CT image segmentation of foxtail millet seeds based on semantic segmentation model VGG16-UNet.

Foxtail millet is an important minor cereal crop rich in nutrients. Due to the small size of its seeds, there is little information on the diversity of its seed structure among germplasms, limiting the identification of genes controlling seed development and germination. This paper utilized X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanning technology and deep learning models to reveal the microstructure of foxtail millet seeds, gaining insights into their internal features, distribution, and composition.

Regulation of Rice Grain Weight by Fatty Acid Composition: Unveiling the Mechanistic Roles of by OsARF12.

Fatty acids play a putative role as second messengers of phytohormones and regulate the rice grain weight. However, the inner mechanism is still unclear and needs to be further studied. In this study, we identified that oleic acid (C18:1) negatively correlates while linoleic acid (C18:2) positively correlates with rice grain weight.

Complete chloroplast genome of green alga (J.Agardh) Collins, 1909.

The complete chloroplast (cp) genome of was first assembled and characterized using Illumina pair-end sequencing from the South China Sea. It is 133,626 bp long, with a GC content of 32.94%.

Complete chloroplast genome of green alga (Forsskål) J.Agardh, 1837.

The complete chloroplast genome of from South China Sea has been assembled and characterized for the first time. The circular chloroplast genome was 177,848 bp in length, with a GC content of 33.80%.

Complete chloroplast genome of red seaweed (J. Agardh, 1885).

In this study, we first assembled and characterized the complete chloroplast genome of red seaweed It is 190,431 bp in length, with an AT content of 70.56%. In total, 122 genes were identified, and they consisted of 87 protein-coding genes, 33 tRNA genes, and two rRNA genes.

Functional analysis of the exocyst subunit BcExo70 in Botrytis cinerea.

Botrytis cinerea is one of the most important saprophytic plant pathogenic fungi. The exocyst complex and exocytosis was demonstrated to be involved in fungal development and plant infection. Here, we investigated the function of an exocyst subunit gene Bcexo70 in B.

Complete mitochondrial genome of the fish leech .

The complete mitochondrial genome of the fish leech from China has been determined for the first time in this study. It was 16,161 bp in length and consisted of 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), and one control region. The nucleotide base content of mitogenome was 35.

Involvement of Antizyme Characterized from the Small Abalone Haliotis diversicolor in Gonadal Development.

The small abalone Haliotis diversicolor is an economically important mollusk that is widely cultivated in Southern China. Gonad precocity may affect the aquaculture of small abalone. Polyamines, which are small cationic molecules essential for cellular proliferation, may affect gonadal development.

[Observation on therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined with western medicine on paralytic strabismus].

Objective: To find out a better therapy for paralytic strabismus.

Methods: Ninety cases were randomly divided into an acupuncture-medicine group, an acupuncture group, a western medicine group, 30 cases in each group. The acupuncture-medicine group were treated with acupuncture at Shuigou (GV 26), Fengchi (GB 20), Yifeng (TE 17), Yiming (EX-HN 14), Taiyang (EX-HN 5), Jingming (BL 1), Cuanzhu (BL 2), etc.