Invasion by Cenchrus spinifex changes the soil microbial community structure in a sandy grassland ecosystem [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Continuous nitrogen deposition increases the nitrogen content of terrestrial ecosystems and alters the soil nitrogen cycling process. Invasive plants have strong environmental adaptability, which can not only affect the composition and diversity of soil ...
Baihui Ren +8 more
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Structural and Functional Strategies in Cenchrus Species to Combat Environmental Extremities Imposed by Multiple Abiotic Stresses [PDF]
PlantsMultiple abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, heat, and cold stress prevailing in natural habitats affect plant growth and development. Different species modify their structural and functional traits to combat these abiotic stresses while growing ...
Sana Basharat +11 more
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Anticancer effect of Cenchrus ciliaris L
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2018 Cenchrus ciliaris L total alcohol and successive extracts of both aerial and root parts were tested for their anticancer activities against lung (A-549), intestinal (CACO), colon (HCT-116), cervical (Hela), hepatocellular (HepG-2), and breast (MCF-7 ...
Esraa A. Alothman +7 more
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To be or not to be a virus: A novel chimeric circular Rep-encoding single stranded DNA virus with interfamilial gene exchange illustrates the considerable evolutionary capacity of ssDNA viruses. [PDF]
PLoS ONEViruses in the family Geminiviridae cause significant economic losses in numerous crops worldwide. Some geminiviruses are often associated with satellite DNA molecules, such as alphasatellites (familly Alphasatellitidae), that require the assistance of a
Sélim Ben Chéhida +8 more
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Invasive‐dominated grasslands in Hawaiʻi are resilient to disturbance [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionNon‐native‐dominated landscapes may arise from invasion by competitive plant species, disturbance and invasion of early‐colonizing species, or some combination of these.
Stephanie Yelenik +2 more
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Indian Sandbur (Bhurut) as a Foreign Body in Upper Aero-Digestive Tract- A Cross-sectional Study from Western Rajasthan [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Introduction: Indian sandbur is an unusual foreign body which is accidentally ingested or inhaled in aero-digestive tract and can cause drastic complication.
Vikas devra +3 more
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Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 2021 Cenchrus setigerus is commonly known as black kolukkattai grass and is a herbaceous perennial pasture land grass. TNCS 265 is a selection from Kangayam local developed at Department of Forage Crops, Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu ...
A. Kalamani, C. Babu*, K. Iyanar, R. Sudhagar, S. D. Sivakumar, T. Ezhilarasi, K. Ganesamurthy and S. Geetha
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The challenges of rehabilitating denuded patches of a semi-arid environment in Kenya [PDF]
, 2010 Land degradation is a major problem in the semi-arid environments of Sub-Saharan Africa. Fighting land degradation is essential to ensure the sustainable and long-term productivity of the habited semiarid lands.
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A taxonomic revision of Cenchrus L. (Poaceae) in Thailand, with lectotypification of Pennisetum macrostachyum Benth. [PDF]
PhytoKeys, 2023 A revision of the genus Cenchrus (Poaceae) in Thailand is reported. Seven species, i.e. C. brownii, C. ciliaris, C. clandestinus, C. echinatus, C. pedicellatus, C. purpureus and C. setosus are described in this taxonomic treatment.
Paweena Wessapak +2 more
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Tillering dynamic and structural characteristics of tropical grasses under cutting management
Bioscience Journal, 2016 This paper aimed to evaluate the dynamics of tillering, tiller density and structural characteristics of Brachiaria brizantha, Panicum maximum and Cenchrus ciliaris under a cutting regime.
Alano Albuquerque Luna +5 more
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