-
Article
Open AccessAn integrated microfluidic platform for nucleic acid testing
This study presents a rapid and versatile low-cost sample-to-answer system for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics. The system integrates the extraction and purification of nucleic acids, followed by amplification via eith...
-
Article
Open AccessSPEED: an integrated, smartphone-operated, handheld digital PCR Device for point-of-care testing
This study elaborates on the design, fabrication, and data analysis details of SPEED, a recently proposed smartphone-based digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) device. The dPCR chips incorporate partition ...
-
Article
Microbial diversity loss and wheat genotype-triggered rhizosphere bacterial and protistan diversity constrain soil multifunctionality: Evidence from greenhouse experiment
Agricultural soil multifunctionality is greatly impacted by belowground processesdriven by a complex group of microorganisms that change during plant growth. While most studies in microbial diversity and multi...
-
Article
Phagotrophic protist-mediated control of Polymyxa graminis in the wheat rhizosphere
Uncovering potential biocontrol agents that suppress soil-borne pathogens is an important step toward develo** sustainable management strategies for disease control and to maintain plant health. Plant cultiv...
-
Article
Deciphering differences in microbial community composition and multifunctionality between healthy and Alternaria solani-infected potato rhizosphere soils
Understanding the interactions among soil microbial communities, soil multifunctionality, and soil-borne pathogens are important for ecological prevention and control of soil-borne diseases. In this study, we ...
-
Article
Open AccessAdvances in understanding the soil-borne viruses of wheat: from the laboratory bench to strategies for disease control in the field
In China, soil-borne viruses transmitted by the root parasite Polymyxa graminis have caused significant yield loss in winter wheat for many years. At present, it is believed that two main soil-borne RNA viruses, ...
-
Article
Characterization of the belowground microbial community and co-occurrence networks of tobacco plants infected with bacterial wilt disease
Characterizing the microbial communities associated with soil-borne disease incidence is a key approach in understanding the potential role of microbes in protecting crops from pathogens. In this study, we com...
-
Article
Enrichment of beneficial rhizosphere microbes in Chinese wheat yellow mosaic virus-resistant cultivars
The microbial community within the root system, the rhizosphere closely connected to the root, and their symbiotic relationship with the host are increasingly seen as possible drivers of natural pathogen resis...
-
Article
Development and application of a GIS-based artificial neural network system for water quality prediction: a case study at the Lake Champlain area
Artificial Neural Network (ANN) models have been extensively applied in the prediction of water resource variables, and Geographical Information System (GIS) includes powerful functions to visualize spatial da...
-
Article
Heat transfer time determination based on DNA melting curve analysis
The determination of the physical properties of fluids—such as the thermal characteristics, which include heat transfer time (Δt)—is becoming more challenging as system sizes shrink to micro- and nanometer scales...
-
Article
Open AccessCapacity-achieving probability measure for a reduced number of signaling points
Putting bounding constraints on the input of a channel leads in many cases to a discrete capacity-achieving distribution with a finite support. Given a finite number of signaling points, we determine reduced s...
