Comparing carbon sequestration efficiency in chemically separated soil organic carbon fractions under long-term fertilization in three major Chinese croplands
July 2025
•Manure with chemical fertilizers boosted SOC stocks and enhanced CSE across SOC pools.•Non-labile OC was the main driver of SOC stabilization, especially in the passive pool.•The CSE of SOC fractions...
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Mechanism of mitigating on Deoxynivalenol-induced intestinal toxicity in swine and its dietary regulation strategy
July 2025
•Deoxynivalenol (DON) disrupts intestinal barrier integrity, immune responses, and microbiota balance in swine through pathways involving MAPKs, NF-κB, and oxidative stress, leading to growth retardation...
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ZmMYC2, selected during modern breeding, orchestrates growth and defense gene expression in maize
July 2025
•ZmMYC2 promoter contains favorable haplotypes selected during domestication, enhancing its expression level in modern maize.•ZmMYC2 may balance the trade-off between growth and defense via jasmonate...
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GBiDC-PEST: A novel lightweight model for real-time multiclass tiny pest detection and mobile platform deployment
July 2025
•A real-time detection algorithm GBiDC-PEST for four tiny pests on mobile devices was developed.•The backbone of YOLO series was reconstructed.•Model size was reduced by 80% while maintaining accuracy...
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Dynamic changes in weed abundance and biodiversity following different green manure establishment
July 2025
•Poaceae demonstrated the highest efficacy in suppressing weeds.•Increasing weeds suppression was observed from November to May.•Green manures planted for more than 3 years yielded superior weed su...
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Amino acid substitutions in succinate dehydrogenase complex conferring resistance to the SDHI fungicide pydiflumetofen in Cochliobolus heterostrophus causing southern corn leaf blight
July 2025
•The mutations of ChSdhBH277Y, ChSdhBI279T and ChSdhDH133Y in SDH of C. heterostrophus resulted in reduced biological fitness.•The mutations of ChSdhBH277Y, ChSdhBI279T and ChSdhDH133Y were responsible...
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Metabolite of Clostridium perfringens type A, palmitic acid, enhances porcine enteric coronavirus porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infection
July 2025
•Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has evolved a pathogenic mechanism whereby intestinal microbiotal metabolites enhance its infection during its interaction with the host.•The metabolite of Clostridium...
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Characterization and functions of temperature stress-associated microRNAs in invasive insect Bemisia tabaci Mediterranean cryptic species
July 2025
•Bta-miR-998 and Bta-miR-129 are shown to be associated with temperature tolerance in Bemisia tabaci.•BtMGAT3 and BtRGS7, target genes of Bta-miR-129, affect heat resistance and cold resistance in B....
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Optimizing planting density and nitrogen application to mitigate yield loss and improve grain quality of late-sown wheat under rice–wheat rotation
July 2025
•Optimizing planting density and nitrogen rate mitigates yield losses from late sowing and enhances grain protein and wet gluten content.•Achieving high-yield and good-quality wheat requires sowing...
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Identification of QTLs for plant height and branching-related traits in cultivated peanut
July 2025
•Five pleiotropic unique QTLs for peanut plant height and branching-related traits were discovered and their genetic bases were mathematically estimated.•Three major and stable unique QTLs were identified...
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Genome-wide characterization of soybean malate dehydrogenase genes reveals a positive role for GmMDH2 in the salt stress response
July 2025
•This study identified 17 members of the MDH gene family in soybean and indicated that the GmMDHs family members manifested obvious spatio-temporal specificity under abiotic stress and hormone treatments.•GmMDH2...
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Wheat cover crop accelerates the decomposition of cucumber root litter by altering the soil microbial community
July 2025
•Wheat cover crop accelerated decomposition of cucumber root litter.•Litter mixing induced synergistic effects on litter decomposition.•Cover cropping stimulated beneficial microbial taxa in the so...
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Intercropping maize with leguminous green manure can compensate for the losses in grain yield and N uptake caused by a reduced N supply
July 2025
•Intercrop compensates for the loss of reduced N on grain yield and N uptake.•Supercompensatory effect in maize leaves enhances with the extension of time.•Intercrop with reduced N improves N metabolism...
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Impact of hyperspectral reconstruction techniques on the quantitative inversion of rice physiological parameters: A case study using the MST++ model
July 2025
•A comprehensive evaluation of the MST++ hyperspectral reconstruction model and its impact on the inversion accuracy of rice physiological parameters.•A systematic comparison of the performance of various...
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A tomato NBS-LRR gene Mi-9 confers heat-stable resistance to root-knot nematodes
July 2025
•Identify a heat-stable and agriculturally applicable resistance gene against root-knot nematodes.•Establish an approach for rapid characterization of complex resistance genes by integrating comparative...
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Four signal chemicals can non-destructively induce enhanced resistance to Asian citrus psyllids in Citrus sinensis while maintaining balanced plant growth and development
July 2025
•Non-destructive induction by four volatile signal chemicals, DMNT, TMTT, (E)-β-caryophyllene, and DMDS, can significantly enhance the activities of defensive enzymes and increase the contents of defensive...
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Differences in N6-methyladenosine (m6A) methylation among the three major clonal lineages of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites
July 2025
•Providing the first comprehensive comparison of m6A methylation profiles among the three major clonal lineages (Types I, II and III) of Toxoplasma gondii.•Distinct m6A methylation patterns across different...
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The MdMYB306-MdERF114 module promotes tolerance to cadmium by regulating MdATG16 in apple
July 2025
•MdERF114 enhances cadmium tolerance of apple by increasing autophagy activity.•MdMYB306 interacts with MdERF114 and positively regulates cadmium tolerance in apple....
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Ppbbx24-del mutant positively regulates light-induced anthocyanin accumulation in the ‘Red Zaosu’ pear (Pyrus pyrifolia White Pear Group)
July 2025
•Functional studies via transient overexpression, gene silencing, and stable overexpression systems in pear calli/tobacco demonstrated that PpBBX24 and its mutant Ppbbx24-del exert antagonistic regulatory...
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Alleviating vanadium-induced stress on rice growth using phosphorus-loaded biochar
July 2025
•Phosphorous (P)-loaded biochar (PBC) boosted rice growth under vanadium stress, increasing shoot and root weights by 82.86 and 53.33%.•Biochar enhanced chlorophyll content and antioxidant enzyme activity,...
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Fine mapping and candidate gene analysis of a major QTL for grain length on chromosome 5BS in bread wheat
July 2025
•QGl.caas-5BS was delimited into an interval of approximately 2.2 Mb by phenotyping and genotyping a secondary mapping populations.•Five genes were predicted as candidates of QGl.caas-5BS based on sequence...
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Identification of a multidrug-resistant porcine Proteus vulgaris harbouring a plasmid-borne cfr gene
July 2025
•A novel conjugative plasmid pHJ90-cfr carrying the multiresistance gene cfr was characterized in Proteus vulgaris.•A new IS5-family member, ISPmi4, was identified for the first time.•Both plasmids...
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Acidic environment favors the development and pathogenicity of the grape white rot fungus Coniella vitis
July 2025
•The growth rate and pathogenicity of Coniella vitis were decreased in alkaline environments.•TCA cycle and aspartate synthesis pathway in C. vitis were sigificantly affected by the alkaline environments.•Aspartate...
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Low rumen-degradation-rate starch reduces diarrhea and colonic inflammation by influencing the whole gastrointestinal microbiota and metabolite flow in dairy goats
July 2025
•The low rumen-degradation-rate starch diet due to whole corn-based concentrate supplementation significantly improves gut health via bile acid and glycerolipid metabolism.•The regulatory mechanism...
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Development and characterization of genome-wide microsatellite molecular markers for Chinese chestnut
July 2025
•The distribution and structural features of simple repeat sequences in chestnut were clarified at the genome-wide level.•A highly universal and polymorphic SSR marker database was created using cross...
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