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Why Does Not the Leaf Weight-Area Allometry of Bamboos Follow the 3/2-Power Law?
The principle of similarity (Thompson, 1917) states that the weight of an organism follows the 3/2-power law of its surface …
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Genome Wide Association Mapping of Seedling and Adult Plant Resistance to Barley Stripe Rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. hordei) in India
, (Psh), occurs worldwide, and is a major disease in South Asia. The aim of this work was to identify …
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Assessment of Genetic Variation and Population Structure of Diverse Rice Genotypes Adapted to Lowland and Upland Ecologies in Africa Using SNPs
Using interspecific crosses involving Oryza glaberrima Steud. as donor and O. sativa L. as recurrent parents, rice breeders at the …
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Banana21: From Gene Discovery to Deregulated Golden Bananas
spp.) are the staple food of Uganda with the East African Highland banana, a cooking banana, the primary starch source. …
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Selection and Clonal Propagation of High Artemisinin Genotypes of Artemisia annua
Artemisinin, produced in the glandular trichomes of Artemisia annua L. is a vital antimalarial drug effective against Plasmodium falciparum resistant …
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Genome-Wide Association Study for Identification and Validation of Novel SNP Markers for Sr6 Stem Rust Resistance Gene in Bread Wheat
Stem rust (caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici Erikss. & E. Henn.), is a major disease in wheat (Triticum …
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Editorial: Harvesting Plant and Microbial Biodiversity for Sustainably Enhanced Food Security
According to the United Nations, the World population will reach 9 billion by 2050, with the \nmajority of this growth …
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Characterization of the Primary Metabolome of Brachystegia boehmii and Colophospermum mopane under Different Fire Regimes in Miombo and Mopane African Woodlands
Miombo and Mopane are ecological and economic important woodlands from Africa, highly affected by a combination of climate change factors, …
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Developing a Roadmap for Improving Neglected and Underutilized Crops: A Case Study of South Africa
Reports of neglected and underutilized crops' (NUS) potential remain mostly anecdotal with limited and often incoherent research available to support …
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Metalaxyl Effects on Antioxidant Defenses in Leaves and Roots of Solanum nigrum L.
Overuse of pesticides has resulted in environmental problems, threating public health through accumulation in food chains. Phytoremediation is a powerful …
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The Challenge of Improving Soil Fertility in Yam Cropping Systems of West Africa
Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is a tuber crop grown for food security, income generation, and traditional medicine. This crop has a …
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Effect of Trait Heritability, Training Population Size and Marker Density on Genomic Prediction Accuracy Estimation in 22 bi-parental Tropical Maize Populations
Genomic selection is being used increasingly in plant breeding to accelerate genetic gain per unit time, one of the most …
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Efficient CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing of Phytoene desaturase in Cassava
CRISPR/Cas9 has become a powerful genome-editing tool for introducing genetic changes into crop species. In order to develop capacity for …
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Deep Learning for Image-Based Cassava Disease Detection
Cassava is the third largest source of carbohydrates for human food in the world but is vulnerable to virus diseases, …
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Effects of Temperature Stresses on the Resistance of Chickpea Genotypes and Aggressiveness of Didymella rabiei Isolates
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important food and rotation crop in many parts of the world. Cold (freezing and …
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Pre-infestation of Tomato Plants by Aphids Modulates Transmission-Acquisition Relationship among Whiteflies, Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) and Plants
Herbivory defense systems in plants are largely regulated by jasmonate-(JA) and salicylate-(SA) signaling pathways. Such defense mechanisms may impact insect …
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Genetic Tracing of Jatropha curcas L. from Its Mesoamerican Origin to the World
L. (Jatropha), a shrub species of the family Euphorbiaceae, has been recognized as a promising biofuel plant for reducing greenhouse …
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PEG Induces High Expression of the Cell Cycle Checkpoint Gene WEE1 in Embryogenic Callus of Medicago truncatula: Potential Link between Cell Cycle Checkpoint Regulation and Osmotic Stress
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) can be used to mimic osmotic stress in plant tissue cultures to study mechanisms of tolerance. The …
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Perturbation of Auxin Homeostasis and Signaling by PINOID Overexpression Induces Stress Responses in Arabidopsis
Under normal or stress conditions plant growth requires a complex interplay between phytohormones and reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, details …
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Antibiosis and bmyB Gene Presence As Prevalent Traits for the Selection of Efficient Bacillus Biocontrol Agents against Crown Gall Disease
This study aimed to improve the screening method for the selection of Bacillus biocontrol agents against crown gall disease. The …