Belowground Carbon Dynamics in Tropical Perennial C4 Grass Agroecosystems

Allometric Models for Predicting Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Stock of Tropical Perennial C4 Grasses in Hawaii

Biomass is a promising renewable energy option that provides a more environmentally sustainable alternative to fossil resources by reducing the net flux of greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere. Yet, allometric models that allow the prediction of aboveground biomass (AGB), biomass carbon (C) stock non-destructively have not yet been developed for tropical perennial C4 grasses currently under cons...

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems

SUMMARY Thyroid hormones and their receptors in the ovaries are active regulators of reproductive function; both hyper-and hypo-thyroidism may result in estrous cycle disturbances. In addition, thyroid hormones elicit an extraordinary multiplicity of biochemical, cellular, and physiological responses, both in the simplest and the most complex organisms. On the other hand, glutamate, the main ex...

Drought responsive gene expression regulatory divergence between upland and lowland ecotypes of a perennial C4 grass.

Climatic adaptation is an example of a genotype-by-environment interaction (G×E) of fitness. Selection upon gene expression regulatory variation can contribute to adaptive phenotypic diversity; however, surprisingly few studies have examined how genome-wide patterns of gene expression G×E are manifested in response to environmental stress and other selective agents that cause climatic adaptatio...