Publications by authors named "Qidi Zhu"

This paper revises the genus from China and describes a new species, i.e., Zhu & Shi, The females of Dawwrueng, Gorochov & Suwannapoom, 2020 and Lu, Huang & Bian, 2022 are described for the first time.

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, a gene from , induced by salt, HO, and abscisic acid (ABA), improved tolerance to drought and salt in tobacco, with a higher survival rate and longer roots under these stresses. Additionally, physiological index analyses showed that the heterologous expression of induced higher expression levels of antioxidant enzymes and their activities, leading to lighter DAB and NBT staining, denoting decreased HO content. Additionally, the lower MDA content and ion leakage indicated enhanced cell membrane stability.

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Abscisic acid (ABA), a phytohormone, enacts a cardinal function in coping with abiotic stress. 14-3-3 proteins can interact with ABA-responsive-element-binding transcription factors (ABFs), a chief constituent of ABA signaling, and play critical roles in the dehydration response involving ABA signaling. Meanwhile, whether and how 14-3-3 proteins regulate ABA signaling to respond to aridity stress is yet to be fully investigated.

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is the most widely distributed species of the genus occuring in southern China. This study presents the first phylogeographic work of based on , and sequence. We examined genetic diversity with and mitochondrial sequence respectively, and phylogenetic work was based on the mitochondrial data.

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Feeding habits were the primary factor affecting the gut bacterial communities in Ensifera. However, the interaction mechanism between the gut microbiota and feeding characteristics is not precisely understood. Here, the gut microbiota of Ensifera with diverse feeding habits was analyzed by shotgun metagenomic sequencing to further clarify the composition and function of the gut microbiota and its relationship with feeding characteristics.

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The genera and are endemic to China and are morphologically homogeneous. The few available diagnostic characters make species identification particularly challenging. Species cannot be classified according to the given generic diagnosis, and phylogenetic analyses have not been reported.

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The paper reports four new species of the genus Woznessenskia Gorochov, 2002 and gives supplementary information on Woznessenskia curvicauda(Bey-Bienko, 1962) from China. The specimens examined are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University, Baoding, China.

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The paper reports three new species of the genus Ocellarnaca Gorochov, 2004 (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae) from China, i.e. Ocellarnaca brachyptera sp.

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Insect microbial symbioses play a critical role in insect lifecycle, and insect gut microbiome could be influenced by many factors. Studies have shown that host diet and taxonomy have a strong influence on insect gut microbial community. In this study, we performed sequencing of V3-V4 region of 16S rRNA gene to compare the composition and diversity of 12 Ensifera from 6 provinces of China.

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This paper describes eight new cave-dwelling species of the genus Tachycines from Guizhou, Hunan, Guangxi and Sichuan, i.e. Tachycines (Gymnaeta) liboensis sp.

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This paper describes two new species of the genus Diestramima from China, i.e. Diestramima arbora sp.

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Background: ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase), the key enzyme in plant starch biosynthesis, is a heterotetramer composed of two identical large subunits and two identical small subunits. AGPase has plastidial and cytosolic isoforms in higher plants, whereas it is mainly detected in the cytosol of grain endosperms in cereal crops. Our previous results have shown that the expression of the TaAGPL1 gene, encoding the cytosolic large subunit of wheat AGPase, temporally coincides with the rate of starch accumulation and that its overexpression dramatically increases wheat AGPase activity and the rate of starch accumulation, suggesting an important role.

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In this paper, the genus Mimadiestra Storozhenko Dawwrueng, 2014 is reported from China and two new species are described, i.e. Mimadiestra gracila sp.

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In this paper, 6 new species, 1 new subspecies and 1 newly recorded species of the genus Diestramima from China are described, i.e. Diestramima acutiapicis sp.

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In this paper, a new species of the genus Tamdaotettix from China, Tamdaotettix (Tamdaotettix) longituberus sp. nov., is described, with a new recorded species, Tamdaotettix (Tamdaotettix) dilutus Gorochov, 1998 from China.

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In this paper, a new species of the genus Kuzicus from China, Kuzicus (Kuzicus) leptocercus sp. nov., is described, with a new recorded species, Kuzicus (Kuzicus) koeppeli Sänger & Helfert, 2004 from China.

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The English grain aphid, Sitobion avenae (F.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is a common worldwide pest of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

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Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), one of the world's most important food crops, is a strictly autogamous (self-pollinating) species with exclusively perfect flowers. Male sterility induced by chemical hybridizing agents has increasingly attracted attention as a tool for hybrid seed production in wheat; however, the molecular mechanisms of male sterility induced by the agent SQ-1 remain poorly understood due to limited whole transcriptome data.

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The English grain aphid, Sitobion avenae (F.) (Homoptera: Aphididae), is a dominant and destructive pest in wheat, Triticum estivum L. (Poales: Poaceae), production regions in China and other grain-growing areas worldwide.

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Cytoplasmic male sterility is an important way to utilize wheat heterosis. The purpose of thisstudy was to identify cytoplasmic type of three wheat male sterile lines. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) marker technique was used to analyze the wheat mitochondrial DNA.

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