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Siderophore-Mediated Interactions Determine the Disease Suppressiveness of Microbial Consortia

Shaohua Gu, Tianjie Yang, Zhengying Shao, Tao Wang et al. • mSystems (2020)

ABSTRACT Interactions between plant pathogens and root-associated microbes play an important role in determining disease outcomes. While several studies have suggested that steering these interactions may improve plant health, such approach...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00811-19

Interactions between Weeds, Pathogen Symptoms and Winter Rapeseed Stand Structure

Lucie Vykydalová, Petra Martínez Barroso, Igor Děkanovský, Mária Neoralová et al. • Agronomy (2024)

Rapeseed, weeds, and pathogens interact with each other. However, these interactions are not well understood. The aim of our work was to describe the relationships between weed vegetation and pathogen manifestations in rapeseed stands. Resu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/agronomy14102273

<i>Escherichia coli</i> Optoelectronic Sensors for In Situ Monitoring of Selected Materials Across Water Supply Systems

Yonatan Uziel, Natan Orlov, Loay Atamneh, Offer Schwartsglass et al. • Chemosensors (2026)

Chemical monitoring of pollutants and hazardous materials in water supply systems traditionally depends on centralized laboratories, advanced instrumentation, and trained personnel, limiting accessibility and preventing real-time, on-site a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors14030062

Plant nutritional value of aquaculture water produced by feeding Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) alternative protein diets: A lettuce and basil case study

Jeffrey J. Jones, Christopher Shaw, Tsu‐Wei Chen, Christopher Martin Staß et al. • Plants, People, Planet (2024)

Societal Impact Statement Refining circular multitrophic food production methods, which integrate plant, fish, and insect outputs, is imperative for environmental sustainability. Our findings suggest that the right protein choices in fish f...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10457

Elucidating the functions of fabF1 and fabF2 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: implications for fatty acid metabolism and pathogenicity

Zhe Hu, Junfei Yu, Mengchen Li, Xiangru Liu et al. • BMC Microbiology (2026)

Abstract Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for severe infections in immunocompromised individuals, including burn patients and those with cystic fibrosis. β-Ketoacyl-ACP synthases play essential role...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12866-026-04824-z

Multivariate analysis for agronomic, physiological, macro, and micronutrient traits of exotic vegetable amaranth genotypes

Mirza Abrar, Tanveer Ahmad, Shahid Iqbal, Rana Naveed Ur Rehman et al. • BMC Plant Biology (2024)

Abstract The genus amaranth is comprised of 60–70 species. This climate hardy plant is grown as a vegetable as well as cereal crop in many areas of the world. Current study multivariate analysis was used to characterize the exotic vegetable...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05862-3

Enset Bacterial Wilt (Xanthomonas vasicola pv. musacearum): Farmer Perspectives, Physicochemical Characterization, and Phenotypic Variation Among Strains

Tafesse Kibatu, Sebsebe Demissew, Diriba Muleta, Getahun Haile et al. • Advances in Agriculture (2025)

Enset is a staple food for approximately 25% of Ethiopia’s population. It is threatened by a range of biotic and abiotic stress, of which bacterial wilt is the most significant. This study investigated the enset bacterial wilt (EBW) status ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/aia/4483050

Blue Light Upregulates Auxin Signaling and Stimulates Root Formation in Irregular Rooting of Rosemary Cuttings

Chan-Saem Gil, Soon-Jae Kwon, Ho-Young Jeong, Chanhui Lee et al. • Agronomy (2021)

Irregular rooting of rosemary stem cuttings, causing differences in either stem maturation or responses to growth conditions, restricts uniform production. Here, rooting efficiency of apical, middle, and basal cuttings from rosemary stems w...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/agronomy11091725

Unravelling the interplay of ecological processes structuring the bacterial rare biosphere

Xiu Jia, Francisco Dini-Andreote, Joana Falcão Salles • ISME Communications (2022)

Abstract Most ecological communities harbor many rare species (i.e., the rare biosphere), however, relatively little is known about how distinct ecological processes structure their existence. Here, we used spatiotemporal data on soil bacte...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s43705-022-00177-6

The Effect of In Vitro Digestion on Polyphenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Properties of Sorghum (<i>Sorghum bicolor</i> (L.) Moench) and Sorghum-Enriched Pasta

Agnieszka Ziółkiewicz, Kamila Kasprzak-Drozd, Agnieszka Wójtowicz, Tomasz Oniszczuk et al. • Molecules (2023)

The phenol content of sorghum is a unique feature among all cereal grains; hence this fact merits the special attention of scientists. It should be remembered that before polyphenols can be used in the body, they are modified within the dig...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/molecules28041706

Prolyl Hydroxylase Paralogs in Nicotiana benthamiana Show High Similarity With Regard to Substrate Specificity

Réka Mócsai, Kathrin Göritzer, David Stenitzer, Daniel Maresch et al. • Frontiers in Plant Science (2021)

Plant glycoproteins display a characteristic type of O-glycosylation where short arabinans or larger arabinogalactans are linked to hydroxyproline. The conversion of proline to 4-hydroxyproline is accomplished by prolyl-hydroxylases (P4Hs)....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.636597

Handbook of Plant Science

NIGEL J. CHAFFEY • Annals of Botany (2008)

At a bookshelf-bending 4·5 kg, a bank-balance-denting £250, edited by a highly distinguished plant scientist, and released in the publisher's bicentenary year, you are entitled to expect something really special from this Handbook of Plant ...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcm330

Aboveground Biomass, Carbon Sequestration, and Yield of <i>Pyrus pyrifolia</i> under the Management of Organic Residues in the Subtropical Ecosystem of Southern Brazil

Lucas Jónatan Rodrigues da Silva, Tancredo Souza, Lídia Klestadt Laurindo, Gislaine dos Santos Nascimento et al. • Agronomy (2022)

Organic residues management (ORM) alter plant traits and soil properties by changing nutrient and carbon cycling. It is unclear how ORM (mulching, compost, and their combination) applied for 18 months creates a mechanism to promote changes ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/agronomy12020231

Artificial Tears: A Systematic Review

Semp DA, Beeson D, Sheppard AL, Dutta D et al. • Clinical Optometry (2023)

David A Semp, Danielle Beeson, Amy L Sheppard, Debarun Dutta, James S Wolffsohn School of Optometry, College of Health and Life Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UKCorrespondence: James S Wolffsohn, Tel +44 121 2044140, Email j.s.w.wo...

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Vertex-wise multivariate genome-wide association study identifies 780 unique genetic loci associated with cortical morphology

Alexey A. Shadrin, Tobias Kaufmann, Dennis van der Meer, Clare E. Palmer et al. • NeuroImage (2021)

Brain morphology has been shown to be highly heritable, yet only a small portion of the heritability is explained by the genetic variants discovered so far. Here we extended the Multivariate Omnibus Statistical Test (MOSTest) and applied it...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118603

The molecular crosstalk between RECQ helicases and associated proteins in human genetic disorders

Yashaswini Reddy, Gargi Joshi, Swechha Mahapatra, Ipshita Das et al. • Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (2026)

RECQ helicases involve a family of DNA unwinding enzymes, namely, RECQ1, Bloom syndrome protein, Werner syndrome protein, RECQL4, and RECQ5. These proteins interact with various proteins to form complexes and carry out a range of physiologi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jgeb.2026.100824

Structural Design, Synthesis and Antioxidant, Antileishmania, Anti-Inflammatory and Anticancer Activities of a Novel Quercetin Acetylated Derivative

Saul Vislei Simões da Silva, Orlando Maia Barboza, Jéssica Teles Souza, Érica Novaes Soares et al. • Molecules (2021)

Quercetin (Q) is a bioflavonoid with biological potential; however, poor solubility in water, extensive enzymatic metabolism and a reduced bioavailability limit its biopharmacological use. The aim of this study was to perform structural mod...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/molecules26226923

Beyond airborne spread: a dual-route Wells-Riley extension for estimating norovirus infection risk in Ghanaian pediatric wards

Jennifer Belt Antwi, Nana Kena Frempong • Mathematics in Medical and Life Sciences (2026)

Background: The classic Wells–Riley model (CWRM) is a well-established framework for estimating airborne infection risk in shared indoor environments. This study extends the framework to simultaneously incorporate fecal–oral transmission, a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/29937574.2026.2714847

How to measure consumer's inconsistency in sensory testing?

László Sipos, Kolos Csaba Ágoston, Péter Biró, Sándor Bozóki et al. • Current Research in Food Science (2025)

Consumer sensory testing is the basis for determining directions of product development in the food industry. However, while compliance assessment by trained and expert assessors is well developed, few information is available on testing co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.crfs.2025.100982