Sökresultat - Frontiers in Plant Science

Ornamental horticulture provides substantial economic and environmental benefits, generating billions in annual sales and contributing to urban greening. However, the increasing scarcity of freshwater resources necessitates the use of alternative irrigation sources, such as reclaimed water. Reclaime...

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BackgroundEpilobium hirsutum L. (Onagraceae), a perennial medicinal plant, has considerable pharmaceutical value due to its phenolic acids, flavonoids, and ellagitannins, including oenothein A and B. The plant is reported to have therapeutic benefits for several conditions, such as prostate gland, b...

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Summary: The stable carbon isotope signature of methane (δ13C-CH4) helps constrain CH4 emissions on regional to global scales, yet observations in rice paddies remain limited. The temporal dynamics of δ13C-CH4 and its drivers in rice paddies are still not fully understood. Here, we conducted continu...

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This paper estimates a stochastic frontier function using a panel data set that includes 4 961 farmer households for the period of 2005–2009 to decompose the growth of grain production and the total factor productivity (TFP) growth at the farmer level. The empirical results show that the major contr...

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This study investigates how sewage sludge and liquid digestate, as biosolid amendments, affect the mobility of cadmium (Cd), gallium (Ga), germanium (Ge), and rare earth elements (REEs) in soil, as well as their uptake by plants with differing nutritional strategies. Four species Alyssum murale, Lup...

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Plant diversity, as a critical indicator of wetland ecosystem health and functionality, has garnered extensive research attention. However, systematic and quantitative assessments of research advancements in wetland plant diversity remain inadequate. This study pioneers a global bibliometric analysi...

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In order to understand the development dynamics of CRISPR technology in the field of food safety, this study conducted a search in the Web of Science Core Collection using the keywords “CRISPR” and “Food safety or Food security”. A total of 415 relevant papers published between 2011 and 2023 were ob...

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Athetis dissimilis is one of the main pests affecting crops, and is currently managed through chemical control methods. Plant volatiles can stimulate insects to feed and lay eggs. The investigation of plant volatiles and the development of effective attractants are essential for sustainable pest con...

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Biotechnology has revolutionized the agricultural landscape, ushering in a new era of crop improvement. Biotechnological delivery innovations have driven significant advancements, from enhancing nutritional value and shelf life to developing stress-resistant varieties. Leveraging techniques like gen...

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IntroductionThe development of automated high-throughput plant phenotyping systems with non-destructive characteristics fundamentally relies on achieving accurate segmentation of botanical structures at both semantic and instance levels. However, most existing approaches rely heavily on empirically...

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Indoor air pollution from cigarette smoke, poses significant threats to plant growth and development. This study investigates the impact of cigarette smoke on the indoor plant species Epipremnum aureum (money plant), focusing on morphological, biochemical, and physiological aspects, with an emphasis...

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Pod numbers are important for assessing soybean yield. How to simplify the traditional manual process and determine the pod number phenotype of soybean maturity more quickly and accurately is an urgent challenge for breeders. With the development of smart agriculture, numerous scientists have explor...

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IntroductionA soilborne Ascomycete, Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersicum, is the causative agent of wilt disease, posing a significant threat to tomato plants and severely impacting global tomato production. Chemical fungicides are the primary strategy for controlling it. Employing fungicides arbit...

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IntroductionThe global expansion of artificial forests has highlighted the necessity of restoring their ecological service functions and understanding natural succession mechanisms in forest restoration ecology. However, comprehensive analyses of community assembly in tropical artificial forests fol...

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BackgroundNowadays, the restoration of abandoned mines has gained more attention due to its significance in vegetation recovery and ecological security Although some studies have indicated the sexual dimorphism of dioecious plants in response to the environmental adaptability, sea-buckthorn (Hippoph...

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Plant factories using artificial lighting are a promising solution to food security and urban agricultural challenges. However, cultivation of fruit-bearing crops such as tomatoes remains limited due to their high light demands, long growth periods, and tall plant structure. In this study, we aimed...

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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a severe metabolic disorder characterized by an increase in blood glucose level due to insufficient insulin production or failure of insulin action on targeted tissues or both. DM impacts male reproductive health across four aspects: ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, struc...

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IntroductionPlanetary health is a comprehensive approach that reveals the complex interconnections between sustainable human and environmental balance. This concept is rooted in the understanding that the health and progress of human civilization depend on thriving natural systems and their preserva...

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The stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope analysis of charred archaeological grains provides a remarkably precise scale of information: the growing conditions under which a plant was cultivated in a single field and season. Here we investigate how the measurement of single individual grai...

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