2026 March-2 - 83 articles
Growth-Regulating Factors (GRFs) are plant-specific transcription factors that, together with GRF-Interacting Factors (GIFs) and under post-transcriptional control by miR396, coordinate cell proliferation and expansion to define organ size. This GRF&...
Calmodulin-like proteins (CMLs) serve as core components in plant calcium signal transduction pathways, and they extensively modulate plant growth, development, and adaptive responses to various abiotic stresses. In this study, we cloned the StCML19...
Methyl jasmonate (MeJA) is a defence-related phytohormone that triggers metabolic reprogramming in grapevines and modulates pathways associated with stress responses and secondary metabolism. However, the temporal organisation of leaf metabolic respo...
Droplet size is a key factor in minimizing spray drift. Different types of adjuvants and sprayer operating pressures can affect the droplet size distribution in various ways. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of commercial adjuvants, namely, a...
This study systematically identified the pathogenic fungi affecting Areca catechu in Hainan. Using diseased tissues from five regions, isolates were obtained using molecular methods, and their pathogenicity was confirmed using Koch’s postulates...
This study evaluated the potential of Sentinel-2-derived NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) for predicting within-field variability of winter wheat grain yield in central Lithuania during the 2024 growing season. Reliable within-field yiel...
Managing tillage intensity and diversifying crop rotation are important sustainability levers for conservation agriculture (CA) with the potential to enhance crop resilience, resource efficiency, and yield stability. Accordingly, this study aimed to...
Cotton above-ground biomass (AGB) is a key indicator of crop growth and yield potential. Traditional monitoring methods are labor-intensive and destructive, limiting their suitability for precision agriculture. This study developed a high-precision,...
Barley remains the fourth most cultivated cereal crop worldwide and is valued for its versatility in malting and brewing, animal feed, human nutrition, and dietary supplements. The identification of genotypes suitable for breeding or specific end-use...
Saline–alkali soils suffer from severe deficiencies in available phosphorus, and externally added phosphorus is readily immobilized by metal ions in the soil. Therefore, activating inorganic phosphorus in the soil represents a significant chall...
This paper analyses the impact of climate change on fruit species, synthesizing evidence of how abiotic stresses—such as extreme temperatures, drought, salinity, and water fluctuations—influence the physiology, metabolism, phenology, and...
Climate variability amplifies temporal heterogeneity in crop production, challenging uniform varietal recommendations and highlighting the need to integrate genotype × environment interactions. This study evaluated the yield performance and sta...
Grapevine trunk diseases, particularly those caused by Neofusicoccum parvum, represent a major threat to vineyard productivity and are increasingly difficult to control with conventional fungicides. Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) usi...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) fertilization is important for precision agriculture. However, multi-rotor UAVs show a lot of inconsistencies in homogeneity and unclear deposition patterns when they spread granular fertilizer in different operational s...
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is recognized as a potent greenhouse gas, and 60% of atmospheric N2O emissions come from cropland soils. Potassium (K) is an important fertilizer for rice paddy fields. K fertilizer decreased the abundance of functional genes medi...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) are key indicators of soil fertility; however, the dynamics of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) fractions during winter wheat growth under different tillage systems remain poorly understood. This study exa...
This study used highland barley straw from the Tibetan Plateau to cultivate Pleurotus ostreatus, Pholiota nameko, Lentinula edodes, Pleurotus eryngii, and Hericium erinaceus, addressing straw waste, forage shortages, and underutilized barley straw. T...
Soil salinization severely threatens agricultural sustainability in saline–alkali regions, and high-throughput, efficient screening of salt-tolerant rice varieties is critical to mitigating this threat. Traditional evaluation methods are constr...
Although plant restoration is essential for improving soil structure and stability, there are still few systematic assessments of its impacts across various restored vegetation species, especially in environmentally sensitive areas like the East Qinl...
Application of biochar to soil is considered a sustainable strategy to mitigate pesticide contamination due to its high sorption capacity. This ability depends on several physicochemical properties, including particle size. Thus, this study evaluated...
Seasonal fertilizer restriction periods (blackouts) are commonly implemented in Florida to reduce potential nutrient losses during the summer rainy season; however, their effects on sports turf performance under traffic stress are not well documented...
Traditional soil management in vineyards and olive groves of semi-arid regions relies on repeated tillage, which accelerates soil organic matter (SOM) oxidation and limits long-term carbon storage. In the context of carbon-neutral agricultural strate...
PYL proteins are core components of the abscisic acid (ABA) signaling pathway and are involved in plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. In this study, a total of 19, four, and eight PYL genes were identified in Saccharum spontaneum, the Sac...
This study investigated highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) plants cultivated in distinct cultivation systems (greenhouse vs. open field) to determine if they exhibited significant differences in rhizosphere microbiota, soil nutrient profile...
Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is an important crop, yet little is known about how herbivory and soil microbial communities interact to influence plant performance. In this study, two hemp cultivars, BaOx and Cherry Citrus, were grown under identical gree...
Enhancing rice yield under high-input systems increasingly relies on optimizing physiological processes rather than further increasing external inputs. This study aimed to clarify the physiological basis underlying the yield advantage of super hybrid...
Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is versatile and rapidly developing, offering new prospects to producers as a multipurpose crop, yet limited water availability in the Mediterranean area due to climate change makes its sustainable management chal...
In the fragile Loess Plateau ecosystem, straw return is a key measure to improve its low soil organic matter. However, the short-term carbon retention efficacy of straw return, which depends on the initial balance between carbon mineralization and se...
Lobesia botrana is a major pest in grapevine, monitored using sex pheromone as a standard practice. However, when the sex pheromone is used in mating disruption (MD), monitoring becomes ineffective. A blend of 2-phenylethanol (2-PET) and acetic acid...
Nematodes in the genus Oscheius (Rhabditidae) have traditionally been regarded as free-living bacteriophagous or necromenic associates of insects. Over the past two decades, however, multiple Oscheius species and isolates have been shown to express f...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) imagery has become an important tool for erosion monitoring, but little is known about its application in Mediterranean agricultural systems such as vineyards and olive groves. In this study, drone flights were conducted...
Passiflora species are recognized for their intense evolutionary dynamics within the chloroplast genome (cp), serving as a primary model for studying structural variations in natural populations. This study investigates the phylogenetic relationships...
Moist chilling is widely used to overcome seed dormancy in zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica Steud.), but the coordinated physiological and molecular basis remains unclear. Here, freshly matured seeds were subjected to moist chilling at 4 °C in darkne...
Liquid vermicompost fertilizer (LVF) represents a valuable organic resource in the promotion of sustainable crop production. This study assessed how LVF at four different dilution rates (0, 0.5:1000, 1:1000, and 1.5:1000, v/v) impacted the growth, yi...
Meeting rising global food demand requires reconciling high productivity with environmental sustainability. While controlled-release fertilizers can improve nitrogen use efficiency, their combined N-P-K formulation and system-wide impacts remain poor...
Immobilized microorganism technology offers a promising approach for remediating heavy metal-contaminated soils. This study developed a novel bio-mineral composite (B-AM) by coupling acid-modified maifanite (AM) with Bacillus mucilaginosus to enhance...
The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model has been widely used to simulate ecohydrological processes in watersheds. However, the SWAT model uses a simplified Environmental Policy Impact Climate (EPIC) model to simulate the leaf area index (LAI)...
Phytoremediation is a prevalent approach for addressing remediation and production goals in polluted agricultural land. In this study, we examined the impact of four distinct planting ratios on crop growth, accumulation of arsenic (As), and rhizosphe...
Due to limited freshwater availability for winter wheat and summer maize, grain production in the annual double-cropping system of the low plain surrounding the Bohai Sea in North China is strongly influenced by inter-annual rainfall variability. The...
Brassicaceae plants are generally considered non-mycorrhizal; however, recent studies have challenged this non-host status, suggesting occasional colonization during reproductive stages or by overlooked fungi such as Mucoromycotina Fine Root Endophyt...
Platonia insignis Mart. (Clusiaceae) is a native fruit tree of great ecological and socioeconomic importance in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado. However, habitat loss is threatening its genetic variability. We investigated whether habitat fragmentat...
Excessive fertilizer application is a common practice in agricultural production in the North China Plain. To determine an optimal fertilization strategy for summer maize with nitrogen-fixing bacterial inoculation, we conducted a two-year field exper...
In the present study, 162 samples of KAMUT® khorasan wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. turanicum) harvested in North America during three cropping seasons (2010, 2011, and 2012) were analyzed to highlight direct and indirect associations with the mai...
Robust quantification of greenhouse gas (GHG) balances in tea plantations is critical for evaluating their contribution to agricultural carbon neutrality. This study aimed to develop data-driven models to quantify soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestrat...
Biological control using parasitoid wasps and the sterile insect technique (SIT) are environmentally sustainable strategies that can be integrated into fruit fly management programs. Both eco-friendly techniques have been applied independently agains...
Management of legume cover crops to reduce their cost by using no-tillage and reducing seed rate could increase their adoption. Despite the growing interest in cover crops, no information exists simultaneously regarding the potential of different spe...
Screening potato germplasm for low nitrogen (LN) tolerance is essential for improving nitrogen use efficiency and agricultural sustainability. A set of 156 potato genotypes from diverse sources—including the International Potato Center (CIP), t...
Nitrogen (N) availability is a critical determinant of grain yield and protein quality in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). To elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying nitrogen response associated with nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), a comparative tr...
Unpollinated ovary culture is an effective approach for generating haploid and doubled haploid lines, but its application in Chinese chive (Allium tuberosum) breeding has been constrained by strong genotype dependence and low regeneration efficiency....
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) are fundamental to biological processes, yet experimental identification of PPIs remains time-consuming and costly, particularly for crop species with limited data. Grape (Vitis vinifera) is a globally import...
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