Heat shock transcription factor ZmHsfA5 coordinates with ZmHsp9 to enhance thermotolerance in maize
Available online 22 April 2026
Heat shock transcription factors (HSFs) have roles in plant thermotolerance. However, the functional characterization and regulatory analyses of HSFs in maize remain limited. In this study, we cloned...
The soybean CDPK gene family: Genome-wide analysis and the role of GmCDPK14 in nodulation
Available online 22 April 2026
Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) function as key sensors of Ca2+ signals in plants; however, their roles in soybean-rhizobial symbiosis and biological nitrogen fixation remain poorly understood....
Hi4GS: An interpretable hybrid feature selection framework for genomic selection and application in identifying wheat yield-associated SNPs
Available online 22 April 2026
We present Hi4GS, a hybrid feature selection (HFS) algorithm for selecting SNP subsets from high-dimensional genotypes to improve the prediction of genomic estimated breeding value (GEBV) under genomic...
Controlled-release nitrogen fertilizer combination strategies regulate carbon and nitrogen metabolic processes to improve soft wheat quality
Available online 22 April 2026
MsSGR interacts with MsMSRB5 to antagonistically regulate salt tolerance in Medicago sativa
Available online 18 April 2026
Photosynthesis is the basis of plant growth and development. It directly influences forage yield and quality; however, salt stress severely inhibits photosynthetic efficiency, accelerates leaf senescence,...
Fine mapping of the stripe rust resistance gene Yr85 in wheat
Available online 12 April 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...
Integrated effects of aerobic tillage and controlled irrigation on rice yield and greenhouse gas emissions in a high-latitude rice growing region
Available online 12 April 2026
Rice is a major food crop in China, and paddy fields are an important agricultural source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Achieving high yields while reducing GHG emissions is essential for national...
One-step strategy for developing wheat haploid inducer lines with efficient markers for haploid identification
Available online 11 April 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...
Responses of climatic resource use efficiency and wheat yield to green manure planting on the Loess Plateau
Available online 11 April 2026
Green manure is increasingly used to replace fallow because of its ecosystem benefits, yet its effects on subsequent crops remain uncertain in water-limited regions with high climatic variability. Accordingly,...
Canopy structure outweighs photosynthetic capacity in determining maize adaptation to dense planting
Available online 11 April 2026
The objectives of this study were to identify canopy-level strategies for maximizing maize yield under high-density planting and to establish a 3D simulation framework for evaluating density-tolerant...
Identification and validation of a functional allele of the powdery mildew resistance gene Pm68 derived from the wild emmer wheat introgression line R53M
Available online 11 April 2026
Powdery mildew caused by the fungus Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt) is a prevalent disease that restricts wheat (Triticum aestivum) production globally. Diverse Bgt resistance genes and alleles...
Drone-ordered hill direct seeding: A new sowing technology with increased lodging resistance of direct-seeded rice
Available online 10 April 2026
Direct-seeded rice is a labor-saving and simplified planting pattern, usually accompanied by an increase in lodging risk. Improving the population structure has been demonstrated as an effective approach...
Engineered intraspecific hybrid lethality enables rapid haploid isolation and cytoplasm conversion in tobacco
Available online 9 April 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
Available online 9 April 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...
A boron transporter, BnaC3.BOR1, is critical for boron regulation in roots, stem integrity, and floral organs in Brassica napus L.
Available online 9 April 2026
Brassica napus L. is an allotetraploid plant that contains numerous boron (B) transporter genes, the functions of which are largely unknown. Here, we identified BnaC3.BOR1, a gene expressed in various...
High panicle potassium fertilizer application mitigates heat-induced yield loss in mid-season rice by optimizing source-sink relationships and promoting transpirational cooling
Available online 9 April 2026
Extremely high temperatures (HT) caused by global warming pose serious threats to rice production. Potassium (K) is critical for plant stress tolerance, but its role in mitigating heat damage remains...
ZmNAC16 increases drought tolerance in maize seedlings via ABA-mediated stomatal closure
Available online 9 April 2026
Stomatal movement is a crucial response of plants to drought stress. Several NAC transcription factors have been implicated in drought tolerance in maize seedlings, whereas the molecular mechanism by...
An efficient machine-learning framework for genomic selection of optimal crosses in soybean germplasm population
Available online 2 April 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...
Early-season estimation of winter wheat sowing date: Integration of dynamic climate windows and phenological indicators into machine learning models
Available online 2 April 2026
Climate change and the drawbacks of traditional monitoring techniques pose challenges to efficient crop phenology management, making accurate winter wheat sowing date estimation crucial for agricultural...
CRISPR/Cas genome editing in nonregenerative cotton using sexual hybridization
Available online 27 March 2026
Sexual transfer of the CRISPR/Cas genome-editing system to targeted cotton cultivars could bypass their recalcitrance to regeneration from tissue culture. We used sexual hybridization to transmit a...
PhytoCell: An ensemble learning framework for identifying cell states in plant scRNA-seq data
Available online 27 March 2026
Single-cell transcriptome sequencing (scRNA-seq) can reveal the roles of diverse cells in an organism, but accurately classifying cell subpopulations and their marker genes remains a challenge. Here,...
OsBSR1 increases rice blast immunity by suppressing the enzymatic activity of the sulfite oxidase OsSO1
Available online 27 March 2026
The objective of this study was to determine how the rice receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase OsBSR1 positively regulates broad-spectrum disease resistance. Our results showed that OsBSR1 is induced upon...
Genomic selection and genome-wide association studies using UAV-derived plant height and aboveground biomass of maize
Available online 27 March 2026
Plant height (PH) and aboveground biomass (AGB) are critical agronomic traits that determine the yield potential of maize (Zea mays L.). However, the application of genomic selection (GS) and genome-wide...
Genetic identification of AhGH15, a gene under convergent selection during peanut growth habit domestication and breeding
Available online 26 March 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...
Identification of genes that confer a semi-determinate growth habit in faba bean
Available online 22 March 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...