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Climate mediates phenological and phylogenetic differentiation in plant invasions.

Phenological shifts keep pace with climate change but are slowing down in a semi-arid grassland community.

Urban Tree Channeling of Soil Methane and Nitrous Oxide and Its Mitigation Using Biochar.

Synergistic rhizobacteria enhance physio-biochemical resilience and sustain tomato yield under drought stress.

Camouflage via leaf mottling among North American Erythronium species increases with forest cover and deer abundance.

Multi-omics and in silico assessment of ecological risks posed by agrochemical coatings: Disruption of rhizosphere stress signaling and induction of bulb rot in Fritillaria cirrhosa.

Strain-specific effects of soil cyanobacteria Nodosilinea sp. and Microcoleus sp. on lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) nutrient uptake and soil fertility.

Antibiotic Metabolites Are an Overlooked Driver of Resistance Dissemination in Plant Systems.

Trending: garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) — 1021 observations this week

Allelic variation in UVR8 modulates thermotolerance-yield tradeoffs in plants.

Physiological and Agronomic Responses of Cucurbit Crops to Drought and Combined Heat-Drought Stress in Field Conditions.

Neighborhood deadwood and yard rewilding modulate commensal microbiomes and inflammatory signals among urbanites.

Matching Circadian Rhythms to Light-Dark Cycles Increases Lettuce Yield by 29% in Vertical Farms Without Additional Energy Input.

Large flowers enhance pollination success and nutrient resorption in Yulania species.

Mish, Bogs, and Berries: The Significance of Boreal Heathlands as Indigenous Cultural Landscapes.

Trending: chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) — 345 observations this week

Trending: large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) — 766 observations this week

Trending: Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) — 1141 observations this week

Trending: wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) — 1274 observations this week

Temperature-dependent biofilm and sublancin production arrest soil arsenic and antibiotic resistance gene mobility.

Trait-mediated responses of native plant diversity to combined urban and alien pressures in wastelands.

"Pollen diets influence gut microbiota composition and colony development in native South American bumblebees".

Chilling-responsive strigolactone signaling orchestrates bud break and chilling tolerance in apple.

Anthropogenic stressors drive microbiome assembly: A global meta-analysis of bumble bees.

Hydrophyte root microbiome: a novel reservoir of plant growth-promoting bacteria for enhancing lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) growth and nutritional quality under soilless cultivation.

Evolutionary Origin of Prolonged Delayed Fertilization in the Fagaceae.

Phytochemical composition and anti-Alzheimer potential of medicinal plants from Central and West Africa: Systematic review.

Trending: yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum) — 431 observations this week

Trending: red trillium (Trillium erectum) — 546 observations this week

Trending: dame's rocket (Hesperis matronalis) — 967 observations this week

Trending: eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) — 1019 observations this week

netted pawpaw (Asimina reticulata) observed in Jupiter Inlet Colony, FL 33469, USA

Effects of restoration practices on biodiversity in temperate and boreal forests.

Impact of node restriction on Cd and Zn transportation in wheat plant treated with swine manure and its biochar: a field experiment.

Boosting salinity resilience and silymarin production in Silybum marianum: a sustainable strategy using mango-residue biochar and foliar α-tocopherol.

Valorising cinnamon crop residue: Hydrochar production for sustainable agriculture and carbon emission mitigation.

Evaluating the influence of magnetic iron as an eco-friendly soil amendment applications on agronomic and fruit quality parameters of 'Fremont' mandarin.

Foliar Spraying of Silica Nanoparticles Outperforms Its Soil Amendment in Reducing Grain Arsenic via Facilitated Rhizosphere Microbial As(V) Reduction and Enhanced Arsenic Retention by Stem/Nodes.

Iron-titanium oxide-engineered biochar mitigates antimony and nickel bioavailability in paddy soil: implications for soil geochemistry, microbial dynamics, and rice grain safety.

Biochar derived from tea processing waste residue improves the performance of tea seedlings growing in aluminium (Al3+) enriched soil: A comprehensive analysis of stress responses and metabolic flux.

Sustained grain cadmium reduction in rice-wheat rotation: A cost-effective CaCO3-based amendment strategy from three-year trials.

Phosphorus-solubilizing bacteria and phosphorus-enriched biochar enhance growth, cannabinoid content, and essential oil yield in salt-stressed hemp (Cannabis sativa L.).

Synergistic water absorption and release in water storage clay: Roles of particle size and hierarchical pore structure.

Young adults in eastern Germany know dandelion and sparrows but few farmland species.

How early do Cerrado grasses become fire-resilient? Insights from an ontogenetic experiment.

Adaptive strategies in young Inga vera subsp. affinis plants under flooding.

Cross-kingdom communication between plants and parasitic nematodes.

Super-resolution multimodal spatial transcriptomics reveals an ovoid stem-cell niche structuring de novo shoot regeneration.

Gibberellic acid modulates drought stress signaling, antioxidant defense, and ionic homeostasis in spinach.

Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases Play a Key Role in Plant Defense against Pathogens and Pests.

Phytotoxic Responses of Agricultural Crops to Nickel-Cobalt-Manganese Exposure During Early Growth Under Neutral and Acidified Conditions.

Defatted biomass of the green microalga Chlorella sp. as a sustainable biostimulant to enhance barley growth under saline conditions.

Deep convolutional models for robust multi-crop disease recognition in real-world conditions.

The architecture of salt tolerance: a multi-scale view of sodium transport in plants.

ZmPEPCK2 enhances nutritional quality and yield potential by synchronizing carbon and nitrogen metabolism in maize kernels.

Plant-microbiome interactions provide novel insights into the regulation of iron-sulfur metabolism in plants.

Effects of prosulfocarb and hydrogels on soil fungal communities.

Agricultural soil microbiomes are structurally and functionally more resistant to warming than adjacent natural ecosystems.

Root exudate-associated microbiome assembly contributes to viral disease resistance in wheat.

Phages as ecosystem engineers of plant microbiomes.

Diversity-triggered 2-naphthoic acid exudation recruits keystone microbial taxa to promote soybean drought tolerance.

Xylem endophytes of Salicaceae: potential role in mitigating disease symptoms from Xylella fastidiosa or Brenneria salicis.

Diversity recruits resilience via metabolite signaling.

Nano-selenium coordinates plant-microbiome redox for sustainable crops.

Fine-tuning quantitative agronomic traits by manipulating gene copy number in rice.

Rapid Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and high-efficiency regeneration of finger millet (Eleusine coracana) for crop improvement.

Negative Regulators of Rice Agronomic Traits: Functional Insights and Applications in Genome Editing-Based Breeding.

Harnessing fungi and bacteria to speed up the biodegradation of plastic mulch films.

Mechanism of pyrene remediation in soil by biochar-immobilized laccase.

The Next Frontier in Biodegradable Plastics: Enzyme-Embedding Biodegradable Polymers.

Road salt induced mobilization and accumulation of heavy metals in roadside bioretention in the field: the roles of season, plant uptake, media, and catchment properties.

Inoculation with cadmium/lead-tolerant bacteria enhances phytoremediation of Amorpha fruticosa L. by shifting key taxa and improving microbial stability.

Evaluating the phytoremediation capacity of Verbesina encelioides through lead-induced morphological and biochemical shifts.

Lead and cadmium contamination in soils: impacts and phytoremediation strategies using ornamental plants, nanoparticles, and organic growth regulators.

Climate-induced shifts in ectomycorrhizal explorations from long to short strategies along an elevation gradient.

Differences in orchid mycorrhizal diversity between terrestrial and epiphytic habitats on Yakushima Island, Japan.

The antibacterial activity and plant growth-promoting potential of Streptomyces lopnurensis TRM49590 based on whole-genome mining.

Pyrolysis temperature regulates biochar-soil interactions to enhance cation exchange capacity, plant growth, and photosynthetic performance.

Regulating Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Permissiveness.

Abiotic Stress Sensing in Plants: Biochemical and Biophysical Basis.

Recent advances in decoding biosynthetic pathways and synthetic biology approaches for plant alkaloids.

Synergistic melatonin and myo-inositol application reinforces antioxidant defence, osmotic homeostasis, and membrane stability in Western Himalayan apple rootstocks under drought stress.

Genome sequence of <i>Ceratocystis huliohia</i>, a fungal pathogen of the native 'Ōhi'a tree in Hawai'i.

Ameliorative role of apricot shell-derived biochar in modulating photosynthetic pigments, osmolytes, and secondary metabolites in chromium stressed Brassica juncea.

Cross-kingdom signaling manipulation by insect-associated microbial symbionts: Linking molecular mechanisms to pest management strategies.

Plant-derived serine protease inhibitor peptides: in vitro antimicrobial and antiviral activities combined with in silico mechanistic insights.

Ecological and genomic dynamics of the soil microbiome under sustained pressure from Phytophthora nicotianae, the causal agent of tobacco black shank disease.

CRISPR-Mediated Intronic Knockin of Pre-amiRNA Enables Targeted Gene Silencing.

Understanding Cell Wall Enzyme Function: From Classical Approaches to New Biotechnology.

Effects of light intensity on the growth and photosynthetic physiology of Zelkova schneideriana seedlings.

Colonization of three Sphagneticola species by Funneliformis mosseae under cadmium stress is beneficial to phosphatase activity and nutrient uptake in rhizosphere soil.

The ZmRACK1-ZmCDPK7-ZmAPX1 module regulates plant antiviral immunity.

Flowering phenology in species of Chamaecrista (L.) Moench: temporal generation of functionally enantiostylous dimorphic individuals.

Inhibitory potential of Morus alba leaf extract and its phytoconstituent against SARS-CoV-2 main protease: An integrative in silico and in vitro analysis.

Divergent floral hydraulic strategies in Bauhinia s.l.: lianas adopt drought tolerance while trees prioritize drought avoidance.

A collaborative strategy of multi-technology integration for mycotoxin risk assessment and early warning in edible and medicinal plants.

Ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacological activities of the Blumea Genus: A comprehensive review.

Legitimate pollen transfer in one- and three-dimensional heterostylous species under different environmental conditions.

Black pine cone crop size, cone structure and pollination failure affect the amount of seed predation by crossbills in the Iberian Peninsula.

HPTLC and LC-MS Based Metabolomics and Network Pharmacology for Garlic (Allium sativum) and Jamun (Syzygium jambolanum).

Based on metabolome and transcriptome analysis, differences in organic acids of 'Korla Xiangli' fruit from different male parent.

Phylogenetic history shapes the composition of floral scents in a specialized pollination mutualism.

Harnessing Indonesian natural products against neglected tropical diseases: Malaria.

Metabolomics data of root and stem tissues in five-year-old <i>Sophora flavescens</i>.

The future is new: Historical versus contemporary medicinal plant knowledge in Jamaica.

Comprehensive genomic analysis reveals the class II diterpene cyclases in Dodonaea viscosa.

Harnessing nature: a systematic exploration of <i>in vitro</i> antileishmanial and antihuman African trypanosomal properties in traditional medicinal plants and their active principles.

Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) observed in Hamilton, ON, CA

clasping milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis) observed in Lenox Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, US

wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) observed in Hamilton, ON, CA

Fe-modified clay minerals enhances iron oxide transformation and microbial ecological succession for simultaneous stabilization of As, Pb, and Cd in smelting soils.

Plastisphere denitrification dynamics shaped by soil acidification: Microbial Community and activity responses.

Enhanced spent oil bioremediation in contaminated soils using biostimulants: kinetics, half-life, and efficacy assessment.

A sea-to-soil solution for the green tides threatening shellfish aquaculture: conceptual model and lessons learned from a pilot project.

Co-variation among DOM components, Fe fractions, and Cd / As mobility under fulvic acid amendment in flooded paddy soils.

The effect of gypsum amendments on the soil aggregate stability.

Precise structural characterization and therapeutic potential of a glucomannan polysaccharide from dried rhizome of plant Bletilla striata against ulcerative colitis.

HUB1 positively regulates salt tolerance in Arabidopsis through dynamic H2B monoubiquitination.

Multi-omics analyses suggest that tissue-specific calcium signaling is involved in the adaptation of Zostera marina L. to high salinity.

Cannabidiol and other non-psychotropic cannabinoids from Cannabis sativa as therapeutics for microglial-mediated neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.

MicroRNA858a antagonistically regulates plant response to concurrent biotic and abiotic stresses.

Anti-inflammatory properties of Dendrobium: A systematic review of pharmacological mechanisms.

Dual-Electrode Wearable Biosensors for In-Field MicroRNA Analysis in Living Plants.

Spatio-temporal variability of compound drought heatwave events (CDHEs) in Australian agricultural regions and their impacts on cereal crops.

Metabolic reprogramming in plant defense: linking signaling networks to metabolomics-driven insights.

Innovations in economic assessment of drought management: Application to crops and river basins of New Mexico.

Multi-traits and stability-based selection of high-yielding mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) genotypes in Benin.

Tissue-resolved proteomic characterization of oat grains guided by metabolite MALDI mass spectrometry imaging.

Integrating AI in seed science: Toward an intelligent design paradigm.

Unlocking the interactive role of GABA and NO in alleviating chlorpyrifos induced toxicity in Solanum melongena L. through modulation of physio-biochemical traits.

Deterministic abiotic filtering and halophilic core microbiomes shape bacterial community assembly in coastal salt flats (sabkha) of southern Morocco.

Advances in Understanding Phytoplasma Interactions with Plants and Insects.

From triangle to pyramid: Understanding host-pathogen-microniome-environment interplay for sustainable, enviromics-empowered management of plant diseases.

Role of the tomato MARS1/ROUGH gene encoding a LYSINE-SPECIFIC HISTONE DEMETHYLASE 1 in adventitious root and fruit skin formation.

Gene Editing of Nicotiana benthamiana Architecture for Space-Efficient Production of Recombinant Proteins in Closed Environments.

Engineering crop determinacy: CRISPR/Cas based advances in self-pruning gene function and application.

BSMV-mediated genome editing exhibits host-specific heritability: germline transmission in barley and somatic edits in Nicotiana benthamiana.

Genetic and pharmacological inhibition of the Kir2A channel in diamondback moth exhibits ovicidal activity.

miR164c-CUC2 Module Modulates Salinity Stress Tolerance in Soybean by Regulating Abscisic Acid Signalling and Reactive Oxygen Species Scavenging Pathways.

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated disruption of the gamma carbonic anhydrase 2 gene leads to reduced mitochondrial complex I and growth alterations in tomato.

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of ZmHMA3 reveals its essential role in zinc homeostasis and high-zinc stress tolerance in maize.

Overcoming breeding barriers with genome editing in autopolyploid crops.

Functional validation and mechanistic insights into cadmium removal by the green microalgae Coelastrella tenuitheca S93-3.

Adaptive responses of Brassica juncea vs. Sorghum bicolor to increasing toxicity of potentially toxic elements in soil.

Algal-bacterial synergy for saline-alkaline soil bioremediation: mechanisms, advances and challenges.

Phytostabilisation-based mitigation of chromium toxicity in the Sukinda Chromite Mining valley, Odisha, India: influence of monsoonal dynamics, overburden mineralogy, and site-specific constraints.

Advances and emerging perspectives in arsenic bioremediation: a review study on mechanisms and innovations.

AI-driven prediction of soil trace metal contamination and ecological health in the Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem: Implications for nature-based solutions and the UN SDGs.

An overview of mercury contamination: Environmental dynamics and mitigation strategies.

Soil-plant interactions and metal uptake efficiency of native species in phosphate mining-affected environments.

How cells grow differently from their neighbors: How noise becomes a symphony.

Trophic Diversity in Duckweed: Mixotrophy, More Than the Sum of its Extremes.

Evolutionary shifts in plant adaptations mediated by phytohormones.

From Tradition to Trend: Scrutinizing the Logic behind Plant-based Drug Discovery.

An activated wheat CCG10-NLR immune receptor forms an octameric resistosome.

Plant eccDNA as drivers of genome plasticity and stress adaptation.

The Effect of Gold Nanoparticles in Sodium Alginate on the Biochemical Characteristics of Garden Cress.

Equipping the next generation of plant taxonomists: Insights and recommendations.

Observing the invisible: X-ray CT for plant-microbe interactions.

Vertical stratification and seasonality of fruit-feeding butterfly diversity in a Neotropical dry forest.

Interfacial charge-transfer-driven uptake and reduction of hexavalent chromium on amine-functionalized bentonite: mechanistic insights into surface chemistry and electron-transfer processes.

Plant nanobionic sensors based on near-infrared fluorescent single-walled carbon nanotubes: Developments and challenges.

Pampa biome plant extracts and flavonoids show antiviral activity against Bovine Herpesvirus and Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus.

large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) observed in Melva Lind Interpretive Center, St Peter, MN 56082, USA

Sweet scabious (Sixalix atropurpurea) observed in Arbor Hills Trail, Plano, TX, US

violet woodsorrel (Oxalis violacea) observed in Kentucky, US

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) observed in N Bowman Springs Rd, Arlington, TX, US

Functional Analysis of E93 Reveals Its Potential as a Target for Controlling Leptinotarsa decemlineata and Chilo suppressalis.

Bacterial DNA map could help stop citrus and cotton disease

The abundance of pollen coat small signaling proteins shows limited convergence between independent selfing transitions in Arabidopsis and Capsella.

Research progress on employing medicinal plants and their active compounds to target autophagic pathways for Parkinson's disease therapy.

Marvel of Peru (Mirabilis jalapa) observed in Odessa, TX, USA

Field madder (Sherardia arvensis) observed in Pullen Mill Rd, Culleoka, TN, US

Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin) observed in Piedmont Park Ave, Atlanta, GA, US

American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) observed in Stoltje Dr, Conroe, TX, US

Iron-modified cement hydration regulates DOM transformation and carbon stabilization in soil-concrete systems during rainfall-runoff.

Synergistic backfilling and revegetation approaches for ecological reclamation of small-scale sandstone mine pits in Rajasthan: a comprehensive synthesis.

From EM to AI: Multiscale imaging of the secretory pathway with insights from plant cells.

Pueraria lobata-derived exosome-like nanovesicles alleviate rheumatoid arthritis via targeting Ruminococcus gnavus phenylethylamine production.

Latent endogenous giant viruses drive active infection and inheritance in a multicellular algal host.

Endogenous corazonin signaling modulates the post-mating switch in behavior and physiology in females of the brown planthopper and Drosophila.

The role of green chemistry in the transformation of agro-industrial wastes for health and environment: a review.

Degradation dynamics: an insight into microbial interactions with explosive compounds.

Molecular biology of Pleurotus mushrooms: genomic resources, genetic manipulation, and regulation mechanisms.

Toward predictable and programmable genetic circuits in plants.

Integrating ionomes and metabolomes across organelles.

metaRLK 2.0: An updated database of plant receptor-like kinases developed with structure- and deep learning-based functional annotation and classification.

Leveraging AI and integrated genomic-enviromic prediction for intelligent sugarcane breeding.

Indigenous actinomycetes of the Himalaya: current knowledge and a bioinformatics perspective on plant growth-promoting and cold-tolerance traits.

Effect of pesticide exposure on liver function tests and serum cholinesterase levels among floriculture industry workers in Bahirdar, Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study.

The algal homolog of the plant CER1 and CER3 proteins is a bifunctional hydrocarbon-forming enzyme.

The nature of gain curves.

Purine permease 5 contributes to riboflavin distribution in Arabidopsis reproductive organs

white clover (Trifolium repens) observed in Murfreesboro, TN, USA

Distinct microbial mediators link diet to inflammation in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Exponential signal amplification through coupled rolling circle transcription and CRISPR/Cas13a cleavage for ultrasensitive molecular diagnostics.

Structure-function paradigms of natural polysaccharides in hepatocellular carcinoma therapy.

Decoding GUN1 in plastid-to-nucleus signaling: what it doesn't, what it does, and why it matters.

A report on the international conference on environmental mutagenesis in relation to human health held during the annual meeting of the Environmental Mutagen Society of India, January 29-31, 2026.

Inter-domain microbial collaboration drives sulfamethoxazole in situ biodegradation in lake sediments.

Enzymatic plastic depolymerization: From lab promise to circular reality.

Cultivating 'scientific identity': Insights from plant cell and developmental biology.

Polyethylene and polystyrene oxidation by host and microbial oxidoreductases in Zophobas atratus.

Microbial desulfurization of low-grade Balochistan coal using Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus pumilus.

A special issue of Essays in Biochemistry on proteasome and protein degradation.

Recombinant Protein Drugs: A 2025 Update.

How a community-engaged therapeutic garden immersion shapes rural intentions among medical students and strengthens student-community partnerships.

Bacteria and associated antibiotic resistance in air filter-derived biological material from utility vehicles at mechanical-biological treatment plants.

Anti-PLA2R antibodies promote endothelial pyroptosis and a procoagulant phenotype through FcγRI signaling.

Defense Response Mechanisms of Pinus koraiensis Against Bursaphelenchus xylophilus.