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May 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Blue whale migratory pathways along the Eastern South Pacific

Tracks of five wide-ranging blue whales tagged in Chilean Northern Patagonia.

April 30, 2018

Blue whale migratory pathways along the Eastern South Pacific

Researchers tracked 10 blue whales and documented their individual variations in departure time, northbound migratory routes and potential wintering grounds in the Eastern South Pacific.

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May 7, 2018

Effects of nettle slurry (Urtica dioica L.) used as foliar fertilizer on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) yield and plant growth

Alfonso Garmendia, María Dolores Raigón, Olmo Marques, María Ferriol, Jorge Royo, Hugo Merle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4729 PubMed 29761049

May 28, 2018

A guideline for reporting experimental protocols in life sciences

Olga Giraldo, Alexander Garcia, Oscar Corcho

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4795 PubMed 29868256

May 8, 2018

Transcriptomic studies reveal a key metabolic pathway contributing to a well-maintained photosynthetic system under drought stress in foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.)

Weiping Shi, Jingye Cheng, Xiaojie Wen, Jixiang Wang, Guanyan Shi, Jiayan Yao, Liyuan Hou, Qian Sun, Peng Xiang, Xiangyang Yuan, Shuqi Dong, Pingyi Guo, Jie Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4752 PubMed 29761061

May 22, 2018

Molecular response of canola to salt stress: insights on tolerance mechanisms

Reza Shokri-Gharelo, Pouya Motie Noparvar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4822 PubMed 29844974

May 16, 2018

Identification and expression analysis of cytokinin metabolic genes IPTs, CYP735A and CKXs in the biofuel plant Jatropha curcas

Li Cai, Lu Zhang, Qiantang Fu, Zeng-Fu Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4812 PubMed 29785355

May 24, 2018

Identification of stem rust resistance genes in wheat cultivars in China using molecular markers

Xiaofeng Xu, Depeng Yuan, Dandan Li, Yue Gao, Ziyuan Wang, Yang Liu, Siting Wang, Yuanhu Xuan, Hui Zhao, Tianya Li, Yuanhua Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4882 PubMed 29844997

May 9, 2018

The rice XA21 ectodomain fused to the Arabidopsis EFR cytoplasmic domain confers resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

Nicholas C. Thomas, Nir Oksenberg, Furong Liu, Daniel Caddell, Alina Nalyvayko, Yen Nguyen, Benjamin Schwessinger, Pamela C. Ronald

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4456 PubMed 29761034

May 4, 2018

Candidate genes associated with red colour formation revealed by comparative genomic variant analysis of red- and green-skinned fruits of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)

Xiaopeng Ni, Song Xue, Shahid Iqbal, Wanxu Wang, Zhaojun Ni, Muhammad Khalil-ur-Rehman, Zhihong Gao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4625 PubMed 29740511

May 23, 2018

The complete chloroplast genome of Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce: genome organization and comparison with related species

Piotr Androsiuk, Jan Paweł Jastrzębski, Łukasz Paukszto, Adam Okorski, Agnieszka Pszczółkowska, Katarzyna Joanna Chwedorzewska, Justyna Koc, Ryszard Górecki, Irena Giełwanowska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4723 PubMed 29844954

May 23, 2018

Taxonomic monograph of Oxygyne (Thismiaceae), rare achlorophyllous mycoheterotrophs with strongly disjunct distribution

Martin Cheek, Hirokazu Tsukaya, Paula J. Rudall, Kenji Suetsugu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4828 PubMed 29844979

May 11, 2018

From the Guiana Highlands to the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest: four new species of Selaginella (Selaginellaceae – Lycopodiophyta: S. agioneuma, S. magnafornensis, S. ventricosa, and S. zartmanii)

Iván A. Valdespino, Christian A. López, Adriel M. Sierra, Jorge Ceballos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4708 PubMed 29770272

May 30, 2018

Potent antibacterial, antioxidant and toxic activities of extracts from Passiflora suberosa L. leaves

Kumudu R.V. Bandara, Chayanika Padumadasa, Dinithi C. Peiris