations in environmental factors with a reciprocal
impact on crop productivity. Over the last few decades, various approaches have been used …

High-throughput phenotyping using hyperspectral indicators supports the genetic dissection of yield in durum wheat grown under heat and drought stress

R Mérida-García, S Gálvez, I Solís… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
High-throughput phenotyping (HTP) provides new opportunities for efficiently dissecting the
genetic basis of drought-adaptive traits, which is essential in current wheat breeding …

[PDF][PDF] Are carotenoids the true

JC Moreno, S Al-Babili - New Phytologist, 2022 - repository.kaust.edu.sa
Carotenoids are isoprenoid compounds synthesized by all photosynthetic organisms and
several heterotrophic microorganisms. In plants, carotenoids play key roles as …

Carotenoid metabolism: New insights and synthetic approaches

A Stra, LO Almarwaey, Y Alagoz, JC Moreno… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Carotenoids are well-known isoprenoid pigments naturally produced by plants, algae,
photosynthetic bacteria as well as by several heterotrophic microorganisms. In plants, they …

Class II knotted‐like homeodomain protein SlKN5 with BEL1‐like homeodomain proteins suppresses fruit greening in tomato fruit

K Ezura, Y Lu, Y Suzuki, N Mitsuda… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
SUMMARY Knotted1‐like homeodomain (KNOX) proteins are essential in regulating plant
organ differentiation. Land plants, including tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), have two …