Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

June 27, 2018

Transcriptome profiling by RNA-Seq reveals differentially expressed genes related to fruit development and ripening characteristics in strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa)

16 citations

914 downloads

4,203 views

Panpan Hu, Gang Li, Xia Zhao, Fengli Zhao, Liangjie Li, Houcheng Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4976 PubMed 29967718

June 22, 2018

Melatonin significantly influences seed germination and seedling growth of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni

15 citations

896 downloads

2,574 views

Magdalena Simlat, Agata Ptak, Edyta Skrzypek, Marzena Warchoł, Emilia Morańska, Ewa Piórkowska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5009 PubMed 29942687

June 5, 2018

Discovery of digestive enzymes in carnivorous plants with focus on proteases

12 citations

933 downloads

4,468 views

Rishiesvari Ravee, Faris ‘Imadi Mohd Salleh, Hoe-Han Goh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4914 PubMed 29888132

June 14, 2018

Changes in DNA methylation assessed by genomic bisulfite sequencing suggest a role for DNA methylation in cotton fruiting branch development

9 citations

919 downloads

2,722 views

Quan Sun, Jing Qiao, Sai Zhang, Shibin He, Yuzhen Shi, Youlu Yuan, Xiao Zhang, Yingfan Cai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4945 PubMed 29915693

June 21, 2018

Initial response of phenology and yield components of wheat (Triticum durum L., CIRNO C2008) under experimental warming field conditions in the Yaqui Valley

6 citations

1,007 downloads

1,881 views

Jaime Garatuza-Payan, Leandris Argentel-Martinez, Enrico A. Yepez, Tulio Arredondo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5064 PubMed 29942702

June 28, 2018

Unsupervised segmentation of greenhouse plant images based on modified Latent Dirichlet Allocation

6 citations

898 downloads

2,881 views

Yi Wang, Lihong Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5036 PubMed 29967727

June 15, 2018

The use of chloroplast genome sequences to solve phylogenetic incongruences in Polystachya Hook (Orchidaceae Juss)

6 citations

615 downloads

2,281 views

Narjara Lopes de Abreu, Ruy José Válka Alves, Sérgio Ricardo Sodré Cardoso, Yann J.K. Bertrand, Filipe Sousa, Climbiê Ferreira Hall, Bernard E. Pfeil, Alexandre Antonelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4916 PubMed 29922511

June 25, 2018

Mulch and groundcover effects on soil temperature and moisture, surface reflectance, grapevine water potential, and vineyard weed management

6 citations

577 downloads

1,396 views

Christina M. Bavougian, Paul E. Read

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5082 PubMed 29967742

June 20, 2018

Plant-insect interactions patterns in three European paleoforests of the late-Neogene—early-Quaternary

5 citations

461 downloads

1,940 views

Benjamin Adroit, Vincent Girard, Lutz Kunzmann, Jean-Frédéric Terral, Torsten Wappler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5075 PubMed 29942705

June 7, 2018

Metal-binding polymorphism in late embryogenesis abundant protein AtLEA4-5, an intrinsically disordered protein

5 citations

424 downloads

1,713 views

Leidys French-Pacheco, Cesar L. Cuevas-Velazquez, Lina Rivillas-Acevedo, Alejandra A. Covarrubias, Carlos Amero

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4930 PubMed 29892507

June 29, 2018

Direct and legacy effects of plant-traits control litter decomposition in a deciduous oak forest in Mexico

4 citations

545 downloads

1,878 views

Bruno Chávez-Vergara, Agustín Merino, Antonio González-Rodríguez, Ken Oyama, Felipe García-Oliva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5095 PubMed 29967746

June 27, 2018

Two sugar beet chitinase genes, BvSP2 and BvSE2, analysed with SNP Amplifluor-like markers, are highly expressed after Fusarium root rot inoculations and field susceptibility trial

4 citations

328 downloads

1,436 views

Raushan Yerzhebayeva, Alfiya Abekova, Kerimkul Konysbekov, Sholpan Bastaubayeva, Aynur Kabdrakhmanova, Aiman Absattarova, Yuri Shavrukov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5127 PubMed 29967753

June 19, 2018

Comprehensive analysis of mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades in chrysanthemum

3 citations

411 downloads

1,715 views

Aiping Song, Yueheng Hu, Lian Ding, Xue Zhang, Peiling Li, Ye Liu, Fadi Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5037 PubMed 29942696

June 25, 2018

Complex characterization of oat (Avena sativa L.) lines obtained by wide crossing with maize (Zea mays L.)

3 citations

392 downloads

1,583 views

Edyta Skrzypek, Tomasz Warzecha, Angelika Noga, Marzena Warchoł, Ilona Czyczyło-Mysza, Kinga Dziurka, Izabela Marcińska, Kamila Kapłoniak, Agnieszka Sutkowska, Zygmunt Nita, Krystyna Werwińska, Dominika Idziak-Helmcke, Magdalena Rojek, Marta Hosiawa-Barańska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5107 PubMed 29967749

June 1, 2018

Understanding the cone scale in Cupressaceae: insights from seed-cone teratology in Glyptostrobus pensilis

3 citations

373 downloads

2,069 views

Veit Martin Dörken, Paula J. Rudall

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4948 PubMed 29868298

June 8, 2018

Process-based allometry describes the influence of management on orchard tree aboveground architecture

2 citations

590 downloads