Publications by authors named "Maosen Ma"
Crop resistance to herbicides is crucial for agricultural productivity and sustainability amidst escalating challenges of weed resistance. Uncovering herbicide resistant genes is particularly important for rice production. In this study, we tested the resistance to three commonly used herbicides: glufosinate, glyphosate and mesotrione of 421 diverse rice cultivars and employed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to unravel the genetic underpinnings of resistance to these three herbicides in rice.
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- Microplastics (MPs) like polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polylactic acid (PLA) impact greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in aquatic ecosystems, influencing carbon and nitrogen cycling in sediments at varied altitudes of the Yellow River.
- * PVC tends to increase denitrifier populations, boosting nitrogen oxide (NO) emissions, while PLA decreases certain microbial abundances, thereby hindering NO emissions.
- * Both types of MPs encourage microbes that break down complex organics, raising carbon dioxide (CO) emissions; however, PLA's effect on methane (CH) emissions is minimal due to its inhibition of specific key genes.
Salinity is a major limiting factor that affects crop production. Understanding of the mechanisms of plant salt tolerance is critical for improving crop yield on saline land. Alfalfa ( L.
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