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Plastics of the Future? Interdisciplinary Review on Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers: Progress in Chemistry, Societal Views, and Environmental Implications

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Accepted Article.
Global demand to reduce polymer waste and microplastics pollution has increased in recent years, prompting further research, development, and wider use of biodegradable and biobased polymers (BBPs). BBPs have emerged as promising alternatives to conventional plastics, with the potential to mitigate the environmental burdens of persistent plastic waste.
Sara T. R. Velasquez, Qisong Hu, Johanna Kramm, Vitoria C. Santin, Carolin Völker, Frederik Roman Wurm   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Meta‐analysis of management effects on biodiversity in plantation and secondary forests of Japan

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView., 2019
Conservation of temperate forest biodiversity has historically focused on natural old‐growth. Less than 3% of the world's temperate forests remain unmodified by humans, however, and much of temperate‐forest biodiversity is held in the predominating planted and secondary forests.
Rebecca Spake, Sakiko Yanou, Yuichi Yamaura, Kazuhiro Kawamura, Kanehiro Kitayama, C. Patrick Doncaster   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Limited sex differences in plastic responses suggest evolutionary conservatism of thermal reaction norms: A meta‐analysis in insects

Evolution Letters, Volume 6, Issue 6, Page 394-411, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Temperature has a profound effect on the growth and development of ectothermic animals. However, the extent to which ecologically driven selection pressures can adjust thermal plastic responses in growth schedules is not well understood. Comparing temperature‐induced plastic responses between sexes provides a promising but underexploited ...
Tiit Teder, Kristiina Taits, Ants Kaasik, Toomas Tammaru   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Studies on cross compatibility in Jasminum spp.

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2019
The present investigation was carried out to study the compatibility among six Jasminum species during 2016–17. Among open, self and artificial cross pollination, the open pollination resulted in maximum degree of fruit and seed set proving the open ...
PAVITHRA S, DHANANJAYA M V, SUJATHA A NAIR, Rajiv KUMAR, YOGEESHA H S, MUNIKRISHNAPPA P M, DEVAPPA V, HALESH G K, KALAIYARASI A   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A spatially extended model to assess the role of landscape structure on the pollination service of Apis mellifera [PDF]

arXiv, 2019
Apis mellifera plays a crucial role as pollinator of the majority of crops linked to food production and thus its presence is currently fundamental to our health and survival. The composition and configuration of the landscape in which Apis mellifera lives will likely determine the well-being of the hives and the pollination service that their members ...
arxiv  

The role of asymmetric interactions on the effect of habitat destruction in mutualistic networks [PDF]

, 2010
Plant-pollinator mutualistic networks are asymmetric in their interactions: specialist plants are pollinated by generalist animals, while generalist plants are pollinated by a broad involving specialists and generalists. It has been suggested that this asymmetric ---or disassortative--- assemblage could play an important role in determining the equal ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Looking to the past to inform the future: What eDNA from herbarium specimens can tell us about plant–animal interactions

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise The importance of natural history collections in modern ecological and genetic research cannot be overstated. Herbarium specimens provide historical information that can be used to investigate community ecology, phenology, and population genetics. In this study, environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding and next‐generation sequencing were
Christopher Waters, Carla Hurt, Shawn Krosnick   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of different pollination methods on tomato fruits’ quality and metabolism

Frontiers in Plant Science
Bee pollination can affect tomato yield and quality. The mechanism of improving the yield and quality of tomatoes by bee pollination is not clear, and few studies have been conducted.
Wei-Hua Ma, Wen-Qin Wu, Huai-Lei Song, Jia Lei, Li-Xin Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Foraging Behavior of Honeybees (Apis Mellifera L.) and Ground Bumblebees (Bombus Terrestris L.) and its Influence on Seed Yield and Oil Quality of Oil Tree Peony Cultivar ‘Fengdan’ (Paeonia Ostii T. Hong et J. X. Zhang)

Journal of Apicultural Science, 2020
Oil peony (Paeonia spp.) is a new type of woody oil crop in China with a large cultivation area. Inadequate pollination is one of the main reasons for low seed yield.
He Chunling, Zhang Kaiyue, Han Dongbo, Wang Shuaibing, Hou Xiaogai, Zhu Chaodong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of plant metabolomics data using identification‐free approaches

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Plant metabolomes are structurally diverse. One of the most popular techniques for sampling this diversity is liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC‐MS), which typically detects thousands of peaks from single organ extracts, many representing true metabolites.
Xinyu Yuan, Nathaniel S. S. Smith, Gaurav D. Moghe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source