Xinyang Agriculture and Forestry University

Effects of Nepeta cataria and Lactuca sativa on Microbial Community Structure and Nitrogen–Phosphorus Biogeochemical Cycling in Aquaculture Water

As the scale of aquaculture continues to expand, aquaculture waters are under increasing environmental pressure, particularly regarding total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP). To address this challenge, this study evaluated the efficacy of Nepeta cataria and Lactuca sativa...

A Bio-Inspired Pursuit–Evasion Game and Fixed-Time Safety Control Method for USV Swarm Encirclement

Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) swarms face significant challenges during dynamic target encirclement in complex marine environments, particularly regarding strong target maneuverability and strict safety constraints. To address these issues, this paper proposes a novel encircleme...

Structural diagnosis and evolution of urban resilience in dryland oasis urban agglomerations from an eco-immunological perspective

Dryland oasis urban agglomerations face increasing drought risk, but gains in long-term adaptive capacity may not translate into stronger structural resilience because additive indices allow strong dimensions to offset weak ones. This study developed a partially non-compensatory...

3D numerical study of race-tracking and air entrapment phenomena in polymer filling process

Abstract The race-tracking effect and air entrapment are two important phenomena that restrict the quality and performance of injection molded parts. This study considers two types of parts with different wall-thickness distributions. Through numerical simulations combined with e...

Multilevel Mechanisms by Which Membrane Transport Proteins Regulate Plant Responses to Heavy Metal Stress: From Ion Perception and Uptake Control to Systemic Signaling and Translational Perspectives

ABSTRACT Soil heavy metal contamination—including cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), zinc (Zn) excess, and copper (Cu) excess—poses a critical threat to sustainable agriculture and food safety. Membrane transport proteins serve as primary interfaces governing io...

Rhizosphere Soil Fungal Community Patterns and Drivers in Chinese Fir Plantations Across Developmental Stages

The composition, richness, and diversity of rhizosphere fungal communities play significant roles in plant development in Chinese fir plantations. Understanding their structure and assembly, along with their relationship to soil physicochemical properties and root traits, is esse...

RNA-Seq Analysis Reveals Transcriptomic and Alternative-Splicing Changes Associated with OsPHD1-Mediated Lesion Mimicry in Rice

Lesion-mimic mutants provide tractable systems for linking metabolic disruption to cell death and immunity in plants. OsPHD1 encodes a plastidial UDP-glucose/UDP-galactose 4-epimerase, and its disruption causes a lesion-mimic phenotype in the rice mutant lm212. Here, we compared...

Genome-Wide Identification of the PAL Gene Family in Idesia polycarpa and Transcriptomic Responses to Botryosphaeria dothidea Infection

Idesia polycarpa is a woody oil tree threatened by stem canker caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea, yet the organization and infection-responsive behavior of its phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) gene family remain poorly understood. Here, we identified five IpPAL genes and charact...

Gibberellin Homeostasis Perturbation Alters Sugar Metabolism and Developmental Traits in Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis

Gibberellins (GAs) are essential hormones that regulate plant growth and development, yet the downstream metabolic pathways through which they modulate phenotypic plasticity remain poorly understood. Here, we investigated the GA-mediated regulatory network in Agapanthus praecox s...

Integrated proteomics and metabolomics reveal how functional protein supplementation enhances salt tolerance in Zygosaccharomyces rouxii

Zygosaccharomyces rouxii is a halotolerant yeast widely associated with traditional high-salt food fermentations, while also being recognized as a spoilage microorganism in some food systems. Although its performance in fermented foods is strongly influenced by high salinity, the...

Exogenous progesterone and β-estradiol promote the proliferation of callus in Agapanthus praecox by modulating hormone signaling and antioxidant system

Callus proliferation is essential for large-scale in vitro culture of Agapanthus praecox . However, long-term continuous subculture frequently leads to physiological decline of callus, accompanied by slowed proliferation rate, which restricts the efficiency of callus maintenance...