Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 26, 2024

Molecular and agro-morphological diversity assessment of some bread wheat genotypes and their crosses for drought tolerance

Mohamed A. Ezzat, Nahaa M. Alotaibi, Said S. Soliman, Mahasin Sultan, Mohamed M. Kamara, Diaa Abd El-Moneim, Wessam F. Felemban, Nora M. Al Aboud, Maha Aljabri, Imen Ben Abdelmalek, Elsayed Mansour, Abdallah A. Hassanin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18104 PubMed 39346037

September 26, 2024

Synergistic effects of selenium nanoparticles and LED light on enhancement of secondary metabolites in sandalwood (Santalum album) plants through in-vitro callus culturing technique

Muhammad Waqas Mazhar, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Mehwish Maqbool, Faisal Iqbal Jafri, Manzer H. Siddiqui, Saud Alamri, Mohd Sayeed Akhtar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18106 PubMed 39346051

September 19, 2024

Genome-wide identification and expression analyses of SWEET gene family reveal potential roles in plant development, fruit ripening and abiotic stress responses in cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait)

Li Chen, Mingyu Cai, Jiaxin Liu, Xuxin Jiang, Jiayi Liu, Wang Zhenxing, Yunpeng Wang, Yadong Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17974 PubMed 39308825

September 25, 2024

Using transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) to screen genes involved in β-glucan biosynthesis and accumulation during oat seed development

Bing jie Qi, Ming xue Ji, Zhu qing He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17804 PubMed 39346057

September 18, 2024

Gamma-aminobutyric acid elicits H₂O₂ signalling and promotes wheat seed germination under combined salt and heat stress

Song Yu, Zhihan Lian, Lihe Yu, Wei Guo, Chunyu Zhang, Yifei Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17907 PubMed 39308802

September 30, 2024

Expression and drought functional analysis of one circRNA PecircCDPK from moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis)

Yiqian Li, Wen Xia, Ying Li, Xueping Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18024 PubMed 39364360

September 25, 2024

Vepris amaniensis: a morphological, biochemical, and molecular investigation of a species complex

Mary Ciambrone, Moses K. Langat, Martin Cheek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17881 PubMed 39346043

September 27, 2024

Impact of atmospheric particulate matter retention on physiological characters of five plant species under different pollution levels in Zhengzhou

Dan He, Jiangqin Yuan, Runze Lin, Dongbo Xie, Yifei Wang, Gunwoo Kim, Yakai Lei, Yonghua Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18119 PubMed 39351367

September 25, 2024

RAPiD: a rapid and accurate plant pathogen identification pipeline for on-site nanopore sequencing

Stephen Knobloch, Fatemeh Salimi, Anthony Buaya, Sebastian Ploch, Marco Thines

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17893 PubMed 39346055

September 30, 2024

Evaluation of rabi season sesame productivity from graded nutrient doses and tillage regimes in rice fallows of southern plateau and hills region of the Indian sub-continent

Harisudan Chandrasekaran, K. Ramesh, Praduman Yadav, Ratnakumar Pasala, Elamathi Sathiah, Pandiyan Indiragandhi, Veeramani Perumal, Sivagamy Kannan, V. Karunakaran, Kathirvelan Perumal, Baskaran Rengasamy, Subrahmaniyan Kasirajan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17867 PubMed 39364361

September 30, 2024

Morphological, histological and transcriptomic mechanisms underlying different fruit shapes in Capsicum spp.

Yixin Wang, Shijie Ma, Xiaomeng Cao, Zixiong Li, Bingqing Pan, Yingying Song, Qian Wang, Huolin Shen, Liang Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17909 PubMed 39364369

September 25, 2024

Environmental risks and agronomic benefits of industrial sewage sludge-derived biochar

Vladimír Frišták, Lucia Polt’áková, Gerhard Soja, Hana Kaňková, Katarína Ondreičková, Elena Kupcová, Martin Pipíška

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18184 PubMed 39687003

September 20, 2024

Exogenous melatonin promoted seed hypocotyl germination of Paeonia ostia ‘Fengdan’ characterized by regulating hormones and starches

Xia Li, Qi Sun, Qiang Shen, Chunlei Zhao, Fengzhen Chen, Yumei Liu, Guangcan Zhou, Xueqin Liu, Xiaofei Kang