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Distinct Microbial Community of Phyllosphere Associated with Five Tropical Plants on Yongxing Island, South China Sea [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2019
The surfaces of a leaf are unique and wide habitats for a microbial community. These microorganisms play a key role in plant growth and adaptation to adverse conditions, such as producing growth factors to promote plant growth and inhibiting pathogens to
Lijun Bao, Wenyang Cai, Xiaofen Zhang, Jinhong Liu, Hao Chen, Yuansong Wei, Xiuxiu Jia, Zhihui Bai   +7 more
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Leguminous and gramineous plant silages display unique characteristics of bacterial community ecology [PDF]

Environmental Microbiome
Background Silage is the most important part of a ruminant diet and is also a renewable feedstock. Leguminous and gramineous plants are the main materials used to make silage. However, the general characteristics of silage fermentation and the mechanisms
Mao Li, Shuo Wu, Xuejuan Zi
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Ozone Impact on Emission of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds in Three Tropical Tree Species From the Atlantic Forest Remnants in Southeast Brazil

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Plants emit a broad number of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOCs) that can impact urban ozone (O3) production. Conversely, the O3 is a phytotoxic pollutant that causes unknown alterations in BVOC emissions from native plants. In this sense, here,
Bárbara Baêsso Moura, Vanessa Palermo Bolsoni, Monica Dias de Paula, Gustavo Muniz Dias, Silvia Ribeiro de Souza   +4 more
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Allelopathic Potential of Tropical Plants—A Review

Agronomy, 2023
The need to meet food demand becomes more urgent as it is forecasted to increase by 50% over the next century. Thus, agronomists promote sensible tools and approaches to eradicate factors that hamper crop production, mainly weeds.
Mst. Motmainna, Abdul Shukor Juraimi, Muhammad Saiful Ahmad-Hamdani, Mahmudul Hasan, Sabina Yeasmin, Md. Parvez Anwar, A. K. M. Mominul Islam   +6 more
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Heliconias with pendent inflorescences as cut flowers

Ornamental Horticulture, 2021
The Heliconia species with pendent inflorescences and colorful bracts are a good option as a cut flower for floriculture market, but only a few species of this type of Heliconia eg. H. rostrata, H. rauliniana and H.
Charleston Gonçalves, Armando Reis Tavares, Silvia Moreira Rojo Vega, Daniela Merida, Carlos Eduardo Ferreira de Castro   +4 more
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Special issue in honour of Prof. Reto J. Strasser - Sporulation modifies the photosynthetic activity of sporotrophophyll leaves of Platycerium bifurcatum

Photosynthetica, 2020
Platycerium bifurcatum is an epiphytic fern, occurring mainly in the forests of Australia and New Guinea. The location and spatial structure of its sporangia makes this fern a unique research model for physiological experiments.
A. SKOCZOWSKI, G. RUT, J. A. OLIWA KORNAS   +2 more
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Effects of Lactobacillus plantarum on Silage Fermentation and Bacterial Community of Three Tropical Forages

Frontiers in Animal Science, 2022
The fermentation quality and microbial diversity of king grass (K), cassava foliage (C), and Broussonetia papyrifera (B) ensiled in the absence of an inoculant (K, C, B) or the presence of Lactobacillus plantarum (KL, CL, BL) for 60 days were ...
Yue Liu, Ting Chen, Rong Sun, Xuejuan Zi, Mao Li, Mao Li   +5 more
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Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Pansy (Viola × wittrockiana Gams.)

Agronomy, 2022
Pansy (Viola × wittrockiana Gams.) is an important and attractive ornamental plant with a wide variety of flower colors. To date, the molecular genetic understanding of its colorful petal pigment patterns remains largely unknown.
Tongxin Wang, Jing Li, Tingge Li, Ying Zhao, Yang Zhou, Youhai Shi, Ting Peng, Xiqiang Song, Zhixin Zhu, Jian Wang   +9 more
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The effects of lactic acid bacteria and molasses on microbial community and fermentation performance of mixed silage of king grass and cassava foliage

Frontiers in Animal Science, 2022
In the present study, we aim to investigate the effects of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and molasses (M) on the microbial community and fermentation performance of mixed silage of king grass (KG) and cassava foliage (CF). A completely randomized design was
Yue Liu, Ting Chen, Rong Sun, Xuejuan Zi, Mao Li, Mao Li   +5 more
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Secondary Metabolites from Carica papaya, and its Biological Activities: A Comprehensive Review

Archives of Pharmaceutical Sciences Ain Shams University, 2021
Carica papaya L. is the most well-known species of family Caricaceae. The edible tropical plant was widely used in traditional folk medicine worldwide and known for possessing high nutritional and medicinal values in all its parts such as fruit, leaf ...
Amr Adel, Mohamed S. Elnaggar, Eman Al-Sayed, Mohamed A. Rabeh   +3 more
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