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Plants, Volume 14, Issue 9

May-1 2025 - 137 articles

Cover Story: This study explores the impact of organic and conventional farming systems on soil microbial communities associated with common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in the fields of Northern Spain. This two-year field scale research reveals that organic farming fosters greater fungal richness, more beneficial microbes, such as mycorrhizae and biocontrol fungi, and stronger microbial network cooperation. In contrast, conventional farming supports higher prokaryotic abundance but also shows more complex and competitive microbial interactions. These findings highlight the potential of organic practices to enhance soil biodiversity and soil health. View this paper
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Articles (137)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,494 Views
15 Pages

The Impact of Seed Treatment with Cold Plasma on Antioxidants, Sugars, and Pigments in Needles of Norway Spruce Is Genotype-Dependent

  • Ieva Čėsnienė,
  • Vytautas Čėsna,
  • Vida Mildažienė,
  • Diana Miškelytė,
  • Dorotėja Vaitiekūnaitė and
  • Vaida Sirgedaitė-Šėžienė

7 May 2025

Forests face increasing threats due to climate change and anthropogenic pressures, exacerbating plant stress and disease susceptibility. Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.), a key conifer species in European forestry, is particularly vulnerabl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,339 Views
26 Pages

7 May 2025

Phlegmariurus, a diverse genus within the Lycopodiaceae family, has wide diversity in tropical regions, including Thailand. Accurate species delimitation in the tropical clubmoss genus Phlegmariurus is challenged by high morphological plasticity and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,776 Views
12 Pages

Overexpression of StTCP10 Alters Tuber Number and Size in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

  • Tingting Wang,
  • Xinyue Chen,
  • Shuangshuang Li,
  • Ping Wang,
  • Yongbin Wang and
  • Binquan Huang

7 May 2025

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), cultivated worldwide for its nutrient-rich underground tubers, represents a crucial staple crop whose yield is primarily determined by both tuber number and tuber size. TCP transcription factors, especially TCP containi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,515 Views
33 Pages

The Regulatory Roles of RNA-Binding Proteins in Plant Salt Stress Response

  • Tangying Wang,
  • Kaiyuan Meng,
  • Zilin Zhu,
  • Linxuan Pan,
  • Thomas W. Okita,
  • Laining Zhang and
  • Li Tian

7 May 2025

Salt stress is one of the most prominent abiotic stresses. Behind the intricate adaptive responses of plants to salt stress, the regulation of gene expression assumes a pivotal role. Complementing transcriptional mechanisms, post-transcriptional regu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,312 Views
18 Pages

Assessment of the N-Alkylamide Content and Volatile Profiles in Two Cultivars of Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K. Jansen Grown in Aquaponics

  • Marta Ferrati,
  • Beatrice Bartolini,
  • Giulio Lupidi,
  • Lorenzo Freddi,
  • Valentina Bolletta,
  • Marco Cespi,
  • Rita Giovannetti,
  • Marco Zannotti,
  • Riccardo Petrelli and
  • Filippo Maggi
  • + 1 author

7 May 2025

Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K. Jansen, also called jambù, is a medicinal and aromatic plant native to the Brazilian Amazon rainforest and phytochemically characterized by N-alkylamides with spilanthol as the main active compound. Jambù rece...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,698 Views
22 Pages

A Systematic Review of the Advances and New Insights into Copy Number Variations in Plant Genomes

  • Saimire Silaiyiman,
  • Jiaxuan Liu,
  • Jiaxin Wu,
  • Lejun Ouyang,
  • Zheng Cao and
  • Chao Shen

6 May 2025

Copy number variations (CNVs), as an important structural variant in genomes, are widely present in plants, affecting their phenotype and adaptability. In recent years, CNV research has not only focused on changes in gene copy numbers but has also be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,132 Views
19 Pages

Melatonin Mitigates Cd-Induced Growth Repression and RNA m6A Hypermethylation by Triggering MMR-Mediated DNA Damage Response

  • Zihan Tang,
  • Hetong Wang,
  • Xianpeng Wang,
  • Richard A. Ludlow,
  • Zhouli Liu,
  • Min Zhang,
  • Qijiang Cao,
  • Wan Liu and
  • Qiang Zhao

6 May 2025

Melatonin (MT) has been found to mitigate cadmium (Cd) toxicity with negligible environmental risks. It remains poorly understood as to how MT mitigates Cd-induced growth repression and regulates RNA m6A methylation. We aimed to elucidate the effect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
974 Views
13 Pages

Identification and Characterization of a Male Sterile Rapeseed (Brassica napus) Line for Hybrid Seed Production

  • Jianghua Shi,
  • Huasheng Yu,
  • Renhu Liu,
  • Yaofeng Zhang,
  • Ying Fu,
  • Tanliu Wang,
  • Xiyuan Ni,
  • Tao Zheng and
  • Jianyi Zhao

6 May 2025

A male sterile mutant, S201, was identified in Brassica napus. Genetic analysis revealed that the male sterility trait was controlled by a recessive nuclear gene, male sterility (MS), which was stably inherited. The results of microscopy showed that...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,618 Views
21 Pages

6 May 2025

Cymbidium are endangered and ornamental orchids, and the taxonomy and species identification of this genus have been debated due to some overlapping morphological features between taxa and limited data being available. The leaf morpho-anatomy of 12 C...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,375 Views
19 Pages

6 May 2025

Reactive oxygen species (ROS), as redox messengers, play an important role in regulating plant growth, sensing biotic and abiotic stresses, and integrating different environmental signals. As the microenvironment of the interaction between root, soil...

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