Results 101 to 110 of about 11,509 (226)

Nitrogen Status Rewires Transcriptional Regulation of Dhurrin, a Dual‐Purpose Defense Metabolite in Sorghum bicolor

Plant Direct, Volume 10, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Dhurrin, a cyanogenic glucoside, plays an important role in Sorghum bicolor physiology and defense. The concentration of dhurrin in sorghum is influenced by both nitrogen status and stage of plant organ development. While nitrogen resupply activates the expression of genes for dhurrin biosynthesis, the molecular mechanisms underlying this ...
Alicia A. Quinn, Brian A. McKinley, Cecilia K. Blomstedt, John E. Mullet, Roslyn M. Gleadow   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The negative effects of an allelopathic invader on native plant photosynthesis are amplified after tree canopy closure

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 8, Page 2685-2700, August 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Many invasive plants produce antimicrobial allelopathic compounds that disrupt plant–fungal symbioses of native species in the communities they invade, influencing nutrient and water provisioning that support photosynthesis.
Evan A. Perkowski, Kieran Carroll, Jessie Mutz, Snehanjana Chatterjee, Xianyu Yang, Lalasia Bialic‐Murphy, Stephanie N. Kivlin, Susan Kalisz, Nicholas G. Smith   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inter‐row flowering strips enhance pest suppression and improve tree physiological performance in pine nurseries

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 8, August 2026.
To reduce reliance on synthetic pesticides and improve planting‐stock quality, nursery managers may consider integrating perennial flowering strips into inter‐rows, particularly under comparable pine nursery conditions. This nature‐based intervention was associated with reduced sap‐sucking pest pressure, probably mediated by increased natural enemy ...
Martina Bernatová, Radek Michalko, Marie Matoušková, Ondřej Košulič   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil Microbiome Predator Diversity Outperforms Nitrogen Addition in Boosting Plant Biomass via Bacterial Community Shifts

Global Change Biology, Volume 32, Issue 8, August 2026.
Soil biodiversity may help reduce dependence on nitrogen fertilization, but experimental evidence remains limited. We tested how microbiome predator diversity (protists and nematodes) and nitrogen addition influence Cannabis sativa performance. Increasing microbiome predator diversity enhanced plant biomass by up to 60%, exceeding the effects of ...
Alejandro Berlinches de Gea, Joshua Both, Nina Haas, Rutger A. Wilschut, Florian Wichern, Stefan Geisen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Melatonin seed priming: A climate‐smart, green strategy to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in plants

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, Volume 68, Issue 8, Page 2942-2975, August 2026.
This review synthesizes how melatonin seed priming preconditions seeds to enhance tolerance against diverse abiotic stresses. It highlights the underlying mechanisms and proposes an integrative roadmap of advanced molecular and breeding tools to design next‐generation, stress‐smart plants.
Ali Raza, Yiran Li, Chunli Guo, Erna Karalija, Evgenios Agathokleous, Meng Jiang, Jie Zhou, Vasileios Fotopoulos, Zhangli Hu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconfiguring biofortification strategies to transform food systems and address micronutrient deficiency of the 21st century

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, Volume 68, Issue 8, Page 2511-2547, August 2026.
This review explores how to make staple foods and horticultural crops more nutritious, including how artificial intelligence‐based screening of gene banks helps deploy nutritionally rich germplasm into breeding. Genome editing can help develop crops richer in minerals, vitamins, and health‐promoting compounds, supporting healthier diets and more ...
Rhowell Jr. N. Tiozon, Alisdair R. Fernie, Nese Sreenivasulu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The genetic architecture of leaf vein density and its importance for photosynthesis in maize

New Phytologist, Volume 251, Issue 4, Page 1738-1754, August 2026.
Vein types in maize leaves. Summary Leaf venation density has significantly increased during plant evolution. Higher densities are observed in angiosperms compared with early land plants, and among angiosperms, recently diverged C4 species have the highest values.
José Luis Coyac‐Rodríguez, Sergio Pérez‐Limón, Elizabeth Hernández‐Jaimes, Marcela Hernández‐Coronado, Daniel Camo‐Escobar, Ana Laura Alonso‐Nieves, María de Jesús Ortega‐Estrada, Nicole Gómez‐Capetillo, Ruairidh J. H. Sawers, Carlos Ortiz‐Ramírez   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

First Tetraploa Genome and Multi‐Omics Analysis Reveal Key Plant‐Microbe‐Soil Interactions for Salt Tolerance and Yield Improvement of Wheat

Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 24, Issue 8, Page 4748-4765, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Salinity is a major threat to global agricultural productivity of staple crops such as wheat. Although microbial‐based solutions hold promise for alleviating salinity stress, practical implementation is hindered by insufficient mechanistic characterization of bioinoculants and their interactions with plants.
Cheng‐Wei Qiu, Shuo Zhang, Zi‐Feng Gao, Zhong‐Hua Chen, Chulong Zhang, Mohamed Abdelalim Ali, Feibo Wu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ectopic Expression of ScALDH21 From a Desert Moss Enhances Cotton Resistance to Verticillium Wilt via the Modulation of Jasmonates and Phenylpropanoid Pathways

Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 24, Issue 8, Page 4916-4932, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Biotic stresses, particularly Verticillium wilt (VW), lead to a global decline in cotton yields. Here, we demonstrate that ectopic expression of ScALDH21, a gene from the desiccation‐tolerant moss Syntrichia caninervis Mitt. and absent in angiosperms, enhances cotton's resistance to VW.
Honglan Yang, Xiaoshuang Li, Tohir A. Bozorov, Jianwei Zhang, Aerguli Jiamahate, Dawei Zhang, Jiancheng Wang, Qilin Yang, Zongrang Liu, Dina Mahesati, Haijiang Xu, Shuangxia Jin, Daoyuan Zhang, Yongqiang Dai   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crossability Relations of Domesticated Peas (Pisum sativum and Pisum abyssinicum) With Wild Pisum fulvum and Drought Response Assessment of P. sativum × P. fulvum Progenies

Plant Breeding, Volume 145, Issue 4, Page 715-728, August 2026.
ABSTRACT The productivity and quality of grain crops in semiarid environments is often affected by drought, which is likely to accentuate due to predicted climate changes. Wild pea (Pisum fulvum Sibth. & Smith) accessions are known to harbour useful allelic diversity for drought responses.
Smadar Tsury, Eran Dagan, Yehoshua Saranga, Shahal Abbo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source