Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 29, 2020

A simple and efficient cloning system for CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing in rice

1 citation

1,800 downloads

2,407 views

Xiaoli Liu, Xiujuan Zhou, Kang Li, Dehong Wang, Yuanhao Ding, Xianqing Liu, Jie Luo, Chuanying Fang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8491 PubMed 32030327

January 23, 2020

Occurrence, ecological function and medical importance of dermestid beetle hastisetae

471 downloads

1,962 views

Enrico Ruzzier, Marcin Kadej, Andrea Battisti

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8340 PubMed 32002326

January 9, 2020

Effects of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on co-inoculation with Bradyrhizobium in soybean crop: a meta-analysis of studies from 1987 to 2018

6 citations

756 downloads

1,872 views

Douglas M. Zeffa, Lucas H. Fantin, Alessandra Koltun, André L.M. de Oliveira, Maria P.B.A. Nunes, Marcelo G. Canteri, Leandro S.A. Gonçalves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7905 PubMed 31942248

January 3, 2020

Transcriptional patterns of Coffea arabica L. nitrate reductase, glutamine and asparagine synthetase genes are modulated under nitrogen suppression and coffee leaf rust

4 citations

296 downloads

1,664 views

Viviane Yumi Baba, Masako Toma Braghini, Tiago Benedito dos Santos, Kenia de Carvalho, João Danillo Moura Soares, Suzana Tiemi Ivamoto-Suzuki, Mirian P. Maluf, Lilian Padilha, Luzia D. Paccola-Meirelles, Luiz Filipe Pereira, Douglas S. Domingues

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8320 PubMed 31915587

January 10, 2020

16S rRNA metagenomic analysis of the bacterial community associated with turf grass seeds from low moisture and high moisture climates

2 citations

438 downloads

1,348 views

Qiang Chen, William A. Meyer, Qiuwei Zhang, James F. White

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8417 PubMed 31942261

January 6, 2020

Comparative analysis of primary metabolites and transcriptome changes between ungrafted and pumpkin-grafted watermelon during fruit development

5 citations

822 downloads

1,258 views

Ali Aslam, Shengjie Zhao, Muhammad Azam, Xuqiang Lu, Nan He, Bingbing Li, Junling Dou, Hongju Zhu, Wenge Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8259 PubMed 31934503

January 30, 2020

Morpho-physiological traits, biochemical response and phytoextraction potential of short-term copper stress on kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) seedlings

19 citations

329 downloads

1,195 views

Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Shah Fahad, Muzammal Rehman, Shah Saud, Yousaf Jamal, Sajjad Khan, Lijun Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8321 PubMed 32030320

January 17, 2020

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of NADPH oxidase genes in response to ABA and abiotic stresses, and in fibre formation in Gossypium

7 citations

471 downloads

1,151 views

Gaofeng Zhang, Caimeng Yue, Tingting Lu, Lirong Sun, Fushun Hao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8404 PubMed 31988810

January 22, 2020

Prehaustorial local resistance to coffee leaf rust in a Mexican cultivar involves expression of salicylic acid-responsive genes

1 citation

600 downloads

1,024 views

Edgar Couttolenc-Brenis, Gloria L. Carrión, Luc Villain, Fernando Ortega-Escalona, Daniel Ramírez-Martínez, Martín Mata-Rosas, Alfonso Méndez-Bravo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8345 PubMed 32002327

January 17, 2020

Comparative analysis of the demographic parameters of seven spotted ladybird beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) reared on various host aphid species

321 downloads

1,023 views

Muhammad Farooq, Xun Zhu, Muhammad Shakeel, Ayesha Iftikhar, Muhammad Rafiq Shahid, Nadia Saeed, Muhammad Shahid Arain

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8313 PubMed 31988801

January 10, 2020

The influence of ecological infrastructures adjacent to crops on their carabid assemblages in intensive agroecosystems

3 citations

347 downloads

1,012 views

Emilie Pecheur, Julien Piqueray, Arnaud Monty, Marc Dufrêne, Grégory Mahy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8094 PubMed 31942249

January 17, 2020

Isolation, sequencing, and expression analysis of 30 AP2/ERF transcription factors in apple

355 downloads

914 views

Huifeng Li, Qinglong Dong, Qiang Zhao, Song Shi, Kun Ran

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8391 PubMed 31988809

January 7, 2020

Risk of phosphorus losses in surface runoff from agricultural land in the Baltic Commune of Puck in the light of assessment performed on the basis of DPS indicator

1 citation

329 downloads

787 views

Stefan Pietrzak, Grażyna Pazikowska-Sapota, Grażyna Dembska, Lidia Anita Dzierzbicka-Glowacka, Dominika Juszkowska, Zuzanna Majewska, Marek Urbaniak, Dominika Ostrowska, Agnieszka Cichowska, Katarzyna Galer-Tatarowicz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8396 PubMed 31938583

January 3, 2020

Identification of a genome-specific repetitive element in the Gossypium D genome

314 downloads

713 views

Hejun Lu, Xinglei Cui, Yanyan Zhao, Richard Odongo Magwanga, Pengcheng Li, Xiaoyan Cai, Zhongli Zhou, Xingxing Wang, Yuling Liu, Yanchao Xu, Yuqing Hou, Renhai Peng, Kunbo Wang, Fang Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8344 PubMed 31915591

January 31, 2020

Novel insights into the effect of drought stress on the development of root and caryopsis in barley

1 citation

388 downloads

697 views

Fali Li, Xinyu Chen, Xurun Yu, Mingxin Chen, Wenyi Lu, Yunfei Wu, Fei Xiong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8469 PubMed 32030325

January 22, 2020

Shifts in soil nutrient concentrations and C:N:P stoichiometry during long-term natural vegetation restoration

4 citations

406 downloads