Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 26, 2024

Multi-environment QTL mapping identifies major genetic loci influencing soybean main stem node architecture

Honglei Ren, Xue Qu, Huilong Hong, Lingling Sun, Sobhi F. Lamlom, Zhangxiong Liu, Wencheng Lu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18539 PubMed 39619174

November 18, 2024

Systemic acquired resistance inducing chemicals mitigate black scurf disease in potato by activating defense-related enzymes

Manoj Kumar Buswal, Rakesh Punia, Mukesh Kumar, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Milan Kumar Lal, Ravinder Kumar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18470 PubMed 39575171

November 29, 2024

Physiological and molecular response mechanisms of tomato seedlings to cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) stress

Yan Zhou, Jinyu Fu, Yuqi Ye, Qibo Xu, Jinjie Liang, Yanyan Chen, Yuxing Mo, Kaidong Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18533 PubMed 39624120

November 27, 2024

Effects of irrigation type and fertilizer application rate on growth, yield, and water and fertilizer use efficiency of silage corn in the North China Plain

Yuchun Liu, Ning Wang, Changsong Jiang, Yao Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18315 PubMed 39619198

November 29, 2024

Genome-wide identification of the Gossypium hirsutum CAD gene family and functional study of GhiCAD23 under drought stress

Xin Zhang, Ziyu Wang, Xingyue Zhong, Wanwan Fu, Yuanxin Li, Yunhao Liusui, Yanjun Guo, JingBo Zhang, Bo Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18439 PubMed 39624134

November 6, 2024

Long-term changes in soil biological activity and other properties of raised beds in Longan orchards

Nghia Khoi Nguyen, Phuong Minh Nguyen, Anh Thy Thi Chau, Luan Thanh Do, Thu Ha Thi Nguyen, Duong Hai Vo Tran, Xa Thi Le, Javad Robatjazi, Hendra Gonsalve W. Lasar, Lois Wright Morton, M. Scott Demyan, Huu-Tuan Tran, Hüseyin Barış Tecimen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18396 PubMed 39677944

November 29, 2024

Assessment of genotype by environment and yield performance of tropical maize hybrids using stability statistics and graphical biplots

Dedy Supriadi, Yusuf Mufti Bimantara, Yuniel Melvanolo Zendrato, Eko Widaryanto, Kuswanto Kuswanto, Budi Waluyo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18624 PubMed 39624130

November 28, 2024

Comprehensive evaluation of physiological response and cold tolerance of domesticated Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Presl under low temperature stress

Jinping Ding, Zongying Zhang, Xinyu Zhu, Ying Hou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18590 PubMed 39619186

November 11, 2024

Impact of accelerated aging on seed quality, seed coat physical structure and antioxidant enzyme activity of Maize (Zea mays L.)

Vijayan Satya Srii, Nethra Nagarajappa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17988 PubMed 39544423

November 27, 2024

The effect of ecological characteristics on the domestication of sand rice (Agriophyllum squarrosum)

Cuiyun Chen, Xiaoan Zuo, Xin Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18320 PubMed 39619175

November 11, 2024

Protein profile changes during priming explants to embryogenic response in Coffea canephora: identification of the RPN12 proteasome subunit involved in the protein degradation

Evelyn A. Carrillo-Bermejo, Ligia Brito-Argáez, Rosa M. Galaz-Ávalos, Felipe Barredo-Pool, Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas, Victor Aguilar-Hernández

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18372 PubMed 39544425

November 6, 2024

Identification of Meloidogyne panyuensis (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae) infecting Orah (Citrus reticulata Blanco) and its impact on rhizosphere microbial dynamics: Guangxi, China

Xiaoxiao Zhang, Wei Zhao, Yuming Lin, Bin Shan, Shanshan Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18495 PubMed 39525478

November 29, 2024

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of C2H2 zinc finger proteins in Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) in different fruit development stages and under different levels of water stress

Xie Zhengwan, Ji Qing, Lihu Wang, Ao Zhang, Shengxing Li, Sunyang Li, Mei Chen, Yang Jiayue, Ruifang Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18455 PubMed 39624126

November 5, 2024

Long-term alfalfa planting mediates the coupling of soil water and organic carbon storage in a semi-arid area of the Loess Plateau, China

Yuanyuan Ma, Xiaoping Zhou, Yan Shen, Hongbin Ma, Bingzhe Fu, Jian Lan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18373 PubMed 39525479

November 29, 2024

Phenotypic diversity and provenance variation of Cupressus funebris: a case study in the Sichuan Basin, China

Wang Yan, Yongqi Xiang, Mei Gao, Ruoyu Deng, Yan Sun, Renping Wan, Xianyi Pan, Wanzhen Li, Yu Zhong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18494 PubMed 39624132

November 22, 2024

Tae-miR396b regulates TaGRFs in spikes of three wheat spike mutants

Ziping Yao, Qi Wang, Ying Xue, Zhiheng Liang, Yongjing Ni, Yumei Jiang, Peipei Zhang, Ting Wang, Qiaoyun Li, Lei Li, Jishan Niu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18550 PubMed 39587997

November 26, 2024

Effect of GR24 on the growth and development of licorice under low phosphorus stress

Yuting Jing, Man Li, Yong Wu, Chengming Zhang, Chengshu Qiu, Hengming Zhao, Li Zhuang, Hongling Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18546 PubMed 39619188

November 22, 2024

Tilianin content and morphological characterization of colchicine-induced autotetraploids in Agastache mexicana

Angélica Martínez-Aguilar, Evert Villanueva Sánchez, Susana Valencia-Díaz, Samuel E. Estrada-Soto, Selene Napsucialy-Mendivil, Rodrigo Barba-Gonzalez, Iran Alia-Tejacal, José de Jesús Arellano-García, Oscar Gabriel Villegas Torres, Karla Catalina Cruz Torres, Irene Perea-Arango

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18545 PubMed 39588001

November 27, 2024

Comparison of the performances of six empirical mass transfer-based reference evapotranspiration estimation models in semi-arid conditions

Selçuk Usta

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18549 PubMed 39619193

November 5, 2024

Optimizing chlorine dioxide treatment for enhanced post-harvest storage quality of Toona Sinensis

Rui Zeng, Yunhong Gao, Mingmin Zheng, Min Lai, Yishi JiGu, Jiayu Chen, Yun Pei, Muhammad Umer Farooq, Khalid Mashay Al-Anazi, Mohammad Abul Farah

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18346 PubMed 39525475

November 18, 2024

Comparative transcriptome profiling suggests the role of phytohormones in leaf stalk-stem angle in melon (Cucumis melo L.)

Jiancai Mao, Haojie Wang, Junhua Li, Junyan Yang, Yongbing Zhang, Haibo Wu