supported by the National Geographic Society,the University of California Los Angeles(Faculty Senate and Division of Life Sciences);an RMBL research fellowship and the U.S.National Science Foundation(NSF IDBR-0754247 and DEB-1119660 and 1557130 to D.T.B.,as well as DBI 0242960,07211346 and 1226713 to RMBL).
The nonlinearity and fear hypothesis predicts that highly aroused vocal mammals and birds produce vocalizations(notably alarm calls and screams)which contain a variety of nonlinear phenomena(NLP).Such vocalizations of...
Maize is an important source of calories and protein in human lives in many countries of the world and is the main staple food in Africa, particularly in eastern Africa. In the Sudan, the low yield of maize was mainly...
Quinoa(Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)is regarded as a superfood due to its exceptionally high nutritional value and ability to withstand stress.Six quinoa genotypes(viz.,SAU Quinoa-1,Regalona,GPBQ-1,GPBQ-2,GPBQ-3,and GPBQ...
Supported by the Sichuan Province Key Research and Development Project(2022YFYZ0006);the Sichuan Province Science and Technology Planning Project(2021YFYZ0001).
In domestic cattle,the body size traits have important implications in terms of breed characteristics and production performance.Shuxuan cattle is a dual-purpose breed mainly raised in Sichuan province,China,for which...
supported by USDA-NIFA Grants#2017–67007-26143,2020–67015-30820;Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Hatch FLAANS-005548;supported by USDA NIFA grant 2019–38420-28977;Town Creek Farms。
Background Thermal stress in subtropical regions is a major limiting factor in beef cattle production systems with around$369 million being lost annually due to reduced performance.Heat stress causes numerous physiolo...
supported by the Department of Biotechnology,Government of India,New Delhi.Grant Number-BT/Ag/Network/Linseed/2019-20.
Diversity information mining about a crop for different attributes is an essential step for effective breeding programs.The present investigation evaluates the quantum of genetic variability and determines the relatio...
funded by the Jilin Province Science and Technology Development Plan Project(20210202001NC)of Ziyang Zhou;the Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Project(CXGC2021TD011)of Ziyang Zhou。
Despite hybrid dominance contributing to the genetic improvement of crops,little is known about heterosis and inheritance patterns of endogenous substances in sorghum(Sorghum bicolor(L.)Moench)root bleeding sap.In thi...
supported by the research grant of the National Science Centre in Poland(2016/23/B/NZ8/02374).
Most behavioral traits are known to be weakly heritable,possibly due to their extreme complexity and flexibility.Despite this general pattern,within-species variation in avian colony size choice has been reported to h...
Country bean, Lablab purpureus (L.) is considered one of the most important leguminous crops, but their cultivation under drought stress condition encounters challenges. In this study, an experiment has been conducted...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos.32250015 and U21A2024);the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Prov-ince (D2022503014);the Mid-Career Research Program (grant no.2020R1A2C3004237)of the National Research Foundation of the Republic of Korea for their financial support。
The Green Revolution of the mid-20th century transformed agriculture worldwide and has resulted in envi-ronmental challenges.A new approach,the Second Green Revolution,seeks to enhance agricultural pro-ductivity while...