Chongjun Sun

TL;DR: A novel set of genes in rice which responded to both Cd and As3+ stress may be of value in mitigating the toxicity of co-contaminated soils and may be used in the genetic improvement of rice varieties.

TL;DR: The transcriptomes of the Cd- and As-stressed rice roots were similarly and profoundly reshaped by Si application, suggesting that Si may play a fundamental, active role in plant defense against heavy metal/loid stresses by modulating whole genome expression.

TL;DR: In this paper, the beneficial effects of foliar silicon in an indica rice Huanghuazhan (HHZ) were investigated, and it was shown that foliar Si increases the dry weight and decreases Cd translocation in Cd-exposed rice at the grain-filling stage only, implying that the filling stage is critical for foliar si to reduce Cd accumulation.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors used CRISPR/Cas9 to generate oslcd single mutants from indica and japonica rice cultivars and compared them to the wild types.

TL;DR: Interestingly, despite having no direct antiseptic effect, LACpG10-HL improved the antibacterial capacities of lymphocytes and enterocytes at the first line of defense, and water-supplied LacpG 10-HL treatment reduced the average adverse event rates, demonstrating that LAC pG10 -HL maintained its excellent immunostimulatory and protective properties under farming conditions.