Plant Protection

1. Cadmium (Cd) exposure through Hyphantria cunea pupae reduces the parasitic fitness of Chouioia cunea: A potential risk to its biocontrol efficiency
2. Molecular phylogeny and identification of agromyzid leafminers in China,with a focus on the worldwide genus Liriomyza (Diptera:Agromyzidae)
3. Histone H3K27me3 methylation regulates the expression of secreted proteins distributed at fast-evolving regions through transcriptional repression of transposable elements
4. Exploring the nano-fungicidal efficacy of green synthesized magnesium oxide nanoparticles (MgO NPs) on the development,physiology,and infection of carrot (Daucus carota L.) with Alternaria leaf blight (ALB): Molecular docking
5. Resistance analysis of the rice variety Huaidao 5 against root-knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola
6. CRlSPR/Cas9-based functional characterization of PxABCB1 reveals its roles in the resistance of Plutella xylostella (L.) to Cry1Ac,abamectin and emamectin benzoate

Animal Science • Veterinary Medicine

1. Identification of transition factors in myotube formation from proteome and transcriptome analyses
2. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of SLC15A4 gene involved in the immune response in bovine rumen epithelial cells
3. Genome-wide association study for numbers of vertebrae in Dezhou donkey population reveals new candidate genes

Agro-Ecosystem &Environment

1. Linking atmospheric emission and deposition to accumulation of soil cadmium in the Middle-Lower Yangtze Plain,China
2. Optimizing water management practice to increase potato yield and water use efficiency in North China
3. Spatio-temporal variations in trends of vegetation and drought changes in relation to climate variability from 1982 to 2019 based on remote sensing data from East Asia

Agricultural Economics and Management

1. lnfluences of large-scale farming on carbon emissions from cropping:Evidence from China
2. Are vulnerable farmers more easily influenced? Heterogeneous effects of lnternet use on the adoption of integrated pest management

Commentary

1. The association between the risk of diabetes and white rice consumption in China: Existing knowledge and new research directions from the crop perspective

Crop Science

1. Identification and characterization of the chalkiness endosperm gene CHALK-H in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
2. Rapid identification of Psathyrostachys huashanica Keng chromosomes in wheat background based on ND-FlSH and SNP array methods
3. SNP-based identification of QTLs for thousand-grain weight and related traits in wheat 8762/Keyi 5214 DH lines
4. Dek219 encodes the DlCER-LlKE1 protein that affects chromatin accessibility and kernel development in maize
5. BnaSD.C3 is a novel major quantitative trait locus affecting semidwarf architecture in Brassica napus L.
6. Modelling the crop yield gap with a remote sensing-based process model: A case study of winter wheat in the North China Plain
7. Combining controlled-release urea and normal urea with appropriate nitrogen application rate to reduce wheat stem lodging risk andincrease grain yield and yield stability

Horticulture

1. The nitrate-responsive transcription factor MdNLP7 regulates callus formation by modulating auxin response
2. Development and pathogenicity analysis of full-length infectious cDNA clones of citrus yellow mottle-associated virus in citrus plants
3. Effects of water and fertilizer deficit regulation with drip irrigation at different growth stages on fruit quality improvement of kiwifruit in seasonal arid areas of Southwest China