Yunnan Open University

Common-Garden Transcriptomes Distinguish Leaf-Form-Associated from Site-Associated Expression in Zygophyllum xanthoxylum

Zygophyllum xanthoxylum (Bunge) Maxim. is a dominant, deep-rooted shrub of the temperate deserts of north-western China whose leaflets range from comparatively flat and broad to slender and terete, but the molecular basis of this variation has rarely been reported. We compared th...

Towards Efficient and Explainable Road Crack Detection: A Transfer Learning-Driven SqueezeNet-based Approach

Abstract Under long-term exposure to complex environmental conditions and variable traffic loads, road pavements are generally prone to typical early damages such as cracking. Such defects can lead to severe structural deterioration and pavement service life reduction if not dete...

Responses of Rhizosphere Soil Physicochemical Properties and Enzyme Activities to Polyethylene Microplastic Stress in Maize–Soybean Intercropping

Agricultural microplastics threaten soil health, yet rhizosphere microecological responses to microplastic stress in intercropping systems remain unclear. We conducted a pot experiment using two cropping systems (maize monocropping and maize–soybean intercropping) and four polyet...

Synergies and trade-offs for reaching global biodiversity and climate commitments

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework strives to expand high-quality protected areas globally, yet faces economic constraints, climate change and human pressures. This requires integrating biological and socio-economic complexity while ensuring equity. We explore mul...