Cereals

Digital interventions for climate-resilient crops: evaluating a mobile app’s role in enhancing Lathyrus production knowledge among tribal farmers

A TAF10?ERF109 Transcriptional Module Directs Flavonoid?Based Stress Resilience and Yield Enhancement in Foxtail Millet and Wheat

- ABSTRACTTo ensure sustainable agricultural production under escalating environmental constraints such as drought and salinity, innovative strategies are urgently needed. Here, we reveal in foxtail...

Understanding of Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding Strategies for Enhancing Oleic Acid Biosynthesis in Oil Crops

- ABSTRACTOleic acid (C18:1), a monounsaturated fatty acid, is a key determinant of nutritional value and oxidative stability of vegetable oils. Increasing its concentration has therefore become a...

Group model-building approach to understand the dynamics and identifying entry points to build resilience in the groundnut value chain in Senegal

- IntroductionSenegal’s groundnut value chain covers approximately 1.25 million hectares and underpins the food security and livelihoods of a large rural population. Yet it is beset by persistent...

Structural Pollination Risk in avocado agriculture: a comparison of nine countries, 2010–2024

- BackgroundAvocado (Persea americana) production is classified as “high” pollinator-dependent (PDI?=?0.65), yet structural risk from pollination disruption has not been compared across producing...

Intensified push-pull technology enhances above-ground arthropod assemblages and ecological balance

- Agroecological intensification aims to increase farm productivity, reduce dependency on external inputs, and enhance biodiversity conservation. However, the contribution of recent sustainable...

Climate endowment and grain production: empirical evidence from 325 China cities

- Climate change has triggered profound transformations in the natural conditions for agricultural production, posing substantial practical challenges to high-quality agricultural development and...

Ensembles of graph attention networks supervised by genotype-to-phenotype structures improved genomic prediction performance

11/06/2026 - Accurate selection of favourable crop genotypes has motivated the exploration of diverse prediction algorithms for crop breeding applications. One genomic prediction method that has not been fully...

Effects of Harvest Time on the Quality of Highland Ever-Bearing Strawberries (Fragaria?×?ananassa Duch.) in Summer

- Volume 26, Issue 1, December 2026.

Beyond Topography: Climate?Based Functional Zoning for Adaptive Cotton Management in Arid Regions

- A novel climate?informed zoning approach surpasses conventional geographic delineations in optimising cotton management by aligning agronomic practices with hydrothermal patterns. By clustering...

Application of deep learning in crop research: From genomics to phenomics

- AbstractDeep learning, as a pivotal branch of machine learning, has demonstrated remarkable potential in advancing crop science by effectively integrating genomics and phenomics. This review...

Deep soil layers show the most pronounced genetic variation in wheat root length

- Research Open access 25 June 2026

New and Old Players in the Viral Disease Complex of Legume Crops in Poland

- Monitoring of legume crops in Poland using high?throughput sequencing revealed the presence of numerous mixed infections, including both common and previously unreported viruses.ABSTRACTViruses in...

Olive Anthracnose: Current State of the Art, Global Distribution and Associated Colletotrichum Species

- We review the distribution and diversity of Colletotrichum species, recent advances in the biology, epidemiology and host–pathogen interactions, emerging management strategies including early...

Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture

- Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art...

Effects of lime and phosphorus application on soil properties and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) yields in acidic soils of Sidama region, Ethiopia

- AbstractSoils provide vital services for agricultural productivity, carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation, and environmental sustainability. However, soil acidity poses a major threat to...

Natural Variation in GmSL20 Improves Seed Size and Quality in Soybean

- ABSTRACTSeed size plays an important role in determining crop yield, yet the genetic mechanisms underlying the regulation of this agronomic trait remain incompletely understood in soybean. Here, we...

Multi?Induction Strategies in Crops: Mechanisms, Synergistic Effects, and Sustainable Applications for Enhanced Secondary Metabolite Production

- This review analyzes single/combined abiotic (light, water, nutrients, hormones) and biotic (microbes, yeast) elicitors regulating signaling, gene expression, and metabolism to boost plant secondary...

Does fertilizer mixing enhance nutrient availability or poison plant-soil ecosystems?

- Fertilizer mixing the simultaneous or sequential co-application of two or more fertilizer types is a fundamental yet underexamined practice in global agriculture. While mixing strategies can unlock...

Transforming global food systems for a warming world: climate-smart innovations, governance, and investment pathways

- Climate change is fundamentally reshaping the biophysical and socioeconomic foundations under which food is produced, processed, traded, and consumed. Simultaneously, the global agri-food system...

Microbial nutrient management approaches for sustainable rice (Oryza sativa L.) productivity and soil health under field conditions

- Green technologies exert a significant impact on agricultural systems, providing a promising pathway to enhance sustainable crop production, yield, and soil microbial activity, thereby strengthening...

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