Mature KBG (cv. ‘Wildhorse’) plugs (10 cm diameter, 5 cm deep)

The grass was transplanted into pots (15 cm diameter, 15 cm deep, with 8 holes on the bottom) filled with either top soil and sand mixture (2:1, v/v). A piece of plastic screen was placed in the bottom of the pot to prevent soil from leaching.

at optimum conditions (mean±SD) at 22 ± 0.8/16 ± 0.6°C (day/night), 70%±8% relative humidity, PAR at 400 ± 9 µmol m−2 s−1 and 12-h photoperiod. Nitrogen was applied at 2 g m−2 (from 28–8-18 complete fertilizer with micronutrients) at transplanting and then 1 g m−2 biweekly on all treatments until the end of the trial.

ROS (Reactive oxygen species) are reactive oxidants in plant cells, including hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), superoxide anions (O2•−) and hydroxide anion radicals (·OH), which may stimulate the antioxidant system of plants and act as signaling molecules to regulate downstream reactions.

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News Release 3-Jul-2024 Artificial light is a deadly siren song for young fish Reports and Proceedings Society for Experimental Biology image: Light pollution at night over aquatic habitats in French Polynesia. view more  Credit: Jules Schligler New research finds that artificial light at night (ALAN) attracts larval fish away from naturally lit habitats, while dramatically lowering their chances of survival in an “ecological trap”, with serious consequences for fish conservation and fishing stock management.

A T-shirt that you can wear a few times, then, when you get bored with it, dissolve and recycle to make a new shirt.

Many contemporary studies have used methods designed to study dogs—a poor proxy, as our furry friends have fewer facial expressions than their ancestors.

(These techniques have previously been used to study facial expressions in cats.)

These expressions were common to all of the gray, arctic, and Canadian wolf packs the researchers observed.

However, this coding mechanism is not necessarily transferable to other locust species.

In experiments, they observed that the ants treated their nest members' femur injuries by cleaning the wound with their mouths before amputating the leg by repeatedly biting it, while the tibia wounds were treated with just cleaning.

The scientists are now extending their research to other ant species that don't possess special antimicrobial glands to see if other ants have the ability to perform surgeries.