Epigenetics for crop improvement in times of global change

I Kakoulidou, EV Avramidou, M Baránek… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Research on plant epigenetics aims to understand how endogenous,
biotic, and abiotic factors regulate plant development and growth independent of changes in …

Small DNA methylation, big player in plant abiotic stress responses and memory

J Liu, Z He - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
DNA methylation is a conserved epigenetic mark that plays important roles in maintaining
genome stability and regulating gene expression. As sessile organisms, plants have …

Unravelling the role of epigenetic modifications in development and reproduction of angiosperms: a critical appraisal

P Kumari, S Khan, IA Wani, R Gupta, S Verma… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Epigenetics are the heritable changes in gene expression patterns which occur without
altering DNA sequence. These changes are reversible and do not change the sequence of …

Chilling‐responsive DEMETER‐LIKE DNA demethylase mediates in poplar bud break

D Conde, AL Le Gac, M Perales… - Plant, Cell & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Annual dormancy‐growth cycle is a developmental and physiological process essential for
the survival of deciduous trees in temperate and boreal forests. Seasonal control of shoot …

Epigenetics and its role in effecting agronomical traits

C Gupta, RK Salgotra - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Climate-resilient crops with improved adaptation to the changing climate are urgently
needed to feed the growing population. Hence, develo** high-yielding crop varieties with …

Winter-dormant shoot apical meristem in poplar trees shows environmental epigenetic memory

AL Le Gac, C Lafon-Placette… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Trees have a long lifespan and must continually adapt to environmental pressures, notably
in the context of climate change. Epigenetic mechanisms are doubtless involved in …

Seed response to strigolactone is controlled by abscisic acid-independent DNA methylation in the obligate root parasitic plant, Phelipanche ramosa L. Pomel

MM Lechat, G Brun, G Montiel… - Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Seed dormancy release of the obligate root parasitic plant, Phelipanche ramosa, requires a
minimum 4-day conditioning period followed by stimulation by host-derived germination …

Epigenome editing for targeted DNA (de) methylation: a new perspective in modulating gene expression

K Seem, S Kaur, S Kumar… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Traditionally, it has been believed that inheritance is driven as phenotypic variations
resulting from changes in DNA sequence. However, this paradigm has been challenged and …

Changes in the epigenome and transcriptome of the poplar shoot apical meristem in response to water availability affect preferentially hormone pathways

C Lafon-Placette, AL Le Gac… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The adaptive capacity of long-lived organisms such as trees to the predicted climate
changes, including severe and successive drought episodes, will depend on the presence …

Methylation of microRNA genes regulates gene expression in bisexual flower development in andromonoecious poplar

Y Song, M Tian, D Ci, D Zhang - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Previous studies showed sex-specific DNA methylation and expression of candidate genes
in bisexual flowers of andromonoecious poplar, but the regulatory relationship between …