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Agronomy
Zikun Li, Hao Yin, Yue Li, Yiping Wang, Wenxian Yu, Bojie Feng, Shouke Zhang
Summary: The invasive alien species, Hyphantria cunea, has been found in the subtropical areas of China for the first time. It prefers Carya illinoinensis, Morus alba, and Carya cathayensis as oviposition host plants. Volatile compounds were found to be significantly correlated with the oviposition preference of H. cunea. These findings provide an important research basis for green prevention and control strategies for H. cunea in subtropical China.
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Engineering, Civil
Felix Wiesner, Brett McGiveron, Tongming Liu, Juan P. Hidalgo, Jeffrey J. Morrell
Summary: This paper presents fire safety experiments on Australian native timber samples and focuses on their use in bushfire-prone areas. Nine species were tested and evaluated for their ignition times, density, moisture content, and chemical extractives content. The results showed significant differences in ignition times, potentially due to variations in density and chemical extractives content. The study also revealed that the type of extractives can influence the fire safety performance of wood and identified one species as a suitable candidate for bushfire resistance in the Australian context.
FIRE SAFETY JOURNAL
(2023)
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Business, Finance
Yi Li, Brian Lucey, Andrew Urquhart
Summary: Bitcoin remains the most popular cryptocurrency and has attracted significant research attention, especially in the hedging and safe-haven literature. Meme coins offer hedging benefits, while a wider range of altcoins can act as safe-havens against bitcoin, including Defi, smart contracts, metaverse, and privacy cryptocurrencies. The effectiveness of these coins as hedges and safe-havens depends on whether the market is in a bubble or non-bubble period.
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Vijay Kumar, Cherukuri Raghvendra Babu
Summary: The functional response traits of four perennial grass species growing on fly ash dumps were evaluated, and it was found that these grass species showed significant plasticity in root and shoot traits, enabling them to adapt to harsh environments. This has implications for the rapid development of vegetation cover on fly ash dumps.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
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Soil Science
J. R. Rathjen, M. Zaw, M. H. Ryder, Y. Zhou, T. Lai, M. D. Denton
Summary: This study evaluated the symbiotic performance of 12 previously identified rhizobial strains from Australia and Myanmar in field conditions. The Australian strains had higher survival on seeds and nodulation compared to the Myanmar strains. However, the plant traits related to growth and symbiosis showed improvement in the Myanmar strains, and they were more symbiotically efficient compared to the Australian strains.
BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS
(2023)
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Horticulture
Souad Mehalaine, Taha Menasria, Haroun Chenchouni
Summary: The aim of this study was to investigate the seed germination conditions of three Lamiaceae species in Algeria. Two experiments were carried out: ex vitro and in vitro germination tests. In the ex vitro experiment, the combination of different conditions did not have a significant effect on germination success rate (GSR) in all three species. In the in vitro experiment, Thymus algeriensis showed high GSR, while Marrubium vulgare had significantly high GSR with the application of gibberellic acid (GA3) at certain doses and continuous darkness. Rosmarinus officinalis had a very low GSR regardless of the treatments used.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2023)
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Entomology
Adam M. Lambert, Lisa A. Tewksbury, Richard A. Casagrande
Summary: This study evaluated the survival and development of a native butterfly and an introduced moth fed native or introduced lineages of common reed, finding that an artificial diet supplemented with common reed rhizome powder can increase survival rates for the moth. Only larvae of the native butterfly reared on leaves from native plants completed development, while the introduced moth successfully completed developmental stages on both native and introduced rhizomes.
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Food Science & Technology
Maral Seididamyeh, Phan Anh Dao Thi, Dharini Sivakumar, Michael E. Netzel, Ram Mereddy, Yasmina Sultanbawa
Summary: This study aimed to characterize the phenolic and organic acid profiles of the aqueous extracts obtained from T. lanceolata leaves, D. bracteata fruits, and S. aqueum fruits. The study identified a total of 39, 22, and 27 non-anthocyanin polyphenols in T. lanceolata, D. bracteata, and S. aqueum extracts, respectively. The identified compounds, including organic acids and polyphenols, may contribute to the antimicrobial activity observed.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Md. Ahsan Ghani, Celia Barril, Danny R. Bedgood, Geoffrey E. Burrows, Paul D. Prenzler
Summary: Acacia implexa, Eucalyptus rossii and Exocarpos cupressiformis are native Australian plants used medicinally by the indigenous people. This study extracted crude extracts from the bark and leaves of A. implexa, the leaves of E. rossii, and the leaves of E. cupressiformis using 70% aqueous ethanol. The extracts were then fractionated and tested for their antioxidant activity using various assays. The lipid-based assay showed that the non-polar fractions had higher antioxidant activity, which was missed by the aqueous assays. Gallic acid, (+)-catechin, (-)-epicatechin, and tannins were identified as potential antioxidant compounds.
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Environmental Sciences
Krystal S. Li, J. Van Zeghbroeck, Qingchun Liu, Shouan Zhang
Summary: This study isolated phosphorus solubilizing bacteria from the rhizospheres of local native plants and found that these strains have the ability to transform fixed phosphorus into bioavailable forms, enhancing plants' ability to uptake phosphorus.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jan Borgelt, Jorge Sicacha-Parada, Olav Skarpaas, Francesca Verones
Summary: This study provides a large-scale dataset of species distribution, which can be used to study global biodiversity patterns and the impacts of human activities. The dataset includes predefined native regions, density of native occurrence records, and predictions of environmentally suitable areas.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Akhtar Ali, Jeremy J. Cottrell, Frank R. Dunshea
Summary: This study aimed to identify and characterize the phenolic compounds and antioxidant activities of Australian native sandalwood nuts, wattle seeds, lemongrass, and old man saltbush. The results showed that lemongrass had the highest phenolic content and wattle seeds had the lowest. Lemongrass contained a wide variety of phenolic metabolites.
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Agronomy
Savannah I. Bennett, Heather L. Reynolds
Summary: This study investigated the effects of plant-soil feedbacks (PSF) and aboveground herbivory on plant community structure and plant invasion success. Contrary to expectations, the results showed that PSF were not strong among the studied plant species, regardless of the presence of aboveground herbivory.
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Food Science & Technology
Airong Zhang, Emma Jakku
Summary: This study investigated the relative importance of food attributes for consumers, finding that consumers generally consider endogenous attributes (such as safety and freshness) more important, while exogenous attributes (like GM-free and organic) are less important. The study also identified three distinct consumer profiles with different preferences for food attributes: Not Fussy, Quality First, and Choosy.
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Plant Sciences
Renato Lustosa Sobrinho, Tiago Zoz, Taciane Finato, Carlos Eduardo da Silva Oliveira, Sebastiao Soares de Oliveira Neto, Andre Zoz, Ibrahim A. Alaraidh, Mohammad K. Okla, Yasmeen A. Alwasel, Gerrit Beemster, Hamada AbdElgawad
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the possibility of using Jatropha curcas L. as a model plant for studies involving native forest plants and establish recommendations for vegetative propagation. The results showed that hardwood cuttings from the basal part of the branch had the best outcomes.
