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... The diversity of prokaryotic communities in soil is shaped by both biotic and abiotic factors. However, little is known about the major factors shaping soil prokaryotic communities at a large scale in agroecosystems. To this end, we undertook a study to investigate the impact of maize production cropping systems, soil properties and geographic location (latitude and longitude) on soil prokaryotic ...
... Athetis lepigone (Alep) is a polyphagous pest native to Europe and Asia that has experienced major outbreaks in the summer maize area of China since 2011 and has shown evidence of resistance to some insecticides. Insect olfaction is crucial for recognition of sex pheromones, host plant volatiles and even insecticides, in which two general-odorant binding proteins (GOBPs) play important roles. To e ...
Pottiaceae; leaves; light microscopes; mosses and liverworts; new variety; photographs; China
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... The moss Bryoerythrophyllum latinervium var. rotundatum X.L.Bai, D.M.Ren et L.Q.Yang is described as a new variety from Inner Mongolia, China. It is distinguished from Bryoerythrophyllum latinervium (Holmen) Fedosov et Ignatova by its rounded leaf apex. Light microscope photographs of the significant characters are provided and its distinctions from closely related taxa are discussed. A key to the ...
... Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is an emerging and rampant arbovirus in Europe, and even Africa and West Asia. Investigating whether SBV existed in new regions or countries, it was very helpful for the early warning and control of SBV. In this study, we collected 317 serum samples (n = 242 for dairy cattle, n = 13 for yellow cattle, n = 21 for buffalo, and n = 41 for goats) from Guangdong province of so ...
... Grimmia orbicularis (Grimmiaceae) is reported for East Asia from China for the first time. A brief description and digital photographs of the species are provided, and the characters that distinguish it from the similar G. pulvinata are discussed. ...
... Size-classified daily aerosol mass concentrations and concentrations of water-soluble inorganic ions were measured in Hefei, China, in four representative months between September 2012 and August 2013. An annual average mass concentration of 169.09μg/m³ for total suspended particulate (TSP) was measured using an Andersen Mark-II cascade impactor. The seasonal average mass concentration was highest ...
Tortula; flora; mosses and liverworts; photographs; China
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... Two species, Tortula brevissima Schiffn. and Grimmia indica (Dixon & P. de la Varde) Goffinet & Greven are added to the Chinese moss flora. The former is newly reported for China and East Asia. The latter has been found in Tibet for the first time. Brief morphological descriptions, distribution details, and digital photographs of the two species are provided. ...
... .Bryoerythrophyllum latinervium (Pottiaceae) is added to the Chinese moss flora. Brief morphological description, distribution, digital photographs of the species are provided. ...
Tortula; flora; mosses and liverworts; photographs; China
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... Two taxa, Tortula transcaspica and Stegonia latifolia var. pilifera (Pottiaceae) are added to the Chinese moss flora. Brief morphological descriptions, distributional remarks and photographs of the two species are provided. ...
Bryopsida; flora; mosses and liverworts; photographs; China
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... New locality records of three species of Barbula are added to the Chinese moss flora. Barbula hiroshii K. Saito is newly reported to China. Additional localities are reported for Barbula amplexifolia (Mitt.) A. Jaeg. and Barbula convoluta Hedw. Brief morphological description, range extension, digital photographs of the three species and a new key to Chinese species of Barbula are provided. ...
Pottiaceae; bryology; ecology; indigenous species; leaves; new species; China
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... A new Inner Mongolian endemic species, Bryoerythrophyllum neimonggolicum X.-L.Bai & C.Feng is described and illustrated from China. It is characterized by lingulate to broad-lanceolate leaves with obtuse or rounded apex, leaf margins broadly recurved to revolute to near the apex, bulging laminal cells, basal cells with thickened walls and the absence of lax and enlarged basal cells. This species i ...
Grimmiaceae; leaves; new species; plant morphology; plant taxonomy; scientific illustration; taxon descriptions; volcanoes; China
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... A new species, Grimmia grevenii C. Feng, X.L. Bai & J. Kou, endemic to the Wudalianchi volcanoes in the province of Heilongjiang in northeast China, is described and illustrated. It is characterized by low, white-hoary cushions, ovate-lanceolate leaves clearly contracted to the base and with rounded apex, both margins slightly recurved at the base but otherwise plane, basal and upper laminal cells ...
Pottiaceae; leaves; scanning electron microscopy; taxonomy; China
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... Both papillae and mammillae are important structural characteristics for Pottiaceae classification, but these characters are diverse and their nomenclature is confused, hindering the classification of Pottiaceae. So, we selected representative species that cover all types of papillae and mammillae of Chinese Pottiaceae and observed and compared differences between them using light and scanning ele ...
Norovirus; capsid; diarrhea; feces; gastroenteritis; genetic techniques and protocols; genome; genotype; pathogens; patients; phylogeny; winter; China
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... Noroviruses are regarded as the major causes of acute gastroenteritis worldwide, but their prevalence in sporadic diarrhea in South China remains unclear. This study was performed to characterize the genotypes of circulating norovirus strains associated with sporadic diarrhea cases in Guangzhou from November 2010 to January 2011. Among fecal specimens collected from 89 patients with acute diarrhea ...
... A new species of Grimmia (Grimmiaceae), G. ulaandamana J. Munoz, C. Feng, X.L. Bai & J. Kou, from several localities in China, is described and illustrated. It is distinguished from all congeners in having 2–4(5)-stratose and V-shaped lamina, semi-terete to terete costa consisting of almost homogeneous cells and with four guide cells at mid-leaf, and a long plication in lower part on one or both s ...
Grimmiaceae; Trichodon; leaves; new species; spores; China
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... Schistidium ignatovae C. Feng, X.L. Bai, J. Kou & W. Li (Grimmiaceae) is described and illustrated as a new species from Sichuan Province, China. It closely resembles S. trichodon, but differs by the green to yellow-green plants; slightly flexuose, broadly and long-decurrent, denticulate leaf hair-point; narrower perichaetial leaves that have frequently narrowly recurved margins to 1/2–2/3 way up ...
... Nutrient use efficiency (NuUE), comprising nutrient uptake and utilization efficiency, is regarded as one of the most important factors for wheat yield. In the present study, six morphological, nine nutrient content and nine nutrient utilization efficiency traits were investigated at the seedling stage using a set of recombinant inbred lines (RILs), under hydroponic culture of 12 treatments includ ...
children; hepatitis B; hepatitis B antigens; immunologic memory; indigenous species; neonates; vaccination; vaccines; China
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... The duration of protection of hepatitis B vaccine remains incompletely understood. To assess the long-term protection provided by a primary vaccine series, the current study again recruited all subjects of a previous randomized placebo-controlled trial cohort 23 years after vaccination. Two hundred and sixty-one healthy children aged 5–9 years living in a highly HBV-endemic country were enrolled i ...
affordability; attitudes and opinions; case studies; global warming; industry; issues and policy; prices; renewable energy sources; stakeholders; statistics; China
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... The global warming and climate change have put enormous pressure on both governments and industries to re-think their attitudes and behaviours towards sustainability issues. The past decades have witnessed a number of renewable energy developments across the world. Even though these developments are not issue-free, it is generally recognized that the benefits outweigh disadvantages. However, there ...
... Transgenic Bt rice has been shown to be an effective means of controlling Lepidoptera pests of rice. However, the potential roles of transgenic rice on planthoppers and their predators need to be investigated before its commercialization. Population density, species dominance and population dynamics are important parameters of arthropods populations in field. So the impacts of three transgenic Bt ...