Abiotic conditions, biotic factors, and disturbances can act as filters that control community structure and composition. Understanding the relative importance of these drivers would allow us to ...

Biotic agents will include all our plant pathogens (fungi, viruses, nematodes, bacteria) and insects. Abiotic agents can include soil nutrition, drought, lightening, improper cultural practices and ...

Robert Modest Byamungu, Matthias Schleuning, Stefan W. Ferger, Maria Helbig-Bonitz, Andreas Hemp, Alexander Neu, Anna Vogeler, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Marco Tschapka, Jörg Albrecht, Abiotic and biotic ...

Climate change, with its associated shifts in temperature and precipitation patterns, poses a significant threat to agricultural systems worldwide. Among the threatened crops, the olive tree (Olea ...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNA molecules that serve as pivotal regulators of gene expression, playing crucial roles in plant growth, ...

The uplift and outward growth of Asia's three great plateaus is a major driver of changes in the Asian landscape and ...

Humans are driving species to extinction 1,000 times faster than what is considered natural. Now, new research underscores the extent of the planet’s impoverishment. Extinctions don’t just rob ...