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 29, 2021

Nickel stress-tolerance in plant-bacterial associations

Veronika Pishchik, Galina Mirskaya, Elena Chizhevskaya, Vladimir Chebotar, Debasis Chakrabarty

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12230 PubMed 34703670

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 21, 2021

Response of plant diversity and soil physicochemical properties to different gap sizes in a Pinus massoniana plantation

Qian Lyu, Jiangli Liu, Junjie Liu, Yan Luo, Luman Chen, Gang Chen, Kuangji Zhao, Yuqin Chen, Chuan Fan, Xianwei Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12222 PubMed 34616636

September 8, 2021

High throughput sequencing-based analysis of the soil bacterial community structure and functions of Tamarix shrubs in the lower reaches of the Tarim River

Fangnan Xiao, Yuanyuan Li, Guifang Li, Yaling He, Xinhua Lv, Li Zhuang, Xiaozhen Pu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12105 PubMed 34589303

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 22, 2021

Transcriptome and structure analysis in root of Casuarina equisetifolia under NaCl treatment

Yujiao Wang, Jin Zhang, Zhenfei Qiu, Bingshan Zeng, Yong Zhang, Xiaoping Wang, Jun Chen, Chonglu Zhong, Rufang Deng, Chunjie Fan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12133 PubMed 34616610

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 15, 2021

The expansion and diversity of the CYP75 gene family in Vitaceae

Yang Xiao, Jun Wen, Ran Meng, Ying Meng, Qiang Zhou, Ze-Long Nie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12174 PubMed 34616623

September 13, 2021

Phylogenetic relationships of sucrose transporters (SUTs) in plants and genome-wide characterization of SUT genes in Orchidaceae reveal roles in floral organ development

Yunzhu Wang, Yue Chen, Qingzhen Wei, Hongjian Wan, Chongbo Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11961 PubMed 34603845

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 28, 2021

Influence of Pleistocene climatic oscillations on the phylogeography and demographic history of endemic vulnerable trees (section Magnolia) of the Tropical Montane Cloud Forest in Mexico

Yessica Rico, M. Ángel León-Tapia, Marisol Zurita-Solís, Flor Rodríguez-Gómez, Suria Gisela Vásquez-Morales

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12181 PubMed 34692249

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 16, 2021

Antioxidants, inhibits the growth of foodborne pathogens and reduces nitric oxide activity in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells of nipa palm vinegar

Wilaiwan Senghoi, Wiyada Kwanhian Klangbud