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A Maastrichtian insect assemblage from Patagonia sheds light on arthropod diversity previous to the K/Pg event
Insect faunas from the latest Cretaceous are poorly known worldwide. Particularly, in the Southern Hemisphere, there is a gap regarding insect...
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Dipterocarpus (Dipterocarpaceae) leaves from the K-Pg of India: a Cretaceous Gondwana presence of the Dipterocarpaceae
Dipterocarpaceae, a tropical plant family that forms a major component of low-lying rainforests in Southeast Asia, is represented by a large number...
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Soil Chemical Properties, Enzyme Activity and Soybean and Corn Yields in a Tropical Soil Under No-till Amended with Lime and Phosphogypsum
Coupled lime and phosphogypsum (PG) application is widely used in no-tillage system (NTS) areas to ameliorate the soil fertility along the soil...
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Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) Boundary
One of the “Big Five” mass extinctions in the Phanerozoic Eon occurred at the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary (66.0 million years ago). The K–Pg...
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Conservation and Determination of Nutritional Composition of Mondia whitei In Vitro
An efficient in vitro micropropagation protocol from stored synthetic seeds and the macro- and micronutrient composition and its relative...
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Skull of a new periptychid mammal from the lower Paleocene Denver Formation of Colorado (Corral Bluffs, El Paso County)
The Periptychidae, an extinct group of archaic ungulates (‘condylarths’), were the most speciose eutherian mammals in the earliest Paleocene of North...
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Characterization of a novel sucrose phosphorylase from Paenibacillus elgii and its use in biosynthesis of α-arbutin
α-Arbutin, a naturally occurring glycosylated derivative of hydroquinone (HQ), effectively inhibits melanin biosynthesis in epidermal cells. It is...
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A novel pyrazolone complex P-FAH-Cu-bpy induces death of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus by disrupting cell structure and blocking energy
A novel pyrazolone-based copper complex [Cu(L)(bpy)]∙CH3OH (P-FAH-Cu-bpy) was synthesized and previously characterized to have antitumor properties....
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High morphological disparity in a bizarre Paleocene fauna of predatory freshwater reptiles
BackgroundThe consequences of the K-Pg mass extinction are reflected across present biodiversity, but many faunas that appeared immediately after the...
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Unraveling the genetic basis of grain number-related traits in a wheat-Agropyron cristatum introgressed line through high-resolution linkage map**
BackgroundGrain number per spike (GNS) is a pivotal determinant of grain yield in wheat. Pubing 3228 (PB3228), a wheat- Agropyron cristatum ...
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Rapid detection of virulence-related genes by multiplex PCR in five pathogenic bacteria of mulberry bacterial wilt
Mulberry bacterial wilt is a devastating disease that is difficult to control and causes serious economic losses to the sericulture industry. This...
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Establishment of a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of marine harmful algae
Various harmful microalgae coexist in the marine environment, seriously affecting the survival of aquatic animals, the sustainable development of...
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Possible links between soil variables, bacterial abundance and kinetic constants in isoprene degradation by dry deciduous tropical forest soils
Isoprene, emitted mainly by tree species, is a highly reactive and second most abundant biogenic volatile organic carbon (VOC) in the atmosphere. It...
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Combined Effect of Biochar and Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizbacteria on Physiological Responses of Canola (Brassica napus L.) Subjected to Drought Stress
Biochar (BC) and plant growth-promoting microbes (PGPR) could represent a suitable agronomical strategy to mitigate the impacts of drought in arid...
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Strigiformes (Owls), Coliiformes (Mousebirds), and Cavitaves (Trogons, Rollers, Woodpeckers, and Allies)
The taxa included in the present chapter form a clade in most current analyses of molecular data. These birds are part of the Anomalogonatae, or...
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The karyotype, genome survey, and assembly of Mud artemisia (Artemisia selengensis)
BackgroundArtemisia selengensis is traditional Chinese medicine and phytochemical analysis indicated that A. selengensis contains essential oils,...
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High Throughput Phosphoglycolate Phosphatase Activity Assay Using Crude Leaf Extract and Recombinant Enzyme to Determine Kinetic Parameters Km and Vmax Using a Microplate Reader
Determining enzyme activities involved in photorespiration, either in a crude plant tissue extract or in a preparation of a recombinant enzyme, is...
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Toxaphene in the Great Lakes
Toxaphene is a major persistent organic contaminant in air, water and fish in the Great Lakes. The story of toxaphene in the Great Lakes, like that...
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2 Phospholipid synthesis and dynamics in plant cells
Phospholipids represent the second family of lipids after the galactolipids in photosynthetic tissues and the first in non-photosynthetic tissues....
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Did dysploid waves follow the pulses of whole genome duplications?
Pulses of whole genome duplications occurred within numerous angiosperm lineages near and subsequent to the K-Pg boundary. These duplications...