Tea(Camellia sinensis)is a well-known beverage crop rich in polyphenols with health benefits for humans.Understanding how tea polyphenols participate in plant resistance is beneficial to breeding resistant varieties a...Tea(Camellia sinensis)is a well-known beverage crop rich in polyphenols with health benefits for humans.Understanding how tea polyphenols participate in plant resistance is beneficial to breeding resistant varieties and uncovering the resistance mechanisms.Here,we report that a Colletotrichum infection-induced‘pink ring’symptom appeared outside the lesion,which is highly likely to occur in resistant cultivars.By identifying morphological feature-specific metabolites in the pink ring and their association with disease resistance,and analysis of the association between metabolite and gene expression,the study revealed that the accumulation of anthocyanin-3-O-galactosides,red phytotoxin compounds resistant to anthracnose,plays a pivotal role in the hypersensitive response surrounding infection sites in tea plants.The results of genetic manipulation showed that the expression of CsF3Ha,CsANSa,CsUGT78A15,CsUGT75L43,and CsMYB113,which are involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis,is positively correlated with anthracnose-resistance and the formation of the pink ring.Further phosphorus quantification and fertilization experiments confirmed that phosphate deficiency caused by anthracnose is involved in the occurrence of the pink ring.Genetic manipulation studies indicated that altering the expression levels of Pi transporter proteins(CsPHT2-1,CsPHT4;4)and phosphate deprivation response transcription factors(CsWRKY75-1,CsWRKY75-2,CsMYB62-1)enhances resistance to anthracnose and the formation of the pink ring symptom in tea plants.This article provides the first evidence that anthocyanin-3-O-galactosides are the anthracnose-resistant phytoalexins among various polyphenols in tea plants,and this presents an approach for identifying resistance genes in tea plants,where genetic transformation is challenging.展开更多
Summary of main observation and conclusion The development of selenophene-flanked DPP(SeDPP)based copolymers,especially for the ambipolar ones,lags behind other aromatic group flanked DPP-based polymers.Herein,we repo...Summary of main observation and conclusion The development of selenophene-flanked DPP(SeDPP)based copolymers,especially for the ambipolar ones,lags behind other aromatic group flanked DPP-based polymers.Herein,we report two new ambipolar SeDPP-based conjugated polymers.One is the alternating polymer PSeDPPFT with normal SeDPP and 3,4-difluorothiophene units.The other is PSeFDFT,in which the electron acceptor unit is replaced by a new SeDPP derivative,referred as to half-fused SeDPP.The more planar structure of half fused SeDPP endows the backbone of PSeFDFT with good rigidity and planarity.Both polymers exhibit ambipolar transporting properties in air.The PSeFDFT based fleld-effect transistors(FETs)display higher and more balanced ambipolar properties with μnave of 0.27 cm2·V-1·s-1,μe ave of 0.18 cm2·V-1·s-1,and μh ave/μeave of 1.5 than those of PSeDPPFT(μhave=0.11cm2·V-1·s-1,μeave=0.042cm2·V-1·s-1,and μh/μe=2.6).This is attributed to the more planar structure,lower LUMO level,higher HOMO level,and better interchain packing orientations of PSeFDFT by comparing with PSeDPPFT.Therefore,a new molecular design strategy to modulate the hole and electron transporting properties is proposed for conjugated D-A polymers.展开更多
Summary What is already known about this topic?Previous surveys have mainly focused on how well residents and primary school students have understood the core knowledge of echinococcosis control and are limited in ter...Summary What is already known about this topic?Previous surveys have mainly focused on how well residents and primary school students have understood the core knowledge of echinococcosis control and are limited in terms of the comprehensiveness of the knowledge category and respondents.What is added by this report?There were some shortcomings in related knowledge of echinococcosis among students,which showed a tendency to know methods but not the rationale.The differences among regions indicated a lack of a unified system for training educators and allocating comprehensive educational material.What are the implications for public health practices?The results of this study provide evidence to potentially help improve health education programs in the new phase of echinococcosis prevention and control in China.展开更多
Multi-stimuli-responsive field-effect transistors(FETs)with organic/polymeric semiconductors have received increasing attention.Herein,we report a novel strategy for fabricating multi-stimuliresponsive polymeric semic...Multi-stimuli-responsive field-effect transistors(FETs)with organic/polymeric semiconductors have received increasing attention.Herein,we report a novel strategy for fabricating multi-stimuliresponsive polymeric semiconductors through the incorporation of spiropyran(SP)groups in the polymer side chains.The semiconducting performances of resultant FETs with a diketopyrrolopyrroles(DPP)-based conjugated donor–acceptor(D–A)polymer,that entails SP units in the side chains(pDSP-1),could be modulated reversibly through UV and visible light irradiations,or UV light irradiation and heating,or acid treatment and heating.Our studies reveal that during the reversible transformations of closed,open,and the protonated forms of spiropyran,achieved by light irradiations,heating,and under acidic conditions,a large dipole moment changes occur,which triggers the reversible variation of semiconducting performance of the FETs.展开更多
基金We thank the Natural Science Foundation of China(U21A20232,32372756,32072621)the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation(2308085MC94)+1 种基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFF1003103)the Anhui Key Research and Development Program of China(202204c06020035).We are grateful to Professor Yeyun Li for providing the cultivar‘Zhongcha108’cuttings for 2 years with different N:P:K ratios.
文摘Tea(Camellia sinensis)is a well-known beverage crop rich in polyphenols with health benefits for humans.Understanding how tea polyphenols participate in plant resistance is beneficial to breeding resistant varieties and uncovering the resistance mechanisms.Here,we report that a Colletotrichum infection-induced‘pink ring’symptom appeared outside the lesion,which is highly likely to occur in resistant cultivars.By identifying morphological feature-specific metabolites in the pink ring and their association with disease resistance,and analysis of the association between metabolite and gene expression,the study revealed that the accumulation of anthocyanin-3-O-galactosides,red phytotoxin compounds resistant to anthracnose,plays a pivotal role in the hypersensitive response surrounding infection sites in tea plants.The results of genetic manipulation showed that the expression of CsF3Ha,CsANSa,CsUGT78A15,CsUGT75L43,and CsMYB113,which are involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis,is positively correlated with anthracnose-resistance and the formation of the pink ring.Further phosphorus quantification and fertilization experiments confirmed that phosphate deficiency caused by anthracnose is involved in the occurrence of the pink ring.Genetic manipulation studies indicated that altering the expression levels of Pi transporter proteins(CsPHT2-1,CsPHT4;4)and phosphate deprivation response transcription factors(CsWRKY75-1,CsWRKY75-2,CsMYB62-1)enhances resistance to anthracnose and the formation of the pink ring symptom in tea plants.This article provides the first evidence that anthocyanin-3-O-galactosides are the anthracnose-resistant phytoalexins among various polyphenols in tea plants,and this presents an approach for identifying resistance genes in tea plants,where genetic transformation is challenging.
基金We would like to thank NSFC(61890943,21790360)National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFE0200700,2017YFA0204701)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS(No.2015024)。
文摘Summary of main observation and conclusion The development of selenophene-flanked DPP(SeDPP)based copolymers,especially for the ambipolar ones,lags behind other aromatic group flanked DPP-based polymers.Herein,we report two new ambipolar SeDPP-based conjugated polymers.One is the alternating polymer PSeDPPFT with normal SeDPP and 3,4-difluorothiophene units.The other is PSeFDFT,in which the electron acceptor unit is replaced by a new SeDPP derivative,referred as to half-fused SeDPP.The more planar structure of half fused SeDPP endows the backbone of PSeFDFT with good rigidity and planarity.Both polymers exhibit ambipolar transporting properties in air.The PSeFDFT based fleld-effect transistors(FETs)display higher and more balanced ambipolar properties with μnave of 0.27 cm2·V-1·s-1,μe ave of 0.18 cm2·V-1·s-1,and μh ave/μeave of 1.5 than those of PSeDPPFT(μhave=0.11cm2·V-1·s-1,μeave=0.042cm2·V-1·s-1,and μh/μe=2.6).This is attributed to the more planar structure,lower LUMO level,higher HOMO level,and better interchain packing orientations of PSeFDFT by comparing with PSeDPPFT.Therefore,a new molecular design strategy to modulate the hole and electron transporting properties is proposed for conjugated D-A polymers.
基金Supported by the Research Projects of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission(Grant No.2021Y0213).
文摘Summary What is already known about this topic?Previous surveys have mainly focused on how well residents and primary school students have understood the core knowledge of echinococcosis control and are limited in terms of the comprehensiveness of the knowledge category and respondents.What is added by this report?There were some shortcomings in related knowledge of echinococcosis among students,which showed a tendency to know methods but not the rationale.The differences among regions indicated a lack of a unified system for training educators and allocating comprehensive educational material.What are the implications for public health practices?The results of this study provide evidence to potentially help improve health education programs in the new phase of echinococcosis prevention and control in China.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(nos.21790360,21661132006,and 61890943)the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFA0204701)+2 种基金the Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS(no.2015024)for their financial supportWealso thank Dr.Joseph Strzalka and Dr.Zhang Jiang for their assistance with GIWAXS measurementsThe usage of the advanced photon source(APS)at Argonne National Laboratory was supported by the U.S.Department of Energy,Office of Science,Office of Basic Energy Sciences under contract no.DE-AC02-06CH11357.
文摘Multi-stimuli-responsive field-effect transistors(FETs)with organic/polymeric semiconductors have received increasing attention.Herein,we report a novel strategy for fabricating multi-stimuliresponsive polymeric semiconductors through the incorporation of spiropyran(SP)groups in the polymer side chains.The semiconducting performances of resultant FETs with a diketopyrrolopyrroles(DPP)-based conjugated donor–acceptor(D–A)polymer,that entails SP units in the side chains(pDSP-1),could be modulated reversibly through UV and visible light irradiations,or UV light irradiation and heating,or acid treatment and heating.Our studies reveal that during the reversible transformations of closed,open,and the protonated forms of spiropyran,achieved by light irradiations,heating,and under acidic conditions,a large dipole moment changes occur,which triggers the reversible variation of semiconducting performance of the FETs.
