Publications

How structural interactions and receptor phosphorylation shape strigolactone signaling in rice

Year: 2025

Development of a Rapid and Efficient Protocol for Seed Germination and Seedling Establishment of Oryza coarctata

Year: 2025 DOI:10.21769/BioProtoc.5203

Cytokinins as an alternative suicidal Striga germination compound

Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/wre.12585Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Zaxinone Synthase overexpression modulates rice physiology and metabolism, enhancing nutrient uptake, growth and productivity

Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15016Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Structural substitutions on the methoxybenzene ring retain the biological activity of the zaxinone mimics MiZax3

Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1631066

Evaluation of formulated strigolactone analogs for Striga management in Kenyan agriculture

Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2025.101921

Mimics of the Growth Regulator Zaxinone Increase Saffron Yield and Improve its Nutritional Value

Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-025-11690-y

Advances in carotenoid and apocarotenoid metabolisms and functions in plants

Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf304

Sustainable and secretory production of saffron pigments in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and E. coli

Year: 2025

Disruption of the karrikin receptor DWARF 14 LIKE (D14L) gene leads to distinct effects on root and shoot growth, and reprogramming of central metabolism in rice

Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf201

LYCOPENE β-CYCLASE overexpression improves growth, modulates hormone content, and affects rhizospheric interactions in tobacco and tomato roots

Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-025-03623-6

Molecular Basis for Catalysis and Regulation of the Strigolactone Catabolic Enzyme CXE15

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65204-1

Chemistry, biochemistry, and mechanism of pharmacological actions of crocetin

Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2025.118401

An evolutionarily diverged CCD4 enzyme negatively regulates mesocotyl elongation in rice

Year: 2025 DOI:10.1111/nph.70799

Does zaxinone counteract strigolactones in shaping rice architecture?

Scientific Year: 2023 DOI:10.1080/15592324.2023.2184127

Authors: Jian You Wang, Justine Braguy, Salim Al-Babili

strigolactones
zaxinone
apocarotenoids
rice
oryza sativa

Zaxinone Mimics (MiZax) Efficiently Promote Growth and Production of Potato and Strawberry Plants under Desert Climate Conditions

Scientific Year: 2023 DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-2722358/v1

Authors: Jian You Wang, Muhammad Jamil, Turki S. Alotaibi, Mohamed E. Abdelaziz, Tsuyoshi Ota, Omer H. Ibrahim, Lamis Berqdar, Tadao Asami, Magdi Ali Ahmed Mousa, Salim Al-Babili

apocarotenoids
biostimulant
zaxinone
mizax
potato
solanum tuberosum l
strawberry
fragaria ananassa

Carotenoid metabolism: New insights and synthetic approaches

Scientific Year: 2023 DOI:10.3389/fpls.2022.1072061

Authors: Alice Stra, Lamyaa Almarwaey, Yagiz Alagoz, Juan C. Moreno, Salim Al-Babili

apocarotenoids
biofortification
carotenoids
crop improvement
microorganisms
metabolic engineering
synthetic biology

Disruption of the rice 4-DEOXYOROBANCHOL HYDROXYLASE unravels specific functions of canonical strigolactones

Scientific Year: 2023 DOI:10.1101/2023.04.03.535333

Authors: Guan-Ting Erica Chen, Jian You Wang, Cristina Votta, Justine Braguy, Muhammad Jamil, Gwendolyn K. Kirschner, Valentina Fiorilli, Lamis Berqdar, Aparna Balakrishna, Ikram Blilou, Luisa Lanfranco, Salim Al-Babili

strigolactones
cytochrome p450
plant architecture
striga
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

ZAXINONE SYNTHASE 2 regulates growth and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in rice

Scientific Year: 2022 DOI:10.1093/plphys/kiac472

Authors: Abdugaffor Ablazov, Cristina Votta, Valentina Fiorilli, Jian You Wang, Fatimah Aljedaani, Muhammad Jamil, Aparna Balakrishna, Raffaella Balestrini, Kit Xi Liew, Chakravarty Rajan, Lamis Berqdar, Ikram Blilou, Luisa Lanfranco, Salim Al-Babili

carotenoid cleavage
carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase
plant hormones
zaxinone
apocarotenoid
rice
oryza sativa
sl biosynthesis
SLS

Are carotenoids the true colors of crop improvement?

Scientific Year: 2022 DOI:10.1111/nph.18660

Authors: Juan C. Moreno, Salim Al-Babili

carotenoids
apocarotenoids
β-cyclocitral
zaxinone
abscisic acid
strigolactones
SLS
ABA
vitamin a deficiency

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