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    Two Lycopene β-Cyclases Genes from Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) Encode Enzymes With Different Functional Efficiency During the Conversion of Lycopene-to-Provitamin A by Jian-cheng ZHANG, Wen-jing ZHOU, Qiang XU, Neng-guo TAO, Jun-li YE, Fei GUO, Juan XU, Xiu-xin DENG

    Published 2013-10-01

    Citrus fruits are rich in carotenoids. In the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway, lycopene β-cyclase (LCYb, EC:1.14.-.-) is a key regulatory enzyme in the catalysis of lycopene to β-carotene, an important dietary precursor of vitamin A for human nutrition. Two closely related lycopene β-cyclase cDNAs,...

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    Alternate row mulching optimizes soil temperature and water conditions and improves wheat yield in dryland farming by Qiu-yan YAN, Fei DONG, Ge LOU, Feng YANG, Jin-xiu LU, Feng LI, Jian-cheng ZHANG, Jun-hui LI, Zeng-qiang DUAN

    Published 2018-11-01

    Straw mulching allows for effective water storage in dryland wheat production. Finding a suitable straw mulching model that facilitates wheat growth was the objective of this study. A 2-year field experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of two straw mulching patterns (FM, full coverage w...

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    Promoting Effects of <i>Piriformospora indica</i> on Plant Growth and Development of Tissue-Cultured <i>Cerasus humilis</i> Seedlings by Lu Yin, JinYang Cheng, YunPeng Liu, YinTao Guan, LuTing Jia, Shuai Zhang, PengFei Wang, XiaoPeng Mu, JianCheng Zhang

    Published 2025-07-01

    <i>Piriformospora indica</i> is a beneficial endophytic fungus that promotes plant growth and root development by colonizing plant roots. In order to investigate whether <i>P. indica</i> could promote the growth of tissue-cultured <i>Cerasus humilis</i> seedlings,...

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