Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 31, 2024

Application of fenugreek in ruminant feed: implications for methane emissions and productivity

Xiangbiao Zeng, Yiwen Chen, Wenjuan Li, Shijun Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16842 PubMed 38313019

January 11, 2024

Plant height variation and genetic diversity between Prunus ledebouriana (Schlecht.) YY Yao and Prunus tenella Batsch based on using SSR markers in East Kazakhstan

Aidyn Orazov, Moldir Yermagambetova, Anar Myrzagaliyeva, Nashtay Mukhitdinov, Shynar Tustubayeva, Yerlan Turuspekov, Shyryn Almerekova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16735 PubMed 38223754

January 26, 2024

Genome-wide association studies for earliness, MYMIV resistance, and other associated traits in mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) using genotyping by sequencing approach

Manju Kohli, Hina Bansal, Gyan Prakash Mishra, Harsh Kumar Dikshit, Shashidhar B. Reddappa, Anirban Roy, Subodh Kumar Sinha, K.M. Shivaprasad, Nikki Kumari, Atul Kumar, Ranjeet R. Kumar, Ramakrishnan Madhavan Nair, Muraleedhar Aski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16653 PubMed 38288464

January 2, 2024

Exogenous applications of brassinosteroids promote secondary xylem differentiation in Eucalyptus grandis

Fangping Zhou, Bing Hu, Juan Li, Huifang Yan, Qianyu Liu, Bingshan Zeng, Chunjie Fan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16250 PubMed 38188140

January 9, 2024

Biocontrol potential of endophytic bacterium Bacillus altitudinis GS-16 against tea anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

Youzhen Wu, Yumei Tan, Qiuju Peng, Yang Xiao, Jiaofu Xie, Zhu Li, Haixia Ding, Hang Pan, Longfeng Wei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16761 PubMed 38223761

January 3, 2024

Impact of Argemone mexicana L. on tomato plants infected with Phytophthora infestans

Iridiam Hernández-Soto, Yolanda González-García, Antonio Juárez-Maldonado, Alma Delia Hernández-Fuentes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16666 PubMed 38188144

January 29, 2024

Screening of salt tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.) lines using membership function value and GGE biplot analysis

Huijuan Tian, Hong Liu, Dan Zhang, Mengting Hu, Fulai Zhang, Shuqi Ding, Kaizhi Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16838 PubMed 38304185

January 10, 2024

Response of conventional sunflower cultivars to drift rates of synthetic auxin herbicides

Ahmet Tansel Serim, Eric L. Patterson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16729 PubMed 38223756

January 3, 2024

Evaluating the imazethapyr herbicide mediated regulation of phenol and glutathione metabolism and antioxidant activity in lentil seedlings

Rajeev Kumar, V. Visha Kumari, Ranjit Singh Gujjar, Mala Kumari, Sanjay Kumar Goswami, Jhuma Datta, Srikumar Pal, Sudhir Kumar Jha, Ashok Kumar, Ashwini Dutt Pathak, Milan Skalicky, Manzer H. Siddiqui, Akbar Hossain

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16370 PubMed 38188166

January 18, 2024

DoAP2/ERF89 activated the terpene synthase gene DoPAES in Dendrobium officinale and participated in the synthesis of β-patchoulene

Decong Li, Lin Liu, Xiaohong Li, Guo Wei, Yongping Cai, Xu Sun, Honghong Fan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16760 PubMed 38250724

January 31, 2024

Evaluation of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) varieties for drought tolerance using agromorphological traits and drought tolerance indices

Getahun Yemata, Tewachew Bekele

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16840 PubMed 38313022

January 3, 2024

Systematic review of residual toxicity studies of pesticides to bees and veracity of guidance on pesticide labels

Leah Swanson, Andony Melathopoulos, Matthew Bucy