The upland and lowland rice ecotypes were adapted to agroecosystems with contrasting soil-nitrogen conditions. Upland and lowland ecotypes are independently differentiated within japonica and indica ...

While excess rainfall is associated with mosquito-borne disease because it supports mosquito breeding, drought may also counterintuitively increase disease transmission by altering mosquito and host b...

Researchers at the Saatzucht Gleisdorf seed-breeding centre are developing varieties that can better withstand heat and limited water, ORF reported. More frequent heatwaves and a lack of rain are threatening agricultural yields. The centre’s managing director, Jakob Moser, said varieties must be …

Comparative plant genomics focused on sorghum crop varieties

With the escalating impacts of climate change, drought stress (DS) is significantly decreasing water accessibility and availability, causing substantial direct and indirect economic repercussions with...

Sequence analysis of 80 citrus genomes revealed that ancient hybridization combined different color-determining genes and identified CitPSY1 as the core engine driving pulp coloration, providing prec...

Plants constantly encounter adverse environmental interactions. One organelle is particularly specialized in stress signaling and phytohormone synt...

Cold temperature alters meiotic recombination in Arabidopsis by weakening SNI1/NSE5, a chromosome architecture factor that normally limits class II crossovers and shapes where genetic exchange occurs.

Using a new restorer line for rapeseed Ogura cytoplasmic male sterility, with a shorter foreign DNA fragment, higher fertility stability, and seed color as a marker, established a fully mechanized hy...

Climate change-driven combined abiotic stresses threaten crop health and productivity. We propose leveraging panomics and advanced breeding tools to get insights into how plants manage combined abioti...

Abstract. Tree growth is central to both terrestrial ecology and the forestry industry. Biotechnology for inducing the overproduction of phytohormones such

Cold temperature alters meiotic recombination in Arabidopsis by weakening SNI1/NSE5, a chromosome architecture factor that normally limits class II crossovers and shapes where genetic exchange occurs.

ROAD1 is an Oryza-specific orphan gene that co-opts conserved ABA signaling to enhance drought tolerance without obvious growth defects or yield penalty under normal conditions. Elite rice lines carry...

Efficient nitrogen uptake is essential for plant growth. Hinckley et al. have characterized HRS1 HOMOLOG 5 (HHO5), a transcription factor in Arabidopsis that had been previously overlooked compared…

Abstract. Limited wheat transpiration under rising vapour pressure deficit (VPD), i.e. VPD-sensitivity, has been shown to improve yields under terminal dro

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) operate at the core of gene regulation in plants, guiding development and helping plants respond to a constantly changing environment. F

Leaf water relations are partially coordinated with the leaf economics spectrum, enabling multidimensional plant functional strategies across forest types.

Polyploidy, the condition of possessing 3 or more complete sets of chromosomes, serves as a major evolutionary mechanism that significantly enhances a plan

We are pleased to announce that the symposium is now open for registration. Join us for three insightful days – 17-19 March 2027 – at the National STEM Learning

Researchers at the University of Würzburg have shown that plants communicate root injuries in milliseconds via mechanical signals. A drop in hydraulic pressure serves as a rapid alarm system for neigh...

A regulatory protein in cucumber enhances surface wax formation, strengthening the leaf protective barrier and improving water retention under drying condi

Salt stress engages a molecular mechanism that represses cell wall remodeling, promotes lignin fortification, and reinforces wall integrity to sustain popl

Climate change-driven single and combined abiotic stresses pose escalating threats to sustainable, climate-smart agriculture and global food security. Melatonin (MLT, a powerful plant biostimulant)...

Nature Plants - CRISPR beyond biology: building a sustainable innovation system

Models such as arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) have underpinned genomic and physiological research in plant science. Advances in genome sequencing, pangenomics, and genome editing have prompted cla...

Alternative polyadenylation (APA) tunes mRNA tail length. Profiling a rice pan-genome population under normal and salt conditions revealed the population-level APA landscape and the 3′aQTL map. It do...

This Commentary highlights the finding that an increased post-submergence oxidative burst reprograms plant cysteine oxidase (PCO)—group VII ethylene response factor (ERFVII) oxygen sensing, inhibitin...

The 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 imparting....

Abstract. Low nitrogen (LN) and high salt stress are major constraints for plant growth and development. Under LN stress, plants typically show root elonga

Models such as arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) have underpinned genomic and physiological research in plant science. Advances in genome sequencing, pangenomics, and genome editing have prompted cla...