Soil is the base for conventional plant growth. The rhizosphere pressure generated from soil compaction shows a dual effect on plant growth in agricultural production. Compacted soil leads to root growth stagnation and causes bending or thickening, t...
The global significance of Colocasia esculenta, a tuber crop rich in nutritional value and starch, prompts further investigation into its corm development. Background: Previous studies have focused on starch accumulation within the tubers, yet the ge...
Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) is the fifth largest rhizome crop, and it is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas in the world. Vegetative propagation with virus-infected corms can lead to cultivar degradation, yield decline, a...
Real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) is a method with high sensitivity and convenience that has been extensively used to analyze the expression level of target genes. A reference gene with a highly stable expression is required to ensure the accuracy...
22 November 2024
Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) is a tropical tuber crop whose underground corms are used as an important staple food. However, due to a lack of molecular markers, the genetic diversity, germplasm identification, and molecular breeding of taro...