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Classical Biological Control of Invasive Legacy Crop Pests: New Technologies Offer Opportunities to Revisit Old Pest Problems in Perennial Tree Crops

Mark S. Hoddle, Keith Warner, John Steggall, Karen M. Jetter • Insects (2014)

Advances in scientific disciplines that support classical biological control have provided “new tools” that could have important applications for biocontrol programs for some long-established invasive arthropod pests. We suggest that these ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/insects6010013

Molecular Biology of Osmoregulation

Daniel Le Rudulier, A R Strøm, Abhaya M. Dandekar, Linda Tombras Smith et al. • Science (1984)

The drought of 1983 resulted in some 10 billion dollars in agricultural losses and has focused attention on the vulnerability of our major crops to this devastating form of environmental stress. This article is concerned with the molecular ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.224.4653.1064

Toll-like receptor 2 coordinates induction of IL-22 in lung macrophages following organic dust-induced inflammation

Emmanuel O. Oyewole, Emmanuel O. Oyewole, Emmanuel O. Oyewole, Pinaki Mondal et al. • Frontiers in Physiology (2026)

IntroductionOrganic dust exposures, particularly in occupational settings, induce airway inflammation and contribute to the development and progression of chronic lung disease and impaired tissue regeneration. Interleukin-22 (IL-22) is a pl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2026.1880821

Enhancing the oxidative cleavage of vicinal diols on Fe-ZSM-5 catalysts with hierarchical porosity

Philipp Treu, Dimitra Iltsiou, Rabia Elbuga-Ilica, Carina Maliakkal et al. • Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment (2025)

The oxidative cleavage of biomass-derived vicinal diols holds significant potential for producing valuable renewable carboxylic acids. Fe-ZSM-5 zeolite is a highly effective catalyst for this reaction using mild reaction conditions; however...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.scenv.2025.100232

Survival of pathogens on soybean debris under no-tillage and conventional tillage systems Sobrevivência de patógenos em restos de cultura de soja mantidos em sistema de semeadura direta e convencional

Álvaro Manuel Rodrigues Almeida, Odilon Ferreira Saraiva, José Renato Bouças Farias, Celso Almeida Gaudêncio et al. • Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira (2001)

A study was conducted in the subtropical area of Southern Brazil to determine the survival of pathogens in soybean residues under conventional and no-tillage cultivation systems from March to September of 1998 and 1999. The pathogens most f...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2001001000003

Prior Season Crop Type Masks for Winter Wheat Yield Forecasting: A US Case Study

Inbal Becker-Reshef, Belen Franch, Brian Barker, Emilie Murphy et al. • Remote Sensing (2018)

Monitoring and forecasting crop yields is a critical component of understanding and better addressing global food security challenges. Detailed spatial information on crop-type distribution is fundamental for in-season crop condition monito...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/rs10101659

The Immunogenicity of Capsid-Like Particle Vaccines in Combination with Different Adjuvants Using Different Routes of Administration

Christoph M. Janitzek, Philip H. R. Carlsen, Susan Thrane, Vijansh M. Khanna et al. • Vaccines (2021)

Capsid-like particle (CLP) displays can be used to enhance the immunogenicity of vaccine antigens, but a better understanding of how CLP vaccines are best formulated and delivered is needed. This study compared the humoral immune responses ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9020131

The critical involvement of monocytes/macrophages in the pathogenesis of primary Sjögren's syndrome: New evidence from Mendelian randomization and single-cell sequencing

Yimei Ding, Xue Luan, Jiaqi Hou • Heliyon (2024)

Background: Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) stands as a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by an elusive pathogenesis. The synergy of single-cell RNA sequencing and Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis provides an opportunity to com...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39130

GROWTH AND YIELD RESPONSES OF SOYBEAN (Glycine max L.) TO ZINC OXIDE (ZnO) NANOPARTICLES FOLIAR APPLICATION

Fayomi Omotola Michael, Olasan Joseph Olalekan, Aguoru Celestine Uzoma, Terhemba Mamnenge Sarah • Biotechnologia Acta (2024)

Aim. This study was purposed to investigate the effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) on the growth and yield performance of two soybean (Glycine max L.) varieties, TGX1904-6F and TGX1951-3F, under controlled experimental conditions...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15407/biotech17.06.056

Nano-enabled microbial bioinputs for sustainable agriculture: advances, mechanisms, applications, and future challenges

Isadora Camargo Pedrino, Isadora Camargo Pedrino, Paulo Teixeira Lacava, Paulo Teixeira Lacava • Frontiers in Plant Science (2026)

Microbial bioinputs have emerged as key components of sustainable agriculture owing to their ability to promote plant growth, improve nutrient acquisition, enhance tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, and suppress phytopathogens. Despi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2026.1925672

Knockout of

Tushar K. Dutta, Voodikala S. Akhil, Utkarsh Chauhan, Prolay K. Bhowmick et al. • Rice Science (2026)

Direct-seeded rice (DSR) offers a sustainable alternative for climate-resilient agriculture, but it is severely threatened by the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola . Knockout of susceptibility (S) genes has emerged as a promising s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.rsci.2026.05.008

Encapsulation of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in liposomes prepared by thin film hydration and their transfer to mesenchymal stem cells and cord blood hematopoietic stem cells

Sławomir Lewicki, Monika Leśniak, Agnieszka Sobolewska-Ruta, Aneta Lewicka et al. • Archives of Medical Science (2020)

Introduction Cytokines are important immune modulator factors controlling homeostasis of the body and are involved in tissue regeneration after wound healing. The encapsulation of cytokines in liposomes has many advantages potentially usefu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2020.94527