Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

August 18, 2023

Biochar improves the growth and physiological traits of alfalfa, amaranth and maize grown under salt stress

Dilfuza Jabborova, Tokhtasin Abdrakhmanov, Zafarjon Jabbarov, Shokhrukh Abdullaev, Abdulahat Azimov, Ibrahim Mohamed, Maha AlHarbi, Abdelghafar Abu-Elsaoud, Amr Elkelish

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15684 PubMed 37609438

August 24, 2023

Exogenous hydrogen sulfide improves salt stress tolerance of Reaumuria soongorica seedlings by regulating active oxygen metabolism

Hanghang Liu, Peifang Chong, Zehua Liu, Xinguang Bao, Bingbing Tan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15881 PubMed 37641597

August 24, 2023

Effects of drought and salt stress on seed germination and seedling growth of Elymus nutans

Jianting Long, Mengjie Dong, Chuanqi Wang, Yanjun Miao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15968 PubMed 37641594

August 18, 2023

Characterization of bioactive and fruit quality compounds of promising mango genotypes grown in Himalayan plain region

Neetu Saroj, K. Prasad, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Vishal Kumar, Shubham Maurya, Poonam Maurya, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Milan Kumar Lal, Ravinder Kumar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15867 PubMed 37609435

August 15, 2023

Non-destructive insect metabarcoding for surveillance and biosecurity in citrus orchards: recording the good, the bad and the psyllids

Francesco Martoni, Reannon Smith, Alexander M. Piper, Jessica Lye, Conrad Trollip, Brendan C. Rodoni, Mark J. Blacket

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15831 PubMed 37601253

August 25, 2023

Seed bio-priming with beneficial Trichoderma harzianum alleviates cold stress in maize

Mehdi Afrouz, R Z. Sayyed, Bahman Fazeli-Nasab, Ramin Piri, WaleedHassan Almalki, Betty Natalie Fitriatin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15644 PubMed 37645014

August 1, 2023

Extraction and characterisation of pigment from Yanzhiguo [Prunus napaulensis (Ser.) Steud.]

Pingping Shi, Haibo Luo, Qiuqiu Huang, Changliang Xu, Xiuzi Tong, Hui Shen, Huosheng Su, Hongmei Pu, Haidan Wang, Lijuan Yu, Hong Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15517 PubMed 37547716

August 4, 2023

Metagenomics of African Empogona and Tricalysia (Rubiaceae) reveals the presence of leaf endophytes

Brecht Verstraete, Steven Janssens, Petra De Block, Pieter Asselman, Gabriela Méndez, Serigne Ly, Perla Hamon, Romain Guyot

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15778 PubMed 37554339

August 28, 2023

Diversity analysis of Populus euphratica endophytic bacteria in Tarim River Basin, China

Gang Cheng, Yan Cheng, Erkin Rahman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15934 PubMed 37663304

August 30, 2023

Identification and characterization of novel sesquiterpene synthases TPS9 and TPS12 from Aquilaria sinensis

Cuicui Yu, Shixi Gao, Mei Rong, Mengjun Xiao, Yanhong Xu, Jianhe Wei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15818 PubMed 37663295

August 8, 2023

Genetic and morphological diversity in populations of Annona senegalensis Pers. occurring in Western (Benin) and Southern (Mozambique) Africa

Janine Conforte Fifonssi Donhouedé, Isabel Marques, Kolawolé Valère Salako, Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo, Natasha Ribeiro, Ana IF Ribeiro-Barros

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15767 PubMed 37576509

August 11, 2023

Effects of passages through an insect or a plant on virulence and physiological properties of the fungus Metarhizium robertsii

Oksana G. Tomilova, Vadim Y. Kryukov, Natalia A. Kryukova, Khristina P. Tolokonnikova, Yuri S. Tokarev, Arina S. Rumiantseva, Alexander A. Alekseev, Viktor V. Glupov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15726 PubMed 37583910

August 22, 2023

Exogenous glutathione maintains the postharvest quality of mango fruit by modulating the ascorbate-glutathione cycle

Yan Zhou, Jiameng Liu, Qiongyi Zhuo, Keying Zhang, Jielin Yan, Bingmei Tang, Xiaoyun Wei, Lijing Lin, Kaidong Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15902 PubMed 37637166

August 28, 2023

First report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ associated with yellowing, scorching and decline of almond trees in India

Shivani Gupta, Anil Handa, Ajay Brakta, Gulshan Negi, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Milan Kumar Lal, Ravinder Kumar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15926 PubMed 37663297

August 14, 2023

Response surface methodology for the mixed fungal fermentation of Codonopsis pilosula straw using Trichoderma reesei and Coprinus comatus

Ti Wei, Hongfu Chen, Dengyu Wu, Dandan Gao, Yong Cai, Xin Cao, Hongwei Xu, Jutian Yang, Penghui Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15757 PubMed 37601264

August 14, 2023

Green inspired synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Silybum marianum (milk thistle) extract and evaluation of their potential pesticidal and phytopathogens activities

Nazish Jahan, Kousar Rasheed, Khalil-Ur- Rahman, Abu Hazafa, Amna Saleem, Saud Alamri, Muhammad Omer Iqbal, Md Atikur Rahman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15743 PubMed 37601248

August 31, 2023

Accumulation and transfer of polystyrene microplastics in Solanum nigrum seedlings

JuKui Zhang, Lian Cao, Xiaoyan Zhu, Hanbo Li, Gang Duan, Ying Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15967 PubMed 37667751

August 30, 2023

Profiling of primary and phytonutrients in edible mahlab cherry (Prunus mahaleb L.) seeds in the context of its different cultivars and roasting as analyzed using molecular networking and chemometric tools

Mayy M. Mostafa, Mohamed A. Farag

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15908 PubMed 37663279

August 16, 2023

Detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms in virus genomes assembled from high-throughput sequencing data: large-scale performance testing of sequence analysis strategies

Johan Rollin, Rachelle Bester, Yves Brostaux, Kadriye Caglayan, Kris De Jonghe, Ales Eichmeier, Yoika Foucart, Annelies Haegeman, Igor Koloniuk, Petr Kominek, Hans Maree, Serkan Onder, Susana Posada Céspedes, Vahid Roumi, Dana Šafářová, Olivier Schumpp, Cigdem Ulubas Serce, Merike Sõmera, Lucie Tamisier, Eeva Vainio, Rene AA van der Vlugt, Sebastien Massart

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15816 PubMed 37601254

August 24, 2023

Signatures of prescribed fire in the microbial communities of Cornus florida are largely undetectable five months post-fire

Beant Kapoor, Aaron Onufrak, William Klingeman III, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, Melissa A. Cregger, Emma Willcox, Robert Trigiano, Denita Hadziabdic

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15822 PubMed 37641599

August 22, 2023

Immediate impacts of soybean cover crop on bacterial community composition and diversity in soil under long-term Saccharum monoculture

Himaya Mula-Michel, Paul White, Anna Hale

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15754 PubMed 37637164

August 29, 2023

Evaluation of phosphate rock as the only source of phosphorus for the growth of tall and semi-dwarf durum wheat and rye plants using digital phenotyping

Mikhail Bazhenov, Dmitry Litvinov, Gennady Karlov, Mikhail Divashuk