Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

February 10, 2023

Comparative chloroplast genomics of three species of Bulbophyllum section Cirrhopetalum (Orchidaceae), with an emphasis on the description of a new species from Eastern Himalaya

Mengkai Li, Lu Tang, Jianping Deng, Hanqing Tang, Shicheng Shao, Zhen Xing, Yan Luo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14721 PubMed 36793888

February 3, 2023

Growth of water hyacinth biomass and its impact on the floristic composition of aquatic plants in a wetland ecosystem of the Brahmaputra floodplain of Assam, India

Durlov Lahon, Dhrubajyoti Sahariah, Jatan Debnath, Nityaranjan Nath, Gowhar Meraj, Majid Farooq, Shruti Kanga, Suraj Kumar Singh, Kesar Chand

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14811 PubMed 36755867

February 21, 2023

Meta-analytic evidence that allelopathy may increase the success and impact of invasive grasses

Manya Singh, Curtis C. Daehler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14858 PubMed 36846446

February 3, 2023

Comparative chloroplast genome analyses of diverse Phoebe (Lauraceae) species endemic to China provide insight into their phylogeographical origin

Wenbo Shi, Weicai Song, Zimeng Chen, Haohong Cai, Qin Gong, Jin Liu, Chao Shi, Shuo Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14573 PubMed 36755871

February 24, 2023

Comprehensive study of rice YABBY gene family: evolution, expression and interacting proteins analysis

Ting Zhang, Anqi Wu, Xiaosong Hu, Qiyu Deng, Ziyi Ma, Lina Su

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14783 PubMed 36860761

February 2, 2023

Differential gene expression analysis and physiological response characteristics of passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) buds under high-temperature stress

Hongli Wang, Jiucheng Zhao, Miao Lai, Yingqing Zhang, Wenwu Qiu, Yanyan Li, Hailian Tu, Qichang Ling, Xinfeng Fu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14839 PubMed 36751639

February 8, 2023

Integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic analysis reveal the effect of mechanical stress on sugar metabolism in tea leaves (Camellia sinensis) post-harvest

Zhilong Hao, Yanping Tan, Jiao Feng, Hongzheng Lin, Zhilin Sun, Jia Yun Zhuang, Qianlian Chen, Xinyi Jin, Yun Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14869 PubMed 36785711

February 6, 2023

Efficacy of Saccharothrix algeriensis NRRL B-24137 to suppress Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum induced wilt disease in cotton

Rizwan Asif, Muhammad Hussnain Siddique, Sumreen Hayat, Ijaz Rasul, Habibullah Nadeem, Muhammad Faisal, Muhammad Waseem, Shahbaz Ahmad Zakki, Abdelghani Zitouni, Saima Muzammil

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14754 PubMed 36778156

February 14, 2023

Asymmetric, biraphid diatoms from the Laurentian Great Lakes

Euan D. Reavie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14887 PubMed 36815983

February 6, 2023

Prohexadione calcium enhances rice growth and tillering under NaCl stress

Rongjun Zhang, Dianfeng Zheng, Naijie Feng, Quan-Sheng Qiu, Hang Zhou, Meiling Liu, Yao Li, Fengyan Meng, XiXin Huang, Anqi Huang, Yixiang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14804 PubMed 36778152

February 2, 2023

The contents of essential and toxic metals in coffee beans and soil in Dale Woreda, Sidama Regional State, Southern Ethiopia

Yohannes Seifu Berego, Solomon Sorsa Sota, Mihret Ulsido, Embialle Mengistie Beyene

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14789 PubMed 36751640

February 20, 2023

Transcriptome analysis of transcription factors and enzymes involved in monoterpenoid biosynthesis in different chemotypes of Mentha haplocalyx Briq

Xin An, Jingqiong Wan, Hui Jiang, Yangzhen Liao, Chang Liu, Yuan Wei, Chongwei Wen, Zhen Ouyang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14914 PubMed 36846454

February 9, 2023

Comparison of carbon content between plantation and natural regeneration seedlings in Durango, Mexico

Jesús Alejandro Soto-Cervantes, José Javier Corral-Rivas, Pedro Antonio Domínguez-Calleros, Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano, Eusebio Montiel-Antuna, Emily García-Montiel, Alberto Pérez-Luna

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14774 PubMed 36788810

February 16, 2023

Diversity and structural analysis of rhizosphere soil microbial communities in wild and cultivated Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae and their effects on the accumulation of active components

Pingping Song, Junling Liu, Peng Huang, Zhili Han, Dianlei Wang, Nianxia Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14841 PubMed 36811005

February 22, 2023

Genetic differentiation and genetic structure of mixed-ploidy Camellia hainanica populations

Hailang Tong, Hongda Deng, Zhiqiang Han

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14756 PubMed 36852222

February 13, 2023

Variable level of genetic dominance controls important agronomic traits in rice populations under water deficit condition

Hamada M. Hassan, Adel A. Hadifa, Sara A. El-leithy, Maria Batool, Ahmed Sherif, Ibrahim Al-Ashkar, Akihiro Ueda, Md Atikur Rahman, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Ayman Elsabagh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14833 PubMed 36815980

February 15, 2023

Modelling nitrogen management in hybrid rice for coastal ecosystem of West Bengal, India

Sukamal Sarkar, Krishnendu Ray, Sourav Garai, Hirak Banerjee, Krisanu Haldar, Jagamohan Nayak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14903 PubMed 36819997

February 21, 2023

Effects of foliar fertilizer application on the growth and fruit quality of commercial melon varieties grown in a soilless culture system

Thanet Khomphet, Athakorn Promwee, Shams Shaila Islam

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14900 PubMed 36846450

February 13, 2023

Genome-wide identification and analysis of the evolution and expression pattern of the HVA22 gene family in three wild species of tomatoes

LaiPeng Zhao, Baike Wang, Tao Yang, Huizhuan Yan, Qinghui Yu, Juan Wang