2 January 2024

Exogenous applications of brassinosteroids promote secondary xylem differentiation in Eucalyptus grandis

"The regulatory role of important and newly discovered hormones like BR on trees like eucalyptus is significant for researchers in the field of plant cell biology."

Humaira Yasmin, Handling Editor

19 December 2023

Frequency of heterotic hybrids in relation to general combining ability of parents in sweet corn

"The findings reported in this study are expected to enrich the current understanding vis-a-vis combining ability of parents in sweet corn improvement. And, these may serve as a standard reference for the future studies dealing with this aspect."

Anshuman Singh, Handling Editor

15 December 2023

Carbon mapping in pine-oak stands under timber management in southern Mexico

"Illustrates how satellite remote sensing can be used in carbon mapping and timber management."

Giles Foody, Handling Editor

13 December 2023

Invasive success of star weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) through alteration in structural and functional peculiarities

"The article provides mechanistic insights about the success of the invasive species "star weed", and also supports finding strategies for its control in agriculture."

Robert Winkler, Handling Editor

30 November 2023

Major biotic stresses affecting maize production in Kenya and their implications for food security

"This important review clearly and thoroughly summarizes current and emerging challenges to Maize production in Kenya"

Julin Maloof, Handling Editor

30 November 2023

Potential of psychrotolerant rhizobacteria for the growth promotion of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

"The cultivation of important crops such as wheat is not only challenged by drought and heat but also cold stress. This paper provides evidence for the potential use of Rhizobacteria for increasing the resistance of wheat in cold climates and therefore contributes to the potential use of alternative lands for farming."

Robert Winkler, Handling Editor

29 November 2023

An ecological transcriptome approach to capture the molecular and physiological mechanisms of mass flowering in Shorea curtisii

"This ecological genomics study uses transcriptomics to investigate the potential molecular basis of general flowering, a mass flowering event common in dipterocarp species in the tropics."

Julin Maloof, Handling Editor

29 November 2023

Rhizocompartmental microbiomes of arrow bamboo (Fargesia nitida) and their relation to soil properties in Subalpine Coniferous Forests

"This is an important contribution to our understanding or the plant-microbe relationships and of the microbiomes in general, involving an interesting species, that is the main food source of the endangered Giant Panda, using state of the art methods and analyses."

Luis Eguiarte, Handling Editor

21 November 2023

Genomic assembly, characterization, and quantification of DICER-like gene family in Okra plants under dehydration conditions

"It provides important data to better understand the role of the DICER-like gene family in crop plants."

Imren Kutlu, Handling Editor

9 November 2023

Glomeromycota associations with bamboos (Bambusoideae) worldwide, a qualitative systematic review of a promising symbiosis

"Well written meta-analysis of associations between an important plant species and arbuscular mycorrhiza."

Julin Maloof, Handling Editor