Alternate wetting and moderate soil drying (AWMD) enhances the physicochemical properties of rice starch by promoting grain-filling in inferior grains of rice.

Water scarcity is the major challenge to sustainable rice production. This study examines how alternate wetting and moderate soil drying (AWMD), a widely adopted water-saving practice, influences grain-filling dynamics and starch physicochemical properties in both superior grains (located on apical primary branches, flower earlier) and inferior ones (located on proximal secondary branches, flower later). Results showed that AWMD enhanced grain-filling in inferior grains: it increased the mean (G) and peak (G) filling rates by 26.

Advantage effect of Dalbergia pinnata on wound healing and scar formation of burns.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Dalbergia pinnata, as a natural and ethnic medicine in China, has been used for burns and wounds with a long history, which has the effect of invigorating blood and astringent sores. However, there were no reports on the advantage activity of burns.

Aim Of Study: The purpose of this study was to screen out the best active extract part of Dalbergia pinnata and investigate its therapeutic effect on wound healing and scar resolution.

Filamentous Pathogens Deploy Effectors to Interfere With Bacterial Growth and Motility.

comprises a group of filamentous plant pathogens that cause serious crop diseases worldwide. It is widely known that a complex effector repertoire was secreted by pathogens to manipulate plant immunity and determine resistance and susceptibility. It is also recognized that pathogens may inhabit natural niches within complex environmental microbes, including bacteria.

Cu(II)-EDTA removal by a two-step Fe(0) electrocoagulation in near natural water: Sequent transformation and oxidation of EDTA complexes.

The widely usage of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) arises environmental concerns on toxic metal mobilization, and challenges the conventional processes in water treatment. In the study Cu(II)-EDTA in near natural water was efficiently removed during a two-step electrocoagulation using Fe(0) anode (Fe-EC), including a transformation to Fe(III)-EDTA induced mainly by structural Fe(II) in anoxic Fe-EC and further degradation in oxic Fe-EC. The degradation of Fe(III)-EDTA was mostly attributed to an oxygen activation mechanism that involving O and hydroxyl radical (OH) generation, as validated by the quenching experiments and electron spin resonance.

Vacuum lyophilization preservation and rejuvenation performance of anammox bacteria.

The storage of anaerobic ammonia oxidizing bacteria (anammox) plays an important role in the application of anammox. Glycerol, sodium alginate and DMSO were used as the cryoprotectant, and vacuum lyophilization was used to prepare the anammox bacteria powder. Simultaneously, the control experiment was set up with the same protectant and preservation time.

Reinforcement of Castor Oil-Based Polyurethane with Surface Modification of Attapulgite.

Polyurethane/attapulgite (PU/ATT) nanocomposites derived from castor oil were prepared by incorporation of 8 wt % ATT, acid-treated ATT, and KH560-treated ATT. The effects of three ATTs (ATT, acid-ATT, and KH560-ATT) on the comprehensive properties of PU/ATT nanocomposites were systematically investigated. The results showed that the incorporation of 8 wt % of three ATTs could produce an obvious reinforcement on the castor oil-based PU and that the silane modification treatment, rather than the acid treatment, has the more effective reinforcement effect.