Post-translational control of biotic stress-related nicotine biosynthesis by a MAP kinase signaling cascade
Available online 25 September 2025
The evolutionarily conserved mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades relay extracellular signals into cells, triggering a variety of cellular responses. We previously revealed NtMPK4 as a positive...
tae-miR9668 negatively regulates TaRPM1-1A to enhance salt tolerance in wheat
Available online 25 September 2025
Soil salinity severely affects wheat (Triticum aestivum) yield and quality. Identifying salt-tolerance genes and elucidating their mechanisms are essential for improving salt tolerance in this crop....
Identification of a major QTL and its candidate genes controlling stem strength in soybean via QTL mapping and GWAS
Available online 25 September 2025
Stem strength is an important indicator of lodging that significantly influences yield and quality in soybean. Therefore, understanding the regulatory mechanisms underlying stem strength is critical...
Genetic architecture of condensed tannins accumulated in wheat grains
Available online 25 September 2025
Wheat grains contain various bioactive substances, of which, condensed tannins (CT) are polymeric flavan-3-ols that accumulate in wheat seed coat influencing the end-use quality and nutritional value....
Integrated multi-omics analysis identifies OsMYB48 as a transcriptional repressor of coleoptile elongation in anaerobic rice germination
Available online 24 September 2025
Direct seeding of rice (DS) has been widely adopted due to reduced labor cost and simpler cultivation practices. However, anaerobic flooding conditions reduce seed germination and seedling establishment....
OsEHD1 and OsEHD2, two EH domain proteins targeted by E3 ubiquitin ligase OsBBI1, negatively modulate rice immunity against blast and bacterial blight diseases
Available online 20 September 2025
Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) are essential regulatory mechanisms that play a critical role in plant immunity. Previously, we demonstrated that OsBBI1, a RING finger type E3 ligase, contributes...
Systematic analysis of the rice E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme family identifies seven genes essential for seed germination
Available online 20 September 2025
Rice seed germination marks the start of cultivation and influences subsequent seedling growth, and is affected by hormones and environmental factors. Ubiquitination plays a critical role in this process...
Mitogenomic comparison identifies rpl16 as a CMS driver via ROS dysregulation in pearl millet
Available online 20 September 2025
Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) caused by mitogenomic variation underlies CMS lines essential for hybrid crop production. However, the role of CMS in pearl millet remains unclear. To clarify the function...
Enhancing faba bean breeding efficiency through insect pollination and smart crossing schemes
Available online 20 September 2025
Faba bean, with its high protein yield and low nitrogen inputs, is a promising crop, but it suffers from low yield stability due to poor heat and drought adaptation. To improve yield performance, faba...
Combining ultralow-altitude drone phenotyping with deep learning analytics to assess resistance and disease dynamics of Fusarium head blight in wheat
Available online 13 September 2025
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a serious fungal disease that affect small grain cereals, causing significant wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yield and quality losses globally. Breeding disease-resistant...
Comprehensive comparison between structural variants and single-nucleotide polymorphism in genomic selection of rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Available online 12 September 2025
Recent genomic research on plant populations has revealed abundant structural variations (SVs) of > 50 bp within and among genotypes of major crop species, but the application of SVs as a unique type...
The effect of structural variation of the long arm of rye 6R on its meiotic behavior and the location of a segment with powdery mildew resistance
Available online 12 September 2025
To investigate the effect of structural variation of rye 6RL arms on their meiotic behavior and to locate powdery mildew resistance gene(s), we developed a wheat–rye T6BS.6RLAr translocation chromosome...
Genetic control of cereal kernel texture: Towards a maize model
Available online 12 September 2025
Because cereal kernel texture is a determinant of maize end-use properties, it is desirable to elucidate the genetic control of kernel formation and thereby to optimize maize kernel texture for breeding....
A near-complete genome assembly for northern wild rice (Zizania palustris L.)
Available online 12 September 2025
Northern wild rice (NWR; Zizania palustris L.), an annual aquatic plant in the Poaceae family, has high economic importance due to its nutrient-rich grains. However, the existing NWR genome assembly...
Genetic mapping and functional characterization of two recessive loci governing white testa color in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)
Available online 11 September 2025
Peanut is a globally significant oil crop and economic resource, notable for its kernel containing over 50 % oil content. White testa peanuts are highly valued for their superior nutritional profile,...
Rewiring autoactive NLRs into protease-activated switches for broad-spectrum plant immunity
Available online 10 September 2025
Crop wild relatives: Harnessing ancestral diversity for future food security
Available online 9 September 2025
Structural genomic variation in African cultivated rice contributed to shorter awns
Available online 4 September 2025
African cultivated rice (Oryza glaberrima) was domesticated from its wild progenitor, Oryza barthii. The transition from long-awn to short-awn or awnless glumes was an important evolutionary event during...
The transcription factor ZmNLP5 increases maize grain yield by regulating nitrogen assimilation genes
Available online 4 September 2025
Nitrogen (N) is crucial for maize (Zea mays L.) growth, development and yield. Dysfunction of the maize NIN-like protein 5 (ZmNLP5) reduces N assimilation, but the precise mechanism by which ZmNLP5...
Rice OsMYB9 enhances salt stress tolerance by regulating the vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter
Available online 2 September 2025
Salinity is a major hazard to crop plant growth and significantly reduces grain yield. When subjected to high salinity, plants maintain ion homeostasis through Na+ compartmentalization and exclusion,...
Exploiting phKL-mediated homoeologous recombinants to map stripe rust resistance gene YrAev from Aegilops variabilis
August 2025
Aegilops variabilis (SvSvUvUv) is a source of resistance to wheat stripe rust. The phKL locus in Chinese common wheat landrace Kaixian-Luohanmai (KL) can induce homoeologous wheat-alien chromosome pairing...
Diethyl aminoethyl hexanoate (DA-6) and planting density optimize soybean growth and yield formation in maize–soybean strip intercropping
August 2025
The exogenous plant growth regulator, diethyl aminoethyl hexanoate (DA-6), in combination with suitable varieties and planting densities, is important to increase yield in the maize–soybean strip intercropping...
Integrated physiological and transcriptomic analyses reveal the mechanism of reduction in wheat fertile floret number under spring low-temperature stress
August 2025
With the intensification of climate change, spring low-temperature stress (SLTS) leads to floret degeneration and a decrease in grain number. This study investigated the physiological mechanisms underlying...
Alternative splicing of ZmHsf23 modulates maize heat tolerance by regulating sHSPs and TIL1 expression
August 2025
Heat stress is a major threat to maize (Zea mays L.) production worldwide. Heat shock transcription factors (HSFs) play vital roles in plant responses to heat stress. However, the molecular and genetic...
The ZmPIF4.1-ZmPTI1c-ZmMYB31 module regulates maize immunity to Gibberella stalk rot caused by Fusarium graminearum
August 2025
Gibberella stalk rot (GSR) caused by Fusarium graminearum is one of the most devastating diseases of maize, seriously impacting maize yield and quality, as well as the ability to use technology of mechanical...
