Cereals

Cereals

Rice EMF3 Alleles Adjust Flower Opening Time to Enhance the Seed Setting Rate Under High Temperature Stress
- ABSTRACTTo safeguard global food security against rapid population growth and a warming world, the effective genetic improvement of cereals is imperative. Flower opening time (FOT) critically affects...
Trapped in Irrigation: Future Irrigation Expansion Amplifies Food–Water–Energy Policy Trade?Offs in Germany
11/04/2026 - AbstractClimate change is expected to intensify water stress even in historically overall water?abundant countries like Germany, where expanding irrigation depicts an effective adaptation strategy....
Exploring the Impact of Pilot?Scale Transamidation for Manufacturing an Innovative Gluten?Free Wheat Bread
- ABSTRACTCoeliac disease is an immune?mediated enteropathy triggered by dietary gluten in genetically predisposed individuals. Intestinal tissue transglutaminase (tTG) deamidates gluten peptides,...
Stochastic optimization of perishable agricultural supply chains: a hybrid genetic algorithm approach for robust network design under multi-dimensional uncertainty
- IntroductionAgricultural supply chains face significant challenges from uncertainty in crop yields, processing times, and demand, alongside product perishability and sustainability pressures. This...
Harnessing climate-adaptive breeding to accelerate tolerance to extreme temperatures in rice
- Rice is a crucial staple crop for global food security; however, its production is adversely affected by climate change-induced extreme temperatures. High and low extreme temperatures significantly...
From wild to tamed: Reimagining novel crops through omics and local plant diversity
- The global food system faces growing pressure from climate change, biodiversity loss, and rising nutritional demands. Agriculture has increased yields but reduced crop diversity, flavor, and...
First Tetraploa Genome and Multi?Omics Analysis Reveal Key Plant?Microbe?Soil Interactions for Salt Tolerance and Yield Improvement of Wheat
- ABSTRACTSalinity is a major threat to global agricultural productivity of staple crops such as wheat. Although microbial?based solutions hold promise for alleviating salinity stress, practical...
On-station and on-farm participatory evaluation and selection of stable and high-yielding Bambara groundnut in Burkina Faso
- IntroductionLow yield is often claimed as one of the most important challenges for Bambara groundnut production in West Africa. To address the lack of high-yielding genotypes of Bambara groundnut in...
Biological Pesticides as Viable Alternative to Synthetic Pesticides for Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition: A Systematic Review
- ABSTRACTThe overuse of synthetic pesticides in agriculture has raised significant environmental and health concerns. Biopesticides have emerged as viable, environmentally compatible alternatives....
GWAS and genomic prediction of crown rust resistance in the southern US elite oat (Avena sativa L.) germplasm
- AbstractCrown rust (CR), caused by Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae, is a major constraint to oat (Avena sativa L.) production in the southern United States. We dissected the genetic architecture of...
Phenotypic and genetic resistance to Septoria blotch disease in European wheat varieties
- AbstractZymoseptoria tritici, the causal agent of Septoria tritici blotch (STB), poses a critical threat to wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production in temperate Europe, underscoring the need for...
Multi?environment evaluation and genomic prediction of agronomic traits in the southern US rice genepool
- AbstractThe southern United States is responsible for 80% of the country's production of rice, approximately half of which is exported. Understanding genotypic and environmental factors impacting the...
Identification and genomic location of resistance to bacterial leaf streak of barley
- AbstractThe bacterial leaf streak (BLS) disease of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), caused by Xanthomonas translucens pv. translucens (Xtt), has become increasingly important worldwide in recent years....
Combining phenomic and genomic selection for pea breeding improvement
- AbstractPea (Pisum sativum L.) is a strategic crop in the development of sustainable agriculture. However, the genetic gain remains limited despite advances in breeding. Genomic selection holds...
High?throughput phenotyping for the prediction and quantification of flower?related traits in sugarcane
- AbstractSugarcane (Saccharum spp.), a C4 plant, is a vital renewable biofuel and sugar source for industries worldwide. However, synchronizing flowering between parental lines often poses challenges...
Insights into biomass accumulation and challenges in grain yield prediction of elite breeding materials using UAV?based vegetation indices in soft red winter wheat
- AbstractHigh?throughput phenotyping (HTP) techniques have brought new opportunities to understand and evaluate key traits in plant breeding programs. Combining multiple measures through time and...
Spatial and temporal scales in plant phenotyping for crop water stress assessment: A review
- AbstractWater stress is a major limiting factor for crop productivity worldwide, and its impacts are intensifying due to climate variability and increasing water scarcity. This review focuses on the...
A synthetic eco?evolutionary proposal for the conservation of wild relatives of the olive tree
- Societal Impact StatementCrop wild relatives (CWR) are valuable sources of genetic diversity for plant breeding. However, the identification of wild untapped genetic resources (i.e., unexploited in...
A national crop wild relative checklist for Zimbabwe reveals edible crop wild relative diversity of regional and global importance
- Crop wild relatives (CWR) in Zimbabwe are reservoirs of beneficial agronomic traits, yet they remain under?documented and poorly conserved. This study developed Zimbabwe's first national CWR...
Gene turnover in the common ancestor of all C4 grasses
- Understanding how plants evolve more efficient photosynthesis is important in a warming world where improving crop productivity and resilience is a global priority. By generating the first reference...
Capsicum chinense as an African traditional vegetable: Culture, resilience, and opportunity
- Capsicum chinense is central to everyday diets, cultural identity, and smallholder livelihoods across Sub?Saharan Africa, yet remains overlooked in agricultural research and policy. This paper...