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Nature Communications |
| Genomic and ecological drivers of parallel arid adaptation in tree grapes (Vitaceae) |
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Nature Communications |
| The OsARF12-bZIP23 module links auxin signaling to ABA-associated regulatory pathways to improve seed vigor in rice |
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The Plant Cell |
| Sphagnum metabolite regulations on methane-cycling microbes in wetlands |
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Soil Biology and Biochemistry |
| Iron-Mediated Release of Aged Dissolved Organic Carbon From Waterlogged Peatland Under Warming |
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Advanced Science |
| The future of the Arctic flora under climate change |
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National Science Review |
| Single-cell transcriptomics and DNA methylomics reveal cell type-specific heat stress response mechanisms in alfalfa |
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Plant Physiology |
| Taming the giant: towards a global sectional taxonomy for the big genus Artemisia |
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BMC Plant Biology |
| Spectral partitioning, per-band normalization, and spatial scale shape the efficacy of imaging spectroscopy to estimate grassland diversity |
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Computers and Electronics in Agriculture |
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| Partial coordination of leaf water relations with the leaf economics spectrum across diverse forest types |
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Postharvest Biology and Technology |
| Autumn nutrient resorption and twig storage shape spring phenology in woody species |
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| XsMAX2 negatively regulates post-fertilization ovule development in Xanthoceras sorbifolium |
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| RDO3 REPRESSOR 27, a new MED25 allele, regulates seed dormancy dependent on DOG1 and ABA pathways in Arabidopsis |
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Planta |
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Nature Ecology & Evolution |
| Responses of Soil Carbon Release to Freeze-Thaw Cycles Mediated by Carbon Availability at Regional and Global Scales |
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Global Change Biology |
| The Winter Nitrogen Pump: Unveiling the Accumulation and Contribution of a Long-Overlooked Nitrogen Pool |
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Plant Cell and Environment |
| An IDA peptide from Boea hygrometrica enhances desiccation tolerance but lacks activity in Arabidopsis |
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The Plant Cell |
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PNAS |
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BMC Plant Biology |
| The endocarp evolution of Cissampelideae (Menispermaceae): integrating extant and fossil species |
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Annals of Botany |
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Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology |
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Plant and Soil |
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Cell Reports |
| Fenced enclosure and increased rainfall facilitate recovery of degraded desert steppe by restructuring soil seed bank dynamics |
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BMC Plant Biology |
| A meta-analysis of enzyme activity responses to nitrogen addition during litter decomposition |
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Geoderma |
