Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 23, 2021

Organic farming practices change the soil bacteria community, improving soil quality and maize crop yields

Ademir Durrer, Thiago Gumiere, Maurício Rumenos Guidetti Zagatto, Henrique Petry Feiler, Antonio Marcos Miranda Silva, Rodrigo Henriques Longaresi, Sérgio K. Homma, Elke J.B.N. Cardoso

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11985 PubMed 34631309

September 23, 2021

Comparative analysis of codon usage patterns in chloroplast genomes of five Miscanthus species and related species

Jiajing Sheng, Xuan She, Xiaoyu Liu, Jia Wang, Zhongli Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12173 PubMed 34631315

September 21, 2021

Key auxin response factor (ARF) genes constraining wheat tillering of mutant dmc

Junchang Li, Yumei Jiang, Jing Zhang, Yongjing Ni, Zhixin Jiao, Huijuan Li, Ting Wang, Peipei Zhang, Wenlong Guo, Lei Li, Hongjie Liu, Hairong Zhang, Qiaoyun Li, Jishan Niu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12221 PubMed 34616635

September 24, 2021

Novel real-time PCR based assays for differentiating fall armyworm strains using four single nucleotide polymorphisms

Ashley E. Tessnow, Todd M. Gilligan, Eric Burkness, Caroline Placidi De Bortoli, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Patrick Porter, Danielle Sekula, Gregory A. Sword

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12195 PubMed 34631319

September 1, 2021

To culture or not to culture: a snapshot of culture-dependent and culture-independent bacterial diversity from peanut rhizosphere

Ankit Hinsu, Ashvin Dumadiya, Anjali Joshi, Rohitkumar Kotadiya, Kavan Andharia, Prakash Koringa, Ramesh Kothari

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12035 PubMed 34557347

September 9, 2021

Apis andreniformis associated Actinomycetes show antimicrobial activity against black rot pathogen (Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris)

Yaowanoot Promnuan, Saran Promsai, Wasu Pathom-aree, Sujinan Meelai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12097 PubMed 34589300

September 9, 2021

CBF transcription factors involved in the cold response of Camellia japonica (Naidong)

Menglong Fan, Rui Zhou, Qinghua Liu, Yingkun Sun