Articles

1. MicroRNA (miRNA) profiling of maize genotypes with differential response to Aspergillus flavus implies zma-miR156–squamosa promoter binding protein (SBP) and zma-miR398/zma-miR394–F -box combinations involved in resistance mechanisms

   • Prasad Gandham
   • Kanniah Rajasekaran
   • Niranjan Baisakh

   Original Paper Open access 10 May 2024 Article: 26

   

2. Physiological and molecular bases of the nickel toxicity responses in tomato

   • Hao Yu
   • Weimin Li
   • Jin Xu

   Original Paper Open access 09 May 2024 Article: 25

   

3. The complex transcriptional regulation of heat stress response in maize

   • Mingxiu Ruan
   • Heng Zhao
   • Leiming Wu

   Review Open access 26 April 2024 Article: 24

   

4. Improvement of plant resistance to geminiviruses via protein de-S-acylation

   • Yawen Zhao
   • Zhenggang Li
   • Jianbin Lai

   Short Communication Open access 25 April 2024 Article: 23

   

5. Fortify the defense frontline: MAPKs phosphorylate receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase to maintain plant resistance in soybean

   • Lu Rui
   • Wei Wang

   Highlights Open access 12 April 2024 Article: 22

   

6. Immunocompromisation of wheat host by L-BSO and 2,4-DPA induces susceptibility to the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum

   • Abhaya Kumar Sahu
   • Punam Kumari
   • Bhabatosh Mittra

   Original Paper Open access 09 April 2024 Article: 21

   

7. Signal Peptide Peptidase and PI4Kβ1/2 play opposite roles in plant ER stress response and immunity

   • Karen Thulasi Devendrakumar
   • Tony ShengZhe Peng
   • Xin Li

   Original Paper Open access 20 March 2024 Article: 20

   

8. Maize multi-omics reveal leaf water status controlling of differential transcriptomes, proteomes and hormones as mechanisms of age-dependent osmotic stress response in leaves

   • Liangjie Niu
   • Wenkang Wang
   • Wei Wang

   Original Paper Open access 18 March 2024 Article: 19

   

9. The symphony of maize signaling quartet defending against gray leaf spot

   • Ping Wang
   • Ping He

   Commentary Open access 14 March 2024 Article: 18

   

10. DkWRKY transcription factors enhance persimmon resistance to Colletotrichum horii by promoting lignin accumulation through DkCAD1 promotor interaction

    • Hanyue Fan
    • Xiaoxia Shen
    • Changfei Guan

    Original Paper Open access 26 February 2024 Article: 17

    

11. The role of the type VI secretion system in the stress resistance of plant-associated bacteria

    • Rui Yin
    • Juanli Cheng
    • Jinshui Lin

    Review Open access 20 February 2024 Article: 16

    

12. Ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in tea plantation soil around Tai Lake region in Suzhou, China

    • Xiaohan Xu
    • Jiahui Yang
    • Yuhua Wang

    Original Paper Open access 16 February 2024 Article: 15

    

13. A self-assembling split Nano luciferase-based assay for investigating Pseudomonas syringae effector secretion

    • Pei Miao
    • Jian-Min Zhou
    • Wei Wang

    Short Communication Open access 16 February 2024 Article: 14

    

14. Synergistic interactions of assorted ameliorating agents to enhance the potential of heavy metal phytoremediation

    • S. Sanjana
    • K. Jazeel
    • A. M. Shackira

    Review Open access 16 February 2024 Article: 13

    

15. Unraveling two decades of phyllosphere endophytes: tracing research trends and insights through visualized knowledge maps, with emphasis on microbial interactions as emerging frontiers

    • Muhammad Atif Muneer
    • Xiaohui Chen
    • Chaoyuan Zheng

    Review Open access 06 February 2024 Article: 12

    

16. Degradation kinetics and physiological studies of organophosphates degrading microorganisms for soil bioremediation

    • J. M. Kilonzi
    • S. Otieno

    Original Paper Open access 06 February 2024 Article: 11

    

17. Unveiling the dynamic relationship of viruses and/or symbiotic bacteria with plant resilience in abiotic stress

    • Vasudha Sharma
    • Shakeel A. Mohammed
    • Bharat Singh

    Review Open access 05 February 2024 Article: 10

    

18. A multi-omics analysis of viral nucleic acid poly(I:C) responses to mammalian testicular stimulation

    • Donghui Yang
    • Wenping Wu
    • Jinlian Hua

    Original Paper Open access 01 February 2024 Article: 9

    

19. Ecological features of trace elements tolerant microbes isolated from sewage sludge of urban wastewater treatment plant

    • L. Perelomov
    • V. D. Rajput
    • Y. Atroshchenko

    Original Paper Open access 26 January 2024 Article: 8

    

20. Whole-genome sequencing of Fusarium spp. causing sugarcane root rot on both chewing cane and sugar-making cane

    • Xinyang Li
    • Yuming Ma
    • Yizhen Deng

    Original Paper Open access 25 January 2024 Article: 7

    

21. Common and specific genetic basis of metabolite-mediated drought responses in rice

    • Zilong Guo
    • Shouchuang Wang
    • Lizhong Xiong

    Original Paper Open access 23 January 2024 Article: 6

    

22. Fimbrin associated with Pmk1 to regulate the actin assembly during Magnaporthe oryzae hyphal growth and infection

    • Yuan-Bao Li
    • Ningning Shen
    • Li-Bo Han

    Original Paper Open access 22 January 2024 Article: 5

    

23. The mitogen-activated protein kinase module CcSte11-CcSte7-CcPmk1 regulates pathogenicity via the transcription factor CcSte12 in Cytospora chrysosperma

    • Lu Yu
    • Yuchen Yang
    • Chengming Tian

    Original Paper Open access 16 January 2024 Article: 4

    

24. Carrageenans as biostimulants and bio-elicitors: plant growth and defense responses

    • Md. Motaher Hossain
    • Farjana Sultana
    • Mohammad Golam Mostofa

    Review Open access 03 January 2024 Article: 3

    

25. Plant disease resistance outputs regulated by AP2/ERF transcription factor family

    • Ning Ma
    • Ping Sun
    • Zhenlu Zhang

    Review Open access 02 January 2024 Article: 2

    

26. Alternatives to antibiotics in pig production: looking through the lens of immunophysiology

    • Hao-Yu Liu
    • Chuyang Zhu
    • Demin Cai

    Review Open access 02 January 2024 Article: 1

    

27. Roles of RNA m⁶A modifications in plant-virus interactions

    • Hao He
    • Mingxuan Jia
    • Fangfang Li

    Highlights Open access 18 December 2023 Article: 57

    

28. Liquid-liquid phase separation as a major mechanism of plant abiotic stress sensing and responses

    • Xin Liu
    • Jian-Kang Zhu
    • Chunzhao Zhao

    Review Open access 11 December 2023 Article: 56

    

29. Exploitation of tolerance to drought stress in carrot (Daucus carota L.): an overview

    • Muhammad Daniyal Junaid
    • Zahide Neslihan Öztürk
    • Ali Fuat Gökçe

    Review Open access 11 December 2023 Article: 55

    

30. Foliar application of strigolactones improves the desiccation tolerance, grain yield and water use efficiency in dryland wheat through modulation of non-hydraulic root signals and antioxidant defense

    • Sha Guo
    • Xiaofei Wei
    • Pufang Li

    Original Paper Open access 06 December 2023 Article: 54

    

31. Current research and future directions of melatonin's role in seed germination

    • Ze Liu
    • Hengrui Dai
    • Qi Chen

    Review Open access 04 December 2023 Article: 53

    

32. Allene oxide synthase 1 contributes to limiting grain arsenic accumulation and seedling detoxification in rice

    • Xin Fan
    • Haiyang Tang
    • Fenglin Deng

    Original Paper Open access 30 November 2023 Article: 52

    

33. Molecular characterization and pathogenicity of an infectious clone of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus isolate infecting Cucumis melo

    • Yuzhen Mei
    • Lingmin Cai
    • Xueping Zhou

    Original Paper Open access 23 November 2023 Article: 51

    

34. Transcriptomic response of Pinus massoniana to infection stress from the pine wood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

    • Yibo An
    • Yongxia Li
    • Xingyao Zhang

    Original Paper Open access 22 November 2023 Article: 50

    

35. Life and death: the destiny of Phytophthora sojae determined by a receptor-like kinase

    • He Wang
    • Wen-Ming Wang
    • Jing Fan

    Highlights Open access 21 November 2023 Article: 49

    

36. A tug-of-war to control plant emission of an airborne alarm signal

    • Jie Hao
    • Junfei Ma
    • Ying Wang

    Highlights Open access 17 November 2023 Article: 48

    

37. Molecular mechanism analysis of ZmRL6 positively regulating drought stress tolerance in maize

    • Pengyu Zhang
    • Tongchao Wang
    • Li Wei

    Original Paper Open access 16 November 2023 Article: 47

    

38. Do plant histone variants stand idly by while DNA viruses invade the nucleus?

    • Zhihao Jiang
    • Rosa Lozano-Durán

    Letter to the Editor Open access 13 November 2023 Article: 46

39. Maleic acid and malonic acid reduced the pathogenicity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum by inhibiting mycelial growth, sclerotia formation and virulence factors

    • Yu-chen Fei
    • Qin Cheng
    • Xiao-hu Zhao

    Original Paper Open access 13 November 2023 Article: 45

    

40. Transcriptomic analysis of wheat reveals possible resistance mechanism mediated by Yr10 to stripe rust

    • Zhongyi Wu
    • Gaohua Zhang
    • Xiaojing Wang

    Original Paper Open access 23 October 2023 Article: 44

    

41. Short wind pulses consistently change the morphology of roots, but not of shoots, across young plants of different growth forms

    • Johannes Heinze
    • Luise Werger
    • Ewald Weber

    Short Communication Open access 09 October 2023 Article: 43

    

42. BAK-up: the receptor kinase BAK-TO-LIFE 2 enhances immunity when BAK1 is lacking

    • Vahid Fallahzadeh-Mamaghami
    • Hannah Weber
    • Birgit Kemmerling

    Highlights Open access 25 September 2023 Article: 42

    

43. TaNRAMP3 is essential for manganese transport in Triticum aestivum

    • Zhangqing Wang
    • Yanting Zhang
    • Cun Wang

    Original Paper Open access 22 September 2023 Article: 41

    

44. Overwintering covered with soil or avoiding burial of wine grapes under cold stress: Chinese wine industry's past and future, challenges and opportunities

    • Ningjing Wan
    • Bohan Yang
    • Xiangyu Sun

    Review Open access 15 September 2023 Article: 40

    

45. iTRAQ-based protein profiling and functional identification of four genes involved in rice basal resistance against Magnaporthe oryzae in two contrasting rice genotypes

    • Chenchen Li
    • Ziqiang Chen
    • Dagang Tian

    Original Paper Open access 12 September 2023 Article: 39

    

46. Collaborative impact of bacterial exometabolites governing root microbiota formation

    • Hafiz Abdul Kareem
    • Xinwei Hao
    • Xihui Shen

    Highlights Open access 07 September 2023 Article: 38

    

47. Maize heat shock proteins—prospection, validation, categorization and in silico analysis of the different ZmHSP families

    • Rubens Diogo-Jr.
    • Edila Vilela de Resende Von Pinho
    • Danielle Rezende Vilela

    Original Paper Open access 06 September 2023 Article: 37

    

48. Plant immune inducer ZNC promotes rutin accumulation and enhances resistance to Botrytis cinerea in tomato

    • Haipeng Zhao
    • Xiangyu Ding
    • Xinhua Ding

    Original Paper Open access 22 August 2023 Article: 36

    

49. Interplay of transport vesicles during plant-fungal pathogen interaction

    • Yakubu Saddeeq Abubakar
    • Idris Zubair Sadiq
    • Wenhui Zheng

    Review Open access 22 August 2023 Article: 35

    

50. Mitigating cadmium accumulation in rice without compromising growth via modifying the regulatory region of OsNRAMP5

    • Zhenling Luo
    • Chao-Lei Liu
    • Chao-Feng Huang

    Short Communication Open access 21 August 2023 Article: 34