Continuous crop** (CC) is a common practice in agriculture, and usually causes serious
economic losses due to soil degeneration, decreased crop yield and quality, and increased …

Flavonoids are by far the largest class of polyphenols with huge structural and functional
diversity. However, the mystery regarding the exact evolutionary pressures which lead to the …

The agriGO platform, which has been serving the scientific community for> 10 years,
specifically focuses on gene ontology (GO) enrichment analyses of plant and agricultural …

Tanshinones are the bioactive nor-diterpenoid constituents of the Chinese medicinal herb
Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza). These groups of chemicals have the characteristic furan D …

The basis of modern pharmacology is the human ability to exploit the production of
specialized metabolites from medical plants, for example, terpenoids, alkaloids, and …

Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi is important in Chinese traditional medicine where
preparations of dried roots," Huang Qin," are used for liver and lung complaints and as …

Background Plants have evolved a panoply of specialized metabolites that increase their
environmental fitness. Two examples are caffeine, a purine psychotropic alkaloid, and …

CRISPR/Cas9 is a powerful genome editing tool that has been extensively used in model
plants and crops, such as Arabidopsis thaliana, rice, wheat, and soybean. Here, we report …

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge is an herb rich in bioactive tanshinone and salvianolic acid
compounds. It is primarily used as an effective medicine for treating cardiovascular and …

Catnip or catmint (Nepeta spp.) is a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae) famed for
its ability to attract cats. This phenomenon is caused by the compound nepetalactone, a …