supported by the Open Competition Program of Top Ten Critical Priorities of Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation for the 14th Five-Year Plan of Guangdong Province(2022SDZG05 to F.Kong,and B.Liu);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32090064 to F.Kong,32330074 to B.Liu,and 32301874 to L.Wang);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2024A1515011314 to L.Wang);the Science and Technology Innovation Special Project of Modern Seed Industry(22326316D to F.Kong).
The transition from vegetative to reproductive growth is a vital step for the reproductive success of plants.In Arabidopsis thaliana,LEAFY(LFY)plays crucial roles in inflorescence primordium and floral organ developme...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32171947 and No.31671699)which supported this research.
Saline-alkali soil severely reduces the productivity of crops,including maize(Zea mays).Although several genes associated with saline-alkali tolerance have been identified in maize,the underlying regulatory mechanism ...
This paper aims to identify and prioritize spatial data required for effective agriculture policymaking.The data are identified with the help of a literature review and organized under five dimensions to ease the proc...
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U20A20275);Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,China (No. 2021JJ40096)。
Based on the investigation of mechanical response and microstructure evolution of a commercial 7003 aluminum alloy under high-speed impact,a new simple and effective method was proposed to determine the critical strai...
supported in part by the Department of OB/GYN research funds(University of Louisville,Louisville,KY,USA);Jilin Province Health Technology Capability Enhancement funds(No.2022JC055).
Testicular descent occurs in two consecutive stages:the transabdominal stage and the inguinoscrotal stage.Androgens play a crucial role in the second stage by influencing the development of the gubernaculum,a structur...
financial support from the Young Scientist Project of the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2021YFC2900600);Beijing Nova Program(Grant No.20220484057);The authors acknowledge the financial support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(Grant No.RGPIN-2018-06902);industrial partners of the Research Institute on Mines and the Environment(RIME UQAT-Polytechnique:https://irme.ca/en/).
Underhand cut-and-fill mining has been widely used in underground mining operations,especially when the rock mass or orebody is of poor quality or prone to rockburst due to high stress.In such cases,mining workers sho...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.12375227);Innovation in Fusion Engineering Technology of Institute(No.E35QT1080C)。
During the EAST radiative divertor experiments,one of the key challenges was how to avoid the occurrence of disruptive events caused by excessive impurity seeding.To estimate the required impurity fraction for diverto...
supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (No.81925015);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.91649202);the Shandong Provincial Key Research&Development Program (China) (No.2018YFJH0504);the open fund of the State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine (China) (SKLRM-K202201).
Infertility affects around 8%-12%of couples globally,and in about 50%of these cases,male factors are either the primary cause or contribute significantly to infertility.Any defects during spermiogenesis may result in ...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2023ZD0407305);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32230088);Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics(SKLPG2016A-32);Biological Breeding Engineering of Shanxi Agricultural University(YZGC094).
Salicylic acid(SA)is a phytohormone required for plant growth and defense signaling.There are two major SA biosynthesis pathways in plants:the isochorismate synthase(ICS)pathway and the phenylalanine ammonia-lyase(PAL...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China to LA(31470290,32070198);the Chinese Universities Scientific Fund to LA(2452020180);the National Science Foundation grants IOS-1923589 and IOS-2127485 and Department of Energy grant DE-SC0020358 to John S;the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province to Jingxia S(2023-JC-YB-158).
Developmental plasticity is critical for plants to adapt to constantly changing environments. Plant root hairs displaydramatic plasticity under different environments and therefore play crucial roles in defense agains...