The Banana MaWRKY18, MaWRKY45, MaWRKY60 and MaWRKY70 Genes Encode Functional Transcription Factors and Display Differential Expression in Response to Defense Phytohormones

SERGIO GARCIA LAYNES VIRGINIA AURORA HERRERA VALENCIA Lilia Guadalupe Tamayo Torres VERONICA LIMONES BRIONES FELIPE ALONSO BARREDO POOL FRAY MARTIN BAAS ESPINOLA Ángel Gabriel Alpuche Solís CARLOS ALBERTO PUCH HAU SANTY PERAZA ECHEVERRIA (2022, [Artículo])

"WRKY transcription factors (TFs) play key roles in plant defense responses through phytohormone signaling pathways. However, their functions in tropical fruit crops, especially in banana, remain largely unknown. Several WRKY genes from the model plants rice (OsWRKY45) and Arabidopsis (AtWRKY18, AtWRKY60, AtWRKY70) have shown to be attractive TFs for engineering disease resistance. In this study, we isolated four banana cDNAs (MaWRKY18, MaWRKY45, MaWRKY60, and MaWRKY70) with homology to these rice and Arabidopsis WRKY genes. The MaWRKY cDNAs were isolated from the wild banana Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis, which is resistant to several diseases of this crop and is a progenitor of most banana cultivars. The deduced amino acid sequences of the four MaWRKY cDNAs revealed the presence of the conserved WRKY domain of ~60 amino acids and a zinc-finger motif at the N-terminus. Based on the number of WRKY repeats and the structure of the zinc-finger motif, MaWRKY18 and MaWRKY60 belong to group II of WRKY TFs, while MaWRKY45 and MaWRKY70 are members of group III. Their corresponding proteins were located in the nuclei of onion epidermal cells and were shown to be functional TFs in yeast cells. Moreover, expression analyses revealed that the majority of these MaWRKY genes were upregulated by salicylic acid (SA) or methyl jasmonate (MeJA) phytohormones, although the expression levels were relatively higher with MeJA treatment. The fact that most of these banana WRKY genes were upregulated by SA or MeJA, which are involved in systemic acquired resistance (SAR) or induced systemic resistance (ISR), respectively, make them interesting candidates for bioengineering broad-spectrum resistance in this crop."

Banana Transcription factor WRKY Defense phytohormones Salicylic acid Methyl jasmonate SAR ISR Broad-spectrum resistance BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA GENÉTICA GENÉTICA

Multiplexed host-induced gene silencing of Aspergillus flavus genes confers aflatoxin resistance in groundnut

Kiran Sharma Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur (2023, [Artículo])

Host-Induced Gene Silencing CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA AFLATOXINS ARACHIS HYPOGAEA ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS FATTY ACIDS GROUNDNUTS PROTEOMICS

La importancia de la composición del cemento portland en la mitigación del biodeterioro en la infraestructura hidráulica de concreto

XIANGYUE LI LIU LUIS EMILIO RENDON DIAZ MIRON (2009, [Artículo])

El biodeterioro que se presenta en los sistemas de drenaje de concreto se define como el estropicio causado a la infraestructura de ese material por la actividad microbiana y los productos del metabolismo microbiológicos, principalmente ácido sulfúrico, por lo que también es conocida como corrosión ácida. En Canadá y la parte norte de Estados Unidos, este tipo de fallas en los sistemas de drenaje por corrosión-ácida no son tan frecuentes. Ciudades como Boston, Edmonton, Montreal y Nueva York han reportado (al menos en los diarios o en la literatura comercial) varios casos de corrosión en concreto. Sin embargo, en la parte sur de los Estados Unidos, el rápido deterioro de la infraestructura para el manejo de agua residual está causando problemas serios y caros de resolver. En la frontera México-americana, con una población combinada de más de 15 millones de habitantes, la problemática es particularmente alarmante. En este trabajo se expone el diagnóstico de este tipo de biodeterioro del concreto en la ciudad de Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México, y se dan algunas recomendaciones para mitigarlo, siendo la más importante la de revisar la norma mexicana de cemento tipo portland (ONNCCE, 2004), que no toma en consideración la variable “biodeterioro del concreto” ni su mecanismo.

Biodeterioro del concreto Ácidos sulfúricos Corrosión Infraestructura hidroagrícola INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Variation of the ferulic acid concentration and kernel weight in CIMMYT bread wheat germplasm and selection of lines for functional food production

Wenfei Tian Maria Itria Ibba Govindan Velu Shuanghe Cao Zhonghu He (2024, [Artículo])

CIMMYT Germplasm CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA GERMPLASM FERULIC ACID FUNCTIONAL FOODS PHYTOCHEMICALS YIELD POTENTIAL WHEAT FOOD PRODUCTION

Chemically modified nanoparticles for enhanced antioxidant and antimicrobial properties with cinnamon essential oil

Aaron Azael Lopez Cano VERONICA MARTINEZ AGUILAR Mariana Peña-Juárez Ricardo López Esparza Enrique Delgado Alvarado Emmanuel Gutierrez MAYRA DEL ANGEL MONROY Elias Perez Agustin L. Herrera-May JOSE AMIR GONZALEZ CALDERON (2023, [Artículo])

We explored the potential of different nanoparticles (TiO2, CaCO3, and Al2O3), considering their pure form and modified with cinnamon essential oil (CEO). These materials were characterized using various techniques, including FTIR spectroscopy, XRD analysis, TGA, and SEM. The interaction between CEO and nanoparticles changed depending on the nanoparticle type. Al2O3 nanoparticles exhibited the strongest interaction with CEO, increasing their antioxidant capacity by around 40% and their transfer of antimicrobial properties, particularly against Gram-negative bacteria. In contrast, TiO2 and CaCO3 nanoparticles showed limited interaction with CEO, resulting in lower antioxidant capacity and antimicrobial activity. Incorporating pure and CEO-modified nanoparticles into polylactic acid (PLA) films improved their mechanical and thermal properties, which are suitable for applications requiring greater strength. This research highlights the potential of metal oxide nanoparticles to enhance the antimicrobial and antioxidant capabilities of polymers. In addition, incorporating cinnamon essential oil can increase the antioxidant and antimicrobial effectiveness of the metal oxide nanoparticles and improve the mechanical and thermal properties of PLA films. Thus, these PLA films exhibit favorable characteristics for active packaging applications.

Author contributions: conceptualization, V.M.-A. and J.A.G.-C.; formal analysis, A.A.L.-C., V.M.-A., M.G.P.-J. and M.D.A.-M.; funding acquisition, A.L.H.-M.; methodology, A.A.L.-C. and V.M.-A.; investigation, E.P.; supervision, R.L.-E., E.D.-A., and E.J.G.-C.; validation, A.L.H.-M. and J.A.G.-C.; writing—original draft, V.M.-A.; writing—review and editing, M.G.P.-J. and J.A.G.-C. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding: J.A. Gonzalez-Calderon thanks CONAHCYT for supporting the Catedras-CONAHCYT Program, and Verónica Martinez thanks CONAHCYT for the Doctoral Fellowship. The authors also want to thank CONAHCYT for funding the project CF2019 265239 “Ciencia de Frontera”, which made this work possible.

Institutional review board statement: Not applicable.

Informed consent statement: Not applicable.

Data availability statement: Data is contained within the article.

Acknowledgments: The authors acknowledge Claudia Hernández and Rosa Lina Tovar for their support during the XRD and SEM analyses.

Conflicts of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Cinnamon essential oil Antioxidant activity Antimicrobial properties Nanoparticles Polylactic acid films INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA CIENCIAS TECNOLÓGICAS OTRAS ESPECIALIDADES TECNOLÓGICAS OTRAS OTRAS

Desarrollo y validación del método para la determinación de ácido clofíbrico por cromatografía de gases masas

MARTHA AVILES FLORES (2012, [Artículo])

Se desarrolló y validó una metodología para la cuantificación de ácido clofíbricoderivatizado con trimetilsilildiazometano en muestras de agua por cromatografía de gases acoplada a un detector selectivo de masas (CG-MS). El método se validó en diferentes parámetros como linealidad, exactitud, precisión, límites de detección y cuantificación. Las concentraciones de validación se encuentran en el intervalo de 0.0025 a 0.1644 μgL-1. Los límites de detección y cuantificación obtenidos son 0.0003 y 0.0053 μgL-1.

Contaminación del agua Industria farmacéutica Ácido clofíbrico INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Estimating lime requirements for tropical soils: Model comparison and development

Fernando Aramburu Merlos João Vasco Silva Frédéric Baudron Robert Hijmans (2023, [Artículo])

Acid tropical soils may become more productive when treated with agricultural lime, but optimal lime rates have yet to be determined in many tropical regions. In these regions, lime rates can be estimated with lime requirement models based on widely available soil data. We reviewed seven of these models and introduced a new model (LiTAS). We evaluated the models’ ability to predict the amount of lime needed to reach a target change in soil chemical properties with data from four soil incubation studies covering 31 soil types. Two foundational models, one targeting acidity saturation and the other targeting base saturation, were more accurate than the five models that were derived from them, while the LiTAS model was the most accurate. The models were used to estimate lime requirements for 303 African soil samples. We found large differences in the estimated lime rates depending on the target soil chemical property of the model. Therefore, an important first step in formulating liming recommendations is to clearly identify the soil property of interest and the target value that needs to be reached. While the LiTAS model can be useful for strategic research, more information on acidity-related problems other than aluminum toxicity is needed to comprehensively assess the benefits of liming.

Exchangeable Acidity Aluminum Saturation Calcium Carbonate Equivalent CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA CHEMICOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES LIMES TROPICAL ZONES ACID SOILS ALUMINIUM BASE SATURATION CALCIUM CARBONATE

The banana MaWRKY18, MaWRKY45, MaWRKY60 and MaWRKY70 genes encode functional transcription factors and display differential expression in response to defense phytohormones

SERGIO GARCIA LAYNES VIRGINIA AURORA HERRERA VALENCIA Lilia Guadalupe Tamayo Torres VERONICA LIMONES BRIONES FELIPE ALONSO BARREDO POOL FRAY MARTIN BAAS ESPINOLA Angel Alpuche-Solis CARLOS ALBERTO PUCH HAU SANTY PERAZA ECHEVERRIA (2022, [Artículo])

WRKY transcription factors (TFs) play key roles in plant defense responses through phytohormone signaling pathways. However, their functions in tropical fruit crops, especially in banana, remain largely unknown. Several WRKY genes from the model plants rice (OsWRKY45) and Arabidopsis (AtWRKY18, AtWRKY60, AtWRKY70) have shown to be attractive TFs for engineering disease resistance. In this study, we isolated four banana cDNAs (MaWRKY18, MaWRKY45, MaWRKY60, and MaWRKY70) with homology to these rice and Arabidopsis WRKY genes. The MaWRKY cDNAs were isolated from the wild banana Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis, which is resistant to several diseases of this crop and is a progenitor of most banana cultivars. The deduced amino acid sequences of the four MaWRKY cDNAs revealed the presence of the conserved WRKY domain of ~60 amino acids and a zinc-finger motif at the N-terminus. Based on the number of WRKY repeats and the structure of the zinc-finger motif, MaWRKY18 and MaWRKY60 belong to group II of WRKY TFs, while MaWRKY45 and MaWRKY70 are members of group III. Their corresponding proteins were located in the nuclei of onion epidermal cells and were shown to be functional TFs in yeast cells. Moreover, expression analyses revealed that the majority of these MaWRKY genes were upregulated by salicylic acid (SA) or methyl jasmonate (MeJA) phytohormones, although the expression levels were relatively higher with MeJA treatment. The fact that most of these banana WRKY genes were upregulated by SA or MeJA, which are involved in systemic acquired resistance (SAR) or induced systemic resistance (ISR), respectively, make them interesting candidates for bioengineering broad-spectrum resistance in this crop. © 2022 by the authors.

BANANA TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR WRKY DEFENSE PHYTOHORMONES SALICYLIC ACID METHYL JASMONATE SAR ISR BROAD-SPECTRUM RESISTANCE BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA GENÉTICA GENÉTICA MOLECULAR DE PLANTAS GENÉTICA MOLECULAR DE PLANTAS

ANÁLISIS DE PIGMENTOS, PEROXIDASA, PROLINA Y PROTEÍNAS DE TRES ESPECIES DE Paulownia BAJO ESTRES HÍDRICO

ANALYSIS OF PIGMENTS, PEROXIDASE, PROLINE AND PROTEINS OF THREE Paulownia SPECIES UNDER WATER STRESS

José Manuel Llano Sotelo Lilia Alcaráz Meléndez (2012, [Artículo])

"Los árboles del género Paulownia son de rápido crecimiento y tienen importancia económica en Asia como materia prima de uso común en la elaboración de muebles, instrumentos musicales y cercos, lo que ha despertado interés por cultivarlos en diferentes ambientes. Con el objetivo de evaluar la tolerancia al estrés hídrico se eligieron tres especies, P. imperialis, P. fortunei y P. elongata, porque son las que se utilizan en China con mayor frecuencia en la reforestación y en la industria maderera. Se realizaron análisis bioquímicos de las hojas para determinar los siguientes componentes: como pigmentos, a las clorofilas total, a y b; β-caroteno, violaxantina y luteína); las enzimas peroxidasa y prolina, así como proteínas solubles, insolubles y totales en tres diferentes condiciones de humedad del suelo, bajo dos condiciones ambientales, campo e invernadero, entre los cuales se observaron diferencias significativas; destaca un incremento del contenido de pigmentos y peroxidasa, y una disminución de las proteínas y prolina en el ambiente controlado, principalmente. Al evaluar la respuesta al estrés hídrico entre las especies se concluyó que P. imperialis y P. elongata son más tolerantes que P. fortunei, debido a su mayor contenido de prolina, mas proteínas totales y solubles, indicadores de una mejor tolerancia a condiciones de estrés."

"Paulownia trees are fast growing and are economically important in Asia as raw material regularly used for furniture, musical instruments, fences, etc., which rose some interest in their cultivation in different environments. In order to assess water stress tolerance, three of these species, P. imperialis, P. fortunei and P. elongate, were selected as they are the most commonly used in reforestation and wood industry in China. Biochemical analyses were performed in leaves, to determine the following elements: pigments (total, a and b chlorophyll; β-carotene, violaxanthin; lutein), peroxidase, proline, total, soluble and insoluble proteins, under three moisture soil concentrations and two environments, field and greenhouse, the latter of which revealed significant differences between them; there is an increment in pigment and peroxidase content and a decrease in protein and proline content, mainly in the greenhouse environment. When water stress was assessed among species, it was concluded that P. imperialis and P. elongata are more tolerant than P. fortunei because of their higher content of proline, total and soluble proteins, which are major tolerance markers in stress conditions. "

Aminoácidos, luteína, Paulownia elongata S. Y. Hu, Paulownia fortunei (Seem.) Hemsl., Paulownia imperialis Siebold & Zucc., peroxidasa, violaxantina Amino acids BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA VEGETAL (BOTÁNICA) FISIOLOGÍA VEGETAL FISIOLOGÍA VEGETAL

New flavors from old wheats: exploring the aroma profiles and sensory attributes of local Mediterranean wheat landraces

Alon Cna'ani Vered Tzin Maria Itria Ibba Hector Gonzalez-Santoyo (2023, [Artículo])

Wheat Landraces Wholemeal Flour Aroma Compounds Sourdough Bread CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA AMINO ACIDS FLAVOUR COMPOUNDS HARD WHEAT ORGANIC ACIDS WHOLE GRAIN FLOUR