Review:Physiological Approaches to the Improvement of Chemical Control of Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)

Weed Science ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 584-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uliana B. Bashtanova ◽  
K. Paul Beckett ◽  
Timothy J. Flowers
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Control ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Built Environments ◽  
Japanese Knotweed ◽  
Fallopia Japonica ◽  
Synthetic Auxins ◽  
Rhizome Buds ◽  
Different Growth Stages

Japanese knotweed is an aggressive alien species in Europe, North America, and Australia, causing a range of environmental problems. Eradication of Japanese knotweed is proving to be a difficult task, because the plant is able to propagate generatively by intra- and interspecific hybridization, and vegetatively from shoot and tiny rhizome pieces. Despite the economic consequences of Japanese knotweed on natural and built environments, its physiology is not yet fully understood; especially important are sink-source relations between old and young parts of the rhizome and growth of lateral and latent rhizome buds. Current methods of chemical control include three types of phloem-mobile herbicides, such as glyphosate, imazapyr, and synthetic auxins. These herbicides have limitations on their use, and all fail to eradicate the plant completely, for the reasons discussed in this review. Our aim is to suggest prospective approaches to enable chemical eradication: use of signals to induce controlled growth and development of quiescent rhizome buds; use of phytohormones, sugars, and light to increase allocation of phloem-mobile herbicides to the rhizome; use of xylem-mobile herbicides to exterminate the old rhizome parts; and use of different phloem-mobile herbicides at different growth stages.

ECONOMIC THRESHOLDS AND ECONOMIC INJURY LEVELS OF CEREAL APHIDS ON BARLEY IN SOUTHWESTERN QUEBEC

1980 ◽  
Vol 112 (8) ◽  
pp. 759-764 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Ba-Angood ◽  
R. K. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Chemical Control ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Cereal Aphids ◽  
Economic Thresholds ◽  
Rate Of Increase ◽  
Economic Injury ◽  
Ripe Stage ◽  
Different Growth Stages ◽  
Percentage Protein

AbstractArtificial infestations of cereal aphids in caged plants were made at different growth stages of barley in the field in 1978 and 1979. Forty, 80, 160, and 200 aphids/tiller reduced grain yield significantly (P < 0.01) when introduced into caged plants at flowering and milky stages for 2 weeks. Only the 150 and 200 aphids/tiller-treatments gave significant reductions in yield when introduction was at the mealy ripe stage. Twenty aphids/tiller gave a significant reduction in yield only when they were introduced at the beginning of ear emergence and flowering, but not at the milky ripe stage. Significant reduction in percentage protein was obtained only when 160 and 200 aphids/tiller were introduced at flowering and milky ripe stages. The economic injury and threshold levels were calculated as 10–18 and 8–16 aphids/tiller, respectively, depending on rate of increase of aphids, costs of chemical control, and the value of the crop in 1978 and 1979.

scholarly journals Comparative Transcriptome Profiling of Skeletal Muscle from Black Muscovy Duck at Different Growth Stages Using RNA-seq

Genes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1228
Author(s):  
Zhigang Hu ◽  
Junting Cao ◽  
Guangyu Liu ◽  
Huilin Zhang ◽  
Xiaolin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Candidate Genes ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Muscle Growth ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Muscovy Duck ◽  
Rna Seq ◽  
Muscovy Ducks ◽  
Different Growth Stages

In China, the production for duck meat is second only to that of chicken, and the demand for duck meat is also increasing. However, there is still unclear on the internal mechanism of regulating skeletal muscle growth and development in duck. This study aimed to identity candidate genes related to growth of duck skeletal muscle and explore the potential regulatory mechanism. RNA-seq technology was used to compare the transcriptome of skeletal muscles in black Muscovy ducks at different developmental stages (day 17, 21, 27, 31, and 34 of embryos and postnatal 6-month-olds). The SNPs and InDels of black Muscovy ducks at different growth stages were mainly in “INTRON”, “SYNONYMOUS_CODING”, “UTR_3_PRIME”, and “DOWNSTREAM”. The average number of AS in each sample was 37,267, mainly concentrated in TSS and TTS. Besides, a total of 19 to 5377 DEGs were detected in each pairwise comparison. Functional analysis showed that the DEGs were mainly involved in the processes of cell growth, muscle development, and cellular activities (junction, migration, assembly, differentiation, and proliferation). Many of DEGs were well known to be related to growth of skeletal muscle in black Muscovy duck, such as MyoG, FBXO1, MEF2A, and FoxN2. KEGG pathway analysis identified that the DEGs were significantly enriched in the pathways related to the focal adhesion, MAPK signaling pathway and regulation of the actin cytoskeleton. Some DEGs assigned to these pathways were potential candidate genes inducing the difference in muscle growth among the developmental stages, such as FAF1, RGS8, GRB10, SMYD3, and TNNI2. Our study identified several genes and pathways that may participate in the regulation of skeletal muscle growth in black Muscovy duck. These results should serve as an important resource revealing the molecular basis of muscle growth and development in duck.

scholarly journals Characterization and Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis of Skeletal Muscle in Pekin Duck at Different Growth Stages Using RNA-seq

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 834
Author(s):  
Zhigang Hu ◽  
Junting Cao ◽  
Liyan Ge ◽  
Jianqin Zhang ◽  
Huilin Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
Muscle Cell ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Muscle Development ◽  
Pekin Duck ◽  
Functional Study ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Exon Splicing ◽  
Different Growth Stages

Skeletal muscle, accounting for approximately 50% of body weight, is the largest and most important tissue. In this study, the gene expression profiles and pathways in skeletal muscle of Pekin duck were investigated and compared at embryonic day 17, 21, and 27 and postnatally at 6 months of age. An average of 49,555,936 reads in each sample was obtained from the transcriptome libraries. Over 70.0% of alternative splicing (AS) in each sample was mainly alternative 5’ first exon (transcription start site)-the first exon splicing (TSS) and alternative 3’ last exon (transcription terminal site)-the last exon splicing (TTS), indicating that TSS and TTS were the most common AS event in Pekin ducks, and these AS events were closely related to the regulation of muscle development at different growth stages. The results provided a valuable genomic resource for selective breeding and functional studies of genes. A total of 299 novel genes with ≥2 exons were obtained. There were 294 to 2806 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in each pairwise comparison of Pekin duck. Notably, 90 DEGs in breast muscle and 9 DEGs in leg muscle were co-expressed at all developmental points. DEGs were validated by qPCR analysis, which confirmed the tendency of the expression. DEGs related to muscle development were involved in biological processes such as “endodermal cell differentiation”, “muscle cell cellular homeostasis”, “skeletal muscle tissue growth” and “skeletal muscle cell differentiation”, and were involved in pathways such as oxidative phosphorylation, ECM-receptor (extracellular matrix receptor) interaction, focal adhesion, carbon metabolism, and biosynthesis of amino acids. Some DEGs, including MYL4, IGF2BP1, CSRP3, SPP1 and KLHL31, as well as LAMB2, LAMA2, ITGB1 and OPN, played crucial roles in muscle growth and development. This study provides valuable information about the expression profile of mRNAs and pathways from duck skeletal muscle at different growth stages, and further functional study of these mRNAs and pathways could provide new ideas for studying the molecular networks of growth and development in duck skeletal muscle.

Cytokinins from terminal buds of Euphoria longana during different growth stages

1997 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-189
Author(s):  
Wen-Shaw Chen ◽  
Kuang-Liang Huang ◽  
Hsiao-Ching Yu
Keyword(s):  
Growth Stages ◽  
Terminal Buds ◽  
Different Growth Stages

Effects of Meteorological Factors at Different Growth Stages on Yield Traits of Maize (Zea maysL.) in Heilonggang Basin

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo MING ◽  
Jin-Cheng ZHU ◽  
Hong-Bin TAO ◽  
Li-Na XU ◽  
Bu-Qing GUO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meteorological Factors ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Yield Traits ◽  
Different Growth Stages

Effects of Waterlogging on Leaf Protective Enzyme Activities and Seed Yield of Sesame at Different Growth Stages*

2010 ◽  
Vol 2009 (6) ◽  
pp. 790-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian SUN ◽  
Xiurong ZHANG ◽  
Yanxin ZHANG ◽  
Linhai WANG ◽  
Bo HUANG
Keyword(s):  
Seed Yield ◽  
Enzyme Activities ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Protective Enzyme ◽  
Different Growth Stages
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