Split nitrogen application increases maize root growth, yield, and nitrogen use efficiency under soil warming conditions
Available online 18 February 2025
The increase in soil temperature associated with climate change has introduced considerable challenges to crop production. Split nitrogen application (SN) represents a potential strategy for improving...
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Root morphological adaptation and leaf lipid remobilization drive differences in phosphorus use efficiency in rapeseed seedlings
Available online 16 February 2025
With the objective of investigating the basis of phosphorus (P) utilization efficiency (PUE), physiological and morphological traits of two P-efficient and two P-inefficient rapeseed (Brassica napus...
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PlantGaussian: Exploring 3D Gaussian splatting for cross-time, cross-scene, and realistic 3D plant visualization and beyond
Available online 15 February 2025
Observing plants across time and diverse scenes is critical in uncovering plant growth patterns. Classic methods often struggle to observe or measure plants against complex backgrounds and at different...
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Curly leaf 1, a CHD domain-containing protein, regulates leaf development by H3K27me3 modification in rice
Available online 15 February 2025
The leaf is a major organ for photosynthesis, and its shape plays an important role in plant development and yield determination in rice (Oryza sativa L.). In this study, an adaxial curled leaf mutant,...
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Establishment of critical nitrogen-concentration dilution curves based on leaf area index and aboveground biomass for drip-irrigated spring maize in Northeast China
Available online 15 February 2025
The unreasonable application of nitrogen fertilizer poses a threat to agricultural productivity and the environment protection in Northeast China. Therefore, accurately assessing crop nitrogen requirements...
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DAFFnet: Seed classification of soybean variety based on dual attention feature fusion networks
Available online 15 February 2025
Rapid, accurate seed classification of soybean varieties is needed for product quality control. We describe a hyperspectral image-based deep-learning model called Dual Attention Feature Fusion Networks...
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CO2 fertilization effect on rice growth is constrained by soil heavy metal contamination
Available online 15 February 2025
Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) can stimulate crop growth and increase yield, but the effect may be constrained by soil contamination with heavy metals. In a free-air carbon...
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Crop disease resistance: Genes, mechanisms, and breeding
Available online 31 January 2025
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Interplay of light and nitrogen for plant growth and development
Available online 27 January 2025
Light and nitrogen (N) are two critically environmental factors essential for plant survival, as they constitute the fundamental molecular framework of plant cells and significantly influence patterns...
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Message from the Editor-in-Chief: Embracing challenges and opportunities in crop sciences in the new year
Available online 27 January 2025
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Micro-ridge-furrow planting increases rapeseed yield and resource utilization efficiency through optimizing field microenvironment and light-nitrogen matching
Available online 26 January 2025
The effects of micro-ridge-furrow planting (MR) on yield and the efficiency of light, water, and thermal resource use in rapeseed were tested in a three-year field experiment comparing MR to conventional...
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Fine mapping of Pm71, a novel powdery mildew resistance gene from emmer wheat
Available online 26 January 2025
Powdery mildew negatively impacts wheat yield and quality. Emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccum), an ancestral species of common wheat, is a gene donor for wheat improvement. Cultivated emmer accession H1-707...
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Development and characterization of bacterial wilt-resistant synthetic polyploid peanuts
Available online 25 January 2025
Wild peanut (Arachis) species are promising sources of disease resistance for improving peanut cultivars. The objective of this study was to assess cross-compatibility among cultivated and wild peanuts...
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Harnessing metabolomics for enhanced crop drought tolerance
Available online 25 January 2025
Global crop productivity faces a significant threat from climate change-induced drought stress (DS), which is vital for sustainable agriculture and global food security. Uncovering DS adaptation and...
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The power of small signaling peptides in crop and horticultural plants
Available online 23 January 2025
Small signaling peptides, generally comprising fewer than 100 amino acids, act as crucial signaling molecules in cell-to-cell communications. Upon perception by their membrane-localized corresponding...
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Increased hormone activity promotes silk development and heat tolerance during the floret differentiation stage in maize
Available online 23 January 2025
Heat stress, a major challenge in modern agriculture due to global warming, significantly reduces crop productivity. To mitigate its adverse effects on maize yield, it is crucial to understand the mechanisms...
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qRfv2, a quantitative resistance locus against Fusarium ear rot in maize
Available online 21 January 2025
Fusarium ear rot (FER), caused by Fusarium verticillioides, is a destructive fungal disease of maize. FER resistance is a complex, quantitatively inherited trait controlled by multiple minor-effect...
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Prediction by simulation in plant breeding
Available online 21 January 2025
Computer simulation permits answering theoretical and applied questions in animal and plant breeding. Blib is a novel multi-module simulation platform, which is able to handle more complicated genetic...
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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor OseIF5A4 negatively regulates rice immunity against blast and bacterial blight diseases
Available online 10 January 2025
The RING-type E3 ligase OsBBI1 regulates rice resistance against Magnaporthe oryzae through modifying cell wall defenses. In this study, we report the function of an OsBBI1 substrate, eukaryotic translation...
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A high-resolution 20K SNP array for comprehensive genotyping and genetic mapping in Nicotiana tabacum L.
Available online 10 January 2025
Nicotiana tabacum (2n = 4x = 48), an economically important non-food crop and a model plant for genetic studies, faces challenges in efficient genotyping of novel germplasm. To address this, we developed...
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How to select favorable and promising alleles and genotypes for breeding: A case study of rice blast resistance genes in Southern and Northeastern China
Available online 9 January 2025
Asian rice comprises two major subspecies: Xian (X) and Geng (G), and the diverged resistance genes (R) have provided a foundation for breeding improved cultivars to control rice blast disease. After...
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A morphological and anatomical study for tracking the growth and development of individual flowers and pods in soybean (Glycine max L.)
Available online 9 January 2025
A morphology-based growth stage system should describe the growth and development of a crop and thereby help farmers and agronomists in formulating reasonable managementmeasures conducive to the development...
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Increased expression of OsSAUR23 and OsRR9 regulates rice plant and organ size
Available online 9 January 2025
Plant height and grain size are the most important factors determining rice yield. Here, in the rice mutant small plant and organ size1 (spos1) with reduced plant height and small grain, T-DNA insertion...
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A new wavy-canopy architecture shaped by interlaced application of EDAH increases maize yield and lodging resistance at high density
Available online 9 January 2025
High-density planting increases maize yield but also canopy crowding and stalk lodging. Aiming this contradiction, a wavy canopy was created using interlaced chemical application (IC) of a plant growth...
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Pentaploidization allows introgression of Aegilops tauschii into tetraploid wheat
Available online 7 January 2025
Pentaploid hybrids produced from crosses between hexaploid and tetraploid wheats combine the genetic variation of both parents. Crossing a synthetic hexaploid wheat LM/AT23 with its AB-genome donor,...
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