Allocation of Resources to Cyanogenic Glucosides Does Not Incur a Growth Sacrifice in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

In plants, the production of secondary metabolites is considered to be at the expense of primary growth.Sorghum produces a cyanogenic glycoside (dhurrin) that is believed to act as its chemical defence.Studies have shown that acyanogenic plants are smaller in size compared to the wildtype.This study aimed to investigate whether the small plant size

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Aircraft events correspond with vocal behavior in a passerine

Abstract Airports can affect birds by hindering acoustic communication.Here, we investigated the impacts of aircraft events on vocal behavior in wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) breeding one mile from an airport in Ithaca, NY, USA.We identified the number of wood thrush songs between 0500 and 0800 h at various distances from the airport and on da

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Effect of Different Drying Method on the Nutritional Quality and Antioxidant Activity of Jiangyong Fragrant Ginger Based on Principal Component Analysis

To comprehensively evaluate the effects of drying methods on the nutritional quality and antioxidant activity of Bar Stools Jiangyong fragrant ginger, seven different drying methods including natural drying (ND), hot air drying (HAD), infrared drying (ID), microwave drying (MD), vacuum drying (VD), hot air-microwave combined drying (HAMCD), infrare

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