Human activities weaken the positive effects of soil abiotic factors and biodiversity on ecosystem multifunctionality more than drought: A case study in China's West Liao River Basin.

Watershed-scale ecosystem biodiversity has been adversely affected by human disturbances and climate change for many years, leading to degradation of ecological functions (i.e., decreased ecosystem multifunctionality, EMF).

Three new coumarins from with potential anti-inflammatory activity.

Three previously undescribed coumarins (-) were obtained from the roots of . Their chemical structures were elucidated using a variety of spectroscopic techniques and chemical calculations. The inhibitory effects of these new compounds on NO production and pro-inflammatory factors (, , and ) in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.

Two undescribed coumarins from .

Two previously undescribed coumarins ( and ) were isolated from the root of which have been used to cure inflammatory diseases over thousands of years by Chinese. The structures of new findings were confirmed by comprehensive analyses of spectral evidences in HRESIMS, 1D and 2D NMR combined with chemical calculations. Compounds and exhibited potential anti-inflammatory properties by reducing the mRNA expression levels of , and in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced RAW264.

High-quality genome assembly and genetic transformation system of strain LTTK16-3, a fungal pathogen of Chinese hickory.

as one of the causative agents associated with Chinese hickory trunk cankers, has caused huge economic losses to the Chinese hickory industry. Although the biological characteristics of this pathogen and the occurrence pattern of this disease have been well studied, few studies have addressed the related mechanisms due to the poor molecular and genetic study basis of this fungus. In this study, we sequenced and assembled strain LTTK16-3, isolated from a Chinese hickory tree (cultivar of Linan) in Linan, Zhejiang province, China.

Phenotypic and Genomic Difference among Four Pathogens in Chinese Hickory Trunk Canker.

species are amongst the most widespread and important canker and dieback pathogens of trees worldwide, with as one of the most common species. However, the information related to the widespread incidence and aggressiveness of among various species causing trunk cankers is still poorly investigated. In this study, the metabolic phenotypic diversity and genomic differences of four Chinese hickory canker-related pathogens, including , and were systematically studied to address the competitive fitness of .

Establishment of the Recombinase Polymerase Amplification-Lateral Flow Dipstick Detection Technique for .

causes crown rot, wilt, root rot, and many other major plant diseases worldwide. During the progression of strawberry crown rot disease, the pathogen is transmitted from the mother plant to the seedling through the stolon, with obvious characteristics of latent infection. Therefore, rapid and timely detection of .

Confinement Growth of Layered WS in Hollow Beaded Carbon Nanofibers with Synergistic Anchoring Effect to Reinforce Li /Na Storage Performance.

Novel nitrogen doped (N-doped) hollow beaded structural composite carbon nanofibers are successfully applied for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). Tungsten disulfide (WS ) nanosheets are confined, through synergistic anchoring, on the surface and inside of hollow beaded carbon nanofibers (HB CNFs) via a hydrothermal reaction method to construct the hierarchical structure HB WS @CNFs. Benefiting from this unique advantage, HB WS @CNFs exhibits remarkable lithium-storage performance in terms of high rate capability (≈351 mAh g at 2 A g ) and stable long-term cycle (≈446 mAh g at 1 A g after 100 cycles).