Hop and Medicinal Plants,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
32(1-2), P. 119 - 138
Published: Dec. 26, 2024
An
essential
source
of
natural
medicines,
medicinal
plants
have
a
long
history
usage
in
the
treatment
wide
range
illnesses.
Some
secondary
metabolites
produced
by
as
defence
mechanism
against
biotic
and
abiotic
challenges
are
used
to
treat
health
affections.
Considering
importance
primarily
for
their
therapeutic
qualities,
this
paper
reviews
traditional
modern
breeding
methods
plants.
Most
plant
cultivars
today
products
techniques,
such
selection,
hybridization,
mutagenesis,
polyploidy.
Nevertheless
nowadays,
use
molecular
markers
assisted
selection
or
genetic
editing
techniques
promising
tools
improving
resistance
environmental
stress
factors
increasing
concentrations
bioactive
compounds.
Integrating
technologies
with
ecological
cultivation
conservation
strategies
is
key
long-term
sustainability
examples
these
include
variety
crops
grown
purposes,
protecting
habitats,
using
sustainable
forms
agriculture.
To
maintain
original
identity
characteristics
local
plants,
research
must
focus
on
resources
initial
material
programs.
Improved
varieties
can
hence
be
created
that
display
increased
disease
resistance,
higher
productivity,
and/or
improved
efficiencies
compound
synthesis,
which
would
greatly
influence
pharmaceutical
cosmetic
industries.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: Feb. 12, 2025
Soil
salinity
drastically
hinders
cotton
productivity
(Gossypium
hirsutum),
and
fiber
quality.
The
current
study
evaluated
morpho-physiological
biochemical
responses
of
fifty
genotypes
under
different
levels
(control,
12
dS/m,
17
dS/m)
at
the
seedling
stage.
experiment
was
performed
in
a
factorial
complete
randomized
design
with
three
replications.
Significant
genotype
×
treatment
interactions
were
observed
for
most
traits,
including
shoot
length
(SL),
root
(RL),
fresh
dry
weight
(FSW,
DSW),
(FRW,
DRW),
total
soluble
protein
(TSP),
proline
content,
antioxidant
enzymes.
Severe
stress
reduces
(SL)
(RL)
along
notable
decreases
biomass
altered
responses,
increased
activities
indicating
adaptation.
Moreover,
PCA
Pearson's
correlation
analyses
unveiled
strong
positive
negative
correlations
among
studied
attributes
while
MGIDI
assist
determining
salt-resilient
applied
treatments.
best-performing
control
conditions
G2,
G8,
G12,
G7,
G43,
G30
showed
resilience
severe
stress.
effectively
identified
outstanding
tolerance,
such
as
G40,
G26,
across
all
levels.
This
research
assists
stress-tolerant
using
parameters
is
used
precise
method
identifying
accessions.
Plants,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14(5), P. 671 - 671
Published: Feb. 21, 2025
Soybean
is
a
vital
crop
globally
and
key
source
of
food,
feed,
biofuel.
With
advancements
in
high-throughput
technologies,
soybeans
have
become
target
for
genetic
improvement.
This
comprehensive
review
explores
advances
multi-omics,
artificial
intelligence,
economic
sustainability
to
enhance
soybean
resilience
productivity.
Genomics
revolution,
including
marker-assisted
selection
(MAS),
genomic
(GS),
genome-wide
association
studies
(GWAS),
QTL
mapping,
GBS,
CRISPR-Cas9,
metagenomics,
metabolomics
boosted
the
growth
development
by
creating
stress-resilient
varieties.
The
intelligence
(AI)
machine
learning
approaches
are
improving
trait
discovery
associated
with
nutritional
quality,
stresses,
adaptation
soybeans.
Additionally,
AI-driven
technologies
like
IoT-based
disease
detection
deep
revolutionizing
monitoring,
early
identification,
yield
prediction,
prevention,
precision
farming.
viability
environmental
soybean-derived
biofuels
critically
evaluated,
focusing
on
trade-offs
policy
implications.
Finally,
potential
impact
climate
change
productivity
explored
through
predictive
modeling
adaptive
strategies.
Thus,
this
study
highlights
transformative
multidisciplinary
advancing
global
utility.
Agriculture,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(8), P. 884 - 884
Published: April 18, 2025
Auricularia
heimuer
is
the
second
most
widely
cultivated
edible
fungus
in
China,
with
significant
food
and
medicinal
value,
highly
popular
throughout
Asia
globally.
However,
differentiation
of
A.
simple,
as
its
morphology
characterized
by
a
small
“black
disc”,
making
it
difficult
to
distinguish
among
germplasms
similar
agronomic
traits,
thus
posing
challenges
for
germplasm
identification.
To
address
this
issue,
study
conducted
whole-genome
resequencing
analysis
on
150
germplasms.
Through
filtering
9,589,911
SNPs
obtained
from
280
G
data,
total
1,202,947
high-quality
SNP
sites
were
identified.
Based
these
SNPs,
population
structure
analysis,
principal
component
(PCA),
phylogenetic
tree
revealed
that
could
be
divided
into
five
groups,
wild
strains
same
geographical
origin
exhibiting
clustering
patterns.
This
finding
underscores
relationship
between
genetic
diversity
distribution
China.
A
further
selection
71
was
made,
61
KASP
markers
successfully
developed
using
kompetitive
allele-specific
PCR
(KASP)
technology,
54
them
demonstrating
good
polymorphism.
The
average
values
polymorphism
information
content
(PIC),
minor
allele
frequency
(MAF),
gene
diversity,
heterozygosity
core
0.34,
0.35,
0.43,
respectively.
markers,
DNA
fingerprinting
map
constructed
study.
findings
provide
important
molecular
marker
resources
theoretical
support
identification
germplasm,
marker-assisted
breeding,
superior
varieties.
