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Open AccessMore examples of breakdown the 1:1 partner specificity between figs and fig wasps
The obligate mutualism between fig trees (Ficus, Moraceae) and pollinating fig wasps (Agaonidae) is a model system for studying co-evolution due to its perceived extreme specificity, but recent studies have repor...
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Potassium Availability in Tea Plantations of Different Ages Grown on Alfisols: Content, Dynamics, Release, and Composition of Potassium-Bearing Minerals
Potassium (K) deficiency is widespread in Alfisols on which tea is grown, and quantifying the availability of K to the tea plants is important in designing fertilizer regimes and in ensuring that tea productio...
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Effects of alpine marsh degradation on soil phytoliths and phytolith-occluded carbon on the Zoige Plateau, China
Phytoliths are microscopic particles of amorphous silica produced by plants that have vital importance for environmental change and carbon sequestration. This study investigated phytoliths and their morphotype...
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Response of the Organic Carbon Fractions and Stability of Soil to Alpine Marsh Degradation in Zoige, East Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Soil organic carbon (SOC) fractions play a crucial role in the carbon cycle of alpine wetland ecosystems and regional climate regulation. In the last decades, alpine marshes at Tibetan Plateau have undergone i...
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Transcriptome analysis revealed cadmium accumulation mechanisms in hyperaccumulator Siegesbeckia orientalis L.
Siegesbeckia orientalis L. was identified as a novel Cd-hyperaccumulator and valuable phytoremediation material. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying Cd accumulation in S. orientalis are largely unknown. ...
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Open AccessIdentification and functional characterization of three new terpene synthase genes involved in chemical defense and abiotic stresses in Santalum album
It is well known that aromatic essential oils extracted from the heartwood of Santalum album L. have wide economic value. However, little is known about the role of terpenoids in response to various adverse envir...
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PIV Measurements of a Turbulent Boundary Layer Perturbed by a Wall-Mounted Transverse Circular Cylinder Element
The perturbation induced by a wall-mounted transverse circular cylinder element (TCCE) to a turbulent boundary layer (TBL) is studied using particle image velocimetry (PIV). Measurements are also performed on ...
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Genome-wide analysis of the terpene synthase gene family in physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) and functional identification of six terpene synthases
Plant terpenes constitute a large class of compounds and have numerous biological roles as either primary or secondary metabolites. Terpene synthases (TPSs) play key roles on catalyzing the formation of differ...
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Experimental investigation of Reynolds stress complex eddy viscosity model for coherent structure dynamics
Time sequence signals of streamwise and normal velocity components, as well as velocity strain rate, at different vertical locations in the turbulent boundary layer over a smooth flat plate in a wind tunnel ha...
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Effects of polyamines on K+, Na+ and Cl− content and distribution in different organs of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seedlings under NaCl stress
Seedlings from the salt-sensitive cucumber cultivar **chun No. 2 and the salt-tolerant cucumber cultivar Changchun Mici were exposed for 8 days to 50 mmol/L NaCl in the absence or in the presence of exogenous...
