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Community structure of soil fungi in a novel perennial crop monoculture, annual agriculture, and native prairie reconstruction

PLoS ONE, 2020
The use of perennial crop species in agricultural systems may increase ecosystem services and sustainability. Because soil microbial communities play a major role in many processes on which ecosystem services and sustainability depend, characterization ...
Thomas P. McKenna, T. Crews, Laura Kemp, Benjamin A. Sikes   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Functional Biodiversity [PDF]

, 2001
Modern conventional agriculture is characterized by monocultures. These are less productive in terms of biomass than natural plant communities, which are usually complex mixtures of species and varieties, and they also require more inputs.
Wolfe, Martin
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A Synovium‐on‐Chip Platform to Study Multicellular Interactions in Arthritis

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The Synovium‐on‐Chip comprises a thin microporous PDMS membrane to support co‐culture of fibroblast‐like synoviocytes (FLS), THP‐1‐derived macrophages, and endothelial cells, enabling real‐time analysis of synovial‐vascular interactions. FLS migration through the pores drives endothelial remodeling, while TNF‐α stimulation induces robust inflammatory ...
Laurens R. Spoelstra, Fleur R. Semmekrot, Nuno Araújo‐Gomes, Daniël Wijnperle, Monique M. A. Helsen, Martijn H.J. Van Den Bosch, Loes. I. Segerink, Séverine Le Gac, Marcel Karperien   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil management in Lepidium meyenii (maca) monoculture: trends and challenges for small farmers around Lake Chinchaycocha in the Andean highlands of Junin (Peru)

Frontiers in Soil Science
IntroductionMonoculture is a significant concern due to its negative impact on soil quality, resource productivity, and agricultural sustainability, particularly in vulnerable communities.
Richard Solórzano-Acosta, Mirella Chanco, Martín Seminario, Rita Cabello-Torres, Vladimir Camel, Sphyros Lastra, Alberto Arias, Patricia Verástegui, Kenyi Quispe, Carlos Carbajal-Llosa, Juan Pablo Cuevas, Juancarlos Cruz, Cecilia Turín   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cultivar diversity as a means of ecologically intensifying dry matter production in a perennial forage stand [PDF]

, 2014
The relationship between genotypic diversity and productivity has not been adequately explored in perennial forage production systems despite strong theoretical and empirical evidence supporting diversity\u27s role in ecosystem functioning in other ...
Pollnac, F. W., Smith, Richard G., Warren, Nicholas D.   +2 more
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Automating Vascular Biology: An End‐to‐End Automated Workflow for High‐Throughput Blood Vessel‐on‐a‐Chip Production and Multi‐Site Validation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
AngioPlate384 is a 384‐well open‐top platform that automates production of more than 100 miniaturized, perfusable blood vessels embedded in hydrogel and supported by stromal cells. Stromal‐endothelial co‐culture strengthens blood vessel barrier function and yields responses useful for translational planning. Scalable and automation‐ready, it suits drug
Dawn S. Y. Lin, Hanieh Mohammad Hashemi, Kimia Asadi Jozani, Anushree Chakravarty, Sonya Kouthouridis, Jessica Bonanno, Nicky Anvari, Shravanthi Rajasekar, Feng Zhang, Richard Y. Cheng, Narendra Kumar Singh, Luis Miguel Medina, Marc Durante, Yufang He, Boyang Zhang   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long-Term Monoculture Negatively Regulates Fungal Community Composition and Abundance of Tea Orchards

Agronomy, 2019
Continuous cropping frequently leads to soil acidification and major soil-borne diseases in tea plants, resulting in low tea yield. We have limited knowledge about the effects of continuous tea monoculture on soil properties and the fungal community ...
Yasir Arafat, Muhammad Tayyab, M. Khan, Ting-Wei Chen, H. Amjad, Saadia Awais, Xiangmin Lin, Wenxiong Lin, Sheng Lin   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

On-farm trials with rice fish cultivation in the west Kano rice irrigation scheme, Kenya [PDF]

, 2006
The viability of integrating rice farming with fish culture was studied in ten (10) rice plots. The on-farm research was done during one rice-growing season starting May 2003.
Auma, E.O., Rasowo, J.
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A Tri‐Culture Heart‐on‐a‐Chip Platform With iPSC‐Derived Cardiac Cells for Predictive Cardiotoxicity Testing

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents the first entirely isogenic heart‐on‐chip, unifying cardiomyocytes, fibroblasts, and endothelial cells from a single iPSC source. The platform reveals a critical biological insight: the endothelium actively shields cardiac tissue from drug‐induced toxicity, challenging the predictive accuracy of conventional, avascular models for ...
Karine Tadevosyan, Jose Yeste, Mar Alvarez, Denise Marrero, Laura Casado‐Medina, Yvonne Richaud‐Patin, Olalla García‐Iglesias, Jagoda Litowczenko, Alba Morillas Garcia, Anton Guimerà, Xavi Illa, Rosa Villa, Angel Raya   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect Study of Continuous Monoculture on the Quality of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge Roots

BioMed Research International, 2020
High-efficiency monoculture severely inhibits the growth of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge and decreases the yield and quality of crude drug, thus resulting in serious economic losses in China.
Hongyan Liu, Min Niu, Shu Zhu, Fang Zhang, Qian Liu, Yang Liu, Ruohan Liu, Yongqing Zhang   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source