Article
Plant Sciences
Yushen Ma, Hongdong Jie, Yanyi Tang, Hucheng Xing, Yucheng Jie
Summary: This study compared two ramie populations with different Cd enrichment characteristics and found that the high-Cd-accumulating population showed higher root length, plant height, biomass, and Cd enrichment in all organs under Cd stress. Subcellular Cd distribution analysis revealed that Cd was mainly bound to the hemicelluloses in the cell wall. The hemicellulose content increased with Cd concentration, and was significantly higher in the high-Cd-accumulating population.
Article
Plant Sciences
Xuehua Bai, Xin Wang, Yanzhou Wang, Yiping Wei, Yafen Fu, Jing Rao, Yonghong Ma, Zheng Zeng, Fu Li, Mansheng Wang, Siyuan Zhu
Summary: A genome-wide association study of ramie identified several genomic regions associated with forage traits and described candidate genes that may play a role in nitrogen metabolism and growth and development.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Xinkang Feng, Gang Gao, Chunming Yu, Aiguo Zhu, Jikang Chen, Kunmei Chen, Xiaofei Wang, Aminu Shehu Abubakar, Ping Chen
Summary: The study investigated the mechanism of leaf color formation in ramie varieties HX_1 and ZZ_1 through phenotypic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analysis. It revealed that the expression levels of genes related to anthocyanin metabolism contribute to the color formation of ramie varieties. This study deepens understanding of ramie leaf color formation and provides a basis for molecular breeding of functional forage ramie.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xiuhua Li, Xiaomi Wang, Ling Zhao, Zuopeng Wang, Ying Teng, Yongming Luo
Summary: This study explores the phytoremediation potential of ramie for reducing mercury pollution and analyzes the response of its rhizosphere soil microbiome to mercury contamination. Ramie displayed strong tolerance and good accumulation performance in low-level mercury-contaminated soil. The structure of soil bacterial community was significantly correlated with soil pH, redox potential, and mercury content.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yinhui Ren, Qiwei Wei, Lingshang Lin, Laiquan Shi, Zhonggang Cui, Yaling Li, Chengjian Huang, Cunxu Wei
Summary: A new starch was isolated from ramie root, which had various physicochemical properties such as granule shapes, crystalline structure, solubility, and viscosity. Compared to potato starch, ramie starch was somewhat similar but significantly different from rice starch. Ramie starch showed potential to be used as a thickening agent, resistant-digesting food additive, and alternative to potato starch.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Vincentius Yolanda Angger Raditya, Muhammad Adly Rahandi Lubis, Rita Kartika Sari, Petar Antov, Seng Hua Lee, Lubos Kristak, Efri Mardawati, Apri Heri Iswanto
Summary: The textile industries are in need of an alternative raw material to cotton due to its inability to meet the growing global demand. This study investigated the characteristics of lignin derived from black liquor of kraft pulping and developed a lignin-based non-isocyanate-polyurethane (L-NIPU) for impregnating ramie fiber. The results showed that ramie fiber impregnated with L-NIPU exhibited improved mechanical properties and weight percent gain compared to non-impregnated ramie fiber.
Review
Plant Sciences
Adnan Rasheed, Yucheng Jie, Muhammad Nawaz, Hongdong Jie, Yushen Ma, Adnan Noor Shah, Muhammad Umair Hassan, Syed Faheem Anjum Gillani, Maria Batool, Muhammad Talha Aslam, Ahmad Raza Naseem, Sameer H. Qari
Summary: This critical review summarized the recent advancements in improving drought tolerance in ramie using novel molecular techniques, including the use of genome editing tools, transgenic approaches, quantitative trait loci mapping, and transcription factors. Further research and development in drought-tolerant ramie cultivars are important for enhancing crop resilience to water scarcity.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kunmei Chen, Ping Chen, Xiaojun Qiu, Jikang Chen, Gang Gao, Xiaofei Wang, Aiguo Zhu, Chunming Yu
Summary: The study revealed the relationship between ABA and Cd uptake in ramie, showing that ABA can promote the growth of ramie and increase the amount of Cd uptake. Spraying ABA on ramie plants or adding ABA directly to the culture solution can effectively enhance Cd enrichment in ramie.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yanzhou Wang, Fu Li, Qiaoyun He, Zhigui Bao, Zheng Zeng, Dong An, Ting Zhang, Li Yan, Hengyun Wang, Siyuan Zhu, Touming Liu
Summary: Through genome assembly and resequencing, a domestication analysis of cultivated and wild ramie was conducted, with findings indicating a focus on bast fiber traits during the domestication history of ramie.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yinhui Ren, Qiwei Wei, Hualan Chen, Laiquan Shi, Wenjing Sheng, Zhonghua Zhang, Yaling Li, Chengjian Huang, Cunxu Wei
Summary: This study investigated the starch properties of eight ramie varieties, revealing differences in starch content, morphology, composition, etc. The results are helpful for selecting suitable ramie variety as a starch source.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Zheng Zeng, Chan Liu, Xueyu Zhang, Siyuan Zhu, Yanzhou Wang, Touming Liu
Summary: A systematic investigation of NAC genes in the genome of ramie, an important fiber crop, identified 60 ramie NAC genes, including ten orthologs of Arabidopsis NAC regulators involved in secondary wall biosynthesis. Most of these ten genes showed high expression in the stems, and eight genes displayed differential expression in the barks from different sections of the stems. Overexpression of three of these ten NAC genes significantly promoted fiber growth in transgenic Arabidopsis. This study provides an important basis for researching the regulatory mechanism of fiber growth.
Article
Polymer Science
Manggar Arum Aristri, Rita Kartika Sari, Muhammad Adly Rahandi Lubis, Raden Permana Budi Laksana, Petar Antov, Apri Heri Iswanto, Efri Mardawati, Seng Hua Lee, Viktor Savov, Lubos Kristak, Antonios N. Papadopoulos
Summary: This study developed tannin-based non-isocyanate polyurethane (tannin-Bio-NIPU) and tannin-based polyurethane (tannin-Bio-PU) resins for the impregnation of ramie fibers and investigated their mechanical and thermal properties. The impregnation process improved the thermal stability and mechanical strength of the ramie fibers.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Chang Liu, Wenshen Liu, Hermine Huot, Yiming Yang, Meina Guo, Jean Louis Morel, Yetao Tang, Rongliang Qiu
Summary: This study focused on investigating the response of ramie (Boehmeria nivea L.) to increasing concentrations of mixed rare earth elements (REEs). The results showed that lower concentrations of REEs had little effect on the growth and nutrient uptake of ramie, while higher concentrations significantly inhibited growth and nutrient uptake. The study also identified the involvement of phosphorus and molybdenum in dealing with high concentrations of REEs in the plant. Additionally, the study suggested that ramie could be a suitable candidate for phytoremediation of heavily REE-contaminated soils.
JOURNAL OF RARE EARTHS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jing Xu, Ying Xing, Jun Wang, Yang Yang, Cai Ye, Rongguo Sun
Summary: This study used ramie and poly-gamma-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) to remediate Hg-contaminated soil and verified it through incubation experiments. The results showed that γ-PGA could significantly enhance the translocation of Hg from root and stem to leaf and make Hg in the soil more bioavailable. Batch trials confirmed that γ-PGA could mask the adsorption function of Hg ions by soil organic matter and stimulate the desorption of Hg ions from the soil.
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Xiangyu He, Zihong Zheng, Qirui Wang, Manjia Zhou, Guanghui Liao, Yuqing Ge, Rubin Cheng
Summary: Ramie is a traditional fiber crop and important medicinal plant with a chloroplast genome length of 156065 bp and a total of 131 genes, including 17 duplicated genes in the IR region. The overall GC content of Ramie is 36.33%, with the highest GC content in the IR region being 42.72%. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Ramie clustered with Boehmeria tomentosa and formed a monophyletic group with other species. This study provides basic genetic resources for developing markers and investigating population genetics diversities of Ramie.
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Xiuling Zhang, Shuo Wang, Ziyun Wu, Xiaofei Tan
Summary: This paper proposes an unsupervised image clustering algorithm based on contrastive learning and K-nearest neighbors (CLKNN). CLKNN is trained in two steps: representation learning and clustering. Experimental results show that CLKNN outperforms other advanced algorithms.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MACHINE LEARNING AND CYBERNETICS
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Lei Yang, Yuanyuan Deng, Zihan Shu, Qiang Chen, Hailan Yang, Xiaofei Tan
Summary: Plant invasion caused by human activities is a serious problem that affects ecosystem diversity and has economic implications. Recent studies have focused on the use of biochar in environmental protection. Using invasive plants as feedstock to produce biochar can achieve ecological and resource benefits, solving issues caused by invasive plants and bringing economic benefits.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Binbin Shao, Zhifeng Liu, Lin Tang, Yang Liu, Qinghua Liang, Ting Wu, Yuan Pan, Xiansheng Zhang, Xiaofei Tan, Jiangfang Yu
Summary: This review summarizes the applications and effects of biochar in controlling antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) pollution and discusses their mechanisms and influencing factors. Additionally, it presents future prospects and challenges of using biochar for ARGs control.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Biao Song, Eydhah Almatrafi, Xiaofei Tan, Songhao Luo, Weiping Xiong, Chengyun Zhou, Meng Qin, Yang Liu, Min Cheng, Guangming Zeng, Jilai Gong
Summary: Biochar has gained attention as an integrated solution for agricultural waste recycling, soil improvement, carbon sequestration, and greenhouse gas reduction. However, the environmental benefits of biochar are hindered by its limited use in soil management, due to a lack of understanding and promotion. This review article discusses biochar applications in agricultural soil systems, focusing on carbon-neutral strategies and the importance of effective agricultural management for carbon sequestration.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2022)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Binbin Shao, Leyuan Shen, Zhifeng Liu, Lin Tang, Xiaofei Tan, Dongbo Wang, Weimin Zeng, Ting Wu, Yuan Pan, Xiansheng Zhang, Lin Ge, Miao He
Summary: This review discusses the formation of disinfection byproducts (DBPs) from emerging organic micropollutants (EOMPs) during chlorine-based disinfection processes (Cl-DPs). The typical Cl-DPs and their mechanisms are introduced, and the formation pathways, mechanisms, and influencing factors of DBPs in the presence of different EOMPs are discussed. The review also summarizes and discusses the detection and control methods of DBPs, and proposes future research directions and challenges in controlling their formation during disinfection processes.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Ling Xiang, Eydhah Almatrafi, Hailan Yang, Haoyang Ye, Fanzhi Qin, Huan Yi, Yukui Fu, Xiuqin Huo, Wu Xia, Hong Li, Ming Yan, Chengyun Zhou, Guangming Zeng, Xiaofei Tan
Summary: This study revealed that Fe(IV), 1O2, center dot O2, and IO3 center dot were identified as multiple active species in the magnetic ferrite-modified biochar (MFBC)/PI system. The MFBC/PI system exhibited stable degradation efficiency under wide pH ranges and the presence of various interfering anions. The contribution of iron leaching-precipitation equilibrium and redox equilibrium to the degradation efficiency of the PI/MFBC system was verified through a continuous cycle experiment. Moreover, the interaction between biochar and iron provided active site dispersion and fast electron transfer.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xinjiang Hu, Daixi Zhou, Hui Wang, Wenlong Zhang, Haoxiang Zhong, Yongsheng Chen
Summary: Single atom catalysts (SACs) based on M1-Nx-Cy have emerged as a frontier research field in catalysis, offering high reactivity, maximum atomic utilization, and high selectivity. This review summarizes the fabrication methods of M1-Nx-Cy based SACs via support anchoring and coordination design strategies, characterizes single metal atoms, and discusses their environmental applications. The potential of M1-Nx-Cy based SACs to address current and future environmental pollution problems is emphasized.
CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Xiuling Zhang, Xiaofei Tan, Zhaoci Luo, Jun Zhao
Summary: In recent years, there has been a new attempt to capture label co-occurrence in multi-label text classification using the sequence-to-sequence (Seq2Seq) model. However, existing approaches often overlook the semantic information in the labels themselves and the Seq2Seq model is influenced by the order of label sequences. Therefore, a novel Seq2Seq model with a different label semantic attention mechanism (S2S-LSAM) is proposed to generate fused information that combines label and text information. This model can effectively select the text features most relevant to the labels.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MACHINE LEARNING AND CYBERNETICS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Hong Li, Rongliang Qiu, Yetao Tang, Xiaoguang Duan, Yanling Gu, Hailan Yang, Qiang Chen, Zihan Shu, Ling Xiang, Shaobo Liu, Xiaofei Tan
Summary: Fe(IV) formation and PS activation in biochar/PS systems under a wide range of pH conditions were investigated using Fe-BC250. It was found that Fe-BC250/PS system showed superior performance in contaminant removal under alkaline conditions due to the slow release of Fe2+ and the formation of Fe(IV). This study provides new insights into Fe(IV) formation mechanism and highlights the potential application of low-cost iron-carbon composites in water treatment.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Yuanhao Ouyang, Honghui Jiang, Haoxiang Zhong, Guoyu Li, Xiaodong Ji, Qi Jin, Wei Xue, Xinjiang Hu, Mingshan Zhu
Summary: This study developed a g-C3N4 with N2C-type defects/MoO3 Z-scheme photocatalyst (D-CN/MoO3) for the degradation of microcystin (MC-LR) in visible light. The D-CN/MoO3 could photodegrade 100% of MC-LR within 25 min, which was significantly higher than pure g-C3N4. The degradation mechanism was found to be the selective attack of 1O2 on the Adda side chain of MC-LR and subsequent decarboxylation reaction of h+, leading to effective mineralization and reduced toxicity of MC-LR. The D-CN/MoO3 also demonstrated excellent stability and adaptability, showing potential for decontamination of MC-LR in eutrophic water.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Hailan Yang, Rongliang Qiu, Yetao Tang, Shujing Ye, Shaohua Wu, Fanzhi Qin, Ling Xiang, Xiaofei Tan, Guangming Zeng, Ming Yan
Summary: Residual flotation reagents in mineral processing wastewater can pose severe ecological threats when discharged untreated. Metal-free biochar-induced persulfate-advanced oxidation processes (KCBC/PS) efficiently degrade aniline aerofloat (AAF) at low doses of catalyst and oxidant. The dominant reactive oxygen species in the KCBC/PS system is O-2(center dot-), which achieves deep mineralization of AAF. The electron transfer mechanism and active sites play important roles in the KCBC/PS system, allowing for wide pH adaptation and resistance to inorganic anions in real mining wastewater treatment. Carbonyl group is the active site for the non-radical pathway of biochar, while the conversion of SO4 center dot- to superoxide radicals represents a defect. The study also reveals a possible degradation pathway of AAF and its reduced environmental toxicity.
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Qianzhen Fang, Hailan Yang, Shujing Ye, Peng Zhang, Mingyang Dai, Xinjiang Hu, Yanling Gu, Xiaofei Tan
Summary: This review comprehensively discusses the generation pathways and identification methods of singlet oxygen (1O2) in catalysts/PMS systems. The generation pathways are summarized based on the inclusion of metal element in catalysts, while the influence of metal valence states and geometric structures on 1O2 generation is thoroughly discussed. Identification methods include EPR, quenching experiments, reaction in D2O solution, and chemical probe tests. Several perspectives for further studies on 1O2 in catalysts/PMS systems are proposed.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Chenxi Huang, Meifang Li, Ping Wang, Shiyu Song, Beixia Chai, Meijuan Zhang, Xinjiang Hu, Jingju Cai, Shaohua Wu, Qingyun He
Summary: A novel nitrogen-doped magnetic graphene oxide confined Fe-Co dual single-atom catalyst was prepared by one-step molten salt assisted high-temperature pyrolysis. The catalyst showed significant removal efficiency for tetracycline and exhibited good separation and catalytic performance. The effects of key parameters on the degradation of tetracycline were investigated, and the catalytic potential in actual water and regeneration performance of the material were evaluated.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Qizhuo Liu, Xiaodong Ji, Jiaqin Deng, Honghui Jiang, Guoyu Li, Yuanhao Ouyang, Xin Li, Chunfang Tang, Xiaofei Tan, Xinjiang Hu
Summary: In this study, a high photocatalytic activity porous carbon nitride nanosheet was prepared using a simple pyrolysis technique. The nanosheet has a larger specific surface area and higher charge mobility, resulting in enhanced degradation efficiency of microcystin.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Jiaqin Deng, Ying Fang, Changlan Hou, Yanru Zhang, Meifang Li, Jianing Han, Wanxuan Du, Chunfang Tang, Xinjiang Hu
Summary: This study investigates the regeneration of spent biochar adsorbent and the degradation of adsorbed PFOA using ultrasonic assisted activation of persulfate. The results demonstrate that PFOA can be efficiently degraded by the synergistic effect of ultrasound and persulfate.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
