Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 24, 2020

Drought stress strengthens the link between chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and photosynthetic traits

Jie Zhuang, Yonglin Wang, Yonggang Chi, Lei Zhou, Jijing Chen, Wen Zhou, Jun Song, Ning Zhao, Jianxi Ding

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10046 PubMed 33024649

September 16, 2020

Entomopathogenic fungi decrease Rhizoctonia disease in potato in field conditions

Oksana G. Tomilova, Elena M. Shaldyaeva, Natalia A. Kryukova, Yulia V. Pilipova, Natalia S. Schmidt, Viktor P. Danilov, Vadim Y. Kryukov, Viktor V. Glupov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9895 PubMed 32995085

September 3, 2020

Seed germination and early seedling survival of the invasive species Prosopis juliflora (Fabaceae) depend on habitat and seed dispersal mode in the Caatinga dry forest

Clóvis Eduardo de Souza Nascimento, Carlos Alberto Domingues da Silva, Inara Roberta Leal, Wagner de Souza Tavares, José Eduardo Serrão, José Cola Zanuncio, Marcelo Tabarelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9607 PubMed 32953255

September 17, 2020

Role of reactive oxygen species and isoflavonoids in soybean resistance to the attack of the southern green stink bug

Ivana Sabljic, Jesica A. Barneto, Karina B. Balestrasse, Jorge A. Zavala, Eduardo A. Pagano

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9956 PubMed 32995095

September 14, 2020

Seasonal and successional dynamics of size-dependent plant demographic rates in a tropical dry forest

Irving Saenz-Pedroza, Richard Feldman, Casandra Reyes-García, Jorge A. Meave, Luz Maria Calvo-Irabien, Filogonio May-Pat, Juan M. Dupuy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9636 PubMed 32983631

September 18, 2020

Different responses of plant N and P resorption to overgrazing in three dominant species in a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia, China

Zhen Wang, Saheed Olaide Jimoh, Xiliang Li, Baoming Ji, Paul C. Struik, Shixian Sun, Ji Lei, Yong Ding, Yong Zhang