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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 22, 2018

Giant worms chez moi! Hammerhead flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae, Bipalium spp., Diversibipalium spp.) in metropolitan France and overseas French territories

15 citations

2,862 downloads

39,978 views

Jean-Lou Justine, Leigh Winsor, Delphine Gey, Pierre Gros, Jessica Thévenot

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4672 PubMed 29844951

May 7, 2018

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

1 citation

807 downloads

2,669 views

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

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

May 23, 2018

Impact of crop residue management on crop production and soil chemistry after seven years of crop rotation in temperate climate, loamy soils

20 citations

2,375 downloads

2,114 views

Marie-Pierre Hiel, Sophie Barbieux, Jérôme Pierreux, Claire Olivier, Guillaume Lobet, Christian Roisin, Sarah Garré, Gilles Colinet, Bernard Bodson, Benjamin Dumont

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4836 PubMed 29844983

May 29, 2018

Genome-wide characterization and expression analysis of GRAS gene family in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

10 citations

794 downloads

1,973 views

Baoling Liu, Yan Sun, Jinai Xue, Xiaoyun Jia, Runzhi Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4796 PubMed 29868257

May 9, 2018

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

7 citations

546 downloads

1,952 views

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 22, 2018

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

16 citations

856 downloads

1,898 views

Reza Shokri-Gharelo, Pouya Motie Noparvar

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

May 10, 2018

Glycosylceramide modifies the flavor and metabolic characteristics of sake yeast

5 citations

569 downloads

1,780 views

Jannatul Ferdouse, Yuki Yamamoto, Seiga Taguchi, Yumiko Yoshizaki, Kazunori Takamine, Hiroshi Kitagaki

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4768 PubMed 29761062

May 15, 2018

Knowing your neighbourhood—the effects of Epichloë endophytes on foliar fungal assemblages in perennial ryegrass in dependence of season and land-use intensity

8 citations

416 downloads

1,763 views

Julia König, Marco Alexandre Guerreiro, Derek Peršoh, Dominik Begerow, Jochen Krauss

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4660 PubMed 29780665

May 28, 2018

Antioxidant status of rats’ blood and liver affected by sodium selenite and selenium nanoparticles

5 citations

454 downloads

1,552 views

Lenka Urbankova, Pavel Horky, Jiri Skladanka, Magdalena Pribilova, Vendula Smolikova, Pavel Nevrkla, Natalia Cernei, Zuzana Lackova, Josef Hedbavny, Andrea Ridoskova, Vojtech Adam, Pavel Kopel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4862 PubMed 29868274

May 28, 2018

Agronomical, biochemical and histological response of resistant and susceptible wheat and barley under BYDV stress

1 citation

511 downloads

1,550 views

Shormin Choudhury, Hongliang Hu, Philip Larkin, Holger Meinke, Sergey Shabala, Ibrahim Ahmed, Meixue Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4833 PubMed 29868264

May 24, 2018

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

7 citations

700 downloads