Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 18, 2023

In vitro and ex vitro propagation of Turkish myrtles through conventional and plantform bioreactor systems

Özhan Şimşek, Dicle Dönmez, Mehmet Ali Sarıdaş, Emine Acar, Yıldız Aka Kaçar, Sevgi Paydaş Kargı, Tolga İzgü

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16061 PubMed 37744226

September 12, 2023

Microbiome analysis of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) larvae exposed to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) endotoxins

Yuliana Castañeda-Molina, Sandra María Marulanda-Moreno, Clara Saldamando-Benjumea, Howard Junca, Claudia Ximena Moreno-Herrera, Gloria Cadavid-Restrepo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15916 PubMed 37719127

September 11, 2023

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) crop adaptation to residual moisture stress: conserved water use and canopy temperature modulation are better adaptive mechanisms

Chennamsetti Manikanta, Ratnakumar Pasala, Sivasakthi Kaliamoorthy, P. S. Basavaraj, Brij Bihari Pandey, Dinesh Rahul Vadlamudi, Mukta Nidamarty, Arti Guhey, Palchamy Kadirvel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15928 PubMed 37719114

September 26, 2023

Effect of ethyl methanesulfonate mediated mutation for enhancing morpho-physio-biochemical and yield contributing traits of fragrant rice

Areeqa Shamshad, Muhammad Rashid, Ljupcho Jankuloski, Kamran Ashraf, Khawar Sultan, Saud Alamri, Manzer H. Siddiqui, Tehzeem Munir, Qamar uz Zaman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15821 PubMed 37780391

September 18, 2023

Whole-genome resequencing analysis of the medicinal plant Gardenia jasminoides

Xinyu Xu, Bihua Chen, Juan Zhang, Siren Lan, Shasha Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16056 PubMed 37744244

September 13, 2023

Mycorrhizal inoculation enhanced tillering in field grown wheat, nutritional enrichment and soil properties

Muhammad Akbar, Safeer A. Chohan, Nasim A. Yasin, Aqeel Ahmad, Waheed Akram, Abdul Nazir

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15686 PubMed 37719109

September 11, 2023

Explicating genetic architecture governing nutritional quality in pigmented rice

Jebi Sudan, Uneeb Urwat, Asmat Farooq, Mohammad Maqbool Pakhtoon, Aaqif Zaffar, Zafir Ahmad Naik, Aneesa Batool, Saika Bashir, Madeeha Mansoor, Parvaze A. Sofi, Najeebul Ul Rehman Sofi, Asif B. Shikari, Mohd. Kamran Khan, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Robert J. Henry, Sajad Majeed Zargar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15901 PubMed 37719119

September 29, 2023

Genome-wide identification and analysis of Lateral Organ Boundaries Domain (LBD) transcription factor gene family in melon (Cucumis melo L.)

Ebru Derelli Tufekci

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16020 PubMed 37790611

September 4, 2023

Identification of a pathogen causing fruiting body rot of Sanghuangporus vaninii

Weidong Yuan, Lin Ma, Xingkun Chen, Jiling Song, Qing Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15983 PubMed 37692123

September 28, 2023

Comparative Assessment of SSR and RAPD markers for genetic diversity in some Mango cultivars

Mohammed A. A. Hussein, Manal Eid, Mehdi Rahimi, Faten Zubair Filimban, Diaa Abd El-Moneim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15722 PubMed 37790610

September 11, 2023

From the perspective of rumen microbiome and host metabolome, revealing the effects of feeding strategies on Jersey Cows on the Tibetan Plateau

Niuniu Yuan, Yicui Wang, Qihao Pan, Li Zhao, Xiao Qi, Shihao Sun, Quji Suolang, Luobu Ciren, Luosang Danzeng, Yanxin Liu, Liyang Zhang, Tengyun Gao, Zhuza Basang, Hongxia Lian, Yu Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16010 PubMed 37719116

September 7, 2023

Cross species/genera transferability of simple sequence repeat markers, genetic diversity and population structure analysis in gladiolus (Gladiolus × grandiflorus L.) genotypes

Varun Hiremath, Kanwar Pal Singh, Neelu Jain, Kishan Swaroop, Pradeep Kumar Jain, Sapna Panwar, Nivedita Sinha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15820 PubMed 37701831

September 25, 2023

Comparative analysis of codon usage patterns and phylogenetic implications of five mitochondrial genomes of the genus Japanagallia Ishihara, 1955 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Megophthalminae)

Min Li, Jiajia Wang, Renhuai Dai, Guy Smagghe, Xianyi Wang, Siying You

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16058 PubMed 37780390

September 21, 2023

Genome-wide association analysis of type II resistance to Fusarium head blight in common wheat

Dehua Wang, Yunzhe Zhao, Xinying Zhao, Mengqi Ji, Xin Guo, Jichun Tian, Guangfeng Chen, Zhiying Deng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15906 PubMed 37750077

September 7, 2023

Temporal variation of the relationships between rice yield and climate variables since 1925

Hungyen Chen, Yi-Chien Wu, Chih-Yung Teng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16045 PubMed 37701832

September 12, 2023

Comparative expression analysis of sucrose phosphate synthase gene family in a low and high sucrose Pakistani sugarcane cultivars

Robi Niazi, Gulnaz Parveen, Muhammad Noman, Naila Mukhtar, Naila Hadayat, Amtul Sami, Binish Khaliq, Jiban Shrestha, Irfan Ullah

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15832 PubMed 37719124

September 29, 2023

Effects of the age of raised beds on the physicochemical characteristics of fruit orchard soil in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Le Van Dang, Ngo Ngoc Hung

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16178 PubMed 37790612

September 26, 2023

Soil microbial and enzyme activities in different land use systems of the Northwestern Himalayas

Yasir Hanif Mir, Mumtaz Ahmad Ganie, Tajamul Islam Shah, Shabir Ahmed Bangroo, Shakeel Ahmad Mir, Aanisa Manzoor Shah, Fehim Jeelani Wani, Anzhen Qin, Shafeeq Ur Rahman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15993 PubMed 37780386

September 1, 2023

Wheat gibberellin oxidase genes and their functions in regulating tillering

Ting Wang, Junchang Li, Yumei Jiang, Jing Zhang, Yongjing Ni, Peipei Zhang, Ziping Yao, Zhixin Jiao, Huijuan Li, Lei Li, Yufan Niu, Qiaoyun Li, Guihong Yin, Jishan Niu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15924 PubMed 37671358

September 4, 2023

A novel signaling transduction pathway of melatonin on lactose synthesis in cows via melatonin receptor 1 (MT1) and prolactin receptor (PRLR)

Yunjie Liu, Songyang Yao, Qinggeng Meng, Xuening Liu, Huigang Han, Chunli Kan, Tiankun Wang, Wenjuan Wei, Shujing Li, Wenli Yu, Zengyuan Zhao, Changwang He, Guoshi Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15932 PubMed 37692118

September 5, 2023

Genetic structure of Trifolium pratense populations in a cityscape

Hassanali Mollashahi, Jacek Urbaniak, Tomasz H. Szymura, Magdalena Szymura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15927 PubMed 37692122

September 29, 2023

Genome-wide identification of DUF506 gene family in Oryza sativa and expression profiling under abiotic stresses