A desert plant from Egypt, Anabasis setifera: an efficient natural factory of carvacrol and thymol

1986 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Abbas Saleh
Keyword(s):  
Desert Plant ◽  
Anabasis Setifera

Investigation of glucosinolates in the desert plant Ochradenus baccatus (Brassicales: Resedaceae). Unveiling glucoochradenin, a new arabinosylated glucosinolate

2021 ◽  
Vol 187 ◽  
pp. 112760
Author(s):  
Beny Trabelcy ◽  
Nicka Chinkov ◽  
Michal Samuni-Blank ◽  
Mayan Merav ◽  
Ido Izhaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Desert Plant

Bioactive metabolites from the desert plant-associated endophytic fungus Chaetomium globosum (Chaetomiaceae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 185 ◽  
pp. 112701
Author(s):  
Xiao-Yan Zhang ◽  
Xiang-Mei Tan ◽  
Meng Yu ◽  
Jian Yang ◽  
Bing-Da Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endophytic Fungus ◽  
Chaetomium Globosum ◽  
Bioactive Metabolites ◽  
Desert Plant

scholarly journals A demographic approach to study effects of climate change in desert plants

2012 ◽  
Vol 367 (1606) ◽  
pp. 3100-3114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Salguero-Gómez ◽  
Wolfgang Siewert ◽  
Brenda B. Casper ◽  
Katja Tielbörger
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Life History Strategies ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Desert Plant ◽  
Desert Plants ◽  
Population Growth Rates ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Mechanistic Approach ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Variable Precipitation

Desert species respond strongly to infrequent, intense pulses of precipitation. Consequently, indigenous flora has developed a rich repertoire of life-history strategies to deal with fluctuations in resource availability. Examinations of how future climate change will affect the biota often forecast negative impacts, but these—usually correlative—approaches overlook precipitation variation because they are based on averages . Here, we provide an overview of how variable precipitation affects perennial and annual desert plants, and then implement an innovative, mechanistic approach to examine the effects of precipitation on populations of two desert plant species. This approach couples robust climatic projections, including variable precipitation, with stochastic, stage-structured models constructed from long-term demographic datasets of the short-lived Cryptantha flava in the Colorado Plateau Desert (USA) and the annual Carrichtera annua in the Negev Desert (Israel). Our results highlight these populations' potential to buffer future stochastic precipitation. Population growth rates in both species increased under future conditions: wetter, longer growing seasons for Cryptantha and drier years for Carrichtera . We determined that such changes are primarily due to survival and size changes for Cryptantha and the role of seed bank for Carrichtera . Our work suggests that desert plants, and thus the resources they provide, might be more resilient to climate change than previously thought.

Changes in Monte Desert plant communities induced by a subterranean mammal

2001 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia M. Campos ◽  
Stella M. Giannoni ◽  
Carlos E. Borghi
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Desert Plant ◽  
Monte Desert ◽  
Subterranean Mammal

Aboveground Biomass of Reaumuria soongorica Shrub Effect on Soil Moisture and Nutrient Spatial Distribution in Arid and Semi-Arid Region

2013 ◽  
Vol 726-731 ◽  
pp. 3803-3806
Author(s):  
Bing Ru Liu ◽  
Jun Long Yang
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Soil Moisture ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Aboveground Biomass ◽  
Soil Moisture Content ◽  
Plant Biomass ◽  
Soil Layer ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Desert Plant ◽  
Important Species

In order to revel aboveground biomass of R. soongorica shrub effect on soil moisture and nutrients spatial distribution, and explore mechanism of the changes of soil moisture and nutrients, soil moisture content, pH, soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) at three soil layers (0-10cm,10-20cm, and 20-40cm) along five plant biomass gradients of R. soongorica were investigated. The results showed that soil moisture content increased with depth under the same plant biomass, and increased with plant biomass. Soil nutrient properties were evidently influenced with plant biomass, while decreased with depth. SOC and TN were highest in the top soil layer (0-10 cm), but TN of 10-20cm layer has no significant differences (P < 0.05). Moreover, soil nutrient contents were accumulated very slowly. These suggests that the requirement to soil organic matter is not so high and could be adapted well to the desert and barren soil, and the desert plant R. soongorica could be acted as an important species to restore vegetation and ameliorate the eco-environment.

Possible involvement of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and NAD-malic enzyme in response to drought stress. A case study: a succulent nature of the C4-NAD-ME type desert plant, Salsola lanata (Chenopodiaceae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 1219
Author(s):  
Zhibin Wen ◽  
Mingli Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Drought Stress ◽  
Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase ◽  
Malic Enzyme ◽  
C4 Plants ◽  
Leaf Water Content ◽  
Transcriptional Level ◽  
Desert Plant ◽  
Severe Stress ◽  
Real Time Quantitative Pcr

The co-ordination between the primary carboxylating enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) and the further decarboxylating enzymes is crucial to the efficiency of the CO2-concentrating mechanism in C4 plants, and investigations on more types of C4 plants are needed to fully understand their adaptation mechanisms. In this study we investigated the effect of drought on carboxylating enzyme PEPC, and the further decarboxylating NAD-malic enzyme (NAD-ME) of Salsola lanata Pall. (Chenopodiaceae) – an annual succulent C4-NAD-ME subtype desert plant. We investigated enzyme activity at the transcriptional level with real-time quantitative PCR and at the translational level by immunochemical methods, and compared S. lanata with other forms of studied C4 plants under drought stress. Results showed that only severe stress limited PEPC enzyme activity (at pH 8.0) of S. lanata significantly. Considering that PEPC enzyme activity (at pH 8.0) was not significantly affected by phosphorylation, the decrease of PEPC enzyme activity (at pH 8.0) of S. lanata under severe stress may be related with decreased PEPC mRNA. The suggestion of increased phosphorylation of the PEPC enzyme in plants under moderate stress was supported by the ratio of PEPC enzyme activity at pH 7.3/8.0, as PEPC enzyme is inhibited by L-malate and the evidence of the 50% inhibiting concentration of L-malate. NAD-ME activity decreased significantly under moderate and severe stress, and coincided with a change of leaf water content rather than the amount of α-NAD-ME mRNA and protein. Leaf dehydration may cause the decrease of NAD-ME activity under water stress. Compared with other C4 plants, the activities of PEPC and NAD-ME of S. lanata under drought stress showed distinct features.

Gene transcript profiles in the desert plant Nitraria tangutorum during fruit development and ripening

2015 ◽  
Vol 291 (1) ◽  
pp. 383-398
Author(s):  
Jia Wang ◽  
Zhenhua Dang ◽  
Huirong Zhang ◽  
Linlin Zheng ◽  
Tebuqin Borjigin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Development ◽  
Desert Plant ◽  
Gene Transcript ◽  
Fruit Development And Ripening ◽  
Nitraria Tangutorum ◽  
Transcript Profiles

scholarly journals Mining Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) Family Genes in Cleistogenes songorica, a Xerophyte Perennial Desert Plant

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 3430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blaise Muvunyi ◽  
Qi Yan ◽  
Fan Wu ◽  
Xueyang Min ◽  
Zhuan Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Regulatory Elements ◽  
Late Embryogenesis Abundant ◽  
Desert Plant ◽  
Promoter Regions ◽  
Biotic Stresses ◽  
Lea Genes ◽  
Crop Tolerance ◽  
Late Embryogenesis ◽  
Potential Applications

Plant growth and development depends on its ability to maintain optimal cellular homeostasis during abiotic and biotic stresses. Cleistogenes songorica, a xerophyte desert plant, is known to have novel drought stress adaptation strategies and contains rich pools of stress tolerance genes. Proteins encoded by Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) family genes promote cellular activities by functioning as disordered molecules, or by limiting collisions between enzymes during stresses. To date, functions of the LEA family genes have been heavily investigated in many plant species except perennial monocotyledonous species. In this study, 44 putative LEA genes were identified in the C. songorica genome and were grouped into eight subfamilies, based on their conserved protein domains and domain organizations. Phylogenetic analyses indicated that C. songorica Dehydrin and LEA_2 subfamily proteins shared high sequence homology with stress responsive Dehydrin proteins from Arabidopsis. Additionally, promoter regions of CsLEA_2 or CsDehydrin subfamily genes were rich in G-box, drought responsive (MBS), and/or Abscisic acid responsive (ABRE) cis-regulatory elements. In addition, gene expression analyses indicated that genes from these two subfamilies were highly responsive to heat stress and ABA treatment, in both leaves and roots. In summary, the results from this study provided a comprehensive view of C. songorica LEA genes and the potential applications of these genes for the improvement of crop tolerance to abiotic stresses.

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