Reproductive Behavior of Arundo Donax L.

Makde, C. A. Nikhade K.H. Makde C. A. Nikhade K.H.; ijrbat,

doi:10.29369/ijrbat.2014.02.ii.0043

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“…The sterile seeds of the plant may be due to the inability of megaspore mother cells to perform cellular division. It is suggested that the reason for A. donax seeds sterility can be rooted in alterations in gametogenesis, fertilization and post-fertilization (Nikhade & Makde, 2014).…”

Section: Reproductive Behavior and Phenologymentioning

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“…One could argue that seedless reproduction is not enough to interprete the ability of populations to swiftly invade new habitats. Despite the previous efforts to fathom this issue through genetic studies (Ahmad et al, 2008;Guarino et al, 2019) and developmental dynamics of A. donax seeds (Nikhade & Makde, 2014), we believe there is still much room for further research to fully understand the reproductive behavior of giant reed.…”

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confidence: 96%

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Arundo donax L. in Egypt: a potentially valuable economic plant

Kassem,

Ali,

Saad Zaghloul

2024

Advances in Basic and Applied Sciences

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Section: Reproductive Behavior and Phenologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Arundo donax L. in Egypt: a potentially valuable economic plant

Kassem,

Ali,

Saad Zaghloul

2024

Advances in Basic and Applied Sciences

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“…Because of its vast economic value, giant reed is widely planted in subtropical regions of the world, such as Southern Europe, North Africa, Australia, and America (Guo and Miao, 2010). Giant reed does not produce seed in many areas because the further development of the embryo is restricted (Balogh et al, 2012;Nikhade and Makde, 2014;Alshaal et al, 2015). The propagation of giant reed can be divided into rhizomes or stem cuttings and in vitro biotechnology methods.…”

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The Potential Application of Giant Reed (Arundo donax) in Ecological Remediation

Deng

Liang

Huang

et al. 2021

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Giant reed is known as one of the most important energy plants as a consequence of its huge dry biomass production. It can be used for bioenergy or biopolymer production. Thus, it can replace maize and reduce the production cost of biomass and electricity. Giant reed and its products have different uses in industry. The use of giant reed as a raw material to obtain cellulose past for the production of rayon viscose and paper. Thanks to the flexible and strong of the material, giant reed can be used in the manufacture of fishing rods, brass musical instruments, canes and construction supplies. One of the most important characteristics of giant reed is that it shows strong growth capability in different soils with wide ranges of pH, salinity and high heavy metal contents and can be used for ecological remediation. Giant reed was able not only to decontaminate polluted soils with heavy metals, but also to purify the wastewater and decrease the pH and make red mud safer. Here, we review the available evidence regarding the utilization of giant reed in the field of phytoremediation and discuss the potential application of giant reed combined with advanced remediation technologies in ecological remediation.

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“…Meiosis occurs in less than 10% of microsporocytes, and no formation of exine occurs in the microsporangium [11]. A. donax sterility has been reported to be related to alterations in gametogenesis and fertilization and post-fertilization development [16]. A. donax sterility most likely has various causes that have led to its agamic propagation strategy.…”

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Genetic Improvement of Arundo donax L.: Opportunities and Challenges

Danelli

Laura²,

Savona³

et al. 2020

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Arundo donax L., the giant reed—being a long-duration, low-cost, non-food energy crop able to grow in marginal lands—has emerged as a potential alternative to produce biomass for both energy production, with low carbon emissions, and industrial bioproducts. In recent years, pioneering efforts have been made to genetically improve this very promising energy crop. This review analyses the recent advances and challenges encountered in using clonal selection, mutagenesis/somaclonal variation and transgenesis/genome editing. Attempts to improve crop yield, in vitro propagation efficiency, salt and heavy metal tolerance by clonal selection were carried out, although limited by the species’ low genetic diversity and availability of mutants. Mutagenesis and somaclonal variation have also been attempted on this species; however, since Arundo donax is polyploid, it is very difficult to induce and select promising mutations. In more recent years, genomics and transcriptomics data are becoming available in Arundo, closing the gap to make possible the genetic manipulation of this energy crop in the near future. The challenge will regard the functional characterization of the genes/sequences generated by genomic sequencing and transcriptomic analysis in a complex polyploid genome.

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Reproductive Behavior of Arundo Donax L.

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References 6 publications

Arundo donax L. in Egypt: a potentially valuable economic plant

Arundo donax L. in Egypt: a potentially valuable economic plant

The Potential Application of Giant Reed (Arundo donax) in Ecological Remediation

Genetic Improvement of Arundo donax L.: Opportunities and Challenges

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