Cereals

Tomato crop resilience via grafting by improving the yield stability and nutritional quality under drought conditions

- IntroductionWater scarcity is a major abiotic stress that restricts tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) productivity and fruit quality, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. Grafting, by combining...

Functional Dissection of a Wheat NLR Protein Reveals a Minimal Active Region and Key Regulatory Sites for Immune Signalling

- The coiled?coil domain functions as the core signalling module of wheat NLRMoro, with residues 62–116 forming a minimal active region whose activity is fine?tuned by intramolecular NBS and LRR...

Unravelling vicious circles of land use competition and food insecurity in agropastoral rangelands

- AbstractIn many regions of the world, the adoption of new livelihood strategies that compete with traditional strategies is one driver of competition over land, resulting in unforeseen impacts on the...

Plant species and field site shape root endosphere microbiomes of wild inoculum plants used in traditional cereal?based fermentation

- Traditional fermented foods worldwide depend on naturally occurring microbes, yet the environmental sources shaping these microbes and their effects on food quality remain poorly understood. We...

Harnessing the nutritional potential of Cape wild edible plants: Insights, gaps and priorities

- Wild edible plants hold significant potential to strengthen food systems by enhancing nutrition, dietary diversity, climate resilience, sustainability and deeper connection of people to their food....

Food, Health, Nutrition, Energy and Environment (FHNEE) Security Nexus: Future Mission for Sustainable Agriculture

- ABSTRACTWorld agriculture faces several challenges that include an increase in population, rising incidences of chronic human diseases, zoonosis, malnutrition, rapid depletion of fossil fuels,...

Oat Okara Flour and Its Use for Nutritional Enhancement and Glycemic Reduction in Cookies

- Oat okara flour enhanced dietary fiber, protein, antioxidant capacity, and phytochemicals in wheat cookies while lowering predicted glycemic index by up to 14%. This valorization approach transforms...

A Review of the Role of Sensor in the Vertical Farms: Superiority and Prospects

- Sensor networks in vertical farmsThis study comprehensively reviews the current application status of sensors in vertical agriculture, discovers and deeply analyzes their benefits in enhancing...

Disentangling the contribution of trait plasticity to improve the productivity of a maize–soybean intercrop system for the Midwest, USA

10/02/2026 - Crop yields in intercropping systems are the result of a combination of factors dominated by plastic responses in plant traits due to the heterogeneity associated with the intercrop design and row...

Breeding for multi?stress resilience in crops: Myth or possibility?

- Climate change threatens millions of farmers worldwide by exposing crops to multiple concurrent or sequential environmental stresses such as drought, heat, waterlogging, and diseases. Although crops...

Challenges in Bringing Pangenome Research Into Breeding: A Case Study in Rice

- ABSTRACTCrop breeding has entered the pangenomics era, unlocking a far more comprehensive view of genetic diversity than a single reference genome can capture. In rice (Oryza sativa), a staple crop...

Aquaponic cultivation of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.), finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.), and quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa L.) for sustainable food and fodder production

- This study investigated the potential of aquaponics, a sustainable food production method that integrates aquaculture and hydroponics, for cultivating pearl millet, finger millet, and quinoa...

The future of resilient food production—Current challenges and future opportunities

- The climate crisis is heating up, storms and droughts are hitting harder, deserts are growing, fertile land is fading, pollution is everywhere, and resources are running out—sparking mass migration...

Exploitation of Host?Derived N?Feruloylputrescine by Fusarium graminearum Promotes DON Biosynthesis and Wheat Rachis Colonisation

- N?Feruloylputrescine (Ferput) enhances wheat and rice resistance to multiple foliar pathogens but paradoxically increases susceptibility to Fusarium head blight (FHB). We reveal a tissue?specific...

Dissecting multi?rust resistance in wheat through genome?wide association study, haplotype analysis, and marker validation

- AbstractWheat is a major global staple food affected by three diseases: leaf rust (LR), stem rust (SR), and stripe rust (YR), all of which can cause substantial yield losses. Identifying genotypes...

Citrus Viroids in Northeastern Argentina: Diversity, Pathogenic Determinants and Host Interactions

- This work presents the first molecular characterisation of citrus viroids in northeastern Argentina, identifying CEVd, HSVd and CDVd variants. Sequence polymorphisms correlated with pathogenicity in...

Growth?stage adaptive ventilation strategy for compact cultivation systems based on airflow simulation

- AbstractAirflow design in compact cultivation systems is often overlooked despite its importance for microclimate and crop performance. This study aimed to determine whether growth?stage?aware...

Aphid adaptation to plant secondary metabolites: adaptive mechanism of resistance evolution and future prospects

28/09/2025 - Aphids are demonstrated to be voracious phloem feeders, among the most damaging insect pests, due to their capacity to decrease crop production and vector plant viruses. Plant secondary metabolites...

Graph pan-genome advances genetic discoveries and the improvement of eggplant

19/09/2025 - Eggplant is one of the most important solanaceous vegetable crops worldwide. To explore its genomic diversity, we assembled two T2T-level reference genomes from the African eggplant ‘Y11’...

Comparison of Uptake of Cadmium at Low Concentrations Under Hydroponic and Soil?Based Agriculture Systems for Lettuce, Indian Spinach and Methi

- ABSTRACTUsing recycled water for agriculture offers a sustainable approach by adding inherent nutrients and moisture to the soil. However, it contains unwanted contaminants such as heavy metals like...

Ubiquitin?like SUMO protease expansion in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

- AbstractSUMOylation is a protein post?translational modification that is essential for plant growth and response to changing environments. However, past work in this area has mainly focused on simple...

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