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Tao Tang, Shuhan Guo, Lu Tan, Tao Li, Ryan M. Burrows and Qinghua Cai
Although most lotic ecosystems are groundwater dependent, our knowledge on the relatively long-term ecological effects of groundwater discharge on downstream reaches remains limited. We surveyed four connected reaches of a Chinese karst stream network fo...
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Carmen Santos and Susana Trindade Leitão
The Fabeae tribe comprises five legume genera, which include some of the most ancient and important crops, like peas, lentils, and faba beans. Biotic and environmental stresses are major threats to the stable and high productivity of Fabeae crops. The us...
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Angela Brekalo, Damian Ravetta, Yvonne Thompson and M. Kathryn Turner
Perennial grains have been proposed as a soil-healthy alternative to annual grains. Intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium), whose seed is currently sold under the trade name Kernza®, and silflower (Silphium integrifolium), which is in the early...
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Enrico Santangelo, Angelo Del Giudice, Simone Figorilli, Simona Violino, Corrado Costa, Marco Bascietto, Simone Bergonzoli and Claudio Beni
The autonecrotic tomato line V20368 (working code IGSV) spontaneously develops necrotic lesions with acropetal progression in response to an increase in temperature and light irradiation. The process is associated with the interaction between tomato and ...
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Lige Ma, Yu Luo, Chen Chen, Huan Luo, Shuqi Wang, Yue Yuan, Wenhua Yang, Can Liu, Xulv Cao and Nannan Li
Oil crops are the second most cultivated economic crop in the world after food crops, and they are an important source of both edible and industrial oil. The growth of oil crops is limited by biotic and abiotic stresses, which hinder their yield and qual...
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Georgia-Maria Nteve, Stefanos Kostas, Alexios N. Polidoros, Panagiotis Madesis and Irini Nianiou-Obeidat
Olive (Olea europaea L.) is a crop of enormous economic and cultural importance. Over the years, the worldwide production of olive oil has been decreasing due to various biotic and abiotic factors. The current drop in olive oil production resulting from ...
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Magdalena Pawelkowicz, Bartlomiej Zieniuk, Pawel Staszek and Arkadiusz Przybysz
The availability of genome-sequencing and genome-editing techniques has increased the applicability of innovative solutions, opening up revolutionary prospects for developments in horticultural plant breeding. The Cucurbitaceae family is a group of plant...
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Salvatore Ceccarelli and Stefania Grando
This review paper addresses the importance of increasing agrobiodiversity to cope with climate change and, at the same time, providing a sufficient amount of healthy food. This is in agreement with the messages from ecology and medicine indicating the ad...
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Tatiana A. Timofeeva, Anastasiya N. Bubnova, Balzhima T. Shagdarova, Valery P. Varlamov and Anastasiya M. Kamionskaya
The latest research has shown that chitosan acts as a growth stimulator and elicitor in plants, including resistance to biotic and abiotic factors. However, increasing concentrations could possibly make chitosan a source of stress for plants. In this stu...
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Muhammad Usama Younas, Irshad Ahmad, Muhammad Qasim, Zainab Ijaz, Nimra Rajput, Saima Parveen Memon, Waqar UL Zaman, Xiaohong Jiang, Yi Zhang and Shimin Zuo
Rice is a vital component in the diets of many people worldwide, supplying necessary calories for subsistence. Nevertheless, the yield of this crucial agricultural crop is consistently hindered by a range of biotic stresses. Out of these, rice blast, cla...
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