Xiaofeng Mao^1,#, Fenni Lv^1,2,#, Shaofeng Li³, Lulu Gao^1,2, Wenjun Ma⁴, Donglai Liu¹, Binpeng Wu¹, Yanan Wu¹, Peng Wang^1,2,*, Naiwei Li^1,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.95, No.2, 2026, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2026.072636 - 28 February 2026

Abstract Catalpa bungei, a fast-growing timber tree, is threatened by the lepidopteran pest Omphisa plagialis. Previous studies in our laboratory successfully generated transgenic C. bungei lines overexpressing Cry genes (Cry1Ab, Cry2A, and Cry9-2) that exhibited resistance to O. plagialis, but their potential impact on soil bacterial communities remains unclear. In this study, we analyzed nine transgenic C. bungei lines (three independent lines for each Cry gene) to characterize their rhizosphere bacterial communities using high-throughput sequencing of the 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) V4–V5 regions. A total of 628 amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) were shared among all transgenic and wild-type (WT) lines, forming a stable core… More >

Rui Wang, Lanlan Shi, Yurong Wang^*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.12, pp. 3285-3302, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.020546 - 14 July 2022

Abstract Air-dry density, modulus of rupture (MOR), modulus of elasticity (MOE), compressive strength parallel to grain, and hardness of Catalpa bungei clones were investigated in this study with feasibility of predicting these properties by near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. The best candidate ‘Luoqiu 3’ has been selected from three clones based on wood physical and mechanical property indices. Lower values of wood physical and mechanical properties have been found in the corewood compared to the outerwood. There were significant positive correlations between the air-dry density and mechanical properties. Information from cross section for air-dry density, compressive strength parallel to More >

Danlong Jing^1,2, Nan Wang¹, Nan Lu¹, Guanzheng Qu³, Guolu Liang², Wenjun Ma¹, Shougong Zhang^1,*, Junhui Wang^1,*

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.91, No.3, pp. 507-524, 2022, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2022.017644 - 26 October 2021

Abstract Lysine acetylation, a reversible and dynamic post-translational modification, plays pivotal roles in regulating many biological processes in plants. However, the information of lysine acetylation during flower development of woody angiosperm remains unclear. Herein, we identified a total of 667 lysine acetylation sites in 467 proteins in flower buds of Catalpa Bungei. The acetylated proteins were mainly involved in the pathways of carbon metabolism, glycometabolism and oxidative phosphorylation. Using functional enrichment analysis, 61 and 13 acetylated proteins were involved in the glycometabolism and oxidative phosphorylation pathways, respectively. This suggests that lysine acetylated proteins play critical roles in… More >