Genus-wide screening of Vigna reveals an evolutionary pattern of high biotic vs. low abiotic stress resilience Our findings show that sources of pest and disease resistance occur in at least 75 percent of the taxa, which were part of screening assessments. In contrast, sources of abiotic stress resilience occur in less than 30 percent of […] More
Germination and growth trials were undertaken from January – October 2018. Experiments were undertaken in incubators and growth cabinets which could be maintained at temperatures reflective of the altitudes that these species currently experience in Australia. Incubators were able to maintain low temperatures experienced in winter and had a PAR of 21 µmol m−2 s−1 […] More
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Experimental design Our study is part of the Jena Experiment, a large-scale and long-term biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiment in Jena (Thuringia, Germany, 50°55’ N, 11°35’ E, 130 m a.s.l.; mean annual air temperature 9.9 °C, annual precipitation 610 mm; 1980–2010 (ref. 66)). The experimental communities were established in May 2002, covering different plant diversity levels (including 1, 2, 4, […] More
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Nitrite and ammonia oxidation in the Northern GoM Nitrite and ammonia oxidation rates were determined during an East–West sampling transect on the Louisiana Shelf of the GoM in July 2016 (Supplementary Fig. 2). Due to summertime eutrophic conditions32, bottom waters were hypoxic at the time (<63 µM oxygen, max. water depth at the sampled stations was 18.5 m). […] More
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Cage experiment Cage experiments over two years identified significant differences in the pollination dependency of the five faba bean cultivars tested. There were no differences between the effect of tripping and cross pollination treatments in any cultivar or yield parameter measured (no significant posthoc contrast between any tripping and crossing treatments on the same cultivar) […] More
