Special Focus: Integrated Pest Management and Plant Health

1. Integrated pest management programme for cereal blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
2. An integrated pest management program for managing fusarium head blight disease in cereals
3. Recent progress in maize lethal necrosis disease: From pathogens to integrated pest management
4. Potato late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans: From molecular interactions to integrated management strategies
5. IPM -Biological and integrated management of desert locust
6. Integrated pest management and plant health

Crop Science

1. Quantitative analysis of the effect of the PAY1 gene on rice canopy structure during different reproductive stages
2. QTL analysis of the developmental changes in cell wall components and forage digestibility in maize (Zea mays L.)
3. Genome-wide association study and metabolic pathway prediction of barrenness in maize as a response to high planting density
4. ldentification of the genetic locus associated with the crinkled leaf phenotype in a soybean (Glycine max L.) mutant by BSA-Seq technology
5. Genome-wide identification and characterization of the JAZ gene family and its expression patterns under various abiotic stresses in Sorghum bicolor
6. Straw strip mulching: A sustainable technology for saving water and improving efficiency in dryland winter wheat production
7. Testing Taylor’s Power Law association of maize interplant variation with mean grain yield

Horticulture

1. Overexpression of the apple expansin-like gene MdEXLB1 accelerates the softening of fruit texture in tomato
2. ldentifying candidate genes involved in trichome formation on carrot stems by transcriptome profiling and resequencing

Agro-Ecosystem &Environment

1. Co-application of compost or inorganic NPK fertilizer with biochar influences soil quality,grain yield and net income of rice
2. Fractionation of soil organic carbon in a calcareous soil after longterm tillage and straw residue management
3. Characteristics of inorganic phosphorus fractions and their correlations with soil properties in three non-acidic soils
4. Statistical analysis of nitrogen use efficiency in Northeast China using multiple linear regression and Random Forest

Food Science

1. Development of a texture evaluation system for winter jujube(Ziziphus jujuba ‘Dongzao’)
2. Changes in phenolic content,composition,and antioxidant activity of blood oranges during cold and on-tree storage

Short Communication

1. Neopestalotiopsis eucalypti,a causal agent of grapevine shoot rot in cutting nurseries in China