Research progresses on the effects of light, temperature and water conditions on primary and secondary growth of trees.

Tree growth includes primary growth and secondary growth. The growth activity and dormancy cycle of trees can affect forest productivity and carbon sequestration capacity. Therefore, it is of great significance to examine the effects of environmental conditions (.

Rice Varieties Intercropping Induced Soil Metabolic and Microbial Recruiting to Enhance the Rice Blast () Resistance.

[Background] Intercropping is considered an effective approach to defending rice disease. [Objectives/Methods] This study aimed to explore the resistance mechanism of rice intraspecific intercropping by investigating soil metabolites and their regulation on the rhizosphere soil microbial community using metabolomic and microbiome analyses. [Results] The results showed that the panicle blast disease occurrence of the resistant variety Shanyou63 (SY63) and the susceptible variety Huangkenuo (HKN) were both decreased in the intercropping compared to monoculture.

Applicability of the generalized wind profile model over mountainous forests.

The analytical equation based on Monin-Obukhov (M-O) similarity theory (, wind profile equation) has been adopted since 1970s for using in the prediction of wind vertical profile over flat terrains, which is mature and accurate. However, its applicability over complex terrains remains unknown. This applicability signifies the accuracy of the estimations of aerodynamic parameters for the boundary layer of non-flat terrain, such as zero-displacement height () and aerodynamic roughness length (), which will determine the accuracy of frequency correction and source area analysis in calculating carbon, water, and trace gas fluxes based on vorticity covariance method.

miR-125a inhibits the migration and invasion of liver cancer cells via suppression of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway.

In order to explore the regulation of the invasive ability of hepatocellular carcinoma cells and the underlying mechanism, mimics sequences of microRNA (miR)-125a (miR-125a-3p/5p) and scramble sequences (miR-125a-3p-s/5p-s) were transfected into human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines, HCC-LM3 and HepG2, and the non-malignant epithelioid hepatic cell line QZG. To inhibit and upregulate the expression of miR-125a individually. Protein expression was detected by western blotting, and the cell proliferation and migration abilities were evaluated by soft agar colony formation and Transwell assay, respectively.

[Effects of dynamic aerodynamic parameters on simulating the land-atmosphere flux exchange in maize field: a case study of BATS1e model].

Based on the continuous observations on the land-atmosphere flux exchange and the meteorological and biological elements in a maize field at the Jinzhou Agricultural Ecosystem Research Station in Liaoning Province of Northeast China from 2006 to 2008, and by using the dynamic roughness (z0) and zero-displacement (d) parameterization scheme considering the effects of leaf area index, canopy height and wind speed at different developmental stages of maize, the BATS1e model was modified, and applied to investigate the effects of dynamic aerodynamic parameters on the flux exchange between maize agroecosystem and atmosphere. Compared with the original model, the drag coefficient (C(D)) simulated by the modified model increased, and its diurnal variation was more obvious with increasing vegetation coverage, which was more accordant with practical circumstances. The simulation accuracies of sensible heat (H), latent heat (lambdaE) and soil heat flux were improved in varying degree, and the Nash-Sutcliffes (NSs) were increased by 0.

A temperature-precipitation based leafing model and its application in Northeast China.

Plant phenology models, especially leafing models, play critical roles in evaluating the impact of climate change on the primary production of temperate plants. Existing models based on temperature alone could not accurately simulate plant leafing in arid and semi-arid regions. The objective of the present study was to test the suitability of the existing temperature-based leafing models in arid and semi-arid regions, and to develop a temperature-precipitation based leafing model (TP), based on the long-term (i.

[Establishment of a 5-DFUR-resistant human hepatocellular carcinoma cell model and preliminary study of the mechanisms of the drug resistance].

Objective: To establish a multidrug-resistant hepatocellular carcinoma cell line BEL-7402/5-deoxy-5-fluorouridine (5'-DFUR) and study the mechanisms of the drug resistance.

Methods: BEL-7402/5'-DFUR cell line was induced by pulse therapy combined with continuous stepwise exposure to 5'-DFUR in vitro. The multidrug resistance of BEL-7402/5'-DFUR cell line to the antitumor agents was evaluated by MTT assay.