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IDB News: Vol. 1, no. 9, October 1974 [PDF]

, 1974
IDB News is a monthly publication of the Inter-American Development Bank and appears in English and Spanish ...
Inter-American Development Bank
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Evaluating germinability of eight desert halophytes under long-term seed storage: Implications for conservation

Plant Diversity, 2019
Ex situ conservation in seed banks is a potential complementary conservation strategy for native plant species. It is well established that ex situ seed banking of native wild plants prolongs seed viability and thereby preserves genetic and species ...
Sanjay Gairola, Hatem A. Shabana, Tamer Mahmoud, Ali El-Keblawy, Andrea Santo   +4 more
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Large old trees need more conservation attention: A case of Tamarix aphylla in the arid deserts of the United Arab Emirates

Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2015
Large old trees are often recognized for the provision of variety of ecosystem services to humanity. This paper reports the existence of a large old Tamarix aphylla (L.) Karst. tree in the Hamriyah area of Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates.
Tamer Mahmoud, Sanjay Gairola, Ali El-Keblawy   +2 more
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Similarity between seed bank and herb layer in a natural deciduous temperate lowland forest

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2011
Forest seed banks mostly studied in managed forests proved to be small, species poor and not reflecting aboveground species composition. Yet studies conducted in undisturbed communities indicate a different seed bank characteristic. Therefore we aimed at
Maciej Wódkiewicz, Anna Justyna Kwiatkowska-Falińska   +1 more
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Banana seed genetic resources for food security: Status, constraints, and future priorities

Food and Energy Security, 2022
Storing seed collections of crop wild relatives, wild plant taxa genetically related to crops, is an essential component in global food security. Seed banking protects genetic resources from degradation and extinction and provides material for use by ...
Simon Kallow, Arne Mertens, Steven B. Janssens, Filip Vandelook, John Dickie, Rony Swennen, Bart Panis   +6 more
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Prioritising native flora and geographic areas for ex situ conservation in the Sonoran Desert

Botan‪ical Sciences
Background: Ex situ conservation provides an alternative to safeguarding plant diversity. To guide future conservation strategies, a prioritisation methodology is needed, especially for the Sonoran Desert (SD), a priority arid ecoregion from Mexico and ...
María Guadalupe Chávez-Hernández, Pablo Gómez-Barreiro, Joseph Douglas Mandla White, Michael Way   +3 more
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Genetic diversity and population structure of Coffea arabica in Saudi Arabia revealed by whole-genome resequencing

Frontiers in Plant Science
Gene banks are essential for conserving plant genetic resources, yet limited genomic characterization constrains their effective use in breeding. Coffea arabica L., an economically important crop in Saudi Arabia, remains poorly characterized at the ...
Naser B. Almarri, Sara Osman, Mohamed M. S. Abo El-Enien, Omar A. Al-Haidar, Mohanad A. Ibrahim, Salwa M. Mostafa, Sara M. Alomran, Shakeel Ahmad, Rida Tariq, Rashed Almarri, Ibrahim Alrashidi, Nada M. Alsofuani   +11 more
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Climate-Resilient Bread Wheat for Arid Environments: Adaptation and Yield Performance of Diverse Genotypes Across Contrasting Growing Conditions

Plants
Environmental variability poses major challenges to bread wheat production in arid regions. This study evaluated the adaptation, productivity, and grain quality of fifteen diverse bread wheat genotypes. The evaluated germplasm comprised advanced breeding
Naser B. Almarri, Mohamed Mansour, Sally E. Elwakeel, Elsayed E. Elshawy, Ibrahim F. Mersal, Abdullah D. Alkhathami, Nada M. Alsofuani, Mohamed Hichem Neily, Elsayed Mansour   +8 more
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Seed rain and soil seed bank in Chinese fir plantations and an adjacent natural forest in southern China: Implications for the regeneration of native species

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
The natural regeneration of native broadleaved species underneath forest monoculture plantations is important to recover ecosystem functions and to mitigate adverse environmental effects.
Bo Liu, Qingqing Liu, Chenxi Zhu, Zhigang Liu, Zhijun Huang, Mulualem Tigabu, Zongming He, Yuhui Liu, Zhengning Wang   +8 more
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Engineering peptides into antibodies—opportunities and strategies for therapeutic innovation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Peptides and antibodies occupy complementary therapeutic niches. Peptides recognize difficult targets in a compact format, while antibodies add specificity, long half‐life, and effector functions. This review examines strategies that merge both modalities—peptide grafting into loops, terminal and Fc fusions, and bioconjugation—highlighting how ...
Jinling Wang, Ruslana Romaniuk, Hristo L. Svilenov   +2 more
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