Publications by authors named "L N Lukens"
The decline of the iconic monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) in North America has motivated research on the impacts of land use and land cover (LULC) change and climate variability on monarch habitat and population dynamics. We investigated spring and fall trends in LULC, milkweed and nectar resources over a 20-year period, and ~ 30 years of climate variables in Mexico and Texas, U.S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChanges in entries' market classes and genetic improvements within classes-not environmental changes-enhanced yields over thirty-one years of wheat trials. Correlations between yields and ancestries drove genomic prediction accuracies. Increasing crop yields is important for enhancing farmers' livelihoods, meeting market demands, and reducing the environmental impact of agriculture.
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- Small RNAs (sRNAs) play a key role in regulating genes and transposable elements in eukaryotes, but the reasons for their varying expression patterns within a species remain unclear.
- Research on maize involved analyzing sRNA and mRNA in recombinant inbred lines (RILs) to understand how these expression patterns develop.
- Most sRNA expression clusters maintained levels similar to their parental lines, but some showed reduced expression, highlighting potential evolutionary changes in sRNA regulation over generations.
infects common bean ( L.) causing the disease common bacterial blight (CBB). The aim of this study was to investigate the molecular and metabolic mechanisms underlying CBB resistance in .
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