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PubMed2026

Bacillus subtilis isolated from medicinal plants rhizosphere effectively controls Cercospora leaf spot and improves plant growth in mung bean (Vigna radiata).

BACKGROUND: Mung bean is an important leguminous crop, which is reported to face devastating yield losses of up to 70% due to Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) disease. Traditional methods, such as the application of agrochemicals and fungicides, have been used to control CLS, but their intensive use has toxic effects on edible crops. METHODS: To find out a sustainable alternative, this study characterizes a strain, Bacillus subtilis Medicinal_04, isolated from Cannabis sativa rhizosphere and explores its role as an eco-friendly biofungicide and biostimulant. The species level identification of the isolate was confirmed by Average Nucleotide Identity (ANIb) and a digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH). The antagonistic efficacy of B. subtilis Medicinal_04 against Cercospora canescens was evaluated in vitro as well as in planta assays. RESULTS: ANIb of 97.80% and a dDDH score of 85.90% against the reference B. subtilis str. 168. confirmed this isolate as B. subtilis. The in-vitro results showed that B. subtilis robustly inhibited C. canescens growth by 81.5%, strongly correlated with positive chitinolytic activity and a diverse genomic array of secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters. The in planta results demonstrated that B. subtilis seed priming reduced disease incidence by 80 and 71.4%, while foliar application resulted in reductions of 90 and 85.7% for NM-51 and NM-20-21 varieties, respectively. Furthermore, fungicide application successfully reduced disease, however it caused noticeable phytotoxic reductions in root-shoot architecture and chlorophyll content. In contrast, biological interventions completely bypassed these trade-offs as B. subtilis application displayed improved root-shoot length, pod number, and chlorophyll content, while simultaneously enhancing antioxidative enzyme activities (SOD, POD, and CAT) and PR-1 gene expression. CONCLUSION: These findings demonstrate that B. subtilis Medicinal_04 has the potential to serve as a multifunctional biocontrol agent and is capable of securing high-level disease suppression and optimizing plant productivity, offering a valuable toolkit for climate-smart, sustainable agriculture.

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PubMed2026

CaCl2 Priming Boosts Salinity-Alkalinity Tolerance in Germinating Soybean by Reducing DNA Oxidative Damage and Enhancing Ca2+ -ROS Signaling Crosstalk.

Soybean (Glycine max) seed germination is highly sensitive to saline-alkaline stress. Seed priming represents an effective strategy to mitigate its detrimental effects. However, the optimal priming conditions (agent, concentration, duration) and the underlying molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. This study investigated the effects of priming with distilled water (Control), calcium chloride (CaCl2), melatonin (MT), and proline (Pro) under saline-alkaline stress on soybean seed germination and the molecular basis of enhanced tolerance. Evaluation of ten germination-related parameters revealed that priming with 100 mM CaCl2 for 12 h significantly enhanced the germination rate. Physiological analyses demonstrated that CaCl2 priming effectively reduced reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation by increasing the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), and catalase (CAT), while decreasing malondialdehyde (MDA) content. Furthermore, CaCl2 priming activated the Ca2+ signaling pathway by increasing radicle Ca2+ content and upregulating the expression levels of Ca2+ signaling-related genes (e.g., GmCAM7, GmCNGC2, GmCNGC19, GmMPK2, and GmMKK2). Additionally, CaCl2 priming significantly enhanced DNA damage repair capacity of soybean cultivars with differing saline-alkaline tolerance. This was manifested by reduced DNA oxidative damage and decreased random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) polymorphism, thereby enhancing genomic stability and alleviating cell cycle arrest. These findings deepen our understanding of the complex regulatory role of calcium signaling in plant abiotic stress responses and provide important novel theoretical insights for improving crop resilience.

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PubMed2026

Advances in Understanding Salt Stress Effects on Growth and Productivity in Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench).

Salinity is a growing problem for cereal cultivation because it imposes multiple stresses, including osmotic, ionic, nutritional, and oxidative constraints, on the crop. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is considered a climate-smart C4 cereal for food, feed, fodder, forage, and bioenergy, but recent studies indicate that salinity continues to hinder establishment, biomass formation, reproductive growth, and yield. This review compiles the literature on the impacts of salinity on sorghum from 2021 to 2026, with a focus on germination, vegetative growth, physiological and biochemical responses, ion homeostasis, genetic control, productivity, mitigation, and future breeding priorities. In total, 160 records were identified, 118 records were screened after duplicate removal, and 44 recent sources were included in the synthesis. Across comparable sorghum studies, saline/NaCl treatments of approximately 60-200 mM commonly reduced germination by about 20-40%, root and shoot elongation by 25-50%, and biomass by 20-55%, while tolerant genotypes generally maintained higher K+/Na+ balance, 40-60% greater biomass retention, or two- to five-fold stronger ion homeostasis indicators than sensitive lines under similar conditions. Salt stress also lowers leaf expansion, chlorophyll stability, gas exchange, dry matter accumulation, panicle fertility, and grain filling. Tolerant genotypes show greater antioxidant potential, osmotic adjustment, photosynthetic stability, and root system resilience. Recent omics and genome-wide association studies suggest that salinity tolerance in sorghum is polygenic and involves genes related to ion transport, stress signalling, antioxidant regulation, osmolyte metabolism, and growth maintenance. This review recommends a shift from descriptive trait lists to full-cycle field validation, multi-trait selection indices, and integrated packages combining breeding with seed priming, soil water management, amendments, and beneficial microorganisms.

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PubMed2025

Ovarian development is driven by early spatiotemporal priming of the coelomic epithelium.

Ovarian organogenesis requires the coordinated specification of supporting and steroidogenic cell lineages from multipotent coelomic epithelium (CE) progenitors. A longstanding question is whether the CE contains transcriptionally distinct, spatially organized progenitor subpopulations with predetermined lineage biases, or whether specification into supporting and steroidogenic lineages occurs only after delamination and integration into the bipotential gonad. The developmental origins of granulosa cells and the emergence of ovarian steroidogenic/stromal progenitors (SPs) also remain poorly defined. Here, we show that CE cells covering the fetal mouse ovary are transcriptionally heterogeneous and spatially organized into subdomains already primed toward supporting or steroidogenic fates. CE priming is dynamic, with transient coexistence of supporting- and steroidogenic-biased CE progenitors before resolving into a predominantly supporting-biased CE. Local delamination of these primed cells seeds intragonadal niches where pre-granulosa cells and SPs mirror the spatio-temporal arrangements of CE-primed progenitors. We further demonstrate a dual origin for the supporting lineage, with granulosa cells deriving from both the CE and supporting-like cells (SLCs). In parallel, we show that SPs arise from steroidogenic-primed CE cells, expand to represent 52% of ovarian somatic cells at birth, persist into adulthood and contribute to both theca and steroidogenic stromal cells. Together, these findings reveal transcriptionally and spatially distinct CE subpopulations that shape somatic lineage emergence with important implications for ovarian pathophysiology.

Ovarian development↗
PubMed1978

Utility of specific locus systems in higher plants to monitor for mutagens.

Plants possess biological and operational attributes that have encouraged geneticists to use them extensively in the development of fundamental genetic concepts. Attributes such as regenerative plasticity, high fecundity, cultural adaptability, range of ploidy, economics of culture and maintenance of specific populations, and versatility make plant genetic systems prime candidates with which to monitor the environment for mutagens. A specific locus (equivalent to a classical Mendelian gene) controls the development of a phenotypic characteristic. It can also mutate to a new allelic form with a consequentially altered phenotypic characteristic and can be separated by crossing over from adjacent loci that govern other specific phenotypic characteristics. Since various plant species have numerous specific loci, one has a rich array of potential systems from which to select. Specific locus systems in higher plants could be used to assess the mutagenicity of single chemical compounds or combinations of chemical compounds. Depending on the circumstances, seeds and/or seedlings could be used; plants could be grown in situ in either containers or plots to assess the immediate environment for one or more mutagens over an extended period. Since plants are eucaryotes, data from such experiments could serve as one more source of information along with that obtained from a battery of other tests used in the tier system.

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PubMed1977

Sheep erythrocyte and bluetongue virus antibody responses of spleen cell cultures from mice.

The optimum conditions for the culture of cells from dissociated spleens were determined. Routinely, 10(7) cells were seeded per ml of RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 20% pre-tested foetal calf serum. For the assay of the immune response, cultures were supplemented with 30 muMolar mercaptoethanol. The immune responses to sheep erythrocyte and bluetongue virus antigens were determined by the haemolytic plaque-forming cell assays described by Oellermann (1974) and Oellermann, Carter & Marx (1976a). The optimum sheep erythrocyte antigen concentration was 2 X 10(6) erythrocytes per 10(7) spleen cells and maximum IgM plaque-forming cells were detected after 4 days in culture. Successful stimulation of the immune response to bluetongue virus was achieved in spleen cell cultures from mice previously primed with bluetongue virus. The optimum antigen concentration was 30-40 ng bluetongue virus per 10(7) spleen cells and the maximum plaque-forming cell response was observed after 4 days in culture.

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PubMed2025

Multiple introductions of equine influenza virus into the United Kingdom resulted in widespread outbreaks and lineage replacement.

Influenza A viruses (IAVs) are prime examples of emerging viruses in humans and animals. IAV circulation in domestic animals poses a pandemic risk as it provides new opportunities for zoonotic infections. The recent emergence of H5N1 IAV in cows and subsequent spread over multiple states within the USA, together with reports of spillover infections in humans, cats and mice highlight this issue. The horse is a domestic animal in which an avian-origin IAV lineage has been circulating for >60 years. In 2018/19, a Florida Clade 1 (FC1) virus triggered one of the largest epizootics recorded in the UK, which led to the replacement of the Equine Influenza Virus (EIV) Florida Clade 2 (FC2) lineage that had been circulating in the country since 2003. We integrated geographical, epidemiological, and virus genetic data to determine the virological and ecological factors leading to this epizootic. By combining newly-sequenced EIV complete genomes derived from UK outbreaks with existing genomic and epidemiological information, we reconstructed the nationwide viral spread and analysed the global evolution of EIV. We show that there was a single EIV FC1 introduction from the USA into Europe, and multiple independent virus introductions from Europe to the UK. At the UK level, three English regions (East, West Midlands, and North-West) were the main sources of virus during the epizootic, and the number of affected premises together with the number of horses in the local area were found as key predictors of viral spread within the country. At the global level, phylogeographic analysis evidenced a source-sink model for intercontinental EIV migration, with a source population evolving in the USA and directly or indirectly seeding viral lineages into sink populations in other continents. Our results provide insight on the underlying factors that influence IAV spread in domestic animals.

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