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Exogenous Glutathione Enhances Salt Tolerance in Kenaf by Mediating Modulation of Oxidative Stress Response and DNA Methylation
Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) is an important fiber crop, which can be applied for the restoration of saline-alkali land. The objective of our study was to investigate the impacts of exogenous glutathione (GSH) ...
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-mediated drought stress tolerance in kenaf (hibiscus cannabinus l.): a mechanistic approach
Drought is one of the important factors limiting crop growth. Plants can enhance resistance to various stressors by forming symbiotic relationships with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). However, the regulat...
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Open AccessCorrection: Spontaneous mutations and mutational responses to penicillin treatment in the bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae D39
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Open AccessSpontaneous mutations and mutational responses to penicillin treatment in the bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae D39
Bacteria with functional DNA repair systems are expected to have low mutation rates due to strong natural selection for genomic stability. However, our study of the wild-type Streptococcus pneumoniae D39, a patho...
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Exogenous methyl jasmonate enhanced kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus) tolerance against lead (Pb) toxicity by improving antioxidant capacity and osmoregulators
In this study, the effects of exogenous methyl jasmonate (MeJA) on metal uptake and its ability to attenuate metal toxicity in kenaf plants under Pb stress were investigated. The experiment was conducted with ...
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Morpho-physio-biochemical, molecular, and phytoremedial responses of plants to red, blue, and green light: a review
Light is a basic requirement to drive carbon metabolism in plants and supports life on earth. Spectral quality greatly affects plant morphology, physiology, and metabolism of various biochemical pathways. Amon...
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Biochar Assisted Phyto-stabilization of Cd and Pb Contaminated Mining Soil Using Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.)
Soil heavy metal pollution has become a worldwide environmental issue; however, remediation of contaminated soils using biochar could be an eco-friendly approach to rehabilitate these soils by reducing their a...
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Finite-Time and Fixed-Time Consensus Tracking of Multiple Euler–Lagrange Systems via Hierarchical Control Approach
In this paper, the finite-time and fixed-time consensus tracking of Euler–Lagrange systems (ELSs) under a directed graph is studied. Firstly, note that the settling time of finite-time consensus tracking (Fin-...
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An integrative protocol for one-step PCR amplicon library construction and accurate demultiplexing of pooled sequencing data
High-throughput sequencing of amplicons has been widely used to precisely and efficiently identify species compositions and analyze community structures, greatly promoting biological studies involving large am...
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Open AccessContribution of the SOS response and the DNA repair systems to norfloxacin induced mutations in E. coli
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria severely threaten human health. Besides spontaneous mutations generated by endogenous factors, the resistance might also originate from mutations induced by certain antibiotics, s...
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Kenaf and soybean intercrop** affects morpho-physiological attributes, antioxidant capacity and copper uptake in contaminated soil
Intercrop** can affect the growth and elemental absorption of crops. Copper (Cu) pollution has become a worldwide environmental problem due to its effect on human health and food security. Well-designed inte...
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Task-space multiple-bipartite consensus for networked heterogeneous Euler–Lagrange systems via hierarchical predefined-time control algorithm
This paper investigates the predefined-time multiple-bipartite consensus (MBC) problem for networked heterogeneous Euler–Lagrange systems (NH ELSs) with external disturbances in the task space. Firstly, the co...
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Intercrop** of kenaf and soybean affects plant growth, antioxidant capacity, and uptake of cadmium and lead in contaminated mining soil
Intercrop** is considered a sustainable agricultural practice that can reduce the environmental impacts on agriculture. Our study investigated the morphology, physiology, and cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) uptak...
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Comparative Physiological and Transcriptomic Analysis Provide New Insights of Crucial Pathways and Genes Regulating Kenaf Salt Tolerance
Soil salinity is one of the most challenging issue for sustainable crop productivity worldwide, and kenaf is an important natural fiber crop with considerable salt tolerance. However, little is known about the...
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Open AccessAnalysis of microbial community and biodeterioration of maritime cultural relics (ironware, porcelain, axes, hull wood) from the Nanhai No. 1 shipwreck
Maritime cultural relics from the Nanhai No. 1 shipwreck were immersed in a buffer to maintain stability. To better monitor the changes in the composition of microorganisms in the buffer and, thus, prevent the...
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The transcription factor HcERF4 confers salt and drought tolerance in kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.)
Ethylene response factors (ERF) are members of the APETALA2/ERF transcription factor family, and they play an important role in plant growth, development, and response to various environmental stresses. In thi...
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Open AccessSystematic analysis of CCCH zinc finger family in Brassica napus showed that BnRR-TZFs are involved in stress resistance
CCCH zinc finger family is one of the largest transcription factor families related to multiple biotic and abiotic stresses. Brassica napus L., an allotetraploid oilseed crop formed by natural hybridization betwe...
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Open AccessThe insect-killing bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens has the lowest mutation rate among bacteria
Mutation is a primary source of genetic variation that is used to power evolution. Many studies, however, have shown that most mutations are deleterious and, as a result, extremely low mutation rates might be ...
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Analyzing of Spatial Interactive Network Based on Urban Community Division
The urban community interaction patterns are an important portrait of the urban spatial structure, and they can serve with urban community construction, traffic management, and resource allocation. In the big ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Multi-modal Behavioral Information-Aware Recommendation with Recurrent Neural Networks
Data sparsity is one of the most challenging problems in recommendation systems. In this paper, we tackle this problem by proposing a novel multi-modal behavioral information-aware recommendation method named ...
