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Zixiang Shan, Shixing Zhou, Asma Shah, Yasir Arafat, Syed Arif Hussain Rizvi and Hua Shao
The allelopathy definition accepted by the International Allelopathy Society is any process or phenomenon via which organisms such as plants, microorganism, viruses, and fungi release specific metabolites, known as allelochemicals, into the environment t...
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Alexander Gaffke, Maritza Romero and Hans Alborn
Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs), small soil-dwelling non-segmented roundworms, are obligate parasites of insects and commonly used in agriculture for biological control of insect pests. For successful reproduction, EPNs must identify, move towards, and...
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Lisemelo Francina Motholo, Marde Booyse, Justin Louis Hatting, Toi John Tsilo, Makhotso Lekhooa and Oriel Thekisoe
The Russian wheat aphid (RWA), Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov), is one of the main pests of small-grain cereal crops, including bread wheat, Triticum aestivum (Poaceae). In a series of glasshouse experiments, we evaluated the systemic effect of endophytic Be...
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Saumik Basu, Natalia Moroz, Benjamin W. Lee, Kiwamu Tanaka, Liesl Oeller, Chase W. Baerlocher and David W. Crowder
In agroecosystems, plants frequently confront multiple biotic stressors, including herbivores and pathogens. The nature of these interactions plays a crucial role in mediating the activation of plant defense mechanisms. However, induction of plant chemic...
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David A. White and Jenneke M. Visser
Deltaic landscapes go through cycles of birth, growth, decline, and death governed by intertwined geological, biological, and ecological processes. In this study, we tracked deltaic lobes in the Balize Mississippi River Delta, Louisiana, USA, over 28 yea...
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Ilias Karmiris, Thomas G. Papachristou and Dimitrios Fotakis
Silvopasture, a traditional agroforestry practice, combines the presence of trees, shrubs, herbage, and livestock in time and space to provide multiple ecosystem services that contribute to human well-being. However, the abandonment of traditional agrofo...
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Bárbara Angélio Quirino, Sidinei Magela Thomaz, Erik Jeppesen, Martin Søndergaard, Mário Sérgio Dainez-Filho and Rosemara Fugi
Aquatic macrophytes are generally recognized to influence fish?prey interactions. We assessed how fish consume particular foods, and how their foraging efficiency, trophic niche breadth, and niche overlap respond to gradients of macrophyte density and di...
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Nathaniel B. McCartney,M. Isabel Ahumada,Marcela Muñoz,Marlene Rosales,Angélica M. Fierro,Rodrigo A Chorbadjian
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Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) produces bitter-tasting triterpenesaponins that must be removed prior to consumption, significantly adding to production costs. Breeders have therefore prioritized the development of low-saponin ?sweet? cultivars w...
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Claudiu Niculaes, Aleksej Abramov, Laura Hannemann and Monika Frey
Benzoxazinoids (BXs) are secondary metabolites present in many Poaceae including the major crops maize, wheat, and rye. In contrast to other potentially toxic secondary metabolites, BXs have not been targets of counter selection during breeding and the e...
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Graham S. Frank, Ronald A. Rathfon and Michael R. Saunders
Establishing adequate advanced oak reproduction prior to final overstory removal is crucial for regenerating oak forests in the eastern U.S. Many management approaches exist to this end, but benefits associated with any individual technique can depend on...
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