Dopamine and 24-Epibrassinolide Upregulate Root Resilience, Mitigating Lead Stress on Leaf Tissue and Stomatal Performance in Tomato Plants by Lohana Ribeiro Prestes, Madson Mateus Santos da Silva, Sharon Graziela Alves da Silva, Maria Andressa Fernandes Gonçalves, Bruno Lemos Batista, Ivan Becari Viana, Allan Klynger da Silva Lobato

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Patterns in Abundance and Seasonality of Insects in the Siruvani Forest of Western Ghats, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Southern India by P. R. Arun, V. S. Vijayan

“…The seasonal abundance patterns of insects inhabiting the understory vegetation of a mixed deciduous forest were examined with the help of the sweep-net sampling method. …”
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Impact of Climate Change on Temperate and Alpine Grasslands in China during 1982–2006 by Xiangjin Shen, Binhui Liu, Guangdi Li, Daowei Zhou

“…During the growing season, there were significant effects of precipitation on the growth of all the grassland types (P<0.05), except for meadow vegetation. For the air temperatures, there existed asymmetrical effects of maximum temperature (Tmax) and minimum temperature (Tmin) on grassland vegetation, especially for the temperate grasslands and alpine steppe. …”
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Metal Content in Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) Leaves: Influence of Vehicular Traffic and Safety upon Consumption as Food by Agnese Giacomino, Mery Malandrino, Maria Laura Colombo, Sergio Miaglia, Pietro Maimone, Sebastiano Blancato, Eleonora Conca, Ornella Abollino

“…The concentrations were compared with reference values for plant and soils and with maximum allowable concentrations in edible vegetables. Neither dandelion nor soil samples were found to be polluted by metals, but the comparison with limits for vegetables suggests that caution should be used in consuming spontaneously growing vegetables.…”
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A novel lectin from mushroom Phellodon melaleucus displays hemagglutination activity, and antitumor activity in a B16 melanoma mouse model by Yuanhui Li, Peng Wang, Zejun Zhang, Qinghong Liu

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Getting the best of carbon bang for mangrove restoration buck by Jingfan Zhang, Zhe Lu, Jinge Zhou, Guoming Qin, Yicheng Bai, Christian J. Sanders, Peter I. Macreadie, Jiacan Yuan, Xingyun Huang, Faming Wang

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Impacts of different pig slurry application methods on soil quality indicators in a maize-soybean cropping sequence in the Sub-humid Pampas of Argentina by Vanesa Pegoraro, Cristian Cazorla, Omar Bachmeier, Tomás Baigorria, Mónica Boccolini, Jimena Ortiz, Claudio Lorenzon, Susana Hang, Marta Zubillaga

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Residue Analysis and Dietary Risk Assessment of 10 Neonicotinoid Insecticides in <i>Oenanthe javanica</i> from Hainan Province of China by Shusheng Tang, Zikang Zeng, Rui Kang, Ying Wei, Gaohao Tan, Minni Chen, Bin Wang, Zhuhua Tang

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Significant greening in the western Tibetan Plateau and surroundings occurred after the 1970s by Renhui Huang, Chunmei Ma, Wangbin Zhang, Xiaoqian Liu, Shuangye Wu, Hongxi Pang, Shugui Hou

“…Abstract Vegetation greening on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) has profoundly changed the connection between terrestrial ecosystems and regional carbon, water, and energy cycling, but existing research on vegetation greenness can only be traced back to the 1980s, because of the scarcity of long-term remote sensing data. …”
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The impact of climate change on the natural dendroflora of the greater caucasus by Baghirova Samira

“…The article examines the main features of the current state of vegetation in the region, reveals that anthropogenic factors have changed and impoverished the vegetation, and some species are currently on the verge of extinction. …”
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Genome-Wide Analysis and Expression Profiling of Watermelon <i>VQ</i> Motif-Containing Genes Under Abiotic and Biotic Stresses by Yanjun He, Jia Shen, Xinyang Xu, Weisong Shou

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Monsoonal climate and asymmetric heating facilitate the slope-aspect to influence landscape-scale tree structure in the Western Ghats, India by Devi Maheshwori, Shreyas Managave, Girish Jathar, Sham Davande

“…The regional variation of rainfall and length of the rainy season are identified to control the vegetation distribution in the Western Ghats (WG) of India, one of the important biodiversity hotspots. …”
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An Investigation into Major Causes for Postharvest Losses of Horticultural Crops and Their Handling Practice in Debre Markos, North-Western Ethiopia by Yebirzaf Yeshiwas, Esubalew Tadele

“…The current study was conducted to estimate and identify the major causes for postharvest losses of fruits and vegetables in Debre Markos, north-western Ethiopia. …”
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Evaluation of Drought Stress Tolerance Based on Selection Indices in Haricot Bean Varieties Exposed to Stress at Different Growth Stages by Awoke Wasae

“…Drought intensity indices at vegetative, flowering, and pod setting stages were 0.046, 0.335, and 0.249, respectively. …”
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Variations in the performance, fruit shelf life, and mineral compositions of two varieties of pepper (Capsicum chinense ) grown under different soil amendments and seasons by Christopher Aboyeji, Aruna Adekiya, John Afolayan, Faith Okunlola, Barnabas Akaazua, Nifemi Adesola

“…The experiment was a 2 x 2 x 5 factorial with three replications laid out in a Randomised Complete Block Design. Vegetative, yield, and quality parameters were collected.Results: Results show that Caribbean red produced higher values for vegetative parameters, yield, and longer shelf life in season 1. …”
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Dynamics of Land Use, Land Cover Changes and Their Impacts on Land Surface Temperature Using Satellite Imagery by Temesghen E. Sereke, Tumuzghi Tesfay, Vitaly V. Bratkov, Elsayed S. Mohamed, Dinh T. Quyen

“…Thus, the study concludes that urbanization causes vegetation degradation, abrupt built-up growth and urban heat islands. …”
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Response of Boron and Light on Morph-Physiology and Pod Yield of Two Peanut Varieties by Md. Quamruzzaman, Md. Jafar Ullah, Md. Fazlul Karim, Nazrul Islam, Md. Jahedur Rahman, Md. Dulal Sarkar

“…Boron is an important micronutrient that enhances vegetative growth and yield of crops, like peanut. Light also plays an important role in pegging of peanut. …”
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Diversity of photoperiodic responses in oats by I. G. Loskutov, V. A. Koshkin, I. I. Matvienko, E. V. Blinova, I. A. Kosareva

“…A preliminary field study of the oat collection for early maturity and growing plants in the vegetation experiment was carried out according to the VIR Guidelines. …”
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Drivers of soil biophysical processes along an elevational gradient at Pico de Orizaba volcano, Mexico by Guillermo Angeles, Marycruz Álvarez-Jiménez, Fabien Anthelme, Isabelle Barois, José Luis Chaparro Carrillo, Nereyda Cruz-Maldonado, Thibaud Decaens, Martín de los Santos-Bailón, Stéphane Fourtier, Emmanuel García-Gutiérrez, David García-Segura, Rodrigo Gómez-Aguilar, Antonio Gómez-Anaya, Eduardo Hernández, Daniel Hernández-Cáceres, Leonor Jiménez, Beatriz E. Marín-Castro, Luis Merino-Martín, Marco A. Morales-Martínez, Edwin U. Monfil-León, René A. Palestina, Carlos Pimentel-Reyes, Ricardo Quiroz Reyes, Frédérique Reverchon, Hervé Rey, Catherine Roumet, Christina D. Siebe-Grabach, Katrin Sieron, Víctor Vázques Reyes, Monique Weemstra, Alexia Stokes

“…These shifts strongly impact the composition, community structure and specific functional traits of vegetation. Vegetation, in turn, influences soil properties through litter input, root growth and the release of root exudates, thereby influencing soil microbial and faunal communities. …”
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Ditch rotation irrigation coupled with multi-scale ecological reservoir operation by Linhui Mu, Tao Bai, Dong Liu, Hongwei Ji, Mingjiang Deng, LiangPeng Hong

“…Results indicate that (1) DRI created a planar water delivery effect in the core area of riverbank vegetation, with a maximum irrigation area of 0.97 million m2 and water use efficiency of 84.9 %, to improve irrigation effect. (2) Through DRI implementation, the groundwater level in the experimental area rose by 0–0.97 m, and the vegetation coverage increased year by year. …”
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