Cereals

Seasonal leachate organic carbon and total nitrogen in an organic integrated crop–livestock rotation system

- AbstractIntegrated crop–livestock systems (ICLS) can reduce nutrient losses relative to annual cropping, yet seasonal dynamics of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nitrogen in organic systems...

How land retirement programs affect crop production: Evidence from China's Grain for Green Program

- AbstractThis paper evaluates the impact of one of the world's largest land conservation programs—China's Grain for Green Program—on crop production, and examines whether land retirement...

AhMADS6?Mediated Repression of AhHD?Zip Contributes to Growth Habit Regulation in Cultivated Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

- ABSTRACTThe escalating frequency and intensity of recent droughts threaten global crop production and food security. Although drought priming is crucial for plant drought resilience, the mechanisms...

A Gain?of?Function Mutation in DELLA Selectively Alters Protein Interactions to Regulate Wheat Tiller Angle and Plant Height

- ABSTRACTPlant architecture, especially plant height and tiller angle, plays a pivotal role in determining wheat yield. In this study, we characterize a wheat mutant termed prostrate and semidwarf 1...

An Intronic Structural Variant in GhEBS1 Drives Cotton Fruit Size Divergence by Modulating Chromatin Accessibility and Gene Expression

- ABSTRACTFruit size is not only a crucial fitness trait in plant evolution but also an important agronomic target in crop domestication and improvement, yet its regulatory mechanisms remain poorly...

Insights Into the Origin and Local Adaptation Evolution of the Cultivated Sesame With Telomere?to?Telomere High?Quality Genome

- ABSTRACTSesame (Sesamum indicum L., 2n?=?26) is one of the oldest oilseed crops and is often called the ‘queen of oilseeds’ due to its high content of unsaturated fatty acids and natural...

Potential for Expanding Sorghum Production in Europe in the Face of Climate Change

05/10/2026 - AbstractToday, sorghum is a minor crop in Europe cultivated on only ?0.1% of the cropland area. Nonetheless, sorghum is of growing interest due to its high heat tolerance compared to other crops and...

Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus BV?0003

- AbstractThe conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State...

Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance Trichoderma afroharzianum (formerly harzianum) T?22

Amino Acid?Enriched Phosphorus Fertilizer Enhances Maize Yield, Phosphorus Uptake, and Phosphorus Use Efficiency

- ABSTRACTThe development of enhanced fertilizers using amino acid?based biostimulants can help improve fertilizer use efficiency and reduce environmental emissions. However, in the context of...

Farmland Fragmentation Reduces Chemical Fertilizer Use Efficiency of Maize Farmers: The Moderating Roles of Mechanization and Labor Input

- ABSTRACTFarmland fragmentation is a critical structural constraint hindering the improvement of farmers' chemical fertilizer use efficiency. However, crop?specific micro?level evidence focusing on...

CO2 Equivalent Energy Use Profiles on Intensive Farms Across England and the Potential for Nitrogen Management to Support the Transition to Reduced Carbon Agriculture

- ABSTRACTEnergy use and climate change are critical concerns for various sectors, including agriculture, highlighting the need to analyze energy profiles using CO2 equivalents. To quantify both direct...

Biofortified feed crops: bridging plant biotechnology and animal-derived functional foods

- Micronutrient deficiency continues to be a significant global nutritional problem, especially in populations relying on staple diets with limited micronutrient diversity. Biofortification presents a...

The impact of agricultural socialized services on grain farmers’ agricultural eco?economic efficiency

- Developing agricultural socialized services (ASS) while promoting green and low-carbon grain production is an important component of agricultural modernization in China. Although previous studies...

Joint determination of factors influencing adoption of climate smart agricultural practices in modern rice production in Southwest Bangladesh: a multivariate probit approach

- Climate change and environmental degradation are increasingly threatening rice production in the coastal regions of the developing world, where the goals of raising productivity and building...

Optimizing Straw Return Practices to Improve Soil Properties and Crop Yield in Saline?Alkali Soils: A Global Meta?Analysis Coupled With Machine Learning

- A global meta?analysis of 153 studies, 1092 paired observations, combined with machine learning methods, was conducted to quantify the effect of straw return on crop yield and major soil salinity...

The heterozygous pineapple genome demonstrates the importance of haplotype-resolved plant genomes

08/05/2026 - Collapsed (haploid) genome assemblies omit large portions of genetic information, especially in heterozygous, clonally propagated crops such as pineapple. Here, we assembled a telomere-to-telomere,...

UVR8-mediated UV-B signaling and its regulation of horticultural traits: from Arabidopsis to application

06/05/2026 - Ultraviolet-B (UV-B, 280–315 nm) radiation acts as a key environmental signal that regulates plant development and acclimation responses. The UV-B photoreceptor UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8) plays...

SUMOylation: an emerging field of protein modification in horticultural plants

14/05/2026 - Horticultural plants play a vital role in agricultural production and daily life. Post-translational modifications are essential for regulating various cellular processes, but the functions of...

Balancing tuber vitamin C improvement with trade-off side effect by fine-tuning regulation of StGGPs

13/05/2026 - Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a globally important staple crop. Improving its nutritional quality without compromising yield—a classic manifestation of the growth–defense trade-off—remains a...

Candidate genes with antagonistic roles in stomatal development are associated with population-wide variation in apple

08/07/2026 - A sustainable approach to address climate change and increasing water demand in agriculture is breeding for plant functional traits that conserve water and enhance climate resilience. Stomata...

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