30 April 2024

Improvement of morphophysiological and anatomical attributes of plants under abiotic stress conditions using plant growth-promoting bacteria and safety treatments

"This review article constitutes an important resource for researchers studying abiotic stress resistance mechanisms in plants."

Imren Kutlu, Handling Editor

29 April 2024

Variation and interrelationships in the growth, yield, and lodging of oat under different planting densities

"Lodging is a significant problem in cereals and understudied in oat. This study provides important information on factors imacting oat lodging, and on the interplay between lodging, density, and yield."

Julin Maloof, Handling Editor

19 April 2024

Exogenous Hemin enhances the antioxidant defense system of rice by regulating the AsA-GSH cycle under NaCl stress

"This article shows that the application of Hemin can reduce the severity of the impact of salt stress on rice seedlings - one of the most important stages of rice development."

Andrew Eamens, Handling Editor

19 April 2024

Unveiling the aesthetic secrets: exploring connections between genetic makeup, chemical, and environmental factors for enhancing/improving the color and fragrance/aroma of Chimonanthus praecox

Ali Noman, Handling Editor

22 March 2024

Waterlogging in soil restricts the growth of Gleditsia sinensis seedlings and inhibits the accumulation of lignans and phenolic acids in thorns

"The assessment of plant response to environmental extreme conditions (es woterlogging) in terms of germination performance and metabolite production is very important, especially for crop species and medicinal plants"

Valeria Spagnuolo, Handling Editor

7 March 2024

Research overview on the genetic mechanism underlying the biosynthesis of polysaccharide in tuber plants

"Plant polysaccharides are important biomass resources with a variety of utilities, and this paper provides a systematic review of the mechanisms of polysaccharide synthesis in tuber plant, which will help researchers to understand the progress in this field."

Heng Yin, Handling Editor

4 March 2024

Effectiveness of Bacillus subtilis ANT01 and Rhizobium sp. 11B on the control of fusarium wilt in pineapple (Ananas comosus)

"The research is important because it evaluates the biocontrol potential of Bacillus subtilis ANT01 and Rhizobium sp. 11B against the important disease fusarium wilt in pineapple (Ananas comosus). The biocontrol option can replace the pesticide applications which can lead negative impact on human, cattle and environmental health. Over all it is very useful research."

Ravindra Kumar, Handling Editor

29 February 2024

H₂O₂ promotes trimming-induced tillering by regulating energy supply and redox status in bermudagrass

"This manuscript provides nice evidence for the interaction between redox and hormonal regulation in the control of leaf bud dormancy."

Gerrit Beemster, Handling Editor

28 February 2024

Wood identification based on macroscopic images using deep and transfer learning approaches

"I understand that this article will be very important and highly accessed in its field since it presents a successful method and implementation to identify trees’ wood."

Aristóteles Góes-Neto, Handling Editor

23 February 2024

Transcriptomic and targeted metabolome analyses revealed the regulatory mechanisms of the synthesis of bioactive compounds in Citrus grandis ‘tomentosa’

Jesús Campos-García, Handling Editor