SiNAC2 accelerates leaf senescence and modulates yield traits in Setaria italica by activating SiJAR1-mediated jasmonate signaling
Available online 17 September 2026
The objective of this study was to identify the regulatory mechanisms underlying leaf senescence in foxtail millet (Setaria italica). We identified and functionally characterized a NAC transcription...
OsNAC079 confers salt tolerance in rice by activating the sodium transporter OsHKT1;5
Available online 17 September 2026
The objective of this study was to identify the transcriptional regulatory mechanisms governing the expression of OsHKT1;5, a sodium transporter determining sodium homeostasis and salt tolerance in...
Optimizing N rates enhanced crop yields and mitigated N2O emissions in a peanut–wheat cropping system in the North China Plain
Available online 17 September 2026
Optimal nitrogen (N) inputs are critical for reconciling crop yields with greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation in agroecosystems. The peanut-wheat cropping system has been shown to reduce synthetic N inputs...
Common vetch intercropping increases high-density oat productivity through improved canopy light–nitrogen matching and optimized photosynthetic nitrogen partitioning
Available online 16 September 2026
The objective of this study was to identify the mechanism by which oat–common vetch intercropping enhances yield performance under high planting density. In a field experiment comparing oat–common vetch...
Wheat breeding for climate resilience: Insights from the 4th International Wheat Congress
Available online 16 September 2026
Resistance breeding in elite hybrid rice by EBE-editing for bacterial blight
Available online 16 September 2026
Bacterial blight (BB), caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), is devastative to hybrid rice. Engineering effector-binding elements (EBEs) in susceptibility gene promoters confers resistance;...
Soybean productivity and profitability under optimized planting geometry and system of crop intensification in the Indo-Gangetic Plains
Available online 16 September 2026
Optimizing planting configuration and management is critical for improving soybean productivity under the System of Crop Intensification (SCI), yet information on suitable planting arrangements and...
Application of coupling coordination evaluation for light–water utilization system in summer maize
Available online 15 September 2026
The objective of this study was to determine how soil water and light utilization coordinate to influence summer maize yield and water productivity. In a four-year field experiment with four cultivars,...
Phosphate starvation signaling restricts leaf angle in rice by PHR2-mediated repression of brassinosteroid biosynthesis
Available online 15 September 2026
Inorganic phosphate (Pi) deficiency induces decreased leaf angle in rice as an adaptive strategy, but the underlying molecular mechanism remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that Pi-starvation-induced...
ZmARR2 promotes salt tolerance in maize through a redox-related pathway
Available online 13 September 2026
Soil salinization severely limits crop productivity by disrupting ionic and redox homeostasis. Cytokinin signaling mediated by type-B Arabidopsis response regulators (B-ARRs) has been implicated in...
Going (pea)nuts: peanut genomics from variation maps, T2T genomes to breeding
Available online 12 September 2026
Self-adaptation crop classification for open-set scenarios on Google Earth Engine
Available online 10 September 2026
Open-set scenarios pose an inevitable challenge for the large-scale application of crop-classification models. When supervised classifiers are directly applied to such scenarios, unknown crops in the...
ZmNAC032 and ZmNTL1 synergistically promote salt tolerance in maize by affecting K+/Na+ homeostasis and trehalose accumulation
Available online 1 September 2026
The NAC (NAM, ATAF, and CUC) transcription factors include nuclear members and membrane members like NTL (NAC with Transmembrane motif 1-like). The objective of this study was to identify the mechanism...
The BES1–KCS1 regulatory module suppresses callus formation through coordinated crosstalk between BR signaling and VLCFA biosynthesis
Available online 1 September 2026
The induction of pluripotent callus from somatic cells is a key step in plant regeneration, with broad implications for developmental biology, biotechnology, and crop genetic improvement. While the...
Engineered intraspecific hybrid lethality enables rapid haploid isolation and cytoplasm conversion in tobacco
August 2026
Haploid plants can improve the efficiency of cultivar development by shortening breeding cycles and increasing genetic gain per unit of time. The ability to produce androgenic haploids from seed can...
FLASH: A high-efficiency soybean-native protoplast platform for real-time protein localization and interaction studies
August 2026
Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.), is one of the world’s most important oilseed and economic crops, yet its cell-biology-oriented gene-function studies remain hampered by low transformation efficiency...
One-step strategy for developing wheat haploid inducer lines with efficient markers for haploid identification
August 2026
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important staple crops globally. Doubled haploid technology enables rapid development of pure lines and has been extended from maize to several other...
An efficient machine-learning framework for genomic selection of optimal crosses in soybean germplasm population
August 2026
Genomic selection (GS) has provided a comprehensive framework for efficient breeding by linking phenotypes to genome-wide markers. However, research on GS has predominantly focused on improving genotype-to-phenotype...
Pathogen-inducible gene LRD6-6E315Q breaks the trade-off between disease resistance and yield in rice
August 2026
Although some lesion mimic mutants (LMMs) confer broad-spectrum disease resistance, their constitutive autoimmunity often penalizes plant growth and yield, limiting their application in crop breeding....
Identification of genes that confer a semi-determinate growth habit in faba bean
August 2026
In faba bean (Vicia faba L.), growth habit determines plant architecture and significantly influences flowering, podding patterns, and maturity. A recently identified semi-determinate germplasm exhibits...
Genetic identification of AhGH15, a gene under convergent selection during peanut growth habit domestication and breeding
August 2026
Peanut (Arachis hypogaea), a globally important oilseed crop, exhibits contrasting growth habits between wild species (prostrate) and cultivated varieties (erect or spreading), but the underlying mechanism...
Fine mapping of the stripe rust resistance gene Yr85 in wheat
August 2026
Breeding resistant wheat (Triticum aestivum) cultivars is the most efficient way to manage wheat stripe rust, a highly destructive disease caused by the fungal pathogen Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici...
Dissecting the genetic basis for resistance to pre-harvest sprouting in a wheat line with strong seed dormancy
August 2026
Pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) significantly reduces yield and quality in wheat (Triticum aestivum). One effective way to address this issue is to identify and deploy quantitative trait loci (QTL) for...
Root cortical senescence: An adaptive mechanism for drought tolerance in crops
August 2026
Senescence allows plants to remove unnecessary tissues and recycle nutrients. Substantial work has focused on the senescence of aboveground tissues such as leaves; by contrast, the senescence of underground...
Stubble rolling primes axillary bud regeneration and increases grain yield in mechanically harvested ratoon rice in South China
August 2026
Rice ratooning produces a second harvest from the growth of axillary buds that remain on the stubble after the main crop is harvested. Stubble rolling after mechanical harvesting may regenerate roots...
