Search Results - Zhi-jun ZHANG
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Tissue distribution and changes in dopamine during development and stress responses in Malus germplasm
Published 2022-03-01Get full textDopamine is a catecholamine and an anti-oxidant which functions in responses to stress and it interacts with plant hormones to mediate plant development. At present, there are few studies on the functions of dopamine in apple. This study developed a method for dopamine determination which was used t...
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The mitigation effects of exogenous dopamine on low nitrogen stress in Malus hupehensis
Published 2020-11-01Get full textDopamine plays numerous physiological roles in plants. We explored its role in the regulation of growth, nutrient absorption, and response to nitrogen (N) deficiency in Malus hupehensis Rehd. Under low N condition, plant growth slowed, and the net photosynthetic rates, chlorophyll contents, and maxi...
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Selection of reference genes for RT-qPCR analysis of Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) sex-dimorphic development
Published 2019-04-01Get full textMealybugs, such as Phenacoccus solenopsis, are highly sexually dimorphic. Winged adult males present such remarkable morphological differences from females that, to the untrained eye, conspecific adults of both sexes of P. solenopsis may be considered as two different insect species. A method to inv...
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