2026 April-2 - 143 articles
Aquatic ecosystems worldwide are increasingly threatened by invasive species, with water hyacinth [Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms] being among the most destructive aquatic weeds. Despite numerous regional studies, a global assessment integrating...
Sweet peppers (Capsicum annuum L.) are an important dietary source of antioxidants. Optimizing fruit antioxidant quality under reduced inputs is essential to valorize sustainable pepper production. Here, we evaluated seven Spanish genotypes (traditio...
Gastrodia elata is a mycoheterotrophic orchid. Three of its forms (G. elata f. glauca, G. elata f. elata, G. elata f. viridis) show distinct reproductive traits, but the cytological basis remains unclear. Using multi-timepoint morphological observati...
Since ancient times, clays have been used to protect plants from insects and excessive sunlight. Today, their potential use is being re-evaluated as a tool to mitigate the effects of climate change and to manage emerging pests. This review synthesize...
Plantago lanceolata L. is increasingly incorporated in temperate pasture systems for its agronomic resilience and potential to reduce the environmental footprint of ruminant production through its specific secondary metabolites (SMs). However, how li...
Helichrysum odoratissimum (L.) Less. is used as a traditional medicine in South Africa to treat tuberculosis, abdominal pains, heartburn, coughs, colds, female sterility, eczema and wounds. In Uganda, the leaves are used to treat dental/oral diseases...
Domestication has profoundly shaped the phenotypic differentiation and genetic architecture of Perilla. However, analyses of the morphological difference between its cultivated and weedy forms across its varieties remains incomplete. This study analy...
Myrciaria floribunda is a plant found in the Northeast region of Brazil with several insecticidal properties that remain little explored. In this sense, this study aims to investigate the harmful effects of essential oil (EO) from M. floribunda leave...
The development of rice flowers and panicles critically affects grain yield and quality. LEAFY HULL STERILE1/OsMADS1, a grass-specific SEPALLATA-like MADS-box transcription factor, is essential for rice floral development and floral meristem activity...
CCCH zinc-finger proteins constitute a unique class of transcription factors that play vital roles in mediating plant tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses and regulating various physiological and developmental processes. This study systematically...
Using native tree species, the phytostabilisation of toxic metals at former mining and industrial sites can provide ways to prevent metal spread and leaching into the environment and bring the sites back into the economic circuit. In this study, mixe...
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (FOL) is one of the most destructive soil-borne pathogens affecting tomato production worldwide, causing substantial yield losses and persisting in soil for extended periods. The increasing regulatory restriction...
The Sierra Madre Occidental (SMO) is a vital biological corridor in Mexico, yet its floristic knowledge remains fragmented. This study inventories and analyzes the vascular flora of Cerro Mohinora, the highest peak in Chihuahua and a protected area c...
Juniperus communis is the juniper with the widest geographical distribution, owing to its high ecological valence. Nevertheless, there is only a limited number of studies of its phenotypic and molecular variability. In this study, we coupled leaf ess...
Global climate change is rapid and poses an alarming threat to agricultural production, significantly impacting economies. Modern agriculture has strongly emphasized improving nutrient availability in crops to address rising malnutrition and contribu...
Walnut septum (WS), a major by-product of walnut processing, represents a promising source of bioactive compounds with potential antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. This study aimed to characterise the phytochemical composition of WS extracts f...
Common bunt of wheat (Tilletia spp.) remains a significant threat to wheat production in low-input and organic farming systems, where chemical seed treatments are restricted or avoided. Host resistance represents a key component of sustainable diseas...
The MADS-box family is a multifunctional family of transcription factors characterized by the presence of a unique MADS domain, which plays an important part in regulating essential biological processes, including metabolic synthesis and the stress r...
Mosses (Bryophyta) comprises a group of terrestrial plants that colonized land more than 450 million years ago that play fundamental ecological and evolutionary roles, particularly in polar and peatland ecosystems. The sequencing of Physcomitrium pat...
Growing concerns over food waste and the increasing demand for gluten-free products highlight the need for sustainable food innovations. This study investigated the valorization of tomato processing by-products as functional ingredients in gluten-fre...
Climate variability is a major driver of belowground microbial assembly, yet its effects on rhizosphere microbiomes in perennial crops remain insufficiently resolved. We investigated how macroclimatic oscillations associated with the El Niño&n...
In major wheat-growing regions, rust diseases and common bunt significantly reduce wheat productivity, especially in years with favorable conditions for phytopathogen development and limited resistant cultivar use. Thus, the development of geneticall...
Hordeum brevisubulatum ‘Mengnong No. 2’ is a new forage variety developed using traditional group selection breeding techniques. It features notable advantages in plant height, tillering capacity, and overall biomass yield. However, key m...
Symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) can provide a sustainable and self-sufficient nitrogen (N) source for plants. Since its discovery, SNF has remained a central focus of both breeders and fundamental researchers. For decades, extending the utility of...
To determine Fusarium species and their pathogenicity in maize-production areas of the Tepebaşı, Odunpazarı, Alpu, and Seyitgazi districts of Eskişehir province, Türkiye, 180 samples were collected from 45 fields during surve...
Drought stress significantly constrains crop productivity and yield stability. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench), a C4 cereal widely cultivated in arid and semi-arid regions, exhibits high water-use efficiency and remarkable drought tolerance. Unde...
Heat stress, particularly during the reproductive stage, poses a major challenge to rice production, as pollen development is highly sensitive to elevated temperatures. Accurate assessment of heat tolerance during this period is crucial for improving...
Exogenous application of plant hormones has been considered a short-term and effective strategy to alleviate deleterious effects of water stress on plants. However, whether exogenous gibberellic acid (GA3) directly enhances nitrogen accumulation and...
The necrotrophic pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum compromises the physiological and anatomical integrity of cotton, leading to substantial economic losses due to rapid tissue necrosis, stem blight, boll rot, and leaf wilting. In this context, the us...
Invasive plant species are increasingly recognized not only as ecological threats but also as potential sources of bioactive compounds with agricultural applications. However, the combined allelopathic and insecticidal potential of Ailanthus altissim...
The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a major food legume and an important plant genetic resource for sustainable agriculture. Effective use of this diversity requires integrated evaluation of phenotypic variation and agronomic performance, with...
Leaf senescence in perennial species constitutes a highly orchestrated developmental phase that differs fundamentally from the obligate monocarpic senescence of annual plants. While individual organs undergo programmed senescence, prerennial organism...
In this study, we compared the effects of microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) and ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) on the total phenolic content, antioxidant activity, morphological characteristics, and tentative identification of bioactive compo...
This study explores Serbia’s rich ethnopharmacological heritage by systematically documenting the traditional use of medicinal plants for treating skin diseases during the 19th and 20th centuries. Drawing on key ethnographic sources—inclu...
Green husks, which are the fleshy pericarp of Juglans regia L. fruit, are an abundant yet under-utilized source of bioactive compounds. They are useful for plant defense and have potential for valorization to multiple commercial products. This study...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of potassium (K) on disease severity and the chemical composition of Megathyrsus maximus cultivars. The experiment was conducted in a randomized block design in a 6 × 4 factorial arrangeme...
A large proportion of global peanut cultivation occurs in arid and semiarid environments, where water scarcity poses a major limitation to productivity. Climate change further intensifies this challenge by causing irregular rainfall patterns. This st...
Powdery scab, caused by Spongospora subterranea, is a major disease of potato in which host resistance remains poorly understood at the biochemical level. While previous transcriptomic and proteomic studies have implicated glutathione S-transferases...
Soybean (Glycine max L.) is an important agricultural crop for human food and animal feed. Soybean yield is severely constrained by abiotic stresses such as salinity and drought, which affect large proportions of arable and irrigated lands worldwide....
Plant viruses pose serious threats to global crop production, and members of the genus Tobamovirus are particularly problematic due to their environmental stability, efficient mechanical transmission and rapid global spread. Tomato brown rugose fruit...
A long-term positioning experiment was conducted from 2014 to 2021 to determine the appropriate tillage method for rapidly improving soil quality in reclaimed land. Four tillage methods were arranged before winter wheat sowing: deep tillage (DT), sha...
Quercus oxyphylla (E. H. Wilson) Hand.-Mazz. is a threatened evergreen subalpine tree species with fragmented habitats native to China. Here, we present a de novo chromosome-level genome assembly of this oak species by integrating PacBio long-read hi...
Botanical extracts have emerged as promising biostimulants in agricultural systems because of their ability to modulate key metabolic and redox processes in crops, thereby increasing stress tolerance and productivity. This review synthesizes current...
Shade management, which is widely adopted in cultivation and understory regeneration, alters plant light environments, thereby degrading the trait inversion performance and posing a key challenge in plant phenotyping. To address this issue, this stud...
Nabkhas are a common type of biogenic aeolian landform in arid and semi-arid regions. Their morphological characteristics, surface sediment grain size composition, and spatial distribution patterns can, to some extent, be associated with the interact...
Barley lodging—specifically stem lodging—occurs when the bending moments from wind and ear weight exceed the culm’s load-bearing capacity. Lodging risk decreases as plant height decreases and culm strength increases. Geometry (stem...
With the continuous expansion of Pleurotus ostreatus cultivation, substantial quantities of post-harvest spent mushroom substrate (SMS) are generated. Improper disposal of this organic waste poses potential threats to soil health, including contamina...
China has rich bamboo resources, with Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) being the most economically important species. Bamboo shoot bud development directly determines the eating quality of the shoots and the properties of bamboo materials; however,...
Euonymus bungeanus is a highly valued ornamental tree/shrub species widely utilized in landscaping and afforestation in Northeast Asia, yet molecular studies on this species remain limited due to the lack of validated reference genes for reverse tran...
Maize biomass production and quality are influenced by numerous factors, including fertilization, soil characteristics, and climatic conditions. The aim of our study was to evaluate how different fertilization treatments ((1) Control, (2) farmyard ma...
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