Modern agriculture is facing twin challenge of ensuring global food security and executing it in a sustainable manner.However, the rapidly expanding salinity stress in cultivable areas poses a major peril to crop yield.Among various biotechnological techniques being used to reduce the negative effects of salinity, the use of arbuscular mycorrhizal
The accelerated process of urbanisation in China is resulting in a decline in and threat to the historic landscape of historic districts.This study is based on the theory of historic urban landscapes and employs a multi-dimensional layers research framework for historic districts.It adopts a single case study and a research method that combines qua
The small, basically Oriental family Opisotretidae is rediagnosed, reclassified, and shown to comprise the following seven genera, all keyed: Carlotretus Hoffman, 1980, with two species, including C.triramus sp.n.from southern China; Corypholophus Attems, 1938, with two species, one in Vietnam, the other in the Ryukyus, Japan; Martensodesmus Golova
Calcium signals drive an endless array of cellular responses including secretion, contraction, transcription, cell division, and growth.The ubiquitously expressed Orai family of plasma membrane (PM) ion channels mediate Ca2+ entry signals triggered by the Ca2+ sensor Stromal 10kg Interaction Molecule (STIM) proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER