In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Marine Microalgae Extract against <i>Vibrio harveyi</i> by Mohd Ridzwan Jusidin, Rafidah Othman, Sitti Raehanah Muhamad Shaleh, Fui Fui Ching, Shigeharu Senoo, Siti Nur Hazwani Oslan

“…At the exponential phase of growth, four species of marine microalgae were examined for their potential to create secondary metabolites that limit the growth of <i>Vibrio harveyi</i>: <i>Nannochloropsis oceanica</i>, <i>Chaetoceros gracilis</i>, <i>Isochrysis</i> sp., and <i>Thalassiosira weissflogii</i>. …”
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Double Gamers—Can Modified Natural Regulators of Higher Plants Act as Antagonists against Phytopathogens? The Case of Jasmonic Acid Derivatives by Nicolò Orsoni, Francesca Degola, Luca Nerva, Franco Bisceglie, Giorgio Spadola, Walter Chitarra, Valeria Terzi, Stefano Delbono, Roberta Ghizzoni, Caterina Morcia, Agnieszka Jamiołkowska, Elżbieta Mielniczuk, Francesco M. Restivo, Giorgio Pelosi

“…However, our results show that thiosemicarbazones derivatives are more effective than the parent ketones in limiting fungal growth and mycotoxins production, supporting possible applications for the control of pathogenic fungi.…”
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Identification of High Tolerance to Jujube Witches’ Broom in Indian Jujube (<i>Ziziphus mauritiana</i> Lam.) and Mining Differentially Expressed Genes Related to the Tolerance thro... by Yaru Xu, Chao Wang, Decang Kong, Ming Cao, Qiong Zhang, Muhammad Tahir, Ying Yang, Shuang Yang, Wenhao Bo, Xiaoming Pang

“…Additionally, the cinnamoyl-CoA reductase-like SNL6 gene was significantly up-regulated in infected ‘Cuimi’, which may cause lignin deposition, limit the growth of phytoplasma, and mediate immune response of ‘Cuimi’ to phytoplasma. …”
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Allelopathic Potential of Mangroves from the Red River Estuary against the Rice Weed <i>Echinochloa crus-galli</i> and Variation in Their Leaf Metabolome by Dounia Dhaou, Virginie Baldy, Dao Van Tan, Jean-Rémi Malachin, Nicolas Pouchard, Anaïs Roux, Sylvie Dupouyet, Stéphane Greff, Gérald Culioli, Thomas Michel, Catherine Fernandez, Anne Bousquet-Mélou

“…Among them is the production of specialized metabolites by mangroves and their potential use in agriculture to limit weed growth in cultures. We explored the in vitro allelopathic potential of eight mangrove species’ aqueous leaf extracts (<i>Avicennia marina</i>, <i>Kandelia obovata</i>, <i>Bruguiera gymnorhiza</i>, <i>Sonneratia apetala</i>, <i>Sonneratia caseolaris</i>, <i>Aegiceras corniculatum</i>, <i>Lumnitzera racemosa</i> and <i>Rhizophora stylosa</i>) on the germination and growth of <i>Echinochloa crus-galli</i>, a weed species associated with rice, <i>Oryza sativa</i>. …”
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3D printed silk-gelatin hydrogel scaffold with different porous structure and cell seeding strategy for cartilage regeneration by Qingtao Li, Sheng Xu, Qi Feng, Qiyuan Dai, Longtao Yao, Yichen Zhang, Huichang Gao, Hua Dong, Dafu Chen, Xiaodong Cao

“…However, most hydrogels offer limited cell growth and tissue formation ability due to their submicron- or nano-sized gel networks, which restrict the supply of oxygen, nutrients and inhibit the proliferation and differentiation of encapsulated cells. …”
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Experimental Approach Alters N and P Addition Effects on Leaf Traits and Growth Rate of Subtropical <i>Schima superba</i> (Reinw. ex Blume) Seedlings by Xuemin Ye, Fangchao Wang, Xiaofei Hu, Yong Lin, Rongxi Sun, Xingyun Liang, Fusheng Chen

“…Nitrogen addition strongly altered leaf biochemical and physiological traits and limited tree growth compared to P addition in the pot experiment, while the effects of N and P addition on leaf traits and tree growth were weaker in the field, since the seedlings might be mainly limited by light availability rather than nutrient supplies. …”
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The Effect of Pore Directionality of Collagen Scaffolds on Cell Differentiation and In Vivo Osteogenesis by Miguelangel Moncayo-Donoso, Gustavo A. Rico-Llanos, Diego A. Garzón-Alvarado, José Becerra, Rick Visser, Marta R. Fontanilla

“…In addition, that the unidirectional orientation of the scaffolds can limit the growth of blood vessels. However, a comparison between the amount of bone that can be formed in scaffolds with different pore orientations in addition to analyzing the effect of loading osteogenic and proangiogenic factors is still required. …”
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Recent advances in high-βN experiments and magnetohydrodynamic instabilities with hybrid scenarios in the HL-2A Tokamak by Wei Chen, Liming Yu, Min Xu, Xiaoquan Ji, Zhongbing Shi, Xiaoxue He, Zhengji Li, Yonggao Li, Tianbo Wang, Min Jiang, Shaobo Gong, Jie Wen, Peiwan Shi, Zengchen Yang, Kairui Fang, Jia Li, Lai Wei, Wulv Zhong, Aiping Sun, Jianyong Cao, Xingyu Bai, Jiquan Li, Xuantong Ding, Jiaqi Dong, Qingwei Yang, Yi Liu, Longwen Yan, Zhengxiong Wang, Xuanru Duan

“…In some high-βN discharges, it is observed that the NTMs with m/n=3/2 limit the growth of the plasma energy and decrease βN. …”
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Study on shear behavior of high-performance polypropylene fiber-reinforced lightweight aggregate concrete beams by Zehui Xiang, Jie Zhou, Jiangang Niu, Xuelei Feng, Jingsong Wang

“…Adding HPPF to concrete could effectively improve its tensile strength, limit the growth of cracks, and further improve its initial cracking strength. …”
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Controllable and large‐area growth of ZnO nanosheet arrays under ambient condition as superior anodes for scalable aqueous batteries by Dongdong Zhang, Yanqing Fu, Qiliang Wei, Yapeng Zheng, Lin Wang, Jie Teng, Weiyou Yang

“…Accordingly, the constructed Zn@SC‐ZnO||Zn@SC‐ZnO symmetric cell has very low polarization overpotential down to ~20 mV, with limited dendrite growth and side reactions for Zn anodes. …”
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Dispersed settlement patterns can hinder the net-zero transition: Evidence from Ireland by Ankita Gaur, Jason McGuire, Vera O’Riordan, John Curtis, Hannah Daly

“…Limiting the growth of final energy demand helps meet the steep greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction trajectories required to address climate change, and can also bring wider sustainability benefits. …”
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Weed Species from Tea Gardens as a Source of Novel Aluminum Hyperaccumulators by Roghieh Hajiboland, Aiuob Moradi, Ehsan Kahneh, Charlotte Poschenrieder, Fatemeh Nazari, Jelena Pavlovic, Roser Tolra, Seyed-Yahya Salehi-Lisar, Miroslav Nikolic

“…Increased availability of toxic Al³⁺ is the main constraint limiting plant growth on acid soils. Plants adapted to acid soils, however, tolerate toxic Al³⁺, and some can accumulate Al in their aerial parts to a significant degree. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification of Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Ion Channel Gene Family in Wheat and Functional Analyses of TaCNGC14 and TaCNGC16 by Jia Guo, Md Ashraful Islam, Haocheng Lin, Changan Ji, Yinghui Duan, Peng Liu, Qingdong Zeng, Brad Day, Zhensheng Kang, Jun Guo

“…Silencing of TaCNGC14 and TaCNGC16 limited Pst growth and increased wheat resistance against Pst. …”
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The Role of Saccharides in the Mechanisms of Pathogenicity of <em>Fusarium oxysporum</em> f. sp. <em>lupini</em> in Yellow Lupine (<em>Lupinus luteus</em> L.) by Magda Formela-Luboińska, Dorota Remlein-Starosta, Agnieszka Waśkiewicz, Zbigniew Karolewski, Jan Bocianowski, Łukasz Stępień, Mateusz Labudda, Philippe Jeandet, Iwona Morkunas

“…<i>oxysporum</i> significantly limited the growth of embryo axes, but this effect was more visible on infected axes cultured under sugar deficiency than on the ones cultured with soluble sugars. …”
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Overexpression of <i>TaMYB4</i> Confers Freezing Tolerance in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> by Yu Tian, Kankan Peng, Xuan Ma, Zhipeng Ren, Guicheng Lou, Yunshuang Jiang, Jingqiu Xia, Duojia Wang, Jing Yu, Jing Cang

“…Freezing stress is one of the main factors limiting the growth and yield of wheat. In this study, we found that <i>TaMYB4</i> expression was significantly upregulated in the tillering nodes of the strong cold-resistant winter wheat variety Dongnongdongmai1 (Dn1) under freezing stress. …”
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<i>GhDof1.7</i>, a Dof Transcription Factor, Plays Positive Regulatory Role under Salinity Stress in Upland Cotton by Yi Li, Miaomiao Tian, Zhen Feng, Jingjing Zhang, Jianhua Lu, Xiaokang Fu, Liang Ma, Hengling Wei, Hantao Wang

“…Salt stress is a major abiotic stressor that can severely limit plant growth, distribution, and crop yield. DNA-binding with one finger (Dof) is a plant-specific transcription factor that plays a crucial role in plant growth, development, and stress response. …”
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Glycine Betaine and β-Aminobutyric Acid Mitigate the Detrimental Effects of Heat Stress on Chinese Cabbage (<i>Brassica rapa</i> L. ssp. <i>pekinensis</i>) Seedlings with Improved... by Jin Quan, Weiwei Zheng, Meifang Wu, Zhuojun Shen, Jingru Tan, Zewei Li, Biao Zhu, Seung-Beom Hong, Yanting Zhao, Zhujun Zhu, Yunxiang Zang

“…Heat stress is one of the major abiotic factors that limit the growth, development, and productivity of plants. …”
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Salt tolerance in Machilus faberi: elucidating growth and physiological adaptations to saline environments by Mo, Qiong, Liu, Yang, Wei, Haohui, Jiang, Liyuan, Wu, En, Lin, Ling, Yang, Qihong, Yu, Xiaoying, Yan, Lihong, Li, Yanlin

“…Adversity stress is the main environmental factor limiting plant growth and development, including salt and other stress factors. …”
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Screening some pine species from North America and dried zones of western Asia for drought stress tolerance in terms of nutrients status, biochemical and physiological characterist... by Karim Nouri, Ali Nikbakht, Maryam Haghighi, Nematollah Etemadi, Mehdi Rahimmalek, Mehdi Rahimmalek, Antoni Szumny

“…Drought due to climate change or reduced precipitation is one of the main factors limiting the growth and establishment of plants and is one of the most critical challenges facing humans. …”
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Substrates and nutrient addition rates affect morphology and physiology of Pinus leiophylla seedlings in the nursery stage by Buendía Velázquez MV, López López MA, Cetina Alcalá VM, Diakite L

“…This suggests that K limited the growth of seedlings in sawdust, likely due to the low capacity of this substrate to adsorb K. …”
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