Cereals

The TaCOMT1A?Synthesised Sakuranetin Is a Novel Biostimulant Enhancing Drought Tolerance and Yield in Wheat

- ABSTRACTDrought stress is a major limitation to global wheat production. Here, we demonstrate that the wheat gene TaCOMT1A, encoding a caffeic acid O?methyltransferase, plays a crucial role in...

Grain Expansion in China's Drylands Secures Food but Intensifies Environmental Trade?Offs

05/08/2026 - AbstractDrylands are increasingly crucial for global food supply, and grain cultivation there continues to expand. Newly cultivated croplands in these regions are often assumed to be biophysically...

Scientific assessment of the 2024 post?market environmental monitoring report on the cultivation of genetically modified maize MON 810 in the EU

- AbstractAt the request of the European Commission, EFSA assessed the 2024 post?market environmental monitoring (PMEM) report on the cultivation of genetically modified maize MON 810, which expresses...

Food Sovereignty and Agroecology in Conflict Zones: Building Resilience Amidst Crisis

- Armed conflict damages farmland, displaces communities, disrupts markets, and intensifies food scarcity. Food sovereignty and community?led agroecology, including local control of land, seeds, water,...

Substituting fertigation with swine liquid manure maintains tomato performance while enhancing dissolved nutrient pools

- Synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilization accounts for ~2.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Transitioning to a circular nutrient economy requires replacing synthetic inputs with recycled substrates....

Comparative Quality of Garden Strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa Duch. cv. Albion) Produced in Soil and Soilless Sustainable Urban Systems

- ABSTRACTIntroduction/MaterialsModern agriculture faces the challenge of balancing high crop yields with sustainable resource management and nutritional quality. Here, soil and soilless systems...

Co?Flowering Plant Species in a Glasshouse Boost Both Strawberry Production and Bee Health

- Integrating co?flowering plants into glasshouse strawberry systems creates a “win?win” synergy where floral diversification enhances stingless bee vitality and crop visitation. This approach...

Root and shoot phenotyping elucidate plant growth?promoting microorganisms effects on wheat under water deficit

- AbstractWater scarcity represents a major constraint to crop productivity, increasing interest in sustainable strategies such as plant growth?promoting microorganisms (PGPM). This study investigated...

Cropping systems effect on the agronomic performance of neglected legumes under rainfed conditions

- IntroductionCropping systems are critical in modifying micro-environments, improving land-use efficiency, and enhancing crop adaptability to marginal conditions. However, the interaction between...

Geographical Distribution of Major Fusarium Species Causing Wheat Head Blight and Crown Rot in the North China Plain Is Influenced by Latitude and Cropping System

- Fusarium species associated with FHB and FCR in the NCP of China are structured by latitude and crop rotation, with distinct interspecific differences.ABSTRACTFusarium graminearum,...

Yield Losses and Photosynthetic Damage From Pepper Yellow Mosaic Virus in Sweet Pepper

- Field and greenhouse evaluations revealed severe yield losses caused by a resistance?breaking isolate of pepper yellow mosaic virus on sweet pepper cultivars Heloísa and Dahra R. However, fruit...

Grape (Vitis L.) biodiversity: Historical uses, current status, and future potential

- Grapes (Vitis L. ? Vitaceae) are among the most important fruit crops globally, consumed in the form of wine, fresh fruit, raisins, and in many products. Complex and fascinating biocultural processes...

Conservation gap analysis for wild grapevines (Vitis L.) of the Americas

- Wild grapevines (Vitis L.) native to the Americas are ecologically and culturally important plants that are also critical to the global cultivated grape industry as sources of traits for crop...

Response of PIP aquaporins to long-term cold stress in two citrus rootstocks

31/07/2026 - Cold is one of the most impactful abiotic stresses causing significant...

Lobeniza: The outcome of an agroecological adaptive pathway in a rural food system undergoing transformation

- AbstractLocal food systems in southern Mexico are increasingly affected by water scarcity, climate variability, and peri?urban change. Despite growing scholarship on adaptive strategies and...

Unveiling the ecological dividend of smart cities: a multi-period difference-in-differences assessment of urban ecological resilience in China

- Under the dual pressures of climate warming and accelerated urbanization, agricultural ecosystems face severe challenges including shrinking land resources and intensifying non-point source...

Restoration of degraded cropland in the Pearl River Delta, China, through integrated agronomic measures: a modeling approach

- IntroductionGuangdong Province is an important grain and agricultural product production area in China, but part of the cultivated land in the Pearl River Delta has long been faced with complex...

Impact of Climate Change on the Potential Distribution of Macaúba (Acrocomia aculeata, Acrocomia totai, Acrocomia intumescens) in Brazil

- Climate change is projected to drive contrasting responses among Brazilian macaúba palms, ranging from relative stability and expansion to severe suitability loss. Ensemble ecological distribution...

Miscanthus giganteus Biolistic Transformation Using the Visible RUBY Red Marker Gene to Monitor Transformation Efficiency

- Genetic improvements to Miscanthus × giganteus (M×g), a high?yielding perennial C4 bioenergy crop, are constrained by triploid sterility and clonal propagation. An efficient biolistic genetic...

FgCot1 Regulates Polarized Growth and Conidiation in Fusarium graminearum via Gpmk1 MAPK and Tsf1 Transcriptional Pathways

- FgCot1 is a nuclear Dbf2?related kinase in Fusarium graminearum. It inhibits activation of the Gpmk1 MAPK pathway and interacts with transcription factor Tsf1 to regulate its nuclear localization....

The Multi?Omics Opportunity to Improve Heat Adaptation in Chickpea

- ABSTRACTHeat stress during reproductive development is a critical constraint to chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) productivity in major growing regions, where high temperatures cause yield losses through...

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