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Open AccessSugarcane borers: species, distribution, damage and management options
Lepidopteran borers stand out as the most destructive pests in sugarcane, leading to reductions in stalk weight, juice quality and sugar recovery. Presently, integrated pest management (IPM) systems are utiliz...
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Sensitivity analysis of regional rainfall-induced landslide based on UAV photogrammetry and LSTM neural network
Rainfall stands out as a critical trigger for landslides, particularly given the intense summer rainfall experienced in Zheduotang, a transitional zone from the southwest edge of Sichuan Basin to Qinghai Tibet...
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Open AccessRecent advances in nitrogen and nano-nitrogen fertilizers for sustainable crop production: a mini-review
To meet the global food demand while maintaining the minimum possible negative impacts on the soil, air, and water, sustainable and precise agricultural practices are essential. The efficient use of engineered...
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Open AccessProteomics data analysis using multiple statistical approaches identified proteins and metabolic networks associated with sucrose accumulation in sugarcane
Sugarcane is the most important sugar crop, contributing > 80% of global sugar production. High sucrose content is a key target of sugarcane breeding, yet sucrose improvement in sugarcane remains extremely slo...
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Removable Backbone Modification (RBM) Strategy for the Chemical Synthesis of Hydrophobic Peptides/Proteins
Chemical synthesis can provide hydrophobic proteins with natural or man-made modifications (e.g. S-palmitoylation, site-specific isotope labeling and mirror-image proteins) that are difficult to obtain through...
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Influence analysis of irregular bedrock surface on failure characteristics of bedrock and overburden layer slope by material point method
Overburden landslide is a common natural disaster worldwide. Many scholars study the stability of the overburden layer based on a linear, fold-line, or circular bedrock surface. They rarely systematically anal...
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Open AccessSarcolipin alters SERCA1a interdomain communication by impairing binding of both calcium and ATP
Sarcolipin (SLN), a single-spanning membrane protein, is a regulator of the sarco-endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA1a). Chemically synthesized SLN, palmitoylated or not (pSLN or SLN), and recombinant wild-...
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Open AccessChannel activity of mirror-image M2 proton channel of influenza A virus is blocked by achiral or chiral inhibitors
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Chemical synthesis of membrane proteins by the removable backbone modification method
This protocol describes how to chemically synthesize membrane proteins through the installation of solubilizing removable backbone modification tags into hydrophobic transmembrane peptides. The implementation ...
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Role of the SPS Gene Families in the Regulation of Sucrose Accumulation in Sugarcane
High sugar content is an essential goal in breeding new sugarcane varieties. Sucrose-phosphate synthase (SPS) is a key enzyme that regulates sucrose biosynthesis in plants. Four families of the SPS gene exist in ...
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Transcriptome of High-Sucrose Sugarcane Variety GT35
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) is the most important sugar crop and a major source of bio-ethanol. Sucrose accumulation is important in sugarcane, but it has not been investigated by transcriptome analysis...
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Isolation and Expression Analysis of Sucrose Synthase Gene (ScSuSy4) from Sugarcane
Sucrose synthase is one of the key enzymes involved in sucrose metabolism. In order to increase the sucrose content at the molecular level, it is very necessary to understand the biological function of sucrose...
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Effect of Trash Addition to the Soil on Microbial Communities and Physico-Chemical Properties of Soils and Growth of Sugarcane Plants
Sugarcane trash addition to the soils was found to alter the structure of microbial communities in soil and increased the number of microbial colonies. The total number of bacterial, fungal and actinomycetes c...
