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Developing Native Fish to Control Spirogyra in Paddy Fields for Improving the Growth, Nutrient Uptake, and Physiological Characteristics of Oryza sativa L.

22/09/2025 - Oryza sativa L. is the largest food crop in the world. The harmful filamentous green algae Spirogyra in paddy fields poses a serious threat to O. sativa yield. Therefore, biological control for...

Soil Nitrogen Dynamics and Transformation Under No-Tillage Perennial Rice Farming Systems

28/09/2025 - Annual rice growing lands are mainly threatened by soil loss. High-yielding perennial rice cultivars with great socioeconomic values are developed to stabilize fragile rice farms. Nitrogen balance in...

Roots to Riches: Unearthing the Synergy of Intercropping, Microbial Interactions, and Symbiotic Systems for Sustainable Agriculture: A Review

22/09/2025 - Intercropping, especially legume-cereal systems, is a mixed farming approach that can improve agricultural resilience by addressing challenges such as soil degradation, biodiversity loss, and global...

Pig Manure and Biochar Reduce Nitrogen Availability and Rice Yield Compared to Mineral Fertilization in a Three-Year Field Experiment

22/09/2025 - Substituting chemical fertilizers with organic alternatives represents an effective strategy for mitigating soil nitrogen (N) loss and reducing chemical fertilizer use. However, the efficacy of...

Integrated Approach of Using Biostimulants for Improving Growth, Physiological Traits, and Tolerance to Abiotic Stressors in Rice and Soybean

24/09/2025 - Abiotic stressors such as drought, salinity, waterlogging, and high and low temperatures significantly reduce the growth and productivity of rice (Oryza sativa) and soybean (Glycine max), which are...

Functions of RNA N6-Methyladenosine Demethylases in Plant Development and Stress Responses

25/09/2025 - N6-methyladenosine (m6A), the most abundant internal modification in eukaryotic mRNA, regulates gene expression by modulating mRNA metabolism. Demethylases (&ldquo;erasers&rdquo;)...

An Efficient Beet Severe Curly Top Virus?Based Vector for VIGS and HIGS in Beta vulgaris

- ABSTRACTRNA?based pesticides represent a transformative approach in agricultural disease management, offering an environmentally sustainable alternative to conventional chemical fungicides. However,...

Long-term zero tillage with residue retention boosts yield, enhances energy efficiency, and mitigates greenhouse gas emissions in the western Indo-Gangetic rice–wheat systems

- The rice–wheat cropping system (RWCS) in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) of India is a dominant food production model, but its conventional management practices, viz., puddled transplanted rice...

Synergistic Attraction and Ecological Effects of Multi-Source Physical and Chemical Trapping Methods with Different Mechanism Combinations on Rice Pests

26/09/2025 - Comparative experiments on trapping major rice pests using different methods showed that a light-transmitting three-combination trapping method, using different combinations of color plates + insect...

Advances and Applications of Plant Base Editing Technologies

27/09/2025 - Base editing represents a major breakthrough in the field of genome editing in recent years. By fusing deaminases with the CRISPR/Cas system, it enables precise single-base modifications of DNA. This...

Combined biochar and compost or P applications improve soybean yield and inoculation in tropical acidic soil

- AbstractMost crops grown in tropical savanna ecosystems have a 30%–60% yield gap, primarily due to poor soil fertility, low nutrient bioavailability, and limited effectiveness of conventional...

The XTH Gene Family in Cassava: Genomic Characterization, Evolutionary Dynamics, and Functional Roles in Abiotic Stress and Hormonal Response

15/09/2025 - Xyloglucan endotransglucosylases/hydrolases (XTHs) are key enzymes involved in cell wall remodeling that play roles in plant responses to environmental stress. Despite their importance, a...

Quiescin Sulfhydryl Oxidase?Like 1 Positively Regulates Seed Dormancy in Rice

- ABSTRACTSeed dormancy is an adaptive strategy that enables plants to survive adverse environmental conditions. In agricultural contexts, an optimal level of dormancy is essential: Insufficient...

Combined Exposure to Polyethylene Microplastics and Copper Affects Growth and Antioxidant Responses in Rice Seedlings

10/09/2025 - The co-existence of polyethylene microplastics (PE-MPs) and heavy metals in aquatic ecosystems poses emerging threats to crop systems, yet their combined phytotoxic effects remain insufficiently...

The Race to Flourish: Evaluating Natural Variation of Early Growth Rates in Rice

- ABSTRACTDirect?seeded rice is a promising practice for sustainable rice productivity due to its ability to enhance ecosystem services. The use of rice varieties with shorter growth periods has become...

The Influence of Nitrogen Fertilizers on Endophytes in Rice Grains and Rice Quality

- ABSTRACTThis study investigated how nitrogen (N) fertilization influences rice grain quality and seed endophytic microbial communities, a topic of growing importance because of the critical role of N...

Assessing the Population Structure and Invasion Risk in Suitable Areas of the Rice Pest Leptocorisa acuta (Hemiptera: Alydidae)

10/09/2025 - Rice (Oryza sativa) provides a major food resource worldwide, playing an important role in the global economy. Leptocorisa acuta (Hemiptera: Alydidae), commonly known as the rice seed bug, is a major...

Molecular Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops: Recent Developments and Future Prospectives

19/09/2025 - The document is an updated review, starting from the Special Issue &ldquo;Molecular Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops&rdquo; published in the Int. J. Mol. Sci. It reviews...

Ecofriendly Plant Based Hydrogels Improve Drought Resilience and Promote Sustainable Crop Productivity in Rice Based Agroecosystems

- ABSTRACTWater stress affects over one?third of global cropland, with rice (Oryza sativa L.) being highly vulnerable, particularly at the reproductive stage. This study evaluated three eco?friendly...

The NPGS Sudan sorghum germplasm collection reveals a novel cluster of R genes associated with rust resistant

- AbstractLeaf rust, caused by the obligate fungal pathogen Puccinia purpurea, poses a serious threat to sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] production leading to significant yield losses and...

Slope Construction on Croplands in Reclaimed Tidal Flats of Korea Improved Surface Drainage but Not Soybean Growth Due to Weather Variability

12/09/2025 - In South Korea, reclaimed coastal tidelands (RTLs) are generally used for rice cultivation rather than upland cultivation; however, there is growing social pressure to change the use of RTLs to...

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