Community structure and diversity of soil nematodes in different slope directions of wild cherry plum forests in Xinjiang, China by CAO Jing, CUI Dong, JIANG Zhicheng, YAN Jiangchao, WU Yunhao, LIU Junqi, GUO Jinfeng, HAN Yaxin, HAN Shutong

“…A total of 20 plots were set and soil samples collected using the five-point sampling method. …”
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Experimental Study on Lateral Resolution of Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing of Irregular Structure Weld Defects by Wenjing Liu, Zechun Wen, Jianguo Wang, Shaofeng Wang, Hailing Wang, Wenliang Zhang, Shunzhou Huang, Jun Hong

“…In the process of PAUT, the response surface plot, contour plot and the initial design domain of process parameters were combined for weld defects to determine the optimal parameters rapidly and correctly. …”
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Patterns and Determinants of Ecological Uniqueness in Plant Communities on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau by Liangtao Li, Gheyur Gheyret

“…To assess overall compositional variation, community β-diversity was quantified, while a plot-level approach was applied to determine the influence of local environmental conditions and community characteristics on ecological uniqueness. …”
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Effect of Brassinosteroid and Melatonin Foliar Application on Biochemical Characteristics and Growth Indices of Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd) under Drought Stress Condition by N Pakgohar, A. A Maghsoudi Mood, H Farahbakhsh, A Pasandi pour

“…Main plots consisted of three irrigation levels (100%, 75%, and 50% of field capacity), and sub-plots included five foliar application treatments (control, 0.25 and 0.5 micromolar brassinosteroid, and 0.5 and 1 micromolar melatonin). …”
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Evaluation of Understory Plant Species Biodiversity in Buaxus hyrcana Habitats within Hyrcanian Forests by alireza Bijani-Nejad, Asghar Fallah, Hamid Jalilund, Hamed Asadi

“…To measure the herbaceous cover of the forest floor in each sample plot, five small plots of four m2 (2 × 2 m) were walked in the center and four corners of each sample plot to harvest their herbaceous cover. …”
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Photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B using zinc oxide/silver nanowire nanocomposite films under ultraviolet irradiation by Noah Jang, June Soo Kim, Hyunjun Kim, Da Ye Kim, Yujin Nam, Maeum Han, Seong Ho Kong

“…The bandgap reduction observed in ZnO/AgNW composites, as confirmed by Tauc plot analysis, is attributed to structural modifications, oxygen vacancy formation and plasmonic interactions that enhance charge transfer and light absorption. …”
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GC-MS based nutritional and aroma profiling of date palm seeds collected from different Egyptian cultivars for valorization purposes by Walaa M. Ismail, Ahmed Zayed, Nehal S. Ramadan, Sarah T. Sakna, Mohamed A. Farag

“…The current study aimed to investigate date seeds’ metabolome, in addition to macro- and micro-elements composition within12 major Egyptian cultivars (cvs.) for the first time using gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). …”
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Patchy burn severity explains heterogeneous soil viral and prokaryotic responses to fire in a mixed conifer forest by Sara E. Geonczy, Luke S. Hillary, Christian Santos-Medellín, Jess W. Sorensen, Joanne B. Emerson

“…We hypothesized that compositional differences would be most significant between burned and unburned soils, but instead, plot location best distinguished viral communities, more than treatment (burned or not), depth (0–3 or 3–6 cm), or timepoint. …”
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Testing the effectiveness of a new type of spacers for local antibiotic therapy by Ildar F. Akhtyamov, Oskar A. Sachenkov, Rashid A. Shafigulin, Alina E. Galyautdinova, Nikita V. Kharin, Igor A. Bespalov, Sergey V. Boychuk

“…A regression line was used to plot calibration curves based on data obtained from mother solutions. …”

Study of the dynamics of grass yield within the agricultural landscape based on long-term monitoring by D. A. Ivanov, O. V. Karaseva, M. V. Rublyuk, O. N. Antsiferova

“…The grass was used in the conditions of the Tver region without fertilizers in a single-cut mode in a field crossing all microlandscape positions of the hill (transcct) and divided into 30 plots. Annual data on productivity of grass mixture on each plot are presented in the form of: 1) absolute yield (specific hay yield); 2) relative yield (expressed as a percentage to maximum yield on a transect in a definite year). …”
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Herbicides’ efficiency in a weed control on winter wheat sown in the steppe part of Kabardino-Balkaria by Kh. Sh. Tarchokov, A. I. Sarbasheva, O. Kh. Mataeva

“…The soil of the experimental plot was an ordinary (calcareous) blackearth of heavy loamy granulometric composition. …”
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Identification indexes and diagrams for natural gas origin: Connotation, significance and application by Ping’an PENG, Dujie HOU, TENGER, Yunyan NI, Deyu GONG, Xiaoqi WU, Ziqi FENG, Guoyi HU, Shipeng HUANG, Cong YU, Fengrong LIAO

“…Since the 1970s, Academician Dai Jinxing has developed a comprehensive system for natural gas origin determination, grounded in geochemical theory and practice, and based on the integrated analysis of stable isotopic compositions, molecular composition, light hydrocarbon fingerprints, and geological context. …”
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Synergistic Effect of Iron and Zinc Nanoparticles with Recommended Nitrogen Dose on Production and Grain Quality of Maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) Cultivars Under Drought Stress by Mohamed Abbas, Chunjie Tian, Mohamed K. I. Nagy, Maryam Sabry Al-Metwally, Xuewen Chen, Hashim M. Abdel-Lattif

“…This study utilized a split-split-plot experimental design with three replications. …”
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The Effect of Cultivar and Stage of Growth on the Fermentation, Aerobic Stability and Nutritive Value of Ensiled Quinoa by Şaban Yılmaz, İbrahim Atış, İbrahim Ertekin

“…The experiment was laid out in a split plot with a randomized block design with three replications, the three main plots were based on harvesting times (flowering, milky and dough stages) and the five sub-plots were based on cultivars (Mint Vanilla, Cherry Vanilla, French Vanilla, Red Head and Titicaca). …”
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The effect of weather factors on the efficiency of macro- and microfertilizers for the red clover cultivation in the conditions of the Kostroma region by G. V. Popova, F. F. Puzdrya, A. V. Bazhenkov, S. A. Kruglova, T. M. Morozova

“…The two-factor trial consisted of 15 options (three backgrounds – Control, Ozone and “Aquamix”, and 5 options for different doses of top dressing) in three sequences, the area of one plot was 6 m2. There was taken the clover variety ‘Soligalichesky mestny’ as the most adapted to the soil and climatic conditions of the region. …”
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Improvement of the Photosynthetic Characteristics and Yield of Wheat by Regulating the Proportion of Nitrogen Fertilizer Base and Topdressing by Yaoyuan Zhang, Haiqi Wang, Rongrong Wang, Fangfang He, Guiying Jiang, Jianwei Xu

“…We implemented a split-plot design during the 2020–2021 growing seasons, using two wheat cultivars as main plots: strong-gluten Xinchun 37 (XC37) and medium-gluten Xinchun 6 (XC6). …”
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Green hydrothermal synthesis of titanium dioxide and estimation of some of its microscopic and optical properties by Md. Kawsar, Md. Sahadat Hossain, Muhammad Shahriar Bashar, Md. Farhad Ali, Newaz Mohammed Bahadur, Samina Ahmed

“…., including Monshi-Scherrer Method, Williamson-Hall Method, Size-Strain Plot Method, Halder-Wagner Method, and Sahadat-Scherrer Method. …”
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Grassland diversity across an aridity gradient in northern Sumatra is strongly associated with shifts in disturbance regimes by Adek Adi Putra, Nurainas, Waraporn Phoncharoen, Ade Prasetyo Agung, Yiran Zhao, Kyle W. Tomlinson

“…We recorded 89 groundlayer species across all plots, with an average of 29 species per plot. Our analysis confirmed that the strongest axis of community differentiation was with respect to the fire-grazing trade-off axis, which selected for specific adaptive stem and leaf placement morphologies. …”
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Komposit Polianilina/Kitosan/Perak Nanowires Sebagai Elektrokatalis Reaksi Evolusi Hidrogen dalam Medium Netral by Fadli Fakhrullah, Purwantiningsih Sugita, Mohammad Khotib, Takeno Akiyoshi, Shinya Takahashi

“…Linear sweeping voltammetry (LSV) was conducted to measure electrocatalytic activity of the composites. Information about exchange current density and overpotential as important variables in this field were obtained from Tafel plot in the LSV. …”
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The chronotopic image of the border in the novel 'Dragonfly Enlarged to the Size of a Dog' by O.A. Slavnikova by G.A. Frolova

“…The situation of life crisis becomes the starting point in the organization of the plot of the novel, which allows to speak about the plot-compositional function of the chronotope threshold, the basic meanings of which are associated with the internal state of the characters, their indecisiveness before a new life and the necessity of finding their own space. …”
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