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Rahajaharilaza K, Muller B, Violle C, Brocke KV, Ramavovololona, Morel JB, Balini E, Fort F. Upland rice varietal mixtures in Madagascar: evaluating the effects of varietal interaction on crop performance. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1266704. [PMID: 38053764 PMCID: PMC10694222 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1266704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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Introduction Rice plays a critical role in human livelihoods and food security. However, its cultivation requires inputs that are not accessible to all farming communities and can have negative effects on ecosystems. simultaneously, ecological research demonstrates that biodiversity management within fields contributes to ecosystem functioning. Methods This study aims to evaluate the mixture effect of four functionally distinct rice varieties in terms of characteristics and agronomic performance and their spatial arrangement on the upland rice performance in the highlands of Madagascar. The study was conducted during the 2021-2022 rainfall season at two close sites in Madagascar. Both site differ from each other's in soil properties and soil fertility management. The experimental design at each site included three modalities: i) plot composition, i.e., pure stand or binary mixture; ii) the balance between the varieties within a mixture; iii) and for the balanced mixture (50% of each variety), the spatial arrangement, i.e., row or checkerboard patterns. Data were collected on yields (grain and biomass), and resistance to Striga asiatica infestation, Pyricularia oryzea and bacterial leaf blight (BLB) caused by Xanthomonas oryzae-pv from each plot. Results and discussion Varietal mixtures produced significantly higher grain and biomass yields, and significantly lower incidence of Pyricularia oryzea compared to pure stands. No significant differences were observed for BLB and striga infestation. These effects were influenced by site fertility, the less fertilized site showed stronger mixture effects with greater gains in grain yield (60%) and biomass yield (42%). The most unbalanced repartition (75% and 25% of each variety) showed the greatest mixture effect for grain yield at both sites, with a strong impact of the varietal identity within the plot. The mixture was most effective when EARLY_MUTANT_IAC_165 constituted 75% of the density associated with other varieties at 25% density. The assessment of the net effect ratio of disease, an index evaluating the mixture effect in disease reduction, indicated improved disease resistance in mixtures, regardless of site conditions. Our study in limited environments suggests that varietal mixtures can enhance rice productivity, especially in low-input situations. Further research is needed to understand the ecological mechanisms behind the positive mixture effect.
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- Koloina Rahajaharilaza
- University of Antananarivo, Faculty of Sciences, Antananarivo, Madagascar
- CIRAD, UMR AGAP Institut, Montpellier, France
- Dispositif en Partenariat Système de Production d’Altitudes Durable, CIRAD, Antsirabe, Madagascar
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- CIRAD, UMR AGAP Institut, Montpellier, France
- Dispositif en Partenariat Système de Production d’Altitudes Durable, CIRAD, Antsirabe, Madagascar
- UMR AGAP Institut, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CIRAD, UMR AGAP Institut, Montpellier, France
- UMR AGAP Institut, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- University of Antananarivo, Faculty of Sciences, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Université de Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- PHIM Plant Health Institute, Université de Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- CEFE, Univ. Montpellier, L’Institut Agro, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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Gryaznova M, Smirnova Y, Burakova I, Morozova P, Nesterova E, Gladkikh M, Mikhaylov E, Syromyatnikov M. Characteristics of the Fecal Microbiome of Piglets with Diarrhea Identified Using Shotgun Metagenomics Sequencing. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:2303. [PMID: 37508080 PMCID: PMC10376196 DOI: 10.3390/ani13142303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Diarrhea in piglets is one of the most common diseases leading to high mortality and, as a result, to economic losses. Shotgun metagenomic sequencing was performed on the DNBSEQ-G50, MGI system to study the role of the fecal microbiome in the development of diarrhea in newborn piglets. Analysis of the study data showed that the composition of the fecal microbiome at the level of bacteria and fungi did not differ in piglets with diarrhea from the healthy group. Bacteria belonging to the phyla Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Fusobacteria were the most abundant. However, a higher level of bacterial alpha diversity was observed in the group of piglets with diarrhea, which may be due to dysbacteriosis and inflammation. The study of the virome showed the difference between the two types of phages: Bacteroides B40-8 prevailed in diseased piglets, while Escherichia virus BP4 was found in greater numbers in healthy piglets. The results of our study suggest that the association between the fecal microbiome and susceptibility to diarrhea in suckling piglets may have been previously overestimated.
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- Mariya Gryaznova
- Laboratory of Metagenomics and Food Biotechnology, Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies, 394036 Voronezh, Russia
- Department of Genetics, Cytology and Bioengineering, Voronezh State University, 394018 Voronezh, Russia
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- Laboratory of Metagenomics and Food Biotechnology, Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies, 394036 Voronezh, Russia
- Department of Genetics, Cytology and Bioengineering, Voronezh State University, 394018 Voronezh, Russia
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- Laboratory of Metagenomics and Food Biotechnology, Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies, 394036 Voronezh, Russia
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- Laboratory of Metagenomics and Food Biotechnology, Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies, 394036 Voronezh, Russia
- Department of Genetics, Cytology and Bioengineering, Voronezh State University, 394018 Voronezh, Russia
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- Laboratory of Metagenomics and Food Biotechnology, Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies, 394036 Voronezh, Russia
- Department of Genetics, Cytology and Bioengineering, Voronezh State University, 394018 Voronezh, Russia
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- Laboratory of Metagenomics and Food Biotechnology, Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies, 394036 Voronezh, Russia
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- FSBSI All-Russian Veterinary Research Institute of Pathology, Pharmacology and Therapy, 394061 Voronezh, Russia
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- Laboratory of Metagenomics and Food Biotechnology, Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies, 394036 Voronezh, Russia
- Department of Genetics, Cytology and Bioengineering, Voronezh State University, 394018 Voronezh, Russia
- FSBSI All-Russian Veterinary Research Institute of Pathology, Pharmacology and Therapy, 394061 Voronezh, Russia
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Liu J, Wang R, Qian N, Li J, Zhao W, Xing J, Yang J. First Report of Pyricularia oryzae Causing Blast on Palm Grass in China. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 107:583. [PMID: 35815958 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-22-1077-pdn] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Palm grass (Setaria palmifolia) has been used as an ornamental plant and vegetable crop (Wu, 2009; Plarre, 1995). In June 2019, 2-10 mm severe leaf lesions with gray centers and brown-yellow edges were observed on the leaves of palm grass in Liuyang city (28°43'N, 114°12'E), Hunan province, China (Fig. 1A). Disease incidence on leaves was 20 - 40%. The infected leaves were collected and disinfected with 75% alcohol for 30 sec and 1% sodium hypochlorite for 1 min, followed by three rinses in sterilized ddH2O, dried on sterilized filter paper, and incubated on water agar for 48 h under continuous fluorescent light at 26℃. Then, typical pyriform and 2-septate conidia (23.97 - 30.37 × 7.42 - 9.98 μm, N = 30) appeared at the lesions (Fig. 1B). Four single-spore were captured, and then grew on oatmeal tomato agar for seven days under continuous fluorescent light at 26℃ to obtain four isolates (LY-ZY-7a, -7b, -9b and -9c) and produce conidia for inoculation tests. The colony morphology of LY-ZY-7b on OTA was gray and floccose, and the growth rate was 6.15 - 6.31 mm/d at 26 °C (Fig. 1C). Spores of LY-ZY-7b were washed off with sterilized ddH2O plus 0.025% Tween-20 to make spore suspensions. For scratch inoculation, 10 μL spore suspension (1 × 105 spores/mL) was inoculated on the wound scratched with a sterilized pin along the vein (3 mm × 3 mm) on palm grass middle leaf of 4-week-old seedlings. The inoculated leaves were sealed in a 15-cm Petri dish. For spray inoculation, 20 mL spore suspension (5 × 104 spores/mL) was made and sprayed on ten healthy palm grasses of 4-week-old seedlings. Plants used as negative controls were sprayed with sterilized ddH2O plus 0.025% Tween-20 (Liu et al. 2022; Zhang et al. 2014). After inoculation, all plants were put into transparent boxes to maintain > 95% humidity and covered with black plastic bags for one day. Then, the boxes containing the plants were placed in a growth chamber at 26°C (12 h light / 12 h darkness photoperiod). After six days, typical blast-type lesions with brown-yellow edges were visible on the leaves. Control plants did not show symptoms (Fig. 1D, 1E). Microscopical examination showed that the conidia and conidiophore recovered from the lesion of the inoculated plants have the same morphology as those recovered from natural infected tissues (Fig. 1F, 1G). The colony morphology of the pathogen isolated from the artificially inoculated tissue was consistent with that of isolate LY-ZY-7b (Fig. 1C). The spore suspension (5 × 104 spores/mL) of isolate LY-ZY-7b and one rice-infecting strain P131 (Yang et al., 2010) was made and sprayed onto 4-week-old seedlings of three rice cultivars. But unfortunately, isolate LY-ZY-7b could not cause any disease lesions on the tested rice cultivars, whereas strain P131 produced many typical blast lesions on rice leaves (Fig. 1H). Then, the fungal genetic identity of four isolates (LY-ZY-7a, -7b, -9b, and -9c) was confirmed by comparison of the sequence obtained from partial DNA of Actin (ACT), ITS, and RPB1 loci from our isolates and those previously published by Klaubauf et al. 2014. The nucleotide sequences of ACT, ITS, and RPB1 were submitted to GenBank ON228695-ON228697 (ACT), ON210978-ON210980 (ITS), ON228698-ON228701 (RPB1). A phylogenetic tree deduced from a maximum likelihood analysis based on combined ACT-ITS-RPB1 sequence data of Pyricularia showed that these four isolates (LY-ZY-7a, -7b, -9b, and -9c) clustered together on Pyricularia oryzae, with a high bootstrap support value (Fig. 2). Based on morphological characteristics and molecular phylogeny, these four isolates were identified as P. oryzae (Klaubauf et al. 2014; Qi et al. 2019). To our knowledge, this is the first report of blast disease on palm grass caused by P. oryzae in China, which will help develop disease management strategies against palm grass blast. Moreover, as a host of P. oryzae, palm grass might contribute as an inoculum source for blast diseases on cereal crops (such as rice, wheat, and barley) caused by P. oryzae in the field.
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- Jintao Liu
- China Agricultural University, 34752, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, 2 West Yuanmingyuan Road, Beijing, Beijing, China, 100193;
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- China Agricultural University College of Plant Protection, 539443, Department of Plant Biosecurity, Beijing, China;
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- 2 West Yuanmingyuan Roadbeijing, beijing , China, 100193;
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- China Agricultural University College of Plant Protection, 539443, Beijing, China;
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- China Agricultural University College of Plant Protection, 539443, Department of Plant Biosecurity, Beijing, China;
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- Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, 538741, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Changsha, Hunan, China;
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- China Agricultural University, 34752, Plant Pathology, No 2 Yuanmingyuan W Rd, Haidian Dist, Beijing, China, 100193;
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Pendergast TH, Qi P, Odeny DA, Dida MM, Devos KM. A high-density linkage map of finger millet provides QTL for blast resistance and other agronomic traits. THE PLANT GENOME 2022; 15:e20175. [PMID: 34904374 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Finger millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.] is a critical subsistence crop in eastern Africa and southern Asia but has few genomic resources and modern breeding programs. To aid in the understanding of finger millet genomic organization and genes underlying disease resistance and agronomically important traits, we generated a F2:3 population from a cross between E. coracana (L.) Gaertn. subsp. coracana accession ACC 100007 and E. coracana (L.) Gaertn. subsp. africana , accession GBK 030647. Phenotypic data on morphology, yield, and blast (Magnaporthe oryzae) resistance traits were taken on a subset of the F2:3 population in a Kenyan field trial. The F2:3 population was genotyped via genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) and the UGbS-Flex pipeline was used for sequence alignment, nucleotide polymorphism calling, and genetic map construction. An 18-linkage-group genetic map consisting of 5,422 markers was generated that enabled comparative genomic analyses with rice (Oryza sativa L.), foxtail millet [Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.], and sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]. Notably, we identified conserved acrocentric homoeologous chromosomes (4A and 4B in finger millet) across all species. Significant quantitative trait loci (QTL) were discovered for flowering date, plant height, panicle number, and blast incidence and severity. Sixteen putative candidate genes that may underlie trait variation were identified. Seven LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT-CONTAINING PROTEIN genes, with homology to nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) disease resistance proteins, were found on three chromosomes under blast resistance QTL. This high-marker-density genetic map provides an important tool for plant breeding programs and identifies genomic regions and genes of critical interest for agronomic traits and blast resistance.
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- Thomas H Pendergast
- Dep. of Plant Biology, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
- Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
- Dep. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Dep. of Plant Biology, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
- Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
- Dep. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics-Eastern and Southern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Dep. of Applied Sciences, Maseno Univ., Private Bag-40105, Maseno, Kenya
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- Dep. of Plant Biology, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
- Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
- Dep. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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Anjago WM, Zeng W, Chen Y, Wang Y, Biregeya J, Li Y, Zhang T, Peng M, Cai Y, Shi M, Wang B, Zhang D, Wang Z, Chen M. The molecular mechanism underlying pathogenicity inhibition by sanguinarine in Magnaporthe oryzae. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2021; 77:4669-4679. [PMID: 34116584 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sanguinarine (SAN) is a benzophenanthridine alkaloid that broadly targets a range of pathways in mammalian and fungal cells. In this study we set out to explore the molecular mechanism of sanguinarine inhibition of the fungal development and pathogenicity of Magnaporthe oryzae with the hope that sanguinarine will bolster the development of antiblast agents. RESULTS We found that the fungus exhibited a significant reduction in vegetative growth and hyphal melanization while the spores produced long germ tubes on the artificial hydrophobic surface characteristic of a defect in thigmotropic sensing when exposed to 4, 8 and 0.5 μm sanguinarine, respectively. Consistent with these findings, we observed that the genes involved in melanin biosynthesis and the fungal hydrophobin MoMPG1 were remarkably suppressed in mycelia treated with 8 μm sanguinarine. Additionally, sanguinarine inhibited appressorium formation at a dose of 1.0 μm and this defect was restored by supplementing 5 mM of exogenous cAMP. By qRT-PCR assay we found cAMP pathway signalling genes such as MoCAP1 and MoCpkA were significantly repressed whereas MoCDTF1 and MoSOM1 were upregulated in sanguinarine-treated strains. Furthermore, we showed that sanguinarine does not selectively inhibit vegetative growth and appressorium formation of Guy11 but also other strains of M. oryzae. Finally, treatment of sanguinarine impaired the appressorium-mediated penetration and pathogenicity of M. oryzae in a dose-dependent manner. CONCLUSION Based on our results we concluded that sanguinarine is an attractive antimicrobial candidate for fungicide development in the control of rice blast disease. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Wilfred Mabeche Anjago
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biopesticides and Chemical Biology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
- Fuzhou Institute of Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fuzhou Institute of Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, China
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