Cereals

Transgenic Lepidopteran?Pests?Resistant and Herbicide?Tolerant Cotton Through Transfer of Cry1Ab?vip3Aa and Cp4?epsps+bar Genes

- ABSTRACTEfficient nitrogen (N) uptake is critical for crop yield, but soil salinization inhibits plant nitrogen acquisition. In this study, the nitrate (NO3?) transporter gene SsNRT2.5 and its...

Plant Peptides on the Rise: From Historical Insight to Future Applications

- ABSTRACTPlant peptides constitute a rapidly expanding class of signalling molecules essential to plant physiology, mediating key processes such as development, stress adaptation, and immune...

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...

Experimental Setup Limits Drawing Practical Conclusions About the Differences in Nitrate Retention of Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum L.) Compared to Silage Maize (Zea mays L.)

- Machine learning models predicted crop yield and soil greenhouse gas responses to biochar application, with soil and climate conditions identified as dominant factors. Global simulations and life...

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...

A Fungal Cysteine?Rich Protein SsSCP Activates Immune Responses and Confers Broad?Spectrum Disease Resistance in Tomato

- ABSTRACTPlant immune systems recognise pathogen?derived molecular patterns to activate defence responses, yet the mechanisms underlying fungal pattern recognition in crops remain largely unclear....

Decoding the Temporal Effects of Climate Change on Crop Phenology: Cumulative and Lagged Impacts in China's Major Corn Zones (1990–2020)

21/02/2026 - AbstractUnderstanding how climatic change affects crop phenology is essential for climate adaptation and food security. However, past studies have not effectively separated the influences of...

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...

Analysis of the Maize?Legume Cropping System in the Lower Indo?Gangetic Plains of Eastern India: Energy Efficiency, Carbon Footprint and Farm Profitability

- ABSTRACTThe development of cropping systems that simultaneously enhanced farm profitability, reduce energy dependence and limit greenhouse gas emissions is central to climate smart agriculture in...

Integrative genomics for mango genetics and breeding

24/09/2025 - Mango is the second most important tropical fruit crop. Due to ever-changing environmental conditions, world mango production is facing challenges such as diseases (anthracnose and mango...

Genetic components associated with R2 and R4 powdery mildew resistance in hop

- AbstractEpidemics of powdery mildew disease in hop (Humulus lupulus var. lupulus) lead to cone spoilage, and in severe cases, crop abandonment. In order to prevent disease?associated yield losses,...

Interspecies Prediction of Nitrogen Content in Processed Plant Samples Using Spectroscopic Modeling and Transfer Learning

- ABSTRACTEmploying machine learning models on preprocessed samples is an effective alternative for leaf nitrogen quantification, reducing analysis time and improving fertilizer efficiency. This study...

Multiple ortho?mosaicking software pipelines produce comparable imagery?derived wheat phenotypes

- AbstractUnmanned aerial systems (UAS) equipped with multispectral and RGB sensors offer valuable data for monitoring crop health and assessing disease severity. However, the wide range of available...

Correction to “Machine learning?based prediction of cereal rye cover crop biomass across diverse agroecosystems”

- AbstractImproving nitrogen (N) efficiency is essential for sustainable high?biomass sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) production. This study evaluated leaf and stem N dynamics, canopy N...

Harnessing Bulk?Segregant Mapping to Identify Trait?Associated Genes in the Allopolyploid Model Plant Nicotiana benthamiana

- ABSTRACTForward genetics has been instrumental in identifying genes underlying desirable traits, yet its application to polyploid plants, many of which are key agricultural crops, remains challenging...

S2?PepAnalyst: A Web Tool for Predicting Plant Small Signalling Peptides

- ABSTRACTSmall signalling peptides (SSPs) serve as crucial mediators of cell?to?cell communication in plants, orchestrating diverse physiological processes from development to stress responses. While...

Use of an enhanced cultivar calibration framework for DSSAT to examine effects of ecotype and time-series data

30/01/2026 - Process-based crop modelling platforms such as DSSAT are potentially valuable tools for crop breeding programmes, with the capacity to predict genotype-by-environment-by-management interactions....

Seed Pelleting Technologies: Paving the Way for Resilient and Sustainable Future Farming

- ABSTRACTSeed pelleting is an emerging precision?agriculture technology that transforms small or irregular seeds into uniform units to enhance mechanical sowing, placement accuracy, and early crop...

Development of an integrated smart farm system for open-field soybean cultivation in a former paddy fields

- IntroductionDespite rapid advancements in smart farming, most technologies remain confined to controlled greenhouse environments, leaving a critical gap in scalable solutions for open-field...

WRKY Transcription Factors: Integral Regulators of Defence Responses to Biotic Stress in Crops

- ABSTRACTCrops are continually challenged by biotic stresses, including fungal, bacterial and viral pathogens and insect pests, which cause substantial yield and quality losses worldwide. WRKY...

Effects of Lipopolysaccharide Core Modulation on Outer Membrane Protein Function and Virulence in Pectobacterium carotovorum

- The LPS core is critical for virulence in Pectobacterium carotovorum, as its truncation disrupts outer membrane protein assembly, reducing protease secretion, motility, and soft rot...

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