Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of (Fabaceae).

is a medicinal plant. The total plastome length of is 126,117 bp. It contains a large single-copy region of 69,805 bp, two inverted repeat regions of 20,638 bp, and a small single-copy region of 15,036 bp.

[Effects of seed size and drought stress on the growth and physiological characteristics of seedlings].

The effects of seed size and drought stress on the growth and physiological characteristics of seedlings were investigated under shading conditions of a pot experiment in greenhouse. There were four treatments, including 80% field water content (FWC), 60% FWC, 40% FWC, and 20% FWC [CK, light drought stress (LDS), medium drought stress (MDS), and high drought stress (HDS), respectively]. The results showed that leaf area per plant, total dry mass, and root-shoot ratio of seedlings regenerated from large seeds (3.

Effects of seed traits and seed production on the seed predation and dispersal behavior of rodents.

To deeply understand the foraging behavioral strategies of the rodents in response to seeds of different sizes and tannin contents under different seed densities and its relationship with plant regeneration, field experiments were conducted to explore the effects of artificial seeds of different sizes (large and small) and tannin (T) contents (0%T, 2%T, 8%T, and 15%T) on seed predation and dispersal behavior of rodents during simulated non-mast and mast seeding year in Larix principis-rupprechtii plantation of Liupan Mountains in Ningxia. The results showed that seeds were consumed rapidly by rodents in non-mast seeding year but relatively slow in mast seeding year. No significant difference of in situ predation rate (ISPR) was observed between non-mast and mast seeding year.

Biosynthesis of reduced graphene oxide nanosheets and their in vitro cytotoxicity against cardiac cell lines of Catla catla.

This work reports a one-step simple synthesis method for functionalized reduced graphene oxide (RGO) nanosheets by a Platanus orientalis leaf extract polyphenol-mediated deoxygenation of graphene oxide (GO). Microscopic and spectroscopic characterization revealed the successful deoxygenation of GO and subsequent stabilization by oxidized polyphenols of plant extract. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction analyses were used to examine the reduction of GO.

[Predation and removal of rodents on the seeds with different size and pericarp traits].

A field survey was conducted in the Quercus wutaishanica shrubs in Liupan Mountains of Ningxia, Northwest China to study the predation and removal of rodents on the seeds of Q. wutaishanica, Prunus salicina and Pinus armandii, aimed to explore the effects of seed size and pericarp traits on the predation and removal behaviors of rodents. The in situ seed predation rates of smaller Q.

[Growth status of children under 7 years in Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China and its influential factors].

Objective: To investigate the growth status of children under 7 years in Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China and its influential factors, and to provide a basis for related intervention measures.

Methods: Children under 7 years were selected from two county-level districts in Wuzhong by stratified cluster sampling, and their growth status were evaluated by the Z score method.

Results: The prevalence rates of growth retardation, underweight, and wasting were 12.

[Effects of light intensity on Quercus liaotungensis seed germination and seedling growth].

This paper studied the effects of different shading (55.4%, 18.9%, 5.

[Effects of forest gap on the seedling growth of a canopy tree species Pometia tomentosa in tropical rainforest of Xishuangbanna].

In this paper, the seedling's early growth and establishment of Pometia tomentosa, a canopy tree species in Xishuangbanna tropical seasonal rainforest, were investigated under different illumination gradients (gap center, gap edge, and under canopy). The seedling height, basal stem diameter, total dry mass, leaf area per seedling, and relative growth rate at early stage peaked in gap center, with the values of 24.45 cm, 3.

[Effects of light intensity on seed germination and seedling early growth of Shorea wantianshuea].

With shading experiment, this paper studied the seed germination and seedling early growth of Shorea wantianshuea, a representative species in Xishuangbanna seasonal rain forest under different light intensity and forest habitat. The results showed that both 100% light and deepest shading did not facilitate the germination of S. wantianshuea seed, while medium shading accelerated the seed germination.