Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 11, 2019

Use of a leaf chlorophyll content index to improve the prediction of above-ground biomass and productivity

Chuang Liu, Yi Liu, Yanhong Lu, Yulin Liao, Jun Nie, Xiaoliang Yuan, Fang Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6240 PubMed 30648006

January 9, 2019

Amelioration of drought effects in wheat and cucumber by the combined application of super absorbent polymer and potential biofertilizer

Yongbin Li, Haowen Shi, Haowei Zhang, Sanfeng Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6073 PubMed 30643688

January 11, 2019

Effects of Trichoderma seedling treatment with System of Rice Intensification management and with conventional management of transplanted rice

Ram B. Khadka, Norman Uphoff

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5877 PubMed 30693151

January 8, 2019

Defensin-like peptides in wheat analyzed by whole-transcriptome sequencing: a focus on structural diversity and role in induced resistance

Tatyana I. Odintsova, Marina P. Slezina, Ekaterina A. Istomina, Tatyana V. Korostyleva, Artem S. Kasianov, Alexey S. Kovtun, Vsevolod J. Makeev, Larisa A. Shcherbakova, Alexander M. Kudryavtsev

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6125 PubMed 30643692

January 31, 2019

Validation of reference genes for gene expression studies in post-harvest leaves of tea plant (Camellia sinensis)

Zi-wei Zhou, Hui-li Deng, Qing-yang Wu, Bin-bin Liu, Chuan Yue, Ting-ting Deng, Zhong-xiong Lai, Yun Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6385 PubMed 30723635

January 16, 2019

A new virus found in garlic virus complex is a member of possible novel genus of the family Betaflexiviridae (order Tymovirales)

Leonardo A. Da Silva, Athos S. Oliveira, Fernando L. Melo, Daniel M.P. Ardisson-Araújo, Francisco V. Resende, Renato O. Resende, Bergmann M. Ribeiro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6285 PubMed 30671312

January 25, 2019

Food-burying behavior in red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Wenquan Qin, Xuan Chen, Linda M. Hooper-Bùi, Jiacheng Cai, Lei Wang, Zhaohui Sun, Xiujun Wen, Cai Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6349 PubMed 30701141

January 28, 2019

Genome-wide identification of long non-coding RNAs in tomato plants irradiated by neutrons followed by infection with Tomato yellow leaf curl virus

Yujie Zhou, Won Kyong Cho, Hee-Seong Byun, Vivek Chavan, Eui-Joon Kil, Sukchan Lee, Seung-Woo Hong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6286 PubMed 30713817

January 9, 2019

Whole-genome comparisons of Penicillium spp. reveals secondary metabolic gene clusters and candidate genes associated with fungal aggressiveness during apple fruit decay

Guangxi Wu, Wayne M. Jurick II, Franz J. Lichtner, Hui Peng, Guohua Yin, Verneta L. Gaskins, Yanbin Yin, Sui-Sheng Hua, Kari A. Peter, Joan W. Bennett

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6170 PubMed 30643697

January 21, 2019

Genetic variability in a Brazilian apple germplasm collection with low chilling requirements

Livia Costa Mariano, Felipe Liss Zchonski, Clandio Medeiros da Silva, Paulo Roberto Da-Silva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6265 PubMed 30693149

January 11, 2019

The effects of afforestation on soil bacterial communities in temperate grassland are modulated by soil chemical properties

Shu-Hong Wu, Bing-Hong Huang, Jian Gao, Siqi Wang, Pei-Chun Liao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6147 PubMed 30648012

January 18, 2019

Aetiology of livestock fetal mortality in Mazandaran province, Iran

Afsaneh Amouei, Mehdi Sharif, Shahabeddin Sarvi, Ramin Bagheri Nejad, Sargis A. Aghayan, Mohammad Bagher Hashemi-Soteh, Azadeh Mizani, Seyed Abdollah Hosseini, Sara Gholami, Alireza Sadeghi, Mohammad Sarafrazi, Ahmad Daryani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5920 PubMed 30687586

January 31, 2019

High-resolution maps of Swiss apiaries and their applicability to study spatial distribution of bacterial honey bee brood diseases

Raphael S. von Büren, Bernadette Oehen, Nikolaus J. Kuhn, Silvio Erler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6393 PubMed 30723636

January 25, 2019

Effects of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis infection on egg production and the immune response of the laying duck Anas platyrhynchos

Yu Zhang, Yang Chen, Tiantian Gu, Qi Xu, Guoqiang Zhu, Guohong Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6359 PubMed 30701142

January 30, 2019

Spatial variability in soil pH and land use as the main influential factor in the red beds of the Nanxiong Basin, China

Ping Yan, Hua Peng, Luobin Yan, Shaoyun Zhang, Aimin Chen, Kairong Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6342 PubMed 30723625

January 18, 2019

Photosynthesis, yield and raw material quality of sugarcane injured by multiple pests

José A.S. Rossato Jr, Leonardo L. Madaleno, Márcia J.R. Mutton, Leon G. Higley, Odair A. Fernandes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6166 PubMed 30687588

January 10, 2019

Optimization of a pretreatment and hydrolysis process for the efficient recovery of recycled sugars and unknown compounds from agricultural sweet sorghum bagasse stem pith solid waste

Ting-Ting Jiang, Yan Liang, Xiang Zhou, Zi-Wei Shi, Zhi-Jun Xin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6186 PubMed 30647997

January 15, 2019

Influence of light intensity, fertilizing and season on the cirsiliol content, a chemical marker of Leonotis nepetifolia (Lamiaceae)

Ana Paula de Oliveira, Ivanildo Viana Borges, Emanuella Chiara Valença Pereira, Thiala Alves Feitosa, Raira Feitosa dos Santos, Raimundo Gonçalves de Oliveira-Junior, Larissa Araújo Rolim, Lucas Gustavo Ferreira Cordeiro Viana, Luciano Augusto de Araújo Ribeiro, Alan Diego da Conceição Santos, Pedro José Rolim-Neto, Jackson Roberto Guedes da Silva Almeida

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6187 PubMed 30671296

January 15, 2019

TGF-beta signalling in bovine mammary gland involution and a comparative assessment of MAC-T and BME-UV1 cells as in vitro models for its study

Charlotte Alexandra Mitz, Alicia Mercedes Viloria-Petit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6210 PubMed 30671288

January 16, 2019

Screening of reference genes in real-time PCR for Radopholus similis

Jun-Yi Li, Wan-Zhu Chen, Si-Hua Yang, Chun-Ling Xu, Xin Huang, Chun Chen, Hui Xie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6253 PubMed 30671304

January 30, 2019

Expression of matrix metalloproteinases to induce the expression of genes associated with apoptosis during corpus luteum development in bovine

Sang Hwan Kim, Ji Hye Lee, Jong Taek Yoon