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Bioenergy Cropping Reduces the Spatiotemporal Scaling of Soil Bacterial Biodiversity

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Consistent with patterns observed in plant and animal communities, soil bacterial communities exhibit significant species–time–area and phylogenetic–time–area relationships independent of nested structure. Bioenergy cropping significantly reduces the spatiotemporal scaling rates, particularly in sandy loam soils.
Zhencheng Ye, Jialiang Kuang, Colin T. Bates, Arthur Escalas, Daliang Ning, Liyou Wu, Suo Liu, Sihang Deng, Jiesi Lei, Xiangwen Chen, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Malay Saha, Lauren Hale, Gangsheng Wang, Renmao Tian, Ying Fu, Yu Tang, Mary Firestone, Jizhong Zhou, Yunfeng Yang   +19 more
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Boron deficiency responses in maize (Zea mays L.) roots

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Background Boron (B) is an essential micronutrient for plants. Dicot plants respond to insufficient B supply by altering root architecture and root hair growth. How root systems of rather low‐B demanding monocot species such as maize (Zea mays L.) respond to B deficiency in terra has not been experimentally resolved, yet.
Manuela Désirée Bienert, Astrid Junker, Michael Melzer, Thomas Altmann, Nicolaus von Wirén, Gerd Patrick Bienert   +5 more
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Metarhizium anisopliae Mitigates the Phytotoxicity of Lead and Nanoplastics on Rice by Modifying Physiological, Transcriptomic, Metabolomic Activities, and Soil Microbiome

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Metarhizium anisopliae alleviates the phytotoxic effects of polyethylene nanoplastics (NP) and lead (Pb) in rice by decreasing Pb uptake, restoring antioxidant and hormonal equilibrium, and promoting growth. Additionally, the fungus modifies the rhizosphere microbiota, enhancing both contaminant tolerance and plant growth, thereby effectively ...
Jing Peng, Qi Yan, Muhammad Umair Hassan, Muhammad Imran, Fasih Ullah Haider, Jianfeng Liang, Xingmin Wang, Shaukat Ali   +7 more
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Breeding replacement gilts for organic pig herds*

Animal, 2011
In this study, breeding structures and commercial sow lines were evaluated by economic and genetic simulation studies for their suitability to provide the Dutch organic pig sector with replacement gilts.
J.I. Leenhouwers, J. Ten Napel, E.H.A.T. Hanenberg, J.W.M. Merks   +3 more
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Artificial rearing influences the morphology, permeability and redox state of the gastrointestinal tract of low and normal birth weight piglets [PDF]

, 2017
Background: In this study the physiological implications of artificial rearing were investigated. Low (LBW) and normal birth weight (NBW) piglets were compared as they might react differently to stressors caused by artificial rearing.
Casteleyn, Christophe, De Smet, Stefaan, Degroote, Jeroen, Fransen, Erik, Michiels, Joris, Prims, Sara, Van Cruchten, Steven, Van Ginneken, Chris, Vergauwen, Hans, Wang, Wei   +9 more
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Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
wiley   +1 more source

Heritability of shoulder ulcers and genetic correlations with mean piglet weight and sow body condition

Animal, 2012
The objective of this paper was to estimate the heritability for shoulder ulcers and the genetic correlations between shoulder ulcers, mean piglet weight and sow body condition.
H. Lundgren, B. Zumbach, N. Lundeheim, K. Grandinson, O. Vangen, D. Olsen, L. Rydhmer   +6 more
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Optimal Grazing Exclusion Duration to Enhance Soil Carbon Sequestration in Degraded Grasslands

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Across China, grazing exclusion reaches the national mean soil organic carbon recovery benchmark sooner in high‐MAP regions (> 500 mm), but recovery is much slower where MAP < 300 mm. Scaling this strategy to 70% of China's degraded grasslands would sequester about 1.52 Pg of soil carbon over 10 years—roughly 17% of annual global fossil‐fuel emissions.
Bin Zhang, Chongzhi Sun, Dongmei Xue, Paul Christiaan Struik, Tongrui Zhang, Jiayue Liu, Tingting Xing, Ziyang Liu, Shiming Tang, Ke Jin   +9 more
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Measuring changes in physical size and predicting weight of sows during gestation

Animal, 2007
Changes in physical body size during gestation were monitored using 529 sets of sow measurements. All sows were from the same herd and production system with a range in parity from 1 to 8.
M.K. O’Connell, P.B. Lynch, S. Bertholot, F. Verlait, P.G. Lawlor   +4 more
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Forecasting Root Rot Disease through Predictive Microbial Functional Profiling

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Predicting soil‐borne disease moves beyond observation with a framework that elevates microbial functional genes into reliable forecasting biomarkers. By coupling targeted qPCR assays for core stress‐response genes with machine learning, this method detects root rot risks in pre‐symptomatic soils with over 80% accuracy.
Chuan You, Peng Ren, Ying Guan, Kai Gong, Zhen Hua, Wuxian Zhou, Xinlan Mei, Yikui Wang, Xiaofang Wang, Yangchun Xu, Qirong Shen, Zhong Wei   +11 more
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