Review

1. Yield penalty of maize (Zea mays L.) under heat stress in different growth stages:A review

Crop Science

1. Heterosis and heterotic patterns of maize germplasm revealed by a multiple-hybrid population under well-watered and droughtstressed conditions
2. Genetic dissection of ear-related traits using immortalized F2 population in maize
3. Characterization of the petiole length in soybean compact architecture mutant M657 and the breeding of new lines
4. Genome-wide association and linkage mapping strategies reveal genetic loci and candidate genes of phosphorus utilization in soybean
5. A geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase gene,IbGGPS,increases carotenoid contents in transgenic sweetpotato
6. Growth characteristics and grain yield of machine-transplanted medium indica hybrid rice with high daily yield
7. Strip deep rotary tillage combined with controlled-release urea improves the grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency of maize in the North China Plain
8. Cotton maturity and responses to harvest aids following chemical topping with mepiquat chloride during bloom period

Horticulture

1. A novel long non-coding RNA,DIR,increases drought tolerance in cassava by modifying stress-related gene expression
2. Genome-scale mRNA and miRNA transcriptomic insights into the regulatory mechanism of cucumber corolla opening
3. Establishment of an efficient regeneration and genetic transformation system for Malus prunifolia Borkh.‘Fupingqiuzi’

Plant Protection

1. BcSDR1 is involved in regulation of glucose transport and cAMP and MAPK signaling pathways in Botrytis cinerea
2. Tomato mottle mosaic virus:Characterization,resistance gene effectiveness,and quintuplex RT-PCR detection system
3. Study on burrowing nematode,Radopholus similis,pathogenicity test system in tobacco as host
4. A survey on the off-target effects of insecticidal double-stranded RNA targeting the Hvβ´COPI gene in the crop pest Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata through RNA-seq

Animal Science · Veterinary Medicine

1. Transcriptomic analysis elucidates the enhanced skeletal muscle mass,reduced fat accumulation,and metabolically benign liver in human follistatin-344 transgenic pigs
2. Dietary threonine deficiency affects expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism in adipose tissues of Pekin ducks in a genotypedependent manner
3. Cold plasma promotes Sertoli cell proliferation via AMPK–mTOR signaling pathway

Agro-Ecosystem &Environment

1. Effect of long-term fertilization on phosphorus fractions in different soil layers and their quantitative relationships with soil properties
2. Long-term straw addition promotes moderately labile phosphorus formation,decreasing phosphorus downward migration and loss in greenhouse vegetable soil
3. Quantifying in situ N2 fluxes from an intensively managed calcareous soil using the 15N gas-flux method

Food Science

1. The metabolomics variations among rice,brown rice,wet germinated brown rice,and processed wet germinated brown rice
2. ldentification of peanut oil origins based on Raman spectroscopy combined with multivariate data analysis methods