Comprehensive analysis provides insights into Ziyang xiangcheng (Citrus junos Sieb.) tolerance of alkalinity stress by Chenyu Xu, Junying Cao, Mei Su, Xianshuo Yan, Hualin Yi, Haijian Yang, Juxun Wu

“…Osb.) (LL)) were used. The root, stem and leaf tissues of grafted materials Cj + LL and Pt + LL grown in calcareous soil were used to identify genes and pathways that are responsive to alkalinity stress using comparative transcriptomics. …”
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Identification of new sources of resistance to charcoal rot caused by Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid in cowpea by Francis Sodji, Theophilus Kwabla Tengey, Charles Kodia Kwoseh

“…Disease parameters such as percentage Disease Incidence (DI) at the seedling stage, Seedling Infection Score (SIS), Root and Stem Severity (RSS), and Colony Forming Unit Index (CFUI) measured on the field were highly correlated with screen house experiments. …”
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Transcriptome Comparison between Resistant and Susceptible Soybean Cultivars in Response to Inoculation of Phytophthora sojae by Sangrea Shim, In-Jeong Kang, Hee Jin You, Hangil Kim, Sungwoo Lee

“…Phytophthora root and stem rot, caused by Phytophthora sojae, considerably reduces soybean yield worldwide. …”
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Quantitative Identification of Antioxidant Basis for Dendrobium Nobile Flower by High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry by Dan Rao, Yadong Hu, Ruoxi Zhao, Hongjie Li, Ze Chun, Shigang Zheng

“…In vitro antioxidant assays suggested that D. noblie flower extracts showed significantly higher 2, 2′-azinobis-3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonate (ABTS) and 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging rates and much more ferric-reducing power than those of root, stem, leaf and fruit. To better understand the antioxidant basis of D. nobile flower, high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) was used for metabolic identification and quantification. …”
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Hydraulic strategy defines contrasting responses to an abrupt precipitation during a successive lethal drought by Xiaoying Lin, Caixiao Wu, Kaikai Zhang, Haoran Dong, Ling Xiao, Fan Li, Yao Huang, Qiang Li

“…We cultivated anisohydric Robinia pseudoacacia L. and isohydric Quercus acutissima Carr. in a greenhouse, and subjected an abrupt precipitation event during a successive drought. Patterns of leaf and root gas exchange, leaf and stem hydraulics, seedlings growth, and non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) patterns were determined. …”
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Influence of macro- and microelements on the growth dynamics of potato crops on the 60th day after planting by А. V. КОVАL

“…In the process of growth and development, each stem becomes an independent plant with its own root system, which forms stolons and forms tubers. …”
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Migration characteristics and human health risk assessment of selenium and heavy metals in rhizosphere soil-crop system in high geological background area of southern Qinling Mount... by Mengchu Wei, Aifang Pan, Runyong Ma, Hui Wang

“…Heavy metal migration varied across crop types, with accumulation levels following the order: radish (root) > konjac (stem) > pepper (fruit) > rapeseed (leafy) > rice/maize (cereal). …”
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Determination and Comparison of Bioactive Compounds in Different Parts of Glycyrrhiza Species by Fahriye Şeyma Özcan, Nihat Özcan, Osman Sağdıç, Özlem Çetin

“…The present study aimed to evaluate the phytochemical profile of extracts from different parts (roots, stems and leaves) of all wild Glycyrrhiza spp. grown in Turkey and to reveal that other parts besides the roots are a rich source of bioactive compounds with potential use in the pharmaceutical and food industries. …”
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Microbial Community Composition Associated with Potato Plants Displaying Early Dying Syndrome by Tudor Borza, Rhea Amor Lumactud, So Yeon Shim, Khalil Al-Mughrabi, Balakrishnan Prithiviraj

“…<i>Verticillium dahliae</i> was abundant in all soil samples, and its abundance was significantly higher in the stems of diseased plants. Additional fungal species implicated in PED, including <i>Plectosphaerella cucumerina</i>, <i>Colletotrichum coccodes</i>, <i>Botrytis</i> sp., and <i>Alternaria alternata</i>, were also identified in the stems. …”
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Untargeted Chemical Profile, Antioxidant, and Enzyme Inhibition Activity of <i>Physalis angulata</i> L. from the Peruvian Amazon: A Contribution to the Validation of Its Pharmacolo... by Gabriel Vargas-Arana, Alfredo Torres-Benítez, José Erick Ortega-Valencia, Claudia Merino-Zegarra, Pilar Carranza-Rosales, Mario J. Simirgiotis

“…In this study, the chemical profile, antioxidant activity, and enzyme inhibition capacity of aqueous and ethanolic extracts obtained from the root, stem, leaves, calyx, and fruits of <i>P. angulata</i> collected in Peru were evaluated. …”
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Performance analysis of ultra-wideband positioning for measuring tree positions in boreal forest plots by Zuoya Liu, Harri Kaartinen, Teemu Hakala, Heikki Hyyti, Juha Hyyppä, Antero Kukko, Ruizhi Chen

“…Twelve forest sample plots selected from varying forest-stand conditions representing different developing stages, stem densities and abundance of sub canopy growth in boreal forests were tested. …”
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Delays in peak physiological activity may reduce resource acquisition as trees recover from wildfire by Kelsey Bryant, Laurel Lynch, Crystal Kolden, Jeffrey Stenzel, Chad Hanson, Christopher Still, Justin Mathias, Brandon Light, Cooper Moon, Tara Hudiburg

“…We found that mature Pinus ponderosa trees with up to 85% canopy and stem damage resumed physiological functioning by the second growing season post‐fire. …”
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Identification and Comprehensive Evaluation of Drought Tolerance in Sorghum During Germination and Seedling Stages by Manhong Wang, Irshad Ahmad, Bin Qin, Lei Chen, Weicheng Bu, Guanglong Zhu, Guisheng Zhou

“…The present results demonstrate that the principal component analysis could represent 77.18% of the data from the original 11 indicators. Total root length, stem diameter, and leaf area were identified as the main evaluation indicators for sorghum seedling drought tolerance. …”
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The Ethnoveterinary Study of Medicinal Plants Utilized in Treating Animal Diseases in Ensaro District, North Shewa Zone of Amhara Regional State in Ethiopia by Mikias Teshome, Tamene Yohannes

“…Most of them have medicinal properties in their leaf, bark, root, stem, flower, seeds, and fruits. Medicine from these plant parts is prepared in fresh, dried, and both fresh and dried states. …”
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Growth arrest is a DNA damage protection strategy in Arabidopsis by Antonio Serrano-Mislata, Jorge Hernández-García, Carlos de Ollas, Noel Blanco-Touriñán, Silvia Jurado-García, Cristina Úrbez, Aurelio Gómez-Cadenas, Robert Sablowski, David Alabadí, Miguel A. Blázquez

“…These plants continue growing under limited water availability but maintain the same oxidative stress tolerance and survival rates as the parental line that halted growth. However, shoot and root meristematic cells that keep dividing under drought or genotoxic stress accumulate DNA damage, frequently leading to cell death. …”
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Effect of physical and chemical treatments on breaking seed dormancy of datura (Datura stramonium L.) by Sayyed Saeed Moosavi, Payman Nosrati, Mohammad Reza Abdollahi

“…Interaction of ecotypes and seed dormancy breaking treatments was significant for most traits except; number of leaves per plant, root fresh weight, shoot length and stem fresh weight. …”
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Mitigating effect of γ-aminobutyric acid and gibberellic acid on tomato plant cultivated in Pb-polluted soil by Saniha Shoaib, Rana Khalid Iqbal, Hina Ashraf, Uzma Younis, Muhammad Ayaz Rasool, Mohammad Javed Ansari, Abdullah A. Alarfaj, Sulaiman Ali Alharbi

“…GA regulates growth mechanisms such as seed germination, flowering, and stem elongation. Plants use GABA, a signaling molecule, to control physiological processes, growth, and responses to stress. …”
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The Timing of Phosphorus Availability to Corn: What Growth Stages Are Most Critical for Maximizing Yield? by Kwame Ampong, Chad J. Penn, James J. Camberato

“…The grain yield of plants that received sufficient P only between V6 and R1 did not differ significantly from plants that received only sufficient P (SSS), due to (1) a greater ear P concentration at R1; (2) an efficient remobilization of assimilates from the stem and leaf to grains between R1 and R6 (source–sink relationship); (3) a higher kernel/grain weight; and (4) less investment into root biomass.…”
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Enhancing effect of Na2SeO3 on the growth and physiological parameters of Vitis vinifera × labrusca 'Shuijing' under nitrogen deficiency and underlying transcriptomic mechanisms by Zhang Yongfu, Mo Liling, Li Xiaoqin, Wang Kai, Qiao Zuqin, Liu Zhao

“…Net increases in plant height, stem diameter, root volume, biomass, and contents of flavonoids, soluble sugar, and nitrogen in the leaves were higher in the 0.2Se + 15N groups than in the Se groups. 0.2Se + 15N versus Control, 0.2Se versus Control, and 0.2Se versus 0.2Se + 15N had 1196, 2238, and 1980 differentially expressed unigenes (DEGs), respectively. …”
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Insights into different microwave-activated persulfate systems for chlorpyrifos degradation in soil: Impacts of soil properties, toxicity, and energy consumption by Xiao Shang, Li Gao, Zheng Sun, Zhenming Liang, Xitao Liu, Chunye Lin, Mengchang He, Wei Ouyang

“…The acute toxicity and phytotoxicity of the solid phase reduced after the MP treatments, with the germination rate, and stem and root lengths of tall fescue being increased. …”
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