Functional roles of microRNAs in agronomically important plants—potential as targets for crop improvement and protection

AT Djami-Tchatchou, N Sanan-Mishra… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs that have recently emerged as
important regulators of gene expression, mainly through cleavage and/or translation …

The arrangement of MicroRNAs in the regulation of drought stress response in plants: a systematic review

B Bakhshi, EM Fard - Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2023 - Springer
MiRNAs have received much attention over the last 2 decades as one of the major
regulators of drought response in the plant. However, there has been little systematic …

Global mRNA and microRNA expression dynamics in response to anthracnose infection in sorghum

F Fu, G Girma, T Mengiste - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background Anthracnose is a damaging disease of sorghum caused by the fungal pathogen
Colletotrichum sublineolum. Genome-wide mRNA and microRNA (miRNA) profiles of …

Comparative expression analysis of microRNAs and their targets in emerging bio-fuel crop sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)

B Gyawali, MYK Barozai, AN Aziz - Plant Gene, 2021 - Elsevier
Sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L) is a C4 plant, and it recently has emerged as a model
feedstock for biofuel production. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are known as key regulators in …

Comparative analysis of sRNAs, degradome and transcriptomics in sweet sorghum reveals the regulatory roles of miRNAs in Cd accumulation and tolerance

W Jia, K Lin, T Lou, J Feng, S Lv, P Jiang, Z Yi, X Zhang… - Planta, 2021 - Springer
Main conclusion Key miRNAs including sbi-miR169p/q, sbi-miR171g/j, sbi-miR172a/c/d, sbi-
miR172e, sbi-miR319a/b, sbi-miR396a/b, miR408, sbi-miR5384, sbi-miR5565e and nov_23 …

Uncovering the key lncRNAs in regulating cadmium accumulation and translocation in sweet sorghum

K Lin, Z Yi, S Lv, B Zhang, Z Guo, Y Li - Planta, 2025 - Springer
Cadmium (Cd) has become one of the most harmful and widespread pollutants with industry
development. Sweet sorghum is an ideal plant for phytoremediation of Cd-contaminated …

miRNAs involved in drought stress in Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.)

G DEMİRKOL - Turkish Journal of Botany, 2021 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Abstract miRNAs have been characterized as a regulator of main processes in plants by
silencing genes. The functions of microRNAs have been studied in various crops, hovewer …

Sorghum-encoded microRNAs: current status and future prospects

R Yadav, CP Singh - Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is an annual or short-term perennial plant
belonging to the economically important family Poaceae. Sorghum, a C4 crop, has multiple …

MicroRNAs as targets for engineering biofuel feedstock Sorghum

N Dhaka, R Sharma - Indian Journal of Plant Physiology, 2017 - Springer
Sorghum is a highly efficient C4 crop, with enormous potential as a biofuel feedstock.
Fermentable sugars that accumulate in sorghum stalks, high biomass, drought tolerance …

Almond miRNA Expression and Horticultural Implications

M Karimi, M Jafari, R Shahvali, R Ravash… - The Almond Tree …, 2023 - Springer
From the past, till now various improved almond cultivars with desired traits have been
introduced through breeding programs based on classical and biotechnological …