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Tobacco/Isatis intercropping system improves soil quality and increase total production value

Frontiers in Plant Science
Continuous tobacco monocropping has caused soil degradation and yield reduction in China. Intercropping, as a specific and efficient cropping pattern, is highly associated with the enhancement of soil quality and land-use efficiency.
Zhongyan Wang, Xiaomeng Guo, Shoutao Cao, Mingfeng Yang, Qiang Gao, Hao Zong, Xianchao Shang, Yun Gao, Li Zhang, Long Yang, Miao Zhang, Mingming Sun, Xin Hou   +12 more
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The effect of behaviour change interventions on changes in physical activity and anthropometrics in ambulatory hospital settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act, 2021
Barrett S, Begg S, O'Halloran P, Howlett O, Lawrence J, Kingsley M.   +5 more
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Antagonistic effects of endophytic fungi from Camellia reticulata pedicels on yeasts: implications for antimicrobial mechanism of nectar

Frontiers in Plant Science
Endophytic fungi are extensive in plant tissues and involved in the defense against stress from harmful microbes. The interaction between pedicel endophytic fungi and nectar yeasts is critical for maintaining nectar homeostasis.
Rong Huang, Qingxin Meng, Lijie Xun, Lijie Xun, Xiaoman Wu, Dan Yue, Wenzheng Zhao, Xia Dong, Xueyang Gong, Kun Dong   +9 more
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ε²-Phages Are Naturally Bred and Have a Vastly Improved Host Range in Staphylococcus aureus over Wild Type Phages. [PDF]

Pharmaceuticals (Basel), 2021
Sáez Moreno D, Visram Z, Mutti M, Restrepo-Córdoba M, Hartmann S, Kremers AI, Tišáková L, Schertler S, Wittmann J, Kalali B, Monecke S, Ehricht R, Resch G, Corsini L.   +13 more
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Evaluating rice lipid content, yield, and quality in response to nitrogen application rate and planting density

Frontiers in Plant Science
To investigate the effects of nitrogen (N) application rate and planting density (D) on the contents of lipid and free fatty acid, fatty acid composition, yield and quality of rice grain, a field experiment was conducted using Koshihikari (japonica) as ...
Guangyi Chen, Congmei Li, Congmei Li, Mingming Hu, Xingmei He, Hong Yang, Qiuqiu Zhang, Chaoyue Wu, Qiang Duan, Ligong Peng, Yao Zhang, Ziyu Li, Yuyuan Ouyang, Yuyuan Ouyang, Yan Lan, Tian Li   +15 more
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Exploring plant-microbe interactions in adapting to abiotic stress under climate change: a review

Frontiers in Plant Science
Climatic change and extreme weather events have become a major threat to global agricultural productivity. Plants coexist with microorganisms, which play a significant role in influencing their growth and functional traits.
Ali Muhammad, Ali Muhammad, Xiangjun Kong, Shuaichao Zheng, Na Bai, Lijie Li, Muhammad Hafeez Ullah Khan, Sajid Fiaz, Zhiyong Zhang   +8 more
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Identification and mapping of QTLs for late blight resistance in the wild tomato (Solanum pimpinellifolium) accession PI 270442 via selective genotyping

Frontiers in Plant Science
Late blight (LB), caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, is one of the most devastating diseases of the cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) worldwide. Attempts to control the disease through fungicide applications are becoming less effective,
Matthew T. Sullenberger, Majid R. Foolad
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CLE peptide signaling in plant-microbe interactions

Frontiers in Plant Science
Cell-cell communication is essential for both unicellular and multicellular organisms. Secreted peptides that act as diffusive ligands are utilized by eukaryotic organisms to transduce information between cells to coordinate developmental and ...
Satoru Nakagami, Satoru Nakagami, Satoru Nakagami, Taiki Kajiwara, Kenichi Tsuda, Kenichi Tsuda, Kenichi Tsuda, Shinichiro Sawa, Shinichiro Sawa, Shinichiro Sawa, Shinichiro Sawa   +10 more
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The conserved active site aspartate residue is required for the function of the chloroplast atypical kinase ABC1K1

Frontiers in Plant Science
IntroductionThe Arabidopsis abc1k1/pgr6 (Activity of BC1 complex/proton regulation 6) mutant is characterized by photosynthetic and conditional developmental phenotypes triggered by stressful red as well as high light.
Maud Turquand, Ana Rita Justo Da Silva, Thibaut Pralon, Fiamma Longoni, Felix Kessler, Joy Collombat   +5 more
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Strawberry Grown in an Indoor Vertical Farm Responds to Increased Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density When Calcium Is Supplied at Higher Concentrations

HortScience
Indoor vertical farms can optimize light, temperature, humidity, and nutrient use, thus potentially maximizing crop growth and yield. However, the reported potential for enhanced crop growth and yield within these systems needs to be tempered against the
Daniela Alvarado-Camarillo, Luis A. Valdez-Aguilar, Donita L. Cartmill, Andrew D. Cartmill   +3 more
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