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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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A Study on Soil Enzyme and Plant Species Diversity of Typical Shrub in the Limestone Area of Central Guizhou

Shuitu baochi yanjiu, 2010
Article took the soil enzyme activity and plant species diversity of the typical shrub in the limestone area of central Guizhou as the research object. The result shows:the soil enzyme activity is obviously stronger in the rhizosphere soil than that in ...
LI Yuan-yuan1, ZHOU Yun-chao2, ZOU Jun3, ZHOU Wei2, FANG Xiao-jing1, WANG Yao1   +5 more
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A Review on Catalytic Nanostructured Electrodes for Wearable and Implantable Abiotic Glucose Fuel Cells

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review identifies current and future directions in abiotic nanostructured catalysts to develop reliable and sustainable glucose fuel cells to power the next generation of bioelectronic devices. ABSTRACT The global rise in incidence of chronic diseases has led to the demand for innovative solutions that help patients manage their conditions with ...
Asghar Niyazi, Hannah S. Leese, Benjamin Metcalfe, Mirella Di Lorenzo   +3 more
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Transcription Factor Promiscuity Drives Regulatory Rewiring and Evolvability in Gene Networks in Bacteria

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
When a master transcription factor (TF) is lost, bacteria can rapidly rewire gene regulatory networks by co‐opting related regulators. Using experimental evolution in Pseudomonas fluorescens, we show that TF promiscuity (low‐level, non‐cognate binding) provides the raw material for rewiring. Successful co‐option follows a predictable hierarchy governed
Tiffany B. Taylor, Alan M. Rice
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Underground Signals: The Ecological Power of Root Volatiles

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Root volatiles mediate rhizosphere chemical communication, shaping interactions among plants, microbes, herbivores, and natural enemies. Their production, transport, and perception underpin ecological adaptation, multitrophic interactions, and plant resilience, offering opportunities for sustainable crop protection, resilient agroecosystems, and ...
Xueyao Cao, Nanli Song, François Verheggen, Meritxell Pérez‐Hedo, Andrea Clavijo McCormick, Antonino Cusumano, Arthur de Fouchier, Bing Wang, Chen‐Zhu Wang, Emmanuelle Jacquin‐Joly, Gary W. Felton, Geoff M. Gurr, Hao Guo, Jiancai Li, Jin Zhang, Li Chen, Manqun Wang, Michele Ricupero, Peng Han, Peng He, Qi Yan, Qingbo Tang, Qingsong Liu, Shiheng An, Xiangbo Kong, Xiaoling Sun, Xueming Ren, Yuanyuan Song, Yang Liu, Yanhui Guo, Yunhe Li, Xiao Sun   +31 more
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Study on soil enzyme activity characteristics at different altitudes in the alpine region of Western Sichuan

四川大学学报. 自然科学版, 2023
In order to improve the understanding of the energy and nutrient limitation of soil microorganisms in the alpine region of western Sichuan, the soils at different altitudes (2969 m, 3280 m, 3697 m and 3992 m) in the alpine region of western Sichuan were ...
ZHOU Lin, AI Ying-Wei
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Natural Variation in ZmASB1 Links Tryptophan Metabolism to Root Growth and Drought Tolerance in Maize

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Natural variation in the maize ZmASB1 promoter regulates tryptophan accumulation, root development, and drought tolerance through a tryptophan–auxin pathway. A 5‐bp InDel alters ZmDOF17 binding and promoter activity, and the favorable allele is enriched during breeding. These findings reveal a cis‐regulatory mechanism linking amino acid metabolism with
Xiaoyi Yang, Houmiao Wang, Xiaomin Zhang, Yunyun Wang, Yimei Tian, Baoqing Wang, Tianze Zhu, Shuai Fang, Wei Li, Wenye Rui, Yining Zhang, Dan Sun, Haoxin Gao, Yuxuan Li, Zhongtao Jia, Zefeng Yang, Chenwu Xu, Pengcheng Li   +17 more
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A time for every season: soil aggregate turnover stimulates decomposition and reduces carbon loss in grasslands managed for bioenergy

GCB Bioenergy, 2016
A primary goal of many next‐generation bioenergy systems is to increase ecosystem services such as soil carbon (C) storage and nutrient retention. Evaluating whether bioenergy management systems are achieving these goals is challenging in part because ...
Elizabeth M. Bach, Kirsten S. Hofmockel
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RNAi in the Rhizarian Phytopathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae: The Causal Agent of Clubroot Disease in Cruciferous Crops

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study uncovers an unusual RNAi pathway in the rhizarian pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae. In the absence of Dicer, a Drosha‐like RNase III protein supports the biogenesis of predominant 21‐nt small RNAs, and two Argonaute proteins mediate small RNA‐guided silencing.
Xiong Zhang, Yupo Wu, Jiachang Hou, Lixia Gao, Longqi Pan, Cuicui Shen, Chuanji Zhao, Feng Gao, Yi Zhang, Li Ren, Xiaoping Fang, Xiaoling Dun, Shengyi Liu, Lijiang Liu   +13 more
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Microbial enzyme-catalyzed processes in soils and their analysis

Plant, Soil and Environment, 2009
Currently, measuring enzyme activities in soils or other lignocellulose-based materials is technically feasible; this measurement is particularly suitable for evaluating soil processes of biopolymer (cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin, chitin and others ...
P. Baldrian
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