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**gNan Chen
Life Sciences
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In-field measurement and sampling technologies for monitoring quality in the sugarcane industry: a review
Reliable in-field quality measurement and sampling techniques are needed in the sugarcane industry to accommodate spatial variability in crop quality during harvesting. Existing in-field monitoring systems onl...
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Open AccessThe willow genome and divergent evolution from poplar after the common genome duplication
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Open AccessDifferential retention and expansion of the ancestral genes associated with the paleopolyploidies in modern rosid plants, as revealed by analysis of the extensins super-gene family
All modern rosids originated from a common hexapolyploid ancestor, and the genomes of some rosids have undergone one or more cycles of paleopolyploidy. After the duplication of the ancient genome, wholesale ge...
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Identification and characterization of nucleotide variations in the genome of Ziziphus jujuba (Rhamnaceae) by next generation sequencing
In this study, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and insertions/deletions (InDels) in the genome of Ziziphus jujuba were identified using sequences generated by the Roche 454 GS-FLX sequencer. A total of, 57...
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Marker-Aided Selection of Polyploid Poplars
Polyploid breeding is an important means for creating elite varieties for the development of poplar plantations. However, polyploid poplars are rare in natural stands. In this study, we established an analytic...
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Enhanced transesterification of ethyl ferulate with glycerol for preparing glyceryl diferulate using a lipase in ionic liquids as reaction medium
Glyceryl diferulate (DFG) is a water-soluble ester of ferulic acid. A novel ionic liquid (IL) system for enzymatic transesterification of ethyl ferulate (EF) with glycerol to produce DFG was developed. Of thre...
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Discovery and experimental analysis of microsatellites in an oil woody plant Camellia chekiangoleosa
Oil camellia trees are important woody plants for the production of high-quality cooking oil. On the contrary to their economic importance, their genetic and genomic resources are very limited, which greatly h...
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Melampsora larici-populina, the main rust pathogen, causes loss in biomass production of black cottonwood plantations in the south of China
Epidemic outbreaks of rust disease have been observed in most of the black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) plantations in the south of China in recent years. However, the exact pathogens that cause rust disease ...
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Enhancing the value of multiple use plantations: a case study from southeast Queensland, Australia
In the 1990s, an expansion of small-scale (farm) forestry in medium to low rainfall areas was considered to be an important part of increasing the national forest estate but it remains a very minor source of t...
