Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

April 6, 2021

Extensive microbial diversity within the chicken gut microbiome revealed by metagenomics and culture

Rachel Gilroy, Anuradha Ravi, Maria Getino, Isabella Pursley, Daniel L. Horton, Nabil-Fareed Alikhan, Dave Baker, Karim Gharbi, Neil Hall, Mick Watson, Evelien M. Adriaenssens, Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko, Sheikh Jarju, Arss Secka, Martin Antonio, Aharon Oren, Roy R. Chaudhuri, Roberto La Ragione, Falk Hildebrand, Mark J. Pallen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10941 PubMed 33868800

April 16, 2021

Antifungal properties of volatile organic compounds produced by Daldinia eschscholtzii MFLUCC 19-0493 isolated from Barleria prionitis leaves against Colletotrichum acutatum and its post-harvest infections on strawberry fruits

Sarunpron Khruengsai, Patcharee Pripdeevech, Chutima Tanapichatsakul, Chanin Srisuwannapa, Priya Esilda D’Souza, Parinya Panuwet

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11242 PubMed 33959421

April 16, 2021

Evaluation potential of PGPR to protect tomato against Fusarium wilt and promote plant growth

Rizwana begum Syed Nabi, Raheem Shahzad, Rupesh Tayade, Muhammad Shahid, Adil Hussain, Muhammad Waqas Ali, Byung-Wook Yun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11194 PubMed 33959416

April 20, 2021

Widely assumed phenotypic associations in Cannabis sativa lack a shared genetic basis

Daniela Vergara, Cellene Feathers, Ezra L. Huscher, Ben Holmes, Jacob A. Haas, Nolan C. Kane

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10672 PubMed 33976953

April 12, 2021

Influence of conservation tillage on Greenhouse gas fluxes and crop productivity in spring-wheat agroecosystems on the Loess Plateau of China

Abdul-Rauf Malimanga Alhassan, Chuanjie Yang, Weiwei Ma, Guang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11064 PubMed 33954028

April 22, 2021

Commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculant failed to establish in a vineyard despite priority advantage

Corrina Thomsen, Laura Loverock, Vasilis Kokkoris, Taylor Holland, Patricia A. Bowen, Miranda Hart

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11119 PubMed 33981489

April 16, 2021

The physiological response of Ectomycorrhizal fungus Lepista sordida to Cd and Cu stress

Yin Dachuan, Qi Jinyu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11115 PubMed 33959412

April 20, 2021

Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on California dairies: descriptive and cluster analyses of AMR phenotype of fecal commensal bacteria isolated from adult cows

Essam M. Abdelfattah, Pius S. Ekong, Emmanuel Okello, Tapakorn Chamchoy, Betsy M. Karle, Randi A. Black, David Sheedy, Wagdy R. ElAshmawy, Deniece R. Williams, Daniela Califano, Luis Fernando Durán Tovar, Jonathan Ongom, Terry W. Lehenbauer, Barbara A. Byrne, Sharif S. Aly

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11108 PubMed 33976962

April 27, 2021

Genome-wide identification, classification, and expression analysis of the HSF gene family in pineapple (Ananas comosus)

Lulu Wang, Yanhui Liu, Mengnan Chai, Huihuang Chen, Mohammad Aslam, Xiaoping Niu, Yuan Qin, Hanyang Cai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11329 PubMed 33987013

April 30, 2021

Cinnamaldehyde inhibits the growth of Phytophthora capsici through disturbing metabolic homoeostasis

Yinan Wang, Mengke Wang, Min Li, Te Zhao, Lin Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11339 PubMed 33987017

April 15, 2021

Identification and characterization of melon circular RNAs involved in powdery mildew responses through comparative transcriptome analysis

Jianlei Sun, Yumei Dong, Chongqi Wang, Shouhua Xiao, Zigao Jiao, Chao Gao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11216 PubMed 33959417

April 6, 2021

Quality attributes and cooking properties of commercial Thai rice noodles

Supaluck Kraithong, Saroat Rawdkuen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11113 PubMed 33868813

April 9, 2021

Detrimental effects of heat stress on grain weight and quality in rice (Oryza sativa L.) are aggravated by decreased relative humidity

Haoliang Yan, Chunhu Wang, Ke Liu, Xiaohai Tian

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11218 PubMed 33889448

April 26, 2021

Integrated metabolome and transcriptome revealed the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway in developing Vernonia amygdalina leaves

Lanya Shui, Kaisen Huo, Yan Chen, Zilin Zhang, Yanfang Li, Jun Niu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11239 PubMed 33981500

April 14, 2021

Molecular evidence of the avocado defense response to Fusarium kuroshium infection: a deep transcriptome analysis using RNA-Seq

Claudia-Anahí Pérez-Torres, Enrique Ibarra-Laclette, Eric-Edmundo Hernández-Domínguez, Benjamín Rodríguez-Haas, Alan-Josué Pérez-Lira, Emanuel Villafán, Alexandro Alonso-Sánchez, Clemente de Jesús García-Ávila, José-Abrahán Ramírez-Pool, Diana Sánchez-Rangel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11215 PubMed 33954045

April 27, 2021

Pre- and post-partum variation in wool cortisol and wool micron in Australian Merino ewe sheep (Ovis aries)

Gregory Sawyer, Dylan Russell Fox, Edward Narayan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11288 PubMed 33987000

April 22, 2021

Soil microbial diversity in organic and non-organic pasture systems

Mohan Acharya, Amanda J. Ashworth, Yichao Yang, Joan M. Burke, Jung Ae Lee, Roshani Sharma Acharya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11184 PubMed 33981494

April 29, 2021

Identification of QTL for barley grain size

Junmei Wang, Xiaojian Wu, Wenhao Yue, Chenchen Zhao, Jianming Yang, Meixue Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11287 PubMed 33986999

April 27, 2021

Transcriptomics analysis reveals the effect of Broussonetia papyrifera L. fermented feed on meat quality traits in fattening lamb

Xuejiao An, Shengwei Zhang, Taotao Li, Nana Chen, Xia Wang, Baojun Zhang, Youji Ma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11295 PubMed 33987003

April 19, 2021

FNDC5 expression closely correlates with muscle fiber types in porcine longissimus dorsi muscle and regulates myosin heavy chains (MyHCs) mRNA expression in C2C12 cells

Xiao-Ming Men, Zi-Wei Xu, Xin Tao, Bo Deng, Ke-Ke Qi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11065 PubMed 33976958

April 21, 2021

Photoperiod induced the pituitary differential regulation of lncRNAs and mRNAs related to reproduction in sheep

Xiaoyun He, Lin Tao, Yingjie Zhong, Ran Di, Qing Xia, Xiangyu Wang, Xiaofei Guo, Shangquan Gan, Xiaosheng Zhang, Jinlong Zhang, Qiuyue Liu, Mingxing Chu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10953 PubMed 33976954

April 27, 2021

Phenotypic, molecular and pathogenic characterization of Colletotrichum scovillei infecting Capsicum species in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Renata Mussoi Giacomin, Claudete de Fátima Ruas, Viviane Yumi Baba, Sara Mataroli De Godoy, Claudia Pombo Sudré, Cintia dos Santos Bento, Maura Da Cunha, Ingrid Gaspar Da Costa Geronimo, Rosana Rodrigues, Leandro SA Gonçalves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10782 PubMed 33986974

April 5, 2021

Magnesium may be a key nutrient mechanism related to Fusarium wilt resistance: a new banana cultivar (Zhongjiao No. 9)

Weifang Hu, Baomei Yang, Zhaohuan He, Guoliang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11141 PubMed 33868816

April 21, 2021

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the EXO70 gene family in grape (Vitis vinifera L)

Han Wang, Zong-Huan Ma, Juan Mao, Bai-Hong Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11176 PubMed 33976971

April 6, 2021

Proteomic analysis reveals key proteins involved in ethylene-induced adventitious root development in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Jian Lyu, Yue Wu, Xin Jin, Zhongqi Tang, Weibiao Liao, Mohammed Mujitaba Dawuda, Linli Hu, Jianming Xie, Jihua Yu, Alejandro Calderón-Urrea