Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 5, 2022

Theobroma cacao L. cultivar CCN 51: a comprehensive review on origin, genetics, sensory properties, production dynamics, and physiological aspects

Ramon E. Jaimez, Luigy Barragan, Miguel Fernández-Niño, Ludger A. Wessjohann, George Cedeño-Garcia, Ignacio Sotomayor Cantos, Francisco Arteaga

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12676 PubMed 35036091

January 25, 2022

Diversity and structure of the microbial community in rhizosphere soil of Fritillaria ussuriensis at different health levels

Ning Jiao, Xiaoshuang Song, Ruiqing Song, Dachuan Yin, Xun Deng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12778 PubMed 35127284

January 5, 2022

Increased mutation efficiency of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in banana by optimized construct

Sen Zhang, Shaoping Wu, Chunhua Hu, Qiaosong Yang, Tao Dong, Ou Sheng, Guiming Deng, Weidi He, Tongxin Dou, Chunyu Li, Chenkang Sun, Ganjun Yi, Fangcheng Bi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12664 PubMed 35036088

January 6, 2022

Uvariopsis dicaprio (Annonaceae) a new tree species with notes on its pollination biology, and the Critically Endangered narrowly endemic plant species of the Ebo Forest, Cameroon

George Gosline, Martin Cheek, Jean Michel Onana, Eric Ngansop Tchatchouang, Xander M. van der Burgt, Lorna MacKinnon, Léo-Paul M. J. Dagallier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12614 PubMed 35036131

January 19, 2022

Biological effects of gamma-ray radiation on tulip (Tulipa gesneriana L.)

Yirui Li, Li Chen, Xiaodie Zhan, Liang Liu, Feihong Feng, Zihua Guo, Dan Wang, Hao Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12792 PubMed 35111407

January 4, 2022

Pecan agroforestry systems improve soil quality by stimulating enzyme activity

Zhaocheng Wang, Mengyu Zhou, Hua Liu, Cheng Huang, Yuhua Ma, Hao xin Ge, Xiang Ge, Songling Fu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12663 PubMed 35036087

January 5, 2022

Genome-wide sequence identification and expression analysis of N⁶-methyladenosine demethylase in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) under salt stress

Jie Cui, Junli Liu, Junliang Li, Dayou Cheng, Cuihong Dai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12719 PubMed 35036097

January 11, 2022

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the cucumber PYL gene family

Zeyu Zhang, Shilei Luo, Zeci Liu, Zilong Wan, Xueqin Gao, Yali Qiao, Jihua Yu, Guobin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12786 PubMed 35047239

January 12, 2022

Waterlogging tolerance and recovery capability screening in peanut: a comparative analysis of waterlogging effects on physiological traits and yield

Ruier Zeng, Jing Cao, Xi Li, Xinyue Wang, Ying Wang, Suzhe Yao, Yu Gao, Jing Hu, Mingzhu Luo, Lei Zhang, Tingting Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12741 PubMed 35070503

January 5, 2022

Highly divergent isolates of chrysanthemum virus B and chrysanthemum virus R infecting chrysanthemum in Russia

Sergei N. Chirkov, Anna Sheveleva, Anastasiya Snezhkina, Anna Kudryavtseva, George Krasnov, Alexander Zakubanskiy, Irina Mitrofanova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12607 PubMed 35036085

January 21, 2022

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the VQ gene family in Cucurbita pepo L.

Ke Xu, Ping Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12827 PubMed 35116202

January 4, 2022

Genome-wide identification and expression profile of YABBY genes in Averrhoa carambola

Chengru Li, Na Dong, Liming Shen, Meng Lu, Junwen Zhai, Yamei Zhao, Lei Chen, Zhiting Wan, Zhongjian Liu, Hui Ren, Shasha Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12558 PubMed 35036123

January 17, 2022

Sixteenth-century tomatoes in Europe: who saw them, what they looked like, and where they came from

Tinde van Andel, Rutger A. Vos, Ewout Michels, Anastasia Stefanaki

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12790 PubMed 35111406

January 13, 2022

Genome-wide identification and evolution of WNK kinases in Bambusoideae and transcriptional profiling during abiotic stress in Phyllostachys edulis

RongXiu Liu, Naresh Vasupalli, Dan Hou, Antony Stalin, Hantian Wei, Huicong Zhang, Xinchun Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12718 PubMed 35070502

January 27, 2022

Maple and hickory leaf litter fungal communities reflect pre-senescent leaf communities

Julian A. Liber, Douglas H. Minier, Anna Stouffer-Hopkins, Judson Van Wyk, Reid Longley, Gregory Bonito

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12701 PubMed 35127279

January 31, 2022

The effect of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid on the production of oat (Avena sativa L.) doubled haploid lines through wide hybridization

Katarzyna Juzoń, Marzena Warchoł, Kinga Dziurka, Ilona Mieczysława Czyczyło-Mysza, Izabela Marcińska, Edyta Skrzypek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12854 PubMed 35178299

January 18, 2022

Prediction of active ingredients in Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge. based on soil elements and artificial neural network

Yu Liu, Ke Wang, Zhu-Yun Yan, Xiaofeng Shen, Xinjie Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12726 PubMed 35111394

January 3, 2022

Land-use history impacts spatial patterns and composition of woody plant species across a 35-hectare temperate forest plot

David A. Orwig, Jason A. Aylward, Hannah L. Buckley, Bradley S. Case, Aaron M. Ellison

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12693 PubMed 35036094

January 10, 2022

Identification and expression analysis of the sucrose synthase gene family in pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)

Longbo Liu, Jie Zheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12814 PubMed 35047243

January 18, 2022

Morphological and biochemical responses of tropical seagrasses (Family: Hydrocharitaceae) under colonization of the macroalgae Ulva reticulata Forsskål

Lau Sheng Hann Emmclan, Muta Harah Zakaria, Shiamala Devi Ramaiya, Ikhsan Natrah, Japar Sidik Bujang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12821 PubMed 35111414

January 20, 2022

Knockdown of GmD53a confers strigolactones mediated rhizobia interaction and promotes nodulation in soybean

Naveed Rehman, Fahim Ullah Khan, Muhammad Imran, Shahid Ali Rajput, Yiming Li, Ihteram Ullah, Rana waseem Akhtar, Muhammad Imran, Arwa Abdulkreem AL-Huqail, Ahmad El Askary, Amany Salah Khalifa, Muhammad Tehseen Azhar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12815 PubMed 35116200

January 28, 2022

Effect of biological treatment used before harvesting and storage methods on the quality, health and microbial characteristics of unripe hazelnut in the husk (Corylus avellana L.)

Bogumił Markuszewski, Anna Adriana Bieniek, Urszula Wachowska, Arkadiusz Bieniek, Izabela Krzymińska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12760 PubMed 35174012

January 20, 2022

Convergent molecular evolution of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene family in C₄ and crassulacean acid metabolism plants

Jiang-Ping Shu, Yue-Hong Yan, Rui-Jiang Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12828 PubMed 35116203

January 13, 2022

Filtered mud improves sugarcane growth and modifies the functional abundance and structure of soil microbial populations

Ahmad Yusuf Abubakar, Muhammed Mustapha Ibrahim, Caifang Zhang, Muhammad Tayyab, Nyumah Fallah, Ziqi Yang, Ziqin Pang, Hua Zhang