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Theories of care help explain a peri‐urban tree diversity paradox

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Since diversity is often a management objective for peri‐urban tree communities on public land, one might expect to find greater diversity there than on private land, where such objectives are less common. However, this expectation rests on an assumption that people control diversity towards objectives, overlooking the role of relationships ...
Jacqueline Hamilton, Murray M. Humphries, Heather Brown, Elena M. Bennett   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The potential effect of megafaunal extinctions on modern conservation of horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Many plant species worldwide are struggling to regenerate due to the ongoing effects of climate change. These effects appear to be further exacerbated by the loss of keystone megafauna, which were important seed dispersers. By identifying the traits commonly seen in seeds spread by modern elephants, it is possible to predict which species likely ...
Andrew J. Tighe
wiley   +1 more source

Single and dual RPA‐CRISPR/Cas assays for point‐of‐need detection of Stewart's wilt pathogen (Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii) of corn and Maize dwarf mosaic virus

Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 4, Page 1988-1999, April 2025.
Schematic diagram of the single and dual RPA‐CRISPR/Cas12a/13a diagnostic assays for the detection of Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii and Maize dwarf mosaic virus. The validated assays provide a useful and sensitive molecular tool for detecting two quarantine pathogens of maize within a minimal resource framework suitable for fast‐tracking the ...
Qian Tian, Hua Zhou, Zhenxing Zhao, Yongjiang Zhang, Wenjun Zhao, Lulu Cai, Tao Guo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘More Beastliness Than Beauty’: Gendering Pica in Seventeenth‐Century English Medicine and Culture

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Today, defined as the ‘persistent eating of non‐nutritive substances’, pica is a lesser‐known eating disorder with a long history. Defined in early modern England as the ‘desire to eat absurd things’, pica was explicitly gendered, associated with pregnant women and pubescent girls.
Helena C. Aeberli
wiley   +1 more source

Extinction Debt Paid Off: The Demise of the European Polecat (Mustela putorius) in NE Iberia

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We studied a vanishing polecat population for a decade, until its ultimate demise, using camera trap and roadkill data, landscape descriptors and dietary and toxicological analyses.Polecat favoured farmland and avoided forests and water bodies occupied by the invasive American mink.
Salvador Salvador, Roger Puig‐Gironès, Xavier Llopart, Santiago Palazón, Miguel Clavero   +4 more
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Tripartite Interaction Between Penicillium pinophilum‐Host Plants and CMV‐Y: A Model for Endophyte‐Mediated Viral Biocontrol

Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Plant‐fungus‐virus tripartite interactions represent complex ecological systems in which mutualistic endophytes can influence host physiology, yet the molecular basis of endophyte‐mediated defence remains poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that the endophytic fungus Penicillium pinophilum EU0013 suppresses the yellow strain of cucumber ...
Sarah R. Ibiang, Ivan Galis, Hideki Kondo, Nobuhiro Suzuki   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harnessing Natural Diversity and Rational Design for Enhanced Plant Immunity

Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Plant pathogens cause crop loss. Genetic resistance, through natural genetic diversity or engineered resistance, can be highly effective in protecting plants from infection. Genetic resistance from wild relatives of crops has been successfully introduced into crops to control pathogen infection.
Nathan Diplock, Jennifer D. Lewis
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial intelligence‐powered plant phenomics: Progress, challenges, and opportunities

The Plant Phenome Journal, Volume 9, Issue 1, December 2026.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI), a key driver of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, is being rapidly integrated into plant phenomics to automate sensing, accelerate data analysis, and support decision‐making in phenomic prediction and genomic selection.
Xu Wang, Daeun Choi, Damian Adams, Jaehyun Ahn, Kelly Balmant, Raquel Dias, Carlos D. Messina, Rafael Muñoz‐Carpena, Vance M. Whitaker, Haipeng Yu, Ziwen Yu, Chang Zhao, Changying Li   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhanced Disease Detection for Apple Leaves with Rotating Feature Extraction

Agronomy
Leaf diseases such as Mosaic disease and Black Rot are among the most common diseases affecting apple leaves, significantly reducing apple yield and quality. Detecting leaf diseases is crucial for the prevention and control of these conditions.
Zhihui Qiu, Yihan Xu, Chen Chen, Wen Zhou, Gang Yu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

First Report of Apricot pseudo-chlorotic leaf spot virus Infecting Peach Trees in South Korea

Research in Plant Disease, 2017
In May 2016, 24 peach samples showing abnormal and virus like symptoms were collected in one of major peach producing area, Yeongcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea. We performed RT-PCR diagnosis for confirmation of viral infection.
Sangmin Bak, Euncheol Seo, San Yeong Kim, Won Heum Park, Su-Heon Lee   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source