455 papers
This study demonstrates that in cold, arid regions, the synergistic integration of moderate deficit drip irrigation and optimized organic fertilization enhances Chinese cabbage productivity by activating a robust rhizosphere microbiome that drives soil health improvements and nutrient mobilization.
This study engineered the thermophilic fungus *Thermothelomyces heterothallica* by disrupting specific catabolic genes via CRISPR-Cas9 to create strain TH11, which efficiently converts alkali-pretreated wheat straw into cellobionic acid with high yield and conversion rates without the need for external cellulases.
This study reveals that agricultural practices utilizing recycled resources, particularly irrigation with treated wastewater and the application of compost to tilled soils, significantly increase microplastic contamination in the 10–20 cm soil layer, underscoring the urgent need for source-level pollutant removal and improved agricultural practices to mitigate these risks.
This case report, authored by Dr. Henrietta Bolanle Ojuri (Veterinarian), Dr. Billy Quadri Omoniyi (Veterinarian), and Oluwabukola Ojuri (Microbiologist), documents how two Lagos SME cake businesses utilized fraudulent National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control registration numbers while one simultaneously produced cakes contaminated with *Aspergillus flavus*, illustrating how regulatory certification fraud and genuine food safety hazards can co-occur to compound consumer risk in Nigeria's informal food sector.
This study demonstrates that using acid-base pretreated qingke straw fermentation broth as an external carbon source in plateau SBR reactors alters microbial community structure and shifts nitrogen metabolism pathways, thereby enhancing nitrogen fixation and nitrification while inhibiting denitrification and necessitating improved phosphorus removal strategies.
This study demonstrates that a 2.5-hour pre-slaughter transport duration and a 12-hour lairage period, particularly during summer, effectively minimize pig stress and optimize pork quality compared to other tested durations.
This study demonstrates that integrating foliar sprays and fertigation with phosphoric acid allows for a 50% reduction in basal triple superphosphate fertilizer in phosphorus-deficient canola production while maintaining optimal growth and phosphorus uptake comparable to full soil application.
This study reports the first identification of *Colletotrichum fructicola* as an anthracnose pathogen on roses in Thailand and demonstrates that the biocontrol bacterium *Bacillus amyloliquefaciens* TU-Orga12, which produces surfactin and specific volatile organic compounds, offers superior disease control compared to the chemical fungicide mancozeb in both greenhouse and commercial production settings.
Maternal heat stress during the final 54 days of gestation alters the histological and transcriptomic profiles of newborn heifer mammary fat pads by suppressing adipocyte differentiation and lipid metabolism, potentially compromising future mammary gland development and lactation performance.
This study demonstrates that combining plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) inoculation with 4 Gy gamma-radiated achenes effectively mitigates cadmium stress in milk thistle by enhancing growth, photosynthetic efficiency, antioxidant defense, and silymarin yield while reducing oxidative damage.