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Soil quality regime in relation to land cover and slope position across a highly modified slope landscape
Vegetation and land-use mosaics of shrub land, grassland, farmland and reforested land are characteristic for residential areas of the Wolong nature reserve in Sichuan province, southwest China. The patterns r...
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Cloning and functional characterization of PpDBF1 gene encoding a DRE-binding transcription factor from Physcomitrella patens
The dehydration-responsive element binding (DREB) transcription factors play central roles in regulating expression of stress-inducible genes under abiotic stresses. In the present work, PpDBF1 (P ...
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Extended expression of B-class MADS-box genes in the paleoherb Asarum caudigerum
Asarum caudigerum (Aristolochiaceae) is a paleoherb species that is important for research in origin and evolution of angiosperm flowers due to its basal position in the angiosperm phylog...
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Physiological integration impacts nutrient use and stoichiometry in three clonal plants under heterogeneous habitats
Physiological integration facilitates clonal plants to deal with heterogeneous resources. However, little is known about how nutrient patchiness affects its use and stoichiometry in clonal plants. We conducted...
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Erratum to: Olfactory responses of Neoseiulus cucumeris (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to odors of host plants and Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)–plant complexes
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Olfactory responses of Neoseiulus cucumeris (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to odors of host plants and Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)–plant complexes
We studied the olfactory responses of Neoseiulus cucumeris (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to odors from eggplant (Solanum melongena L.), pepper (Capsicum aunuum), and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), three host plants, and ...
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Bacillus methylotrophicus isolated from the cucumber rhizosphere degrades ferulic acid in soil and affects antioxidant and rhizosphere enzyme activities
Ferulic acid (FA) accumulates in soil and inhibits plant growth. We examined whether the FA-degrading bacterium Bacillus methylotrophicus degrades FA in soil.
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Dynamics of the worldwide number of fungi with emphasis on fungal diversity in China
A survey and analysis of fungal taxa introduced over seven decades is presented. The numbers of introduced taxa were collated from ten editions of the Dictionary of the Fungi as well as from the Index of Fungi. I...
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Hymenochaetopsis nom. nov. proposed to replace Pseudochaete (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) with descriptions of H. laricicola sp. nov and H. gigasetosa new to China
A new fungal generic name Hymenochaetopsis is proposed to replace Pseudochaete, which is a nomen illegitimum according to Art. 53.1 in the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. Twelve n...
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New species and new records of Aleurodiscus s.l. (Basidiomycota) in China
Two new species from Hunan Province in central China, Acanthobasidium bambusicola and Aleurodiscus effusus, are described and illustrated. Both species have effused basidiocarps, clamped generative hyphae, acanth...
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Polypore diversity in North America with an annotated checklist
Profound changes to the taxonomy and classification of polypores have occurred since the advent of molecular phylogenetics in the 1990s. The last major monograph of North American polypores was published by Gi...
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NaCl stress induces CsSAMs gene expression in Cucumis sativus by mediating the binding of CsGT-3b to the GT-1 element within the CsSAMs promoter
The CsSAMs promoter is a salt-stress-inducible promoter containing three GT-1 elements that are sufficient for the salt-stress response. The transcription fa...
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The potential of fludioxonil for anthracnose control on China chili fruit
Anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum scovillei, is one of the most destructive disease which causes massive yield losses in chili. Our preliminary study has demonstrated that fludioxonil had high activity agains...
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Sensitivity of Colletotrichum acutatum to six fungicides and reduction in incidence and severity of chili anthracnose using pyraclostrobin
Anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum acutatum, is one of the most destructive diseases of chili worldwide. Fungicides including picoxystrobin, azoxystrobin, difenoconazole, thiophanate-methyl and mancozeb have b...
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Combined metabolome and transcriptome analysis reveals a critical role of lignin biosynthesis and lignification in stem-like pneumatophore development of the mangrove Avicennia marina
Transcriptional and metabolic regulation of lignin biosynthesis and lignification plays crucial roles in Avicennia marina pneumatophore development, facilitating its adaptation to coastal habitats.
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Vector-mediated viral exchange between crops and weedy plants
While virus-vector-crop interactions have received considerable attention, free-living plants growing in cultivated areas (‘weeds’) can also serve as viral reservoirs. Although weed-to-crop transmission is wel...