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Depiction of the dairy product supplemented with the exopolysaccharide from Pediococcus acidilactici BCB1H by metabolomics analysis
Lactic acid been the most widespread bacteria extensively used in food industry. Functional lactic acid bacteria have been extensively studied for widespread beneficial properties in food industry. The exopoly...
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Zinc oxide nanoparticles: potential effects on soil properties, crop production, food processing, and food quality
The use of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) is expected to increase soil fertility, crop productivity, and food quality. However, the potential effects of ZnO NP utilization should be deeply understood. This...
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Carbon assimilation and sequestration by industrial crop Jerusalem artichoke in coastal saline land
Understanding the role of Jerusalem artichoke grown in low fertility coastal saline soil in carbon sequestration is important for characterizing the relationship between soil use in agriculture production and car...
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Open AccessVegetation succession influences soil carbon sequestration in coastal alkali-saline soils in southeast China
The area of saline soils accounts for 8% of the earth’s surface, making these soils an important terrestrial carbon sink. Soil organic carbon (SOC), microbial biomass carbon (MBC), dissolved organic carbon (DO...
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Open AccessSearch for single production of vector-like top partner decaying to Wb at \(e\gamma \) collision
In a simplified model including an SU(2) singlet T quark with charge 2/3, we investigate the single vector-like T production at the high energy ...
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Investigating the population structure and spatial pattern of restored forests in an opencast coal mine, China
To understand the underlying ecological process of vegetation restoration, a 0.8-hm2 locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia) and pine (Pinus tabuliformis) mixed-forest plot was established after a 17-year restoration...
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Phylogenetic Relatedness Influences Plant Interspecific Interactions Across Stress Levels in Coastal Ecosystems: a Meta-Analysis
Positive and negative interactions can occur simultaneously between plant species. According to the stress gradient hypothesis (SGH), species interactions shift towards more facilitative interactions or reduct...
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N–P stoichiometry in soil and leaves of Pinus massoniana forest at different stand ages in the subtropical soil erosion area of China
Plant nitrogen (N)–phosphorus (P) stoichiometry is associated with important ecological processes. However, N–P stoichiometry in soil and plants and adaptive mechanisms of plants to infertile soils in the soil...
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Effects of nitrogen and phosphate enrichment on the activity of nitrate reductase of Ulva prolifera in coastal zone
As one of the main species causing “green tides”, Ulva prolifera always inhabits in estuarine areas with changes in salinity and nutrients. Reduced salinity may affect directly or indirectly the processes of upta...
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Effects of biochar application on Suaeda salsa growth and saline soil properties
Pot experiments were conducted to study the effects of biochar application rates (5, 10, 20 g/kg) and types of wheat straw biochar (WS), corn stalk biochar (CS) and peanut shell biochar (PS) on Suaeda salsa (S. s...
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Open AccessThe nuclear protein GmbZIP110 has transcription activation activity and plays important roles in the response to salinity stress in soybean
Plant basic-leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors play important roles in many biological processes and are involved in the regulation of salt stress tolerance. Previously, our lab generated digital gene...
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Calculation of albedo on complex terrain using MODIS data: a case study in Taihang Mountain of China
Albedo is one of the import parameters for the routine applications of various remote sensing models, and most methods for estimating albedo are only applicable in plain areas with relatively flat topography. ...
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Low PSI content limits the photoprotection of PSI and PSII in early growth stages of chlorophyll b-deficient wheat mutant lines
In vivo analyses of electron and proton transport-related processes as well as photoprotective responses were carried out at different stages of growth in chlorophyll b (Chl b)-deficient mutant lines (ANK-32A and...
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Support-Vector-Machine-Based Models for Modeling Daily Reference Evapotranspiration With Limited Climatic Data in Extreme Arid Regions
Evapotranspiration is a major factor that controls hydrological process and its accurate estimation provides valuable information for water resources planning and management, particularly in extremely arid reg...
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Novel resistance mechanism of barley chlorina f104 antenna mutant against photoinhibition: possible role of new identified chloroplastic cpNrp protein
Protein with NmrA domain serving as the receptor for oxidized NAD+/NADP was identified in chloroplasts of spring barley mutant chlorina f104. NmrA was upregulated under environmental stresses in comparison to wil...
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Heat Signaling and Stress Responses in Photosynthesis
High temperature represents one of the most serious abiotic stress factors limiting plant photosynthesis, biomass production, and crop productivity. Photosynthetic apparatus is an important heat sensor in plan...
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Physiological adaptive mechanisms of plants grown in saline soil and implications for sustainable saline agriculture in coastal zone
There is large area of saline abandoned and low-yielding land distributed in coastal zone in the world. Soil salinity which inhibits plant growth and decreases crop yield is a serious and chronic problem for a...
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Photosynthetic characterization of Jerusalem artichoke during leaf expansion
Gas exchange, chlorophyll a fluorescence and modulated 820 nm reflection were investigated to explore the development of photosynthesis in Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) leaves from initiation to f...
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Strong plant-soil associations in a heterogeneous subtropical broad-leaved forest
The relative importance of deterministic and neutral processes on community assembly is currently a topic of much debate among ecologists. Analyzing species-environment associations is an effective way to asse...
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Plant molecular biology in China: Opportunities and challenges
In the 21st century, mankind has witnessed great advances in life sciences, including completion of theArabidopsis thaliana genome sequence and major advances with the rice genome. But, along with global economic...
