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Temperature regulation in plants: From molecular mechanisms to climate-resilient crop improvement.

Conserved and divergent gene regulatory networks for crop drought resistance.

The microbiota of avocado floral nectar inhibits pathogens and improves plant fitness.

Evolutionary-based remodeling of ABA receptors reveals the structural basis of hormone perception and regulation.

TargetGAN: A generative AI framework for designing plant core promoters with targeted activity.

The Medicago SPX1/3-PHR2 network relays phosphate signaling to orchestrate root nodulation-dependent nitrogen acquisition by controlling flavonoid biosynthesis.

Nanoplastic Aggregation Driven by Environmental Components Reshapes Hormone Signaling and Energy Metabolism in Lactuca sativa.

The plant hormone, 6-benzylaminopurine, ameliorates obesity in male and female mice while on a high-fat diet.

The epigenetic set-point: metabolic and redox gating of developmental transitions in plants.

Synergizing Genome Editing and Artificial Intelligence for Predictive Crop Design.

Aspergillus terreus DZ-Q1-1 enhances maize salt tolerance and growth via transcriptional reprogramming of hormone signaling, sphingolipid metabolism, and ion homeostasis.

Rhizosphere microbial shifts drive amygdalin detoxification and jasmonate-mediated alleviation of peach autotoxicity.

Microbial damper: Rhizosphere microbiome mitigates stress-induced plant growth-defense conflicts.

Zn-mobilizing bacteria improve shoot biomass and zinc content in wheat.

Duckweeds: from fundamental biology to a sustainable plant chassis for biotechnology.

Small RNAs as systemic signals in plant defense: mechanisms, challenges, and future directions.

Dietary titanium dioxide nanoparticles impair pollinator health: integrative analysis of colony performance, gut microbiota, and transcriptomic responses in Bombus terrestris.

Rising Star: Rewriting the Code of Life for the Future of Food.

Dissecting the ROS signalling component of salinity tolerance: tissue-specific K+/Na+ homeostasis in quinoa and spinach roots.

Nanomaterials for Enhancing Agricultural Stress Resilience.

Rhizobacteria-Mediated Plant Resilience to Abiotic Stresses: Drought, Salinity, and Heat.

OsHMA7 mediates copper transport into the chloroplast to maintain photosynthetic efficiency and alleviate oxidative stress.

Nanoplastics in soil and aquatic ecosystems: Sources, impacts, and nature-based remediation strategies.

Polyploidy and plant resilience to environmental stresses: Molecular mechanisms and future applications.

Ecological Adaptation Mechanisms Underlying Successful Plant Reproduction.

Nanoparticle-rhizosphere crosstalk: Insights into transformation, microbial interaction, plant uptake and translocation.

Conserved Mechanisms of Plant Lipidome Remodeling under Heat and Cold Stresses Revealed through a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Sulfur as a Central Integrator of Plant-Microbe Interactions: From Nutrient Cycling to Immune Signalling and Microbiome Assembly.

Transcriptomic and functional analyses uncover a conserved effector driving genotype-dependent virulence in the Sphaerulina musiva-Populus trichocarpa interaction.

Soil mercury contamination sources, impacts on crops and soil organisms, and mitigation: a review.

Serendipita indica improves phytoextraction efficiency of cadmium and lead by Sedum alfredii via stress alleviation and enhanced metal translocation.

Phragmites australis and Scirpus holoschoenus for metal(loid)s polluted groundwater remediation: a wetland mesocosm study with different exposure regimes.

Growth versus Decline: Root Aging and Plant Performance.

Comparative transcriptomic and co-expression analyses enable the discovery of key enzymes responsible for oleuropein biosynthesis in olive (Olea europaea).

Development of a plant growth-promoting bacterial EcoBiome derived from desert soil isolates.

Integrating metagenomics into legume breeding: A breeder-centered roadmap from core microbiomes to precision inoculation.

Phosphate starvation response 1 (PHR1): a versatile master regulator shaping plant resilience beyond phosphate deprivation.

Drought stress intensifies early blight and compromises potato yield.

Nano-priming modulates antioxidant enzymes and NHX/SOS-mediated ion homeostasis to improve salinity tolerance in barley genotypes.

Plant spatial compartmentalization buffers bacteriome structure and function under antibiotic stress.

Microbiome-metabolite signaling drives aluminum stress alleviation in soybean under intercropping and selenium nanoparticle application.

ZmPHR1 and ZmPHR2 Mediate Metabolic and Microbial Regulation of Maize Adaptation to Phosphorus Heterogeneity.

TaGR-RBP, a Glycine-rich RNA-binding Protein in Wheat, Activates Rust Resistance Through ROS Burst.

CRISPR/Cas9-based knockout of BnaLYK compromises pattern-triggered immunity and resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Brassica napus.

Stomata as a Defence Nexus: Integrating Drought and Pathogen Stress Signalling.

The atomistic Mechanism Underlying Regulation of the GPA1 G Protein Signaling Pathway Mediated by Abscisic Acid (ABA) Phytohormone Binding to the GCR1 Plant G Protein Coupled Receptor.

Spatiotemporal interaction of tef head smudge disease (Curvularia spp.) and tef (Eragrostis tef) in the Western Amhara Region, Ethiopia, under the moderate (SSP245) and extreme (SSP285) climate change scenarios.

Natural Modulators of the TP53 Pathway: Potential Herbal and Plant-Derived Agents for Cancer Therapy.

Unfolding Plant Defence: Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Signalling at the Plant-Pathogen Interface.

Successive cultivation under drought selects for specific microbiome members in the wheat rhizosphere.

Genome-wide identification of the ARR-B gene family and functional characterization of OsRR41 as a positive regulator of salinity tolerance in rice.

Trichoderma harzianum enhances lettuce biomass and modulates plant-soil emerging contaminant dynamics under reclaimed wastewater irrigation.

Endogenous salicylic acid maintains photosynthetic performance and redox balance to support short-term cadmium stress tolerance in Monochoria korsakowii.

Impacts of arsenic contamination on plants and the role of microalgae in arsenic stress mitigation for sustainable agriculture.

Co-occurrence networks reveal candidate AMF-microbe assemblages for generalist and crop-specific inocula.

Early birds and night owls: natural variation of circadian traits in plants.

Influence of sound vibrations on plant holobionts: physiological pathways linking root function and rhizospheric microbial interactions.

Salicylic acid and the unique TGA transcription factor controls plant immunity against Pseudomonas syringae in Marchantia polymorpha.

Complex multitrophic species interactions and fitness costs: Intricate consequences of jasmonate and salicylate induced plant defences.

Plant cell wall remodeling and peptide signaling under abiotic and biotic stress.

Melatonin mitigates magnesium deficiency-induced chlorosis through enhancing photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidant capacity in wax gourd (Benincasa hispida).

Host transcriptional and microbiome metatranscriptomic changes in soybean plants carrying the insect-pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana as an endophyte.

Omics-informed insights into biochar-Trichoderma interactions in plant-soil systems: mechanisms of defense and context-dependent responses.

Mapping and Functional Characterization of Homologous Genes AhSUCA06 and AhSUCA16 Underlying Sucrose, Oil and Protein Contents in Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.).

Biotechnological Improvement of Fiber Crops: Role of In Vitro Culture, Genetic Transformation, and Genome Editing.

Comparative assessment of removal capacity and toxicity threshold of phosphorus (P) in various Azolla species grown in P-rich media.

Molecular mechanisms of seed dormancy release in Paeonia lactiflora revealed through transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis.

Halophilic bacteria and archaea in salinity-resilient agriculture: mechanisms and multi-omics perspectives.

The underappreciated roles of fog and dew on vegetation and biocrusts.

Trending: yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum) — 1700 observations this week

The transcription factor OsbHLH55 regulates leaf inclination through the OsMAPK6-OsWRKY53 signaling pathway in rice.

Functions and interactions of important sulfur-containing metabolites in plant development and stress responses.

Natural variation in Arabidopsis uncouples leaf and flower development and reveals massive transcriptomic heterochrony.

Bridging Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning with Green Nanotechnology: A Visionary Framework for Smart Fungal Disease Management in Plants.

Integrated physiological and transcriptomic analysis reveals key genes and modules in Taraxacum mongolicum (Dianhongpu 232-2) under waterlogging stress.

Genetic basis of natural variation for photosynthetic pigments in Brassica juncea leaves and silique walls under differing photoperiod conditions.

Five-year fertilization alters soil microbial composition and functionality in sandy grassland.

O-acetylated glucomannan from Dendrobium officinale alleviates DSS-induced colitis through dual immune-oxidative regulation and gut-microbiota modulation.

From recognition to proteolytic control: NLRs and metacaspases in plant antiviral immunity.

Plant exosomes as multifunctional platforms for metabolic targeting and drug delivery in cancer therapy.

Environment and Pollen Diversity Differentially Affect the Gut Microbiomes of Introduced Honeybees and Bumblebees.

Single-minded regulates larval energy homeostasis in the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda.

Gene edit makes canola resist a costly white mold fungus

A Key Role for S-Nitrosylation in Immune Regulation and Development in the Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha.

Base editing in rice using nuclease-deactivated CRISPR/Cas-SF01.

Targeted multiplex gene knockouts in Lemna minor using CRISPR/Cas9.

Heterodimers of the MADS transcription factors GhAGL1 and GhAGL4 modulate cotton fiber initiation and elongation.

Gas5A, a putative glucanosyltransferase from Botrytis, functions as cell death inducing protein in plants.

In situ degradation of biodegradable bio-based plastics in urban soil: Pilot study for PLA, PHB, PHBH, and Bio-PBS in central Tokyo, Japan.

Efficiencies and rhizospheric regulatory mechanisms of phytoremediation for petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil: a comparison across four plant taxa.

Study on physiological responses and Cs enrichment capacity of Moso bamboo in Cs-contaminated soil.

Copper extraction and phytotoxicity of organic acid leached mine tailings in Brassica napus.

Effects of exogenous selenium on physiological characteristics and cadmium accumulation in Medicago sativa L. under cadmium stress.

Rhizosphere phosphorus and iron cycling accelerates manganese phytoextraction by Polygonum lapathifolium.

Non-Thermal Plasma Technologies for Plant Virus Inactivation: Sources, Mechanisms, and Practical Applications.

NUTCRACKER orchestrates cortical cell divisions and sustains stem cell niche integrity in the rice root meristem.

First integrated in vitro regeneration protocol for the endangered aquatic plant Hydrocera triflora (Balsaminaceae) via optimized cytokinin-auxin balance.

Grafting reveals organ-autonomous and feedback roles of root phloem development in source-sink dynamics.

Plant Synthetic Biology Takes Off: Bryophytes Onboard with New Tools, Systems, and Opportunities.

Structural innovation and flexibility in plant chemical defenses.

Mitochondrial-Nuclear Interactions, Co-Transcription, and Adaptive Evolution in Cytoplasmic Male Sterility.

Investigating Opioid Receptor Activity through Biocatalytic Halogenation and Oxidation of Mitragynine.

Morphological plasticity of endophytic Chitinophaga pinensis.

PCdb: A comprehensive plant genome-editing database integrating sgRNA efficiency, off-target predictions, and epigenomic landscapes.

Lead (Pb) accumulation and genotoxic responses in Ludwigia repens J.R. Forst.: a physiological and molecular approach.

Multi-omics and functional analyses in Aesculus wilsonii elucidate the biosynthetic pathways of moretane- and oleanane-type triterpenoids.

Trending: Siberian squill (Scilla siberica) — 191 observations this week

Interacting with GUN1 and MORF2, SL1 modulates plastid RNA editing during norflurazon-induced retrograde signaling.

Rigidity-Responsive Fluorescence Polarization Detection of Aflatoxin B1 via Programmable RCA-Coupled CRISPR/Cas12a and a Conformation-Restricted Depolarization Reporter.

Methylviologen resistance in loss-of-function mutants of the polyamine transporter gene OsLAT5.

Fiber to fragment: a review of microplastics from textile industry effluents, their detection, ecological impact, and sustainable microbial biodegradation strategies.

Plant natural products targeting NLRP3 inflammasome in Parkinson's disease: Molecular activation and regulation to therapeutics.

Analysis of Plant Diversity and Importance Value Index in Central Ethiopian Agroforestry Systems.

Trending: western skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) — 136 observations this week

Trending: giant white fawn lily (Erythronium oregonum) — 169 observations this week

Trending: Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) — 170 observations this week

Trending: colt's-foot (Tussilago farfara) — 214 observations this week

Trending: bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) — 1656 observations this week

Trending: Virginia Springbeauty (Claytonia virginica) — 1777 observations this week

Trending: mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) — 1802 observations this week

Trending: common blue violet (Viola sororia) — 1878 observations this week

Conservation and divergence of UVR8 photoreceptor-mediated UV-B signaling in Marchantia polymorpha.

Detection and Quantification of Dysprosium in Plant Tissues.

Role of AtCPK5 and AtCPK6 in the regulation of the plant immune response triggered by rhamnolipids in Arabidopsis.

Calcium-mediated modulation of ultra-low-ester pectin-gluten interactions: subunit-level mechanisms revealed using HMW-GS deletion lines and molecular dynamics simulations.

Whole genome sequence analysis of Methylorubrum thiocyanatum VRI7-A4: a versatile sulfur-oxidizing bacterium with environmental stress resilience.

New Advances in the Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies of Gut Microbiota in Regulating Glycolipid Metabolism to Combat Atherosclerosis.

Identification of silage bacterial clusters and analysis of their microecological characteristics.

Green biocatalysis: Box-Behnken-optimized cellulase from thermophilic Streptomyces griseorubens NBR14 for waste management and dye removal.

Unveiling the environmental fate and risks of non-heterocyclic sulfacetamide: From a novel degradation mechanism to microecological effects.

Dissipation of carbamazepine and fexofenadine in two agricultural soils: Role of microbial load and aerobic status.

Iron-Cycling-Constructed Wetland-Microbial Fuel Cell-Enhanced Removal of Sartans: The Overlooked Singlet Oxygen and Functional Microorganisms.

Plasmodesmal regulation: context matters.

Resolving subcellular sucrose concentrations in plant tissues.

Gain, loss, and fusion: ancient and eventful origin of DIVARICATA and DRIF genes.

Morphological and hormonal diversity in rose (Rosa hybrida L.) and potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Ri genotypes: A comparative study.

Majoon Ushba alleviated IL-17A sensitized keratinocyte ferroptosis via JAK-2-STAT-3 signaling axis and reversed imiquimod induced psoriasiform inflammation.

garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) observed in W Prospect Ave + #210, Ingram, PA 15205, USA

netted pawpaw (Asimina reticulata) observed in Gainesville

Fairy-slipper (Calypso bulbosa) observed in Skagit County, WA, USA

Water kefir as a paradigm for multi-omics and genome-scale metabolic modelling in fermented food.

Antenna-Biased HvarOBP6 Coordinates Chemical Sense in Ladybug Hippodamia variegata to Aphid Alarm Pheromones and Habitat Plant Volatiles.

Building a diverse and inclusive plant science community.

β-Sitosterol-loaded leciplexes attenuate rheumatoid arthritis in rats by modulating JAK2/STAT3, NF-κB, and p38 MAPK signaling pathways.

Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense) observed in Mt Washington, Cincinnati, OH 45230, USA

Camphor (Camphora officinarum) observed in Central, LA, US

Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) observed in Watertown, MA 02472, USA

golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) observed in North Brunswick Township, NJ, USA

green false hellebore (Veratrum viride) observed in North Lawrence

Shepherd's-needle (Scandix pecten-veneris) observed in Barcelona, Irving, TX, US

common ivy (Hedera helix) observed in Harpers Ferry, WV 25425, USA

lesser celandine (Ficaria verna) observed in Pinewick Rd, Ellicott City, MD, US

Pinxter Flower (Rhododendron periclymenoides) observed in Millersville, MD 21108, USA

giant white fawn lily (Erythronium oregonum) observed in Skagit County, WA, USA

American beech (Fagus grandifolia) observed in Ice Age Trail, Cascade, WI, US

The Effects of Biochar on the Revival and Performance of an Organohalide-Respiring Mixed Culture.

mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) observed in East Lansing, MI, US

Florida Hedgenettle (Stachys floridana) observed in Central, LA, US

Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) observed in Tortuga Trail, Boca Raton, FL, US

azure bluet (Houstonia caerulea) observed in S Eberhart Rd, Butler, PA, US

woodland stonecrop (Sedum ternatum) observed in Forest Giants Trail, Shepherdsville, KY, US

sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) observed in Knoxville

Carolina Vetch (Vicia caroliniana) observed in Worthington Hills, KY 40245, USA

Metabolomic patterns of dietary protein intake and their link to cardiometabolic risk: systematic review and meta-analysis.

oakleaf fleabane (Erigeron quercifolius) observed in SW Sixth Ave, Ocala, FL, US

Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica) observed in Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, US

crispleaf roughmoss (Claopodium crispifolium) observed in Capital, CA-BC, CA

Molluscivorous red knots rapidly adjust to a plant diet.

Cysteine-induced sulfide bioprecipitation enables simultaneous efficient dechlorination and cadmium removal by Pseudomonas sp. CP-1.

eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) observed in Knoxville

sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera) observed in S Atlantic Ave, New Smyrna Beach, FL, US

carpet bugle (Ajuga reptans) observed in Fremont Ave, Woodbine, NJ, US

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) observed in N L and N Turnpike Rd, Hodgenville, KY, US

field peppergrass (Lepidium campestre) observed in Jefferson Township, PA, USA

carpet bugle (Ajuga reptans) observed in New Burlington, OH, USA

NLRP3 inflammasome as a therapeutic target in oral squamous cell carcinoma: implications for tumorigenesis and immunomodulation.

Effects of environmental setting and diet on the gut microbial ecology of eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis).

Retraction: Plant and Fungal Diversity in Gut Microbiota as Revealed by Molecular and Culture Investigations.

Exploring human-induced flood risks and sustainable urban resilience in Iwo Nigeria with focus on awareness drivers and mitigation pathways.

Catalytic mechanisms, engineering, and cascade biocatalysis of mono(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate hydrolases for efficient PET depolymerization: A review.

Erratum to "Efficient anaerobic metformin biodegradation driven by a cross-feeding consortium: novel pathways, enzymes, and toxicity dynamics" [Bioresource Technology 450 (2026) 134473].

A data mining-based screening and prioritization of PFAS in wastewater treatment plants across China.

Metabolically diverse microorganisms mediating hydrocarbon cycling in the subseafloor sediment of the Challenger Deep.

Complete genomes of Halomonas, Pseudoalteromonas, and Brevibacterium cheese rind bacteria.

Environmental enrichment as an immunostimulant for rainbow trout aquaculture.

High-throughput characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene function across diverse conditions.

SARS-CoV-2 infection during the first trimester leads to profound immune dysregulation at the maternal-fetal interface despite limited virus detection in placental tissues.

Perceptions About the Relationship Between HIV, Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), and Fecundity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from a Systematic Scoping Review.