China has abundant bamboo resources, among which Yunnan Province is one of the regions with the greatest number of species. The unique natural and geographic advantages provide an excellent environment for fungal growth. This study collected and isolated saprobic hyphomycetes associated with dead bamboo in Yunnan Province, China. Based on detailed morphological comparisons and multi‐locus phylogenetic analyses of combined LSU, ITS,
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Hyalinostachys dehongensis
in the family Stachybotryaceae of Ascomycota. A complete description, morphological illustrations, and phylogenetic analysis results for the new species are provided. In addition, this species is introduced here as the second species since this genus was introduced in 2020.
Yu‐Rong Yan, Lili Han, Gangyan Xu et al.· New Zealand Journal of Botan...· 0 citations
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Overall, BRs represent promising targets for improving crop stress resilience; however, optimizing BR-mediated strategies and validating their long-term performance under diverse field conditions will be essential for their successful application in sustainable agriculture.
R. Jan, Shahzad Iqbal, Sajad Ali et al.· Plants· 0 citations
A strong virtual screening pipeline involving ML with support of molecular docking, MD simulations, and free energies analysis to discover potential virtual Sphk1 inhibitors is presented.
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