Agronomic Performance and Lignin Content of HCT Down-Regulated Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) (open access)

Agronomic Performance and Lignin Content of HCT Down-Regulated Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

This article evaluates HCT down-regulated alfalfa plants for their forage composition and agronomic performance in the greenhouse and under field conditions.
Date: May 5, 2018
Creator: Bhattarai, Kishor; Rajasekar, Shanmugam; Dixon, R. A. & Monteros, Maria J.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Developmental phenotypic plasticity helps bridge stochastic weather events associated with climate change

This article posits that the frequently abrupt environmental changes accompanying much longer-term general climate change require consideration of the true nature of environmental change coupled with an expansion of focus to consider developmental phenotypic plasticity.
Date: May 10, 2018
Creator: Burggren, Warren W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Threshold Selection Methods for Adaptive Kernel Density Estimation in Disease Mapping (open access)

Evaluation of Threshold Selection Methods for Adaptive Kernel Density Estimation in Disease Mapping

This article assesses the relative performance of threshold selection methods in terms of resolution and reliability for disease mapping.
Date: May 8, 2018
Creator: Ruckthongsook, Warangkana; Tiwari, Chetan; Oppong, Joseph R. & Natesan, Prathiba
System: The UNT Digital Library
Noncatalytic chalcone isomerase-fold proteins in Humulus lupulus are auxiliary components in prenylated flavonoid biosynthesis (open access)

Noncatalytic chalcone isomerase-fold proteins in Humulus lupulus are auxiliary components in prenylated flavonoid biosynthesis

This article characterizes two noncatalytic chalcone isomerase (CHI)-like proteins using engineered yeast harboring all genes required for demethylxanthohumol (DMX) production.
Date: February 6, 2018
Creator: Ban, Zhaonan; Qin, Hao; Mitchell, Andrew J.; Liu, Baoxiu; Zhang, Fengxia; Weng, Jing-Ke et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library