Review

1. Molecular mechanisms of stress resistance in sorghum: lmplications for crop improvement strategies

Crop Science

1. Artificial selection of the Green Revolution gene Semidwarf 1 is implicated in upland rice breeding
2. Dynamics and genetic regulation of macronutrient concentrations during grain development in maize
3. The NAC transcription factor LuNAC61 negatively regulates fiber development in flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)
4. The underlying mechanism of variety–water–nitrogen–stubble damage interactions on yield formation in ratoon rice with low stubble height under mechanized harvesting
5. Rice canopy temperature is affected by nitrogen fertilizer
6. The first factor affecting dryland winter wheat grain yield under various mulching measures: Spike number

Horticulture

1. A mutation in the promoter of the yellow stripe-like transporter gene in cucumber results in a yellow cotyledon phenotype
2. Alternative splicing of the PECTINESTERASE gene encoding a cell wall-degrading enzyme affects postharvest softening in grape
3. ldentification of key genes regulating the synthesis of quercetin derivatives in Rosa roxburghii through integrated transcriptomics and metabolomics

Plant Protection

1. ldentification,pathogenicity,and fungicide sensitivity of Eutiarosporella dactylidis associated with leaf blight on maize in China
2. Improved multi-scale inverse bottleneck residual network based on triplet parallel attention for apple leaf disease identification
3. A chorismate mutase from Radopholus similis plays an essential role in pathogenicity
4. Silencing transformer and transformer-2 in Zeugodacus cucurbitae causes defective sex determination with inviability of most pseudomales
5. Acaricidal effect of the antimicrobial metabolite xenocoumacin 1 on spider mite control

Animal Science • Veterinary Medicine

1. circRNA3669 promotes goat endometrial epithelial cells proliferation via miR-26a/RCN2 to activate Pl3K/AKT-mTOR and MAPK pathways
2. Assessing the conservation impact of Chinese indigenous chicken populations between ex-situ and in-situ using genome-wide SNPs
3. Porcine enteric alphacoronavirus infection increases lipid droplet accumulation to facilitate the virus replication

Agro-Ecosystem &Environment

1. Combining field data and modeling to better understand maize growth response to phosphorus (P) fertilizer application and soil P dynamics in calcareous soils
2. Irrigation and nitrogen fertiliser optimisation in protected vegetable fields of northern China: Achieving environmental and agronomic sustainability
3. Calcium carbonate promotes the formation and stability of soil macroaggregates in mining areas of China
4. Lateral root elongation in maize is related to auxin synthesis and transportation mediated by N metabolism under a mixed NO3– and NH4+ supply

Agricultural Economics and Management

1. Does Green Food Certification promote agri-food export quality?Evidence from China
2. Temporal and spatial evolution of global major grain trade patterns