3 September 2024

Enhancing genetic diversity in Pelargonium: insights from crossbreeding in the gene pool

"The manuscript will constitute a valuable resource for limited ornamental plant breeding studies."

Imren Kutlu, Handling Editor

16 August 2024

A systematic review on the morphology structure, propagation characteristics, resistance physiology and exploitation and utilization of Nitraria tangutorum Bobrov.

"This review highlights the potential of Nitraria tangutorum for future applications."

Ganesh Nikalje, Handling Editor

8 August 2024

Testing intra-species variation in allocation to growth and defense in rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis)

"Trade off in resource allocation by plants is an important topic and negative results are needed to limit publication biases"

Yann Salmon, Handling Editor

7 August 2024

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance drought resistance in Bombax ceiba by regulating SOD family genes

"The paper shows how arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) help plants resist drought by modulating specific genes, and interesting phenomenon that may have applications for drought resistance in crops."

Meredith Root-Bernstein, Handling Editor

8 July 2024

Expression profile analysis of cotton fiber secondary cell wall thickening stage

"The authors have identified a large collection of candidate genes which likely play roles in the secondary cell wall synthesis stage of cotton fiber development. The identified genes can now be individually assessed by the authorship team, and by other cotton researchers, to determine the exact degree of involvement of each candidate gene in the secondary cell wall synthesis stage of cotton fiber development"

Andrew Eamens, Handling Editor

5 July 2024

Elucidating the regulatory role of long non-coding RNAs in drought stress response during seed germination in leaf mustard

"The work has practical relevance for developing drought-resistant cultivars. In addition, it gives mechanistic insights for the drough-stress physiology of Brassica such as the model plant Arabidopsis."

Robert Winkler, Section Editor

25 June 2024

Maternal effects, reciprocal differences and combining ability study for yield and its component traits in maize (Zea mays L.) through modified diallel analysis

"Important data for plant breeders."

Imren Kutlu, Handling Editor

24 June 2024

Ecotoxicological effects of tungsten on celery (Apium graveolens L) and pepper (Capsicum spp.)

Fiore Capozzi, Handling Editor

11 June 2024

Stress adaptive plasticity from Aegilops tauschii introgression lines improves drought and heat stress tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

"It is a valuable study in terms of giving ideas about different breeding strategies to improve resistance to high temperature and drought stress caused by global climate change."

Imren Kutlu, Handling Editor

7 June 2024

Adoption of CRISPR-Cas for crop production: present status and future prospects

Anshuman Singh, Handling Editor