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Thermal Plasticity is Regulated by a Key MicroRNA During Range Expansion of an Invasive Fruit Fly

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Populations at the invasion front of Bactrocera dorsalis adapt through reduced phenotypic and gene expression plasticity, a phenomenon likely to be driven by genetic assimilation. We identify a key miRNA‐mediated regulatory axis, in which miR‐276b post‐transcriptionally represses thw, a conserved chitin‐binding gene critical to the cold‐tolerance ...
Yan Zhao, Juntao Hu, Juan Du, Shaokun Guo, Youming Hou, Zhihong Li   +5 more
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Effects of Combined Heat and Preservative Treatment on Storability of Ponkan Fruit (Citrus reticulata Blanco cv. Ponkan) during Postharvest Storage

Journal of Food Quality, 2017
Heat treatment and preservative application have been widely used during postharvest storage of many fresh products, but the effect of their combination on citrus storage has rarely been investigated.
Dandan Tang, Qiong Lin, Juanying Lin, Dengliang Wang, Chunrong Liu, Wenming Wu, Chongde Sun, Kunsong Chen   +7 more
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Nutritional Quality of Fruits

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Sánchez-Moreno, Concepción, Pascual-Teresa, Sonia de, Ancos, Begoña de, Cano, M. Pilar   +3 more
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Ecosystem‐Centered Robot Design: Toward Ecoresorbable Sustainability Robots (ESRs)

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Robots exploring natural ecosystems can support monitoring and conservation, but must adopt ecosystem‐centered design to avoid pollution, waste, and damage. This review proposes guidelines for co‐designing ecoresorbable sustainability robots (ESRs), uniting materials, robotics, and ecological contexts in a single framework.
Tülin Yılmaz Nayır, Yuan Fang, Consuelo Contreras, Andrew K. Schulz, Florian Hartmann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biochar and Nitrogen Fertilizer Synergies: Enhancing Soil Properties and Jujube Fruit Quality in Saline–Alkali Orchards of Southern Xinjiang

Agronomy
Saline–alkali soils in southern Xinjiang present significant challenges for sustainable jujube cultivation, necessitating innovative fertilization strategies to improve soil health and enhance fruit quality.
Haoyang Liu, Yunqi Ma, Yuxuan Wei, Cuiyun Wu, Yuyang Zhang   +4 more
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Edible Pneumatic Battery for Sustained and Repeated Robot Actuation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work presents an edible energy source and valve system to power soft, pneumatically driven edible robots. A chemical reaction between sodium bicarbonate and citric acid generates carbon dioxide gas, and a pressure‐triggered edible valve enables self‐repetitive motion of the edible actuator.
Bokeon Kwak, Shuhang Zhang, Alexander Keller, Qiukai Qi, Jonathan Rossiter, Dario Floreano   +5 more
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Interactive Effects of Different Field Capacity and Nitrogen Levels on Soil Fertility and Microbial Community Structure in the Root Zone of Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) Seedlings in an Arid Region of Southern Xinjiang, China

Agronomy
Understanding the regulatory mechanisms of water–nitrogen coupling effects on soil–plant–microbe systems in arid regions is crucial for sustainable agricultural development. This study systematically investigated the interactive effects of field capacity
Yunqi Ma, Haoyang Liu, Junpan Sun, Cuiyun Wu, Yuyang Zhang   +4 more
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Gene coexpression network analysis of fruit transcriptomes uncovers a possible mechanistically distinct class of sugar/acid ratio-associated genes in sweet orange

BMC Plant Biology, 2017
Background The ratio of sugars to organic acids, two of the major metabolites in fleshy fruits, has been considered the most important contributor to fruit sweetness. Although accumulation of sugars and acids have been extensively studied, whether plants
Liang Qiao, Minghao Cao, Jian Zheng, Yihong Zhao, Zhi-Liang Zheng   +4 more
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Automated Benchmarking of Variable‐Property Soft Robotic Fingertips to Enable Task‐Optimized Sensor Selection

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Sensorized fingertips are needed to unlock robotic dexterity, versatility, and diverse interactions. Here, 15 identically‐shaped robotic fingertips are benchmarked by a fully automated toolchange system, covering eight different materials and six broadly‐ranging sensing mechanisms.
David Hardman, Benhui Dai, Qinghua Guan, Antonia Georgopoulou, Fumiya Iida, Josie Hughes   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integration of Cadmium Accumulation, Subcellular Distribution, and Physiological Responses to Understand Cadmium Tolerance in Apple Rootstocks

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017
Cadmium (Cd) is a nonessential and highly toxic element causing agricultural problems. However, little information is available about the variation in Cd tolerance among apple rootstocks and its underlying physiological regulation mechanisms.
Jiangtao Zhou, Jiangtao Zhou, Huixue Wan, Huixue Wan, Jiali He, Jiali He, Deguo Lyu, Deguo Lyu, Huifeng Li   +8 more
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