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Open AccessComprehensive identification, characterization, and expression analysis of the MORF gene family in Brassica napus
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Identifying genes for resistant starch, slowly digestible starch, and rapidly digestible starch in rice using genome-wide association studies
The digestibility of starch is important for the nutritive value of staple food. Although several genes are responsible for resistant starch (RS) and slowly digestible starch (SDS), gaps persist concerning the...
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Methyl jasmonate alleviates arsenic-induced oxidative damage and modulates the ascorbate–glutathione cycle in oilseed rape roots
Methyl jasmonate (MJ) is an important plant growth regulator, involves in various physiological processes of plants. In the present study, role of MJ in tolerance to oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) roots under a...
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The present investigation explored the capability of priming treatment with 250 mg L−1 of humic acid (HA) to improve nano-ZnO tolerance of two rice cultivars seedlings (Zhu Liang You 06 and Qian You No. 1). The r...
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Concomitant infections of different species of parasites are common in the field. Infection with one parasite species likely triggers host responses that may influence the subsequent infection of another speci...
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Experiments were conducted to study the influence of sowing seasons and drying methods on the seed vigour of two spring soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) cultivars. Two cultivars, ‘Huachun18’ and ‘Huachun 14’, wer...