Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 12, 2018

Agrichemicals and antibiotics in combination increase antibiotic resistance evolution

Brigitta Kurenbach, Amy M. Hill, William Godsoe, Sophie van Hamelsveld, Jack A. Heinemann

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5801 PubMed 30345180

October 26, 2018

Impact of organic and inorganic fertilizers on the yield and quality of silage corn intercropped with soybean

Ali Baghdadi, Ridzwan A. Halim, Ali Ghasemzadeh, Mohd Fauzi Ramlan, Siti Zaharah Sakimin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5280 PubMed 30386686

October 19, 2018

Continental-scale suppression of an invasive pest by a host-specific parasitoid underlines both environmental and economic benefits of arthropod biological control

Kris A.G. Wyckhuys, Prapit Wongtiem, Aunu Rauf, Anchana Thancharoen, George E. Heimpel, Nhung T.T. Le, Muhammad Zainal Fanani, Geoff M. Gurr, Jonathan G. Lundgren, Dharani D. Burra, Leo K. Palao, Glenn Hyman, Ignazio Graziosi, Vi X. Le, Matthew J.W. Cock, Teja Tscharntke, Steve D. Wratten, Liem V. Nguyen, Minsheng You, Yanhui Lu, Johannes W. Ketelaar, Georg Goergen, Peter Neuenschwander

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5796 PubMed 30364550

October 29, 2018

Effects of agricultural management on phyllosphere fungal diversity in vineyards and the association with adjacent native forests

Luis E. Castañeda, Toshiko Miura, Roland Sánchez, Olga Barbosa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5715 PubMed 30397540

October 30, 2018

Uncovering full-length transcript isoforms of sugarcane cultivar Khon Kaen 3 using single-molecule long-read sequencing

Jittima Piriyapongsa, Pavita Kaewprommal, Sirintra Vaiwsri, Songtham Anuntakarun, Warodom Wirojsirasak, Prapat Punpee, Peeraya Klomsa-ard, Philip J. Shaw, Wirulda Pootakham, Thippawan Yoocha, Duangjai Sangsrakru, Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang, Sissades Tongsima, Somvong Tragoonrung

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5818 PubMed 30397543

October 9, 2018

Effects of wine-cap Stropharia cultivation on soil nutrients and bacterial communities in forestlands of northern China

Sai Gong, Chen Chen, Jingxian Zhu, Guangyao Qi, Shuxia Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5741 PubMed 30324022

October 10, 2018

Residue management alters microbial diversity and activity without affecting their community composition in black soil, Northeast China

Siyu Gu, Xingjun Guo, Yuetong Cai, Zehui Zhang, Shuai Wu, Xin Li, Huihui Zhang, Wei Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5754 PubMed 30324027

October 23, 2018

Phosphate sorption and desorption by two contrasting volcanic soils of equatorial Africa

Sara Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Maria Luisa Fernandez-Marcos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5820 PubMed 30370187

October 25, 2018

Estimation of antimicrobial activities and fatty acid composition of actinobacteria isolated from water surface of underground lakes from Badzheyskaya and Okhotnichya caves in Siberia

Irina V. Voytsekhovskaya, Denis V. Axenov-Gribanov, Svetlana A. Murzina, Svetlana N. Pekkoeva, Eugeniy S. Protasov, Stanislav V. Gamaiunov, Maxim A. Timofeyev

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5832 PubMed 30386707

October 19, 2018

Toward an integrated approach to crop production and pollination ecology through the application of remote sensing

Bryony K. Willcox, Andrew J. Robson, Brad G. Howlett, Romina Rader

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5806 PubMed 30364410

October 31, 2018

Heterologous expression of a Glyoxalase I gene from sugarcane confers tolerance to several environmental stresses in bacteria

Qibin Wu, Shiwu Gao, Yong-Bao Pan, Yachun Su, Michael P. Grisham, Jinlong Guo, Liping Xu, Youxiong Que

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5873 PubMed 30402355

October 19, 2018

Effects of graded concentrations of supplemental selenium on selenium concentrations in tissues and prediction equations for estimating dietary selenium intake in pigs

Ah Reum Son, Jin-young Jeong, Kyu Ree Park, Minseok Kim, Sung Dae Lee, Ji-Hyock Yoo, Yoon-Jung Do, Kondreddy Eswar Reddy, Hyun-Jeong Lee