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Open AccessClimate of origin shapes variations in wood anatomical properties of 17 Picea species
Variations in hydraulic conductivity may arise from species-specific differences in the anatomical structure and function of the xylem, reflecting a spectrum of plant strategies along a slow-fast resource econ...
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Global Environmental Change Shifts Ecological Stoichiometry Coupling Between Plant and Soil in Early-Stage Invasions
Extensive research has been conducted on the ecological stoichiometry of plants and soils. However, the relationship between plants and soil stoichiometry under the global environmental change is not fully und...
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Thiopseudomonas acetoxidans sp. nov., an aerobic acetic and butyric acids oxidizer isolated from anaerobic fermentation liquid of food waste
A Gram-stain-negative, oxidase-negative, rod-shaped, motile, facultatively anaerobic bacterial strain, designated as CY1220T, was isolated from an anaerobic fermentation liquid of food waste treatment plant. Phyl...
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Open AccessTaWRKY31, a novel WRKY transcription factor in wheat, participates in regulation of plant drought stress tolerance
Wheat, a crucial food crop in China, is highly vulnerable to drought stress throughout its growth and development. WRKY transcription factors (TFs), being one of the largest families of TFs, play a vital role ...
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Soil properties and plant diversity co-regulate ecosystem multifunctionality of subalpine primary dark coniferous forest on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
Plants and soils are key factors in maintaining ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF). Yet, it remains unclear how climate factors regulate the EMF through soil properties and plant diversity of different plant f...
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Open AccessTime series single-cell transcriptional atlases reveal cell fate differentiation driven by light in Arabidopsis seedlings
Light serves as the energy source for plants as well as a signal for growth and development during their whole life cycle. Seedling de-etiolation is the most dramatic manifestation of light-regulated plant dev...
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Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) tolerates soil salinity by regulating salt-tolerance mechanism and resha** rhizosphere microorganisms
Increased soil salinization caused by natural or human activities is the leading cause of soil degradation. Cultivating salt-tolerant crops is an effective way to cope with soil salinity. However, the key sali...
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Maribacter aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from seawater adjacent to Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica
A novel Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, and rod-shaped bacterium with gliding motility, named strain ANRC-HE7T, was isolated from the seawater of Biological Bay adjacent to Fildes Peninsula, Antarctica. The optimal...
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Polyphase taxonomy and genome analysis reveal the adaptability of Luteolibacter rhizosphaerae sp. nov. to the rhizosphere soil of Ulmus pumila L.
A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, non-flagellated, pale-yellow bacterium, designated GHJ8T, was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Ulmus pumila L., Shanxi Province, China. Growth occurred at 20–37 °C (optimum...
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Carbon and nutrient limitations of soil microbial metabolism in Quercus aquifolioides forest ecosystems along a precipitation gradient on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
The response of soil microbial metabolic limitation in forest ecosystems to various factors remains poorly understood. The purpose of the study was to reveal the characteristics of microbial metabolic limitati...
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Functional characterization of three TERMINAL FLOWER 1-like genes from Platanus acerifolia
TFL1-like genes of the basal eudicot Platanus acerifolia have conserved roles in maintaining vegetative growth and inhibiting flowering, but may act through distinct regulatory mechanism.
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Adaption of tobacco rattle virus to its solanaceous hosts is related to the codon usage bias of the hosts and that of the viral 16 K gene
Tobacco rattle virus (TRV) is a member of the genus Tobravirus, family Virgaviridae, that infects many different plants from 50 families. TRV-based VIGS vectors are widely used in research into the interaction be...
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Warming significantly inhibited the competitive advantage of native plants in interspecific competition under phosphorus deposition
Global warming, phosphorus deposition, and biological invasion have become major environmental problems. Most studies have analyzed the main factors for the success of invasive plants under a single global cha...
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Influence of precipitation dynamics on plant invasions: response of alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) and co-occurring native species to varying water availability across plant communities
Over the last few decades, rainfall has become more variable, with a worldwide increase in the frequency of extreme precipitation events. While increases in rainfall variability are expected to significantly a...
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E2F1-mediated up-regulation of TOP2A promotes viability, migration, and invasion, and inhibits apoptosis of gastric cancer cells
Previous studies have reported that E2F transcription factor 1 (E2F1) and DNA topoisomerase II alpha (TOP2A) are up-regulated in gastric cancer (GC), the corresponding unexplored regulatory mechanisms and the ...
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Investigate the Effect of Potassium on Nodule Symbiosis and Uncover an HAK/KUP/KT Member, GmHAK5, Strongly Responsive to Root Nodulation in Soybean
Leguminous plants form root nodule organs with soil rhizobia bacteria, which can fix atmospheric nitrogen (N2) and supply ammonia to the host plant. It is established that the symbiotic N fixation efficiency is s...
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Extracellular enzyme characteristics and microbial metabolic limitation in soil of subalpine forest ecosystems on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
Subalpine forest ecosystems are sensitive to climate change, and extracellular enzyme activities and microbial metabolic limitation in soils are influenced by multiple factors including climate. The study aims...
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Open AccessDe novo Nanopore Genome Sequencing of the Clinical Diutina catenulata Type-strain CBS565
Diutina catenulata is an ascomycetous yeast, that is regularly fluconazole-resistant and increasingly reported as the cause of invasive infection in humans. Here, we describe the de novo genome assembly of the cl...
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Effects of 7 Years of Warming and Straw Application on Soil Bacterial, Fungal, and Archaeal Community Compositions and Diversities in a Crop Field
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether long-term warming and straw application influenced soil microbial community composition and diversity. A 7-year experiment with four treatments, control (CK...
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Open AccessQTL Analysis of Z414, a Chromosome Segment Substitution Line with Short, Wide Grains, and Substitution Map** of qGL11 in Rice
Most agronomic traits of rice (Oryza sativa), such as grain length, are complex traits controlled by multiple genes. Chromosome segment substitution lines (CSSLs) are ideal materials for dissecting these complex ...