Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

December 7, 2016

Meta-analysis reveals that seed-applied neonicotinoids and pyrethroids have similar negative effects on abundance of arthropod natural enemies

Margaret R. Douglas, John F. Tooker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2776 PubMed 27957400

December 15, 2016

RNA interference as a gene silencing tool to control Tuta absoluta in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Roberto A. Camargo, Guilherme O. Barbosa, Isabella Presotto Possignolo, Lazaro E. P. Peres, Eric Lam, Joni E. Lima, Antonio Figueira, Henrique Marques-Souza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2673 PubMed 27994959

December 15, 2016

Harvest year effects on Apulian EVOOs evaluated by ¹H NMR based metabolomics

Chiara R. Girelli, Laura Del Coco, Paride Papadia, Sandra A. De Pascali, Francesco P. Fanizzi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2740 PubMed 27994965

December 13, 2016

Identifying suitable reference genes for gene expression analysis in developing skeletal muscle in pigs

Guanglin Niu, Yalan Yang, YuanYuan Zhang, Chaoju Hua, Zishuai Wang, Zhonglin Tang, Kui Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2428 PubMed 27994956

December 8, 2016

Bamboo tea: reduction of taxonomic complexity and application of DNA diagnostics based on rbcL and matK sequence data

Thomas Horn, Annette Häser

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2781 PubMed 27957401

December 7, 2016

Pests, diseases and crop protection practices in the smallholder sweetpotato production system of the highlands of Papua New Guinea

Geoff M. Gurr, Jian Liu, Anne C. Johnson, Deane N. Woruba, Gunnar Kirchhof, Ryosuke Fujinuma, William Sirabis, Yapo Jeffery, Ramakrishna Akkinapally

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2703 PubMed 27957387

December 14, 2016

Distribution and characteristic of nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation bacteria by comparative analysis of wastewater treatment plants and agriculture fields in northern China

Zhen Hu, Ru Ma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2766 PubMed 27994974

December 15, 2016

In situ earthworm breeding in orchards significantly improves the growth, quality and yield of papaya (Carica papaya L.)

Huimin Xiang, Jia-en Zhang, Lei Guo, Benliang Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2752 PubMed 27994969

December 1, 2016

Grassland productivity in response to nutrient additions and herbivory is scale-dependent

Erica A.H. Smithwick, Douglas C. Baldwin, Kusum J. Naithani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2745 PubMed 27920956

December 2016

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