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Targeted Editing and Phenotypic Profiling of CmOFP13 Mutants Reveal Its Role in Melon Fruit Morphogenesis
(Physiologia Plantarum, 2025-11-29)The melon fruit shape is a trait that influences storage as well as consumer preference. Fruit shape is known to be regulated by factors such as Ovate Family Proteins (OFPs), Tonneau Recruiting Motif ... -
Mycorrhizal inoculation and crop rotation as soil sustainable management strategies to reduce fertilizer use and water consumption in horticultural crops
(Applied Soil Ecology, 2025-12-16)Crop rotation enhances agroecosystem sustainability by reducing nutrient loss, improving soil fertility, and decreasing crop evapotranspiration. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation further ... -
Variable-Rate Nitrogen Application in Rainfed Barley: A Drought-Year Case Study
(Nitrogen, 2025-12-17)This study explores the potential of Precision Agriculture (PA) to optimize top-dressing nitrogen (N) fertilization in rainfed barley under drought conditions in Central Catalonia (Spain). Efficient N ... -
Comprehensive MSI-based protocols for the spatial lipidomics characterization of microscale organisms
(Microchemical Journal, 2025-08-17)Spatial omics technologies are essential for characterizing molecular disruptions induced by pathological conditions or environmental stressors while preserving the native spatial context of biomolecules. ... -
Histological Insights into Testicular Apoptosis Associated with Spermatogenesis in Pre-Pubertal and Adult Meagre (Argyrosomus regius)
(Animals, 2025-09-11)Recombinant gonadotropins—synthetic versions of pituitary hormones—are increasingly utilised in aquaculture for broodstock management. In this study, we explored how recombinant follicle-stimulating ... -
Mushroom stem-based diets elicit region-specific shifts in rainbow trout gut microbiota
(Scientific Reports, 2025-12-01)The intestinal microbiota of fish plays a crucial role in host condition and health, exhibiting region-specific functions influenced by dietary components. This study evaluated the effects of mushroom ... -
Effect of alternative nectar sources and herbivore-induced plant volatiles on the fitness and attraction of Aphidoletes aphidimyz
(Journal of Pest Science, 2025-12-01)Enhancing natural enemy populations in agricultural systems by combining habitat manipulation and herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) offers a promising approach to conservation biological control. ... -
Aptamer-based biosensing platforms for saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin: Advances, challenges, and future perspectives in food safety and environmental monitoring
(Talanta, 2025-12-09)Saxitoxin (STX) and tetrodotoxin (TTX) are among the most potent marine neurotoxins, posing severe risks to public health and the seafood industry. Their high toxicity, structural diversity, and occurrence ... -
Insights into Nitzschia amphibia Grunow (Bacillariophyta, Bacillariaceae): Lectotypification and a comparative study with N. amphibioides Hustedt and N. semirobusta Lange-Bertalot
(Phytotaxa, 2024-12-06)The original description and illustrations of Nitzschia amphibia by Grunow in 1862 are insufficiently clear for the accurate identification of contemporary specimens, which may have contributed to ... -
All that glitters is not gold: towards the standardization of experimental trials assessing functional feeds with immunomodulatory properties
(Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2025-10-15)Functional feeds designed to enhance the host’s immune response and improve disease resistance are among the most popular strategies to mitigate the impact of infectious diseases and abiotic stressors ... -
Mechanistic insights into antibody recognition of tetrodotoxin analogues: Implications for neurotoxicological assessment
(Chemico-Biological Interactions, 2025-12-10)Tetrodotoxins (TTXs) pose significant food safety risks due to their potent neurotoxicity. Growing concerns about the impact of these toxins on public health have driven the development of new detection ... -
Spatial distribution of pollutants along the Galician coast: Insights from starfish bioindicators
(Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2025-11-25)Identifying suitable aquatic organisms for biomonitoring of marine waters is crucial for effective environmental management. In this study, for the first time in the region, starfish were used as ... -
Integrated brain and testis transcriptomic analyses reveal the benefits of sandy environmental enrichment in Senegalese sole male (Solea senegalensis) reproduction
(Aquaculture, 2025-11-25)This study investigates the effects of physical enrichment (sand substrate) on the gonadal development and transcriptomics of juvenile Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis). A total of 1500 fish were ... -
Insect visitors of green fruits of Annona senegalensis Pers. (Annonaceae) and their potential role in the plant fruiting
(Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2025-11-20)Annona senegalensis is a multipurpose wild shrub mainly used for food and traditional medicine by local people in tropical African. During its fruiting period, especially at the green fruit stage, this ... -
Sublingual immunization with E2-CD154 protein and the STING agonist c-di-AMP confers protection against classical swine fever virus in pigs
(Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2025-11-20)Introduction: Subunit vaccines represent a safer alternative to live attenuated formulations. However, they often require potent adjuvants and delivery systems to elicit robust immunity, particularly ... -
Rhythmic biosynthesis of sex pheromone modulates the calling and mating behaviors of Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
(New Plant Protection, 2025-12-09)Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a significant global pest of tomato. Although sex pheromones serve as effective biological control tools, their utilization remains inefficient due ... -
Exposure of Wild Ruminants to Toxoplasma gondii in Alpine Ecosystems, NE Spain
(Veterinary Sciences, 2025-11-18)Abstract. Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite with a complex life cycle that involves warm-blooded animals as intermediate hosts and felids as definitive hosts. Its epidemiology in alpine ecosystems ... -
Growth, Physiological Response, and Gill Health of Spotted Rose Snapper (Lutjanus guttatus) Reared at Different Salinities
(Fishes, 2025-09-22)The physiological and gill health responses of juvenile spotted rose snapper (Lutjanus guttatus) were evaluated at four salinities—8, 16, 24, and 32‰—over a 70-day period. Fish reared at 8‰ exhibited ... -
Latent Dirichlet Allocation reveals tomato root-associated bacterial interactions responding to hairy root disease
(Environmental Microbiome, 2025-11-23)Hairy root disease (HRD), caused by rhizogenic Agrobacterium strains, is a significant disease threat to modern hydroponic greenhouses, which can result in up to 15% loss in yield. Our prior research ... -
Andrzej Witkowski was right: Tryblionella compressa is not a Tryblionella
(Nova Hedwigia, 2025-01-29)Tryblionella punctata was described by W. Smith in 1853, transferred to Nitzschia by Grunow in 1880, and returned to Tryblionella in 1990 by Round et al., when the genus was restored and 41 species ...