Histopathological characteristics of PRRS and expression profiles of viral receptors in the piglet immune system.

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is a highly contagious viral disease that causes significant economic losses to the swine industry worldwide. PRRS virus (PRRSV) infection is a receptor-mediated endocytosis and replication process. The purpose of this study was to determine the localization and expression of four important PRRSV receptors in immunological organs of piglets.

Integrated pollution analysis, pollution area identification and source apportionment of heavy metal contamination in agricultural soil.

Given the global prevalence of soil heavy metal contamination, knowledge concerning of soil environmental quality assessment, pollution area identification and source apportionment is critical for implementation of soil pollution prevention and safe utilization strategies. In this study, soil static environmental capacity (QI) for heavy metals was selected to evaluate pollution risks in agricultural soils of Wenzhou, southeast China. Combined with geostatistical methods, the pollution area was identified along with uncertainty analysis.

Modelling of soil environmental quality and early warning of integrated ecological risk.

The knowledge of dynamic trend in soil heavy metal contamination and associated risk is important for soil pollution prevention, safe utilization and early warning of soil environmental quality and ecological risk. In this study, a modified integrated risk index (NIRI) was adopted to evaluate ecological risk in agricultural soil in Wenzhou with 70 samples, which is located in the southeast of China. In addition, two scenarios with different metal fluxes (optimistic and default scenario) were constructed to predict future dynamic trend of metal concentrations.

The impact of global warming on the potential suitable planting area of Pistacia chinensis is limited.

Pistacia chinensis Bunge. is one of the main woody oil crops with a large artificial planting area in China and has important economic and ecological value. Here, based on 237 occurrence data and 22 environmental variables, we explored the potential planting area of P.

Potential distribution of Ting ex H. T. Chang and its predicted responses to climate change based on a comprehensive habitat suitability model.

Ting ex H. T. Chang is a rare and endangered traditional Chinese medicinal plant.

Predicting the impacts of climate change, soils and vegetation types on the geographic distribution of Polyporus umbellatus in China.

Polyporus umbellatus is a fungus that has been used medically as a diuretic for thousands of years in China. To evaluate the impacts of climatic change on the distribution of P. umbellatus, we selected the annual mean air temperature, isothermality, minimum temperature of the coldest month, annual temperature range, annual precipitation and precipitation seasonality and used observations from the 2000s and simulated values from two future periods (2041 to 2060 and 2061 to 2080) to build an ensemble model (EM); then, we developed a comprehensive habitat suitability model by integrating soil and vegetation conditions into the EM to assess the distribution of suitable P.

Prediction of the potential geographic distribution of the ectomycorrhizal mushroom Tricholoma matsutake under multiple climate change scenarios.

Effective conservation and utilization strategies for natural biological resources require a clear understanding of the geographic distribution of the target species. Tricholoma matsutake is an ectomycorrhizal (ECM) mushroom with high ecological and economic value. In this study, the potential geographic distribution of T.