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 10, 2021

Carbon and nitrogen metabolism under nitrogen variation affects flavonoid accumulation in the leaves of Coreopsis tinctoria

Zhiyuan Li, Hong Jiang, Huizhuan Yan, Xiumei Jiang, Yan Ma, Yong Qin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12152 PubMed 34595068

September 30, 2021

Turf performance and physiological responses of native Poa species to summer stress in Northeast China

Yajun Chen, Zhixin Guo, Lili Dong, Zhenxuan Fu, Qianjiao Zheng, Gaoyun Zhang, Ligang Qin, Xiaoyang Sun, Zhenjie Shi, Shah Fahad, Fuchun Xie, Shah Saud

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12252 PubMed 34703673

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 2, 2021

Organic soil amendments using vermicomposts under inoculation of N₂-fixing bacteria for sustainable rice production

Mehdi Ghadimi, Alireza Sirousmehr, Mohammad Hossein Ansari, Ahmad Ghanbari

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10833 PubMed 34557340

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 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 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 21, 2021

Mass mortality of pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata (Gould)) in Japan in 2019 and 2020 is caused by an unidentified infectious agent

Tomomasa Matsuyama, Satoshi Miwa, Tohru Mekata, Yuta Matsuura, Tomokazu Takano, Chihaya Nakayasu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12180 PubMed 34616626

September 13, 2021

Genome-scale identification of plant defensin (PDF) family genes and molecular characterization of their responses to diverse nutrient stresses in allotetraploid rapeseed

Ying Liu, Ying-peng Hua, Huan Chen, Ting Zhou, Cai-peng Yue, Jin-yong Huang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12007 PubMed 34603847

September 9, 2021

Plastic response of Medicago sativa L. root system traits and cold resistance to simulated rainfall events

Zhensong Li, Liqiang Wan, Shuo Li, Xianglin Li, Feng He, Zongyong Tong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11962 PubMed 34589294

September 23, 2021

Evaluation of exotic oat (Avena sativa L.) varieties for forage and grain yield in response to different levels of nitrogen and phosphorous

Hamida Bibi, Suleman Hameed, Mudassar Iqbal, Amal Al-Barty, Hadeer Darwish, Amanullah Khan, Shazma Anwar, Ishaq Ahmad Mian, Murad Ali, Afia Zia, Muhammad Irfan, Maria Mussarat

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12112 PubMed 34631312

September 16, 2021

Determining relevant traits for selecting landrace accessions of Phaseolus lunatus L. for insect resistance

Roberto Rafael Ruiz-Santiago, Horacio Salómon Ballina-Gómez, Esau Ruiz-Sánchez, Jaime Martínez-Castillo, René Garruña-Hernández, Rubén Humberto Andueza-Noh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12088 PubMed 34616606

September 17, 2021

Model for finding the number of honey bee colonies needed for the optimal foraging process in a specific geographical location

Olvija Komasilova, Vitalijs Komasilovs, Armands Kviesis, Aleksejs Zacepins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12178 PubMed 34616624

September 23, 2021

Near-natural transformation of Pinus tabuliformis better improve soil nutrients and soil microbial community

You Yin, Qiuli Li, Haitao Du

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12098 PubMed 34631311

September 27, 2021

Evolution of inbreeding: a gaze into five Italian beef cattle breeds history

Giacomo Rovelli, Maria Gracia Luigi-Sierra, Dailu Guan, Fiorella Sbarra, Andrea Quaglia, Francesca Maria Sarti, Marcel Amills, Emiliano Lasagna

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12049 PubMed 34692245

September 9, 2021

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

Menglong Fan, Rui Zhou, Qinghua Liu, Yingkun Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12155 PubMed 34589310

September 8, 2021

No adverse effect of a maternal high carbohydrate diet on their offspring, in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Therese Callet, Hongyan Li, Anne Surget, Frederic Terrier, Franck Sandres, Anthony Lanuque, Stephane Panserat, Lucie Marandel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12102 PubMed 34589301

September 16, 2021

GnRH or estradiol benzoate combination with CIDR improves in-vivo embryo production in bovines (Bos indicus and Bos taurus) under subtropics

Khalid Mahmood, Muhammad Zahid Tahir, Mahboob Ahmad Butt, Shazia Mansoor Qureshi, Amjad Riaz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12077 PubMed 34616605

September 13, 2021

Sex- and stage-dependent expression patterns of odorant-binding and chemosensory protein genes in Spodoptera exempta

Yonghao Dong, Tong Li, Jin Liu, Meixue Sun, Xingyu Chen, Yongjie Liu, Pengjun Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12132 PubMed 34603852

September 9, 2021

Risk assessment of freezing injury during overwintering of wheat in the northern boundary of the Winter Wheat Region in China

Jiahui Guo, Xionghui Bai, Weiping Shi, Ruijie Li, Xingyu Hao, Hongfu Wang, Zhiqiang Gao, Jie Guo, Wen Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12154 PubMed 34589309

September 22, 2021

Microbial growth in biobeds for treatment of residual pesticide in banana plantations

Verónica I. Domínguez-Rodríguez, Eduardo Baltierra-Trejo, Rodolfo Gómez-Cruz, Randy H. Adams

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12200 PubMed 34616634

September 17, 2021

A cross-sectional study of the nasal and fecal microbiota of sows from different health status within six commercial swine farms

Andreia G. Arruda, Loic Deblais, Vanessa L. Hale, Christopher Madden, Monique Pairis-Garcia, Vishal Srivastava, Dipak Kathayat, Anand Kumar, Gireesh Rajashekara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12120 PubMed 34616608

September 6, 2021

Comparative analysis morphology, anatomical structure and transcriptional regulatory network of chlorophyll biosynthesis in Oryza longistaminata, O. sativa and their F₁ generation

Zhihang Hu, Xinyu Chen, Liexiang Huangfu, Shaobo Shao, Xiang Tao, Lishuang Song, Wenzhi Tong, Chuan-Deng Yi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12099 PubMed 34567844

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