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Identification and Analysis of Characteristic Flavour Compounds in Baked Potato of Different Cultivars Based on HS-GC-IMS
In this study, the volatile flavour compounds of baked potatoes from different cultivars were identified and analysed via headspace–gas chromatography–ion mobility spectrometry (HS-GC-IMS) together with princi...
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Changes of community composition strengthen the positive effects of nitrogen deposition on litter N:P stoichiometry in a semi-arid grassland
The stoichiometric traits of litter play an important role in driving litter decomposition and ecosystem nutrient cycling. While the impacts of nitrogen (N) deposition on the species-level litter stoichiometri...
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Open AccessAssociation Map** and Functional Analysis of Rice Cold Tolerance QTLs at the Bud Burst Stage
Cold tolerance at the bud burst stage (CTB) is a key trait for direct-seeded rice. Although quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting CTB in rice have been mapped using traditional linkage map** and genome-wid...
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Open AccessGenome wide analysis of kinesin gene family in Citrullus lanatus reveals an essential role in early fruit development
Kinesin (KIN) as a motor protein is a versatile nano-machine and involved in diverse essential processes in plant growth and development. However, the kinesin gene family has not been identified in watermelon,...
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Open AccessMap** of QTLs for source and sink associated traits under elevated CO2 in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Rice source- and sink-associated traits are important for grain yield and are sensitive to environmental conditions. The continuing increase of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere will become a major challenge f...
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Identification of genetic loci for leaf hair development in rice through genome-wide association study
As the staple food source for more than one half of the world’s population, rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important crops in the world. Leaf hair derives from the epidermal cell of leaf and has the fu...
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Open AccessDissection of the Genetic Architecture of Rice Tillering using a Genome-wide Association Study
Rice tiller number (TN) is one of the most important components associated with rice grain yield. Around one hundred rice TN genes have been identified, but dissecting the genetic architecture of rice TN varia...
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Five new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 from the endangered Tibetan antelope Pantholops hodgsonii (Abel) (Artiodactyla: Bovidae: Caprinae) in the Hoh **l Nature Reserve Area of Qinghai Province, China
We examined faeces of 76 endangered Tibetan antelopes Pantholops hodgsonii (Abel) in May 2017, from the Hoh **l Nature Reserve, Qinghai Province, China, and found 62/76 (82%) discharging oöcysts representing five...
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Consistent responses of litter stoichiometry to N addition across different biological organization levels in a semi-arid grassland
Changes in litter chemistry and stoichiometry following N enrichment have important consequences on litter decomposition and plant-mediated nutrient cycling. Our knowledge about the responses of litter stoichi...
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Transposon insertion resulted in the silencing of Wx-B1n in Chinese wheat landraces
A novel Wx-B1 allele was characterized; a transposon insertion resulted in the loss of its function, which is different from the ...
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Open AccessThe development and use of a molecular model for soybean maturity groups
Achieving appropriate maturity in a target environment is essential to maximizing crop yield potential. In soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], the time to maturity is largely dependent on developmental response to ...
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RNAi-Induced Electrophysiological and Behavioral Changes Reveal two Pheromone Binding Proteins of Helicoverpa armigera Involved in the Perception of the Main Sex Pheromone Component Z11–16:Ald
Pheromone binding proteins (PBPs) are thought to play key roles in insect sex pheromone recognition; however, there is little in vivo evidence to support this viewpoint in comparison to abundant biochemical data
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Characterization of the waxy gene in diploid Triticum L. and Aegilops L. species and its geographic distribution
Waxy gene plays a key role for amylose synthesis in wheat seeds. The study evaluated the Waxy gene variability in 59 accessions of six diploid Triticum and Aegilops species. The percentages of variable sites, sin...
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Genetic analysis of glume hairiness (Hg) gene in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Hairiness is a common character in planta. Glume hairiness (Hg) is present in the full spectrum of bread wheat and its close relatives and was mainly studied in phenotypic diversity, species evolution, and map...
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Open AccessGenome-wide association study, genomic prediction and marker-assisted selection for seed weight in soybean (Glycine max)
Twenty-two loci for soybean SW and candidate genes conditioning seed development were identified; and prediction accuracies of GS and MAS were estimated through cross-validation and validation ...
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Map-based cloning of a spotted-leaf mutant gene OsSL5 in Japonica rice
A japonica rice mutant, spotted-leaf 5 (sl5), was identified from YUN32 by EMS mutagenesis. The number of spots in leaves increased from maturity to late maturity in sl5, however, the leaves did not dry and withe...
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De novo assembly and transcriptome characterization: novel insights into the temperature stress in Cryptotaenia japonica Hassk
Cryptotaenia japonica Hassk of the Apiaceae family serves as an important vegetable and a medicinal herb in Asia and North America. High temperature leads to serious damage during summer. Here, d...
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Conserved structure and varied expression reveal key roles of phosphoglucan phosphatase gene starch excess 4 in barley
As one of the phosphoglucan phosphatases, starch excess 4 (SEX4) encoded by SEX4 gene has recently been intensively studied because of its vital role in the degradation of leaf starch. In this study, we isolated ...
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Overexpression of rice phosphate transporter gene OsPT6 enhances phosphate uptake and accumulation in transgenic rice plants
Whereas the expression patterns and kinetic properties of the rice (Oryza sativa) phosphate transporter gene OsPht1; 6 (OsPT6) are well documented, little is known about the biological functions of this gene. The...
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Changes in some soil properties induced by re-conversion of cropland into grassland in the semiarid steppe zone of Inner Mongolia, China
“Grain for Green Program” (GGP), i.e., re-conversion of cropland into forest or grassland, initiated by Chinese government has a profound impact on mitigating environmental degradation. The objectives of this ...
