, and have been reported as plant pathogens, endophytes or saprotrophes worldwide. Combining multiple molecular markers with morphological characteristics, this study proposes three new species, viz. , and from southern China.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWheat is a vital global food crop, yet it faces challenges in saline-alkali soils where Fusarium crown rot significantly impacts growth. Variations in wheat growth across regions are often attributed to uneven terrain. To explore these disparities, we examined well-growing and poorly growing wheat samples and their rhizosphere soils.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFfungi are widely distributed all over the world, mainly as plant pathogens, endophytes or saprobes from multiple hosts. In this study, the sequence data analysis based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS), partial beta-tubulin () and partial regions of translation elongation factor 1 alpha () combined with morphological characteristics was used to identify strains isolated from the diseased leaves of and , as well as some rotted leaves from Yunnan and Hainan Provinces in China as three new species, viz., , and
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe acetylation of histone lysine residues regulates multiple life processes, including growth, conidiation, and pathogenicity in filamentous pathogenic fungi. However, the specific function of each lysine residue at the N-terminus of histone H3 in phytopathogenic fungi remains unclear. In this study, we mutated the N-terminal lysine residues of histone H3 in , the main causal agent of Fusarium crown rot of wheat in China, which also produces deoxynivalenol (DON) toxins harmful to humans and animals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe study of exciton polarons has offered profound insights into the many-body interactions between bosonic excitations and their immersed Fermi sea within layered heterostructures. However, little is known about the properties of exciton polarons with interlayer interactions. Here, through magneto-optical reflectance contrast measurements, we experimentally investigate interlayer Fermi polarons for 2s excitons in WSe/graphene heterostructures, where the excited exciton states (2s) in the WSe layer are dressed by free charge carriers of the adjacent graphene layer in the Landau quantization regime.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReasonable design of non-noble metal catalysts with hollow open structure for hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of lignin derivatives to value-added chemicals is of great significance but challenging. Herein, a novel MOF-derived multilayer hollow sphere coated nickel‑tungsten bimetallic catalyst (Ni-WO@CN-700) was fabricated via by confined pyrolysis strategy using bimetallic MOFs as a self-sacrificial template, which exhibits robust activity for the typical model HDO of vanillin to 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (Yield of 100 % at 140 °C for no less than 10 cycles). The characterizations revealed that WO facilitated the dispersion of Ni nanoparticles and adjusted the acidic capacity of the catalyst through the formed Ni-WO heterojunction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHydrodeoxygenation of furfural over non-noble metal catalyst is an effective route to synthesis 2-methylfuran, but the reaction is often hampered by the low activity and selectivity of the catalyst. Herein, a bimetallic catalyst with CuCo alloy encapsulated in a hollow nitrogen-doped carbon cages (CuCo/NC) are fabricated by using ZIF-67 as a sacrificial template, which exhibited superior catalytic performance and a full conversion of furfural with a 95.7 % selectivity towards 2-methylfuran was achieved at an under relatively mild reaction conditions (150 ℃, 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFcontains numerous plant pathogenic and saprobic species associated with a wide range of hosts. Over the course of our mycological surveys of plant pathogens from terrestrial plants in Jiangxi Province, China, eight strains isolated from diseased leaves of four host genera represented three new species of , sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevious studies did not provide substantial evidence for long-term immune persistence after the hepatitis B vaccine (HepB) in preterm birth (PTB) children. Consequently, there is ongoing controversy surrounding the booster immunization strategy for these children. Therefore, we conducted a retrospective cohort study to evaluate the disparities in immune persistence between PTB children and full-term children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In cervical cancer (CC), the involvement of pelvis lymph nodes is a crucial factor for patients' outcome. We aimed to investigate the value of conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) combined with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in predicting CC pelvic lymph node metastasis (PLNM).
Methods: This retrospective study included CC patients who received surgical treatments.
Biological seed dressing is a cost-effective means to protect plant roots from pathogens. is generally considered as one of the most common biological seed dressings. However, there is still a dearth of information on the effects of on microbial community of rhizosphere soil.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReasonable construction of bi-function catalysts with well dispersed hydrogenation active sites and acidic sites are crucial for the hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of biomass-derived compounds but still a huge challenge. Herein, a 3D Mo functionalized Ni-based bimetallic embedded catalyst with fine metal nanoparticles size (<6 nm) was prepared for the first time using dendritic mesoporous silica as a sacrificial template by one-pot hydrothermal synthesis and adopted in the HDO process of vanillin (VAN) upgrade to 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (MMP). The characterization results illustrated that Mo species regulated the acidity of the catalyst and promoted the formation of Ni-Mo alloy sites.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReal-world evidence on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines marketed in China against the Omicron BA.2.2 variant remains scarce.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh temperatures severely affect plant growth and pose a threat to global crop production. Heat causes the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum(ER), as well as triggering the heat-shock response (HSR) in the cytosol and the unfolded protein response (UPR) in the ER. Excessive misfolded proteins undergo further degradation through ER-associated degradation (ERAD).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh mobility electron gases confined at material interfaces have been a venue for major discoveries in condensed matter physics. Ultra-high vacuum (UHV) technologies played a key role in creating such high-quality interfaces. The advent of two-dimensional (2D) materials brought new opportunities to explore exotic physics in flat lands.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVaginal paraganglioma (VP), usually solitary and primary, is a rare adrenal type paraganglioma derived from the anterior neural crest, and can be classified as a functional or non-functional tumor. Only 10 cases of VP have been reported since 1955. Herein, we report an unusual case of a 39-year-old female VP patient with symptoms of hypercatecholaminism and a family history of hypertension.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMycoviruses are widespread in all major groups of plant-pathogenic fungi. So far, only one mycovirus has been reported to be associated with Fusarium pseudograminearum, the causal agent of Fusarium crown rot of wheat. In this study, a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) segment was isolated from F.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to explore the impact of ozonated water (OW) disinfestation on soil fungal community composition in continuous ginger field. All soil samples were collected in continuous ginger field. There were two groups and 5 time points (0, 1, 3, 5, 9 day) in our study, including OW disinfestation treatment group (O3 group) and control group (CK group).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeanut ( L.), one of the most important oilseed crops in tropical and subtropical regions of the world (Kumar and Kirti 2011), is widely cultivated for its high protein and oil content in seeds. In August 2019, about 30% of plants were found infected by leaf spot in the peanut-growing regions of Shandong Province, China.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMaize ( L.) is one of the most important food and feed crops in China, with a cultivation area of more than 40 million hectares (http://www.fao.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTriptorelin is one of the most commonly used gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists and has been used in the treatment of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of up to 24 weeks of triptorelin treatment after conservative surgery for DIE.This prospective, non-interventional study was performed in 18 tertiary hospitals in China.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExcitonic insulators (EIs) arise from the formation of bound electron-hole pairs (excitons) in semiconductors and provide a solid-state platform for quantum many-boson physics. Strong exciton-exciton repulsion is expected to stabilize condensed superfluid and crystalline phases by suppressing both density and phase fluctuations. Although spectroscopic signatures of EIs have been reported, conclusive evidence for strongly correlated EI states has remained elusive.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHead lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is an important crop for fresh consumption in China. In Shandong Province, head lettuce is planted in spring and in autumn each year.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMoiré superlattices of two-dimensional van der Waals materials have emerged as a powerful platform for designing electronic band structures and discovering emergent physical phenomena. A key concept involves the creation of long-wavelength periodic potential and moiré bands in a crystal through interlayer electronic hybridization or atomic corrugation when two materials are overlaid. Here we demonstrate a new approach based on spatially periodic dielectric screening to create moiré bands in a monolayer semiconductor.
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