Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 10, 2023

Yield-based drought tolerance index evaluates the drought tolerance of cotton germplasm lines in the interaction of genotype-by-environment

Fenglei Sun, Quanjia Chen, Qin Chen, Menghui Jiang, Yanying Qu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14367 PubMed 36643643

January 24, 2023

Pepper growth promotion and biocontrol against Xanthomonas euvesicatoria by Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis formulations

Jared Hernández-Huerta, Patricia Tamez-Guerra, Ricardo Gomez-Flores, Ma. Carmen E. Delgado-Gardea, Loreto Robles-Hernández, Ana Cecilia Gonzalez-Franco, Rocio Infante-Ramirez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14633 PubMed 36710864

January 18, 2023

Analysing the SPAD dynamics of water-stressed vs. well-watered sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) accessions and establishing their relationship with seed yield

Lora Anusha Pallavolu, Ratnakumar Pasala, Ramesh Kulasekaran, Brij Bihari Pandey, Umamahesh Virupaksham, Sandhyarani Perika

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14711 PubMed 36691485

January 17, 2023

Genome-wide identification and expression profile analysis of SWEET genes in Chinese jujube

Chong Yang, Xuan Zhao, Zhi Luo, Lihu Wang, Mengjun Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14704 PubMed 36684667

January 18, 2023

Potato bacterial wilt in Ethiopia: history, current status, and future perspectives

Gebrehanna Lemma Tessema, Hussen Ebrahim Seid

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14661 PubMed 36691487

January 11, 2023

Transcriptome and metabolome response of eggplant against Ralstonia solanacearum infection

Xi Ou Xiao, Wenqiu Lin, Enyou Feng, Xiongchang Ou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14658 PubMed 36647448

January 26, 2023

Detection of fungicide resistance to fludioxonil and tebuconazole in Fusarium pseudograminearum, the causal agent of Fusarium crown rot in wheat

Na Zhang, Yiying Xu, Qi Zhang, Le Zhao, Yanan Zhu, Yanhui Wu, Zhen Li, Wenxiang Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14705 PubMed 36721780

January 23, 2023

Effects of prohexadione calcium spraying during the booting stage on panicle traits, yield, and related physiological characteristics of rice under salt stress

XiXin Huang, Dianfeng Zheng, Naijie Feng, Anqi Huang, Rongjun Zhang, Fengyan Meng, Yin Jie, Baomin Mu, Dewei Mu, Hang Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14673 PubMed 36710858

January 9, 2023

The effects of soil drought stress on growth characteristics, root system, and tissue anatomy of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica

Fanjun Meng, Tianze Zhang, Dachuan Yin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14578 PubMed 36643639

January 3, 2023

Integrative genomic and transcriptomic analyses of a bud sport mutant ‘Jinzao Wuhe’ with the phenotype of large berries in grapevines

Jianquan Huang, Guan Zhang, Yanhao Li, Mingjie Lyu, He Zhang, Na Zhang, Rui Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14617 PubMed 36620751

January 20, 2023

Potential use of essential oils from Origanum vulgare and Syzygium aromaticum to control Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) on two host plant species

Hilal Susurluk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14475 PubMed 36700001

January 25, 2023

Effects of different proportions of stevia stalk on nutrient utilization and rumen fermentation in ruminal fluid derived from sheep

Xia Zhang, Ting Jiao, Shumin Ma, Xin Chen, Zhengwen Wang, Shengguo Zhao, Yue Ren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14689 PubMed 36718442

January 13, 2023

Research on the application of a cement and soil aggregate for the ecological restoration of vegetation in artificial soil

Zhuxin Mao, Qian Li, Yuchao Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14657 PubMed 36655042

January 25, 2023

Response of photosynthesis, the xanthophyll cycle, and wax in Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata L.) seedlings and saplings under high light conditions

Wei Li, Jiacheng Li, Jia Wei, Chunda Niu, Deguang Yang, Baiwen Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14757 PubMed 36718441

January 27, 2023

Relationship between the roots of Hippophae rhamnoides at different stump heights and the root microenvironment in feldspathic sandstone areas

Lu Liu, Yuefeng Guo, Xiaoyu Liu, Yunfeng Yao, Wei Qi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14819 PubMed 36726726

January 25, 2023

Genome-wide in silico identification of glutathione S-transferase (GST) gene family members in fig (Ficus carica L.) and expression characteristics during fruit color development

Longbo Liu, Shuxuan Zheng, Dekun Yang, Jie Zheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14406 PubMed 36718451

January 23, 2023

Genome-wide identification and expression reveal the involvement of the FCS-like zinc finger (FLZ) gene family in Gossypium hirsutum at low temperature

JunDuo Wang, Zhiqiang Li, Yajun Liang, Juyun Zheng, Zhaolong Gong, Guohui Zhou, Yuhui Xu, Xueyuan Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14690 PubMed 36710860

January 10, 2023

RNA-Seq and genetic diversity analysis of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) varieties in China

Wanwei Hou, Xiaojuan Zhang, Yuling Liu, Yujiao Liu, Bai li Feng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14259 PubMed 36643650

January 11, 2023

Anatomical and physiological responses of Aechmea blanchetiana (Bromeliaceae) induced by silicon and sodium chloride stress during in vitro culture

Rosiane Cipriano, João Paulo Rodrigues Martins, Lorenzo Toscano Conde, Mariela Mattos da Silva, Diolina Moura Silva, Andreia Barcelos Passos Lima Gontijo, Antelmo Ralph Falqueto

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14624 PubMed 36647445

January 16, 2023

Molecular marker development and genetic diversity exploration in Medicago polymorpha

Hailong Ren, Zhenwu Wei, Bo Zhou, Xiang Chen, Qiang Gao, Zhibin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14698 PubMed 36684677

January 9, 2023

Clasnip: a web-based intraspecies classifier and multi-locus sequence typing for pathogenic microorganisms using fragmented sequences

Jiacheng Chuan, Huimin Xu, Desmond L. Hammill, Lawrence Hale, Wen Chen, Xiang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14490 PubMed 36643626

January 17, 2023

The root enrichment of bacteria is consistent across different stress-resistant plant species

Feng Huang, Congyi Zhu, Minli Huang, Xiaobing Song, Aitian Peng