Combining slow-release fertilizer and plastic film mulching reduced the carbon footprint and enhanced maize yield on the Loess Plateau.

Agricultural practices significantly contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, necessitating cleaner production technologies to reduce environmental pressure and achieve sustainable maize production. Plastic film mulching is commonly used in the Loess Plateau region. Incorporating slow-release fertilizers as a replacement for urea within this practice can reduce nitrogen losses and enhance crop productivity.

Synthesis of fluorescent terbium-based metal-organic framework for quantitative detection of nitrite and ferric ions in water samples.

Through a solvothermal reaction between the corresponding lanthanide(III) nitrate, 1,10 o-phenanthroline and pyridine 3,5-dicarboxylic acid ligands, a novel two-dimensional terbium-based metal-organic framework (Tb-MOF), named {TbO(CHN)(CHNO)(HO)} (1) with strong fluorescence was synthesized by hydrothermal method. The single crystal structure and phase purity of the as-synthesized Tb-MOF were verified by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Subsequently, some studies on the morphology, structure, and optical properties of the compound were carried out.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhanced drought resistance in apple by regulating genes in the MAPK pathway.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can form a symbiotic relationships with most terrestrial plants and play an important role in plant growth and adaptation to various stresses. To study the role of AMF in regulating drought resistance in apple, the effects of drought stress on Malus hupehensis inoculated with AMF were investigated. Inoculation of AMF enhanced apple plants growth.

N,Cl co-doped fluorescent carbon dots as nanoprobe for detection of tartrazine in beverages.

Chemical doping with heteroatoms was employed to prepare N,Cl co-doped fluorescent carbon dots (N,Cl-FCDs) which may be designed for the detection of tartrazine. Using urea as the N source and FeCl · 6HO as the Cl source, N,Cl-FCDs were synthesized by hydrothermal method with carbon dots prepared from aloe. Compared with pure carbon dots (CDs), N,Cl-FCDs resulted in dramatic improvement in the fluorescence properties and surface physical chemical properties.

Overexpression of confers high tolerance to osmotic stress in transgenic tobacco.

Auxin is a plant hormone that takes part in a series of developmental and physiological processes. There are three major gene families that play a role in the early response of auxin and auxin/indole-3-acetic acid (Aux/IAA) is one of these. Although the genomic organization and function of genes have been recognized in reference plants there have only been a few focused studies conducted with non-model crop plants, especially in the woody perennial species.

Structural and optical properties of penicillamine-protected gold nanocluster fractions separated by sequential size-selective fractionation.

Polydisperse water-soluble gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) protected by penicillamine have been synthesized in this work. The sequential size-selective precipitation (SSSP) technique has been applied for the size fractionation and purification of the monolayer-protected AuNCs. Through continuously adding acetone to a crude AuNC aqueous solution and controlling the volume percentage of acetone, we successfully separated the polydisperse AuNCs with diameters ranging from 0.

Size-dependent electrophoretic migration and separation of water-soluble gold nanoclusters by capillary electrophoresis.

Recently, water-soluble gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) have attracted more and more attention due to their unique properties. In this study, penicillamine-protected gold nanoclusters (Pen-AuNCs) were synthesized and initially fractionated by sequential size-selective precipitation (SSSP). The crude Pen-AuNCs and SSSP fractions were separated by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) with a diode array detector.