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  1. Maize common smut is a common disease caused by Ustilago maydis, can cause serious damage to the yield and quality of maize. To elucidate the genetic mechanism of resistance to maize smut disease, and to discover...

    Authors: Jingyi Wang, Wenqing Zhao, Fangguo Chang, Haicheng Yang, Fangju Jiao, Fang Wang and Yunling Peng
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:831
  2. Dihydroflavonol-4 reductase (DFR) is a key enzyme in plant anthocyanin synthesis and can affect the synthesis of anthocyanin. In order to explore the role of DFR in anthocyanin synthesis of capsicum, the sequence...

    Authors: Yu An, Na Li, Ruiling Zhang, Shu Wang and June Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:830
  3. The distinct cultivation approaches of Eucommia ulmoides Oliver (EUO) have significant impacts on the planting environment, yield, content of bioactive constituents, and economic benefits. In this study, we syste...

    Authors: Guan-Zhi Zhang, Wen-Hua Jiang, Ya-Hong Zhu, Guo-Tao Sun, Hong Xu and Ming-Qiang Zhu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:826
  4. Lycium ruthenicum is an economically important shrub known for its resistance to drought and saline-alkali conditions. This study identified a particular L. ruthenicum clone whose leaf explants can undergo direct...

    Authors: Lujia Li, Yucheng Wang, Wenhui Liu, Yue Gao, Jiawen Wang, Huifang Lu, Weiman Xu and Qin-Mei Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:825
  5. GRAS proteins constitute a plant-specific family of transcription factors involved in growth, development, and stress responses. Although the GRAS gene family has been extensively studied in various plant species...

    Authors: Junbo Chen, Guowei Yao, Xinru Bi, Yishuang Ren, Luping Jiang, Xiaoyu Xie, Lu Han, Wanying Chen, Yi Hao, Kewei Cai, Dandan Zhang and Xiyang Zhao
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:816
  6. One of the most common abiotic stressors for plants is cold temperature and the principal adaptation of plant cells to this stressor is the remodeling of membranes fluidity. In the present studies we investiga...

    Authors: Katarzyna Jasieniecka-Gazarkiewicz, Sylwia Klińska-Bąchor and Antoni Banaś
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:809
  7. The beneficial effects of chitosan on stress tolerance and secondary metabolism have been documented in a few medicinal plants. However, the impact of chitosan on water deficit tolerance in St John’s Wort (Hyperi...

    Authors: Rayhaneh Amooaghaie and Nafiseh Rajaie
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:799
  8. Stem development is crucial for plant lodging, nutrients and water transport, and structural support for other organs. Understanding stem development and growth is essential for ensuring global food security. ...

    Authors: Megan Overlander-Chen, Jason D. Fiedler, Shaobin Zhong and Shengming Yang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:797
  9. Angelica dahurica var. formosana (ADF), a diversified variety that integrates medicine, food, and cosmetics, possessing abundant coumarin compounds. One of the pharmacologically active and aromatic components fou...

    Authors: Yalan Wang, Han Hu, Zhihui Zhou, Duanyang Li, Feixia Hou, Cheng Peng, Jinhui Bian and Jihai Gao
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:793
  10. Heat stress (HS) negatively impacts crop yield and quality worldwide. Abscisic acid (ABA) is well known to play critical roles in stress responses. However, the molecule details of ABA-dependent signaling path...

    Authors: Yanpei Liu, Yulong Zhao, Haiying Zhan, Shanshan Lv, Yanmin Luo, Wei Wang and Xiuli Hu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:792
  11. Ginseng (Panax ginseng) is a globally renowned medicinal plant. The primary active compounds in ginseng are ginsenosides, which have been shown to possess preventive and therapeutic properties against a range of ...

    Authors: Kexin Zhang, Aimin Wang, Lin Shi, Jiaqing Liu, Yu Zhang, Yang Jiang, Meiping Zhang, Yi Wang, Mingzhu Zhao and Kangyu Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:791
  12. Eucommia ulmoides is a dioecious plant species that has been widely utilized as an important traditional Chinese medicine. To investigate sexual dimorphism and its underling molecular basis in E. ulmoides, we con...

    Authors: Xianzhi Zhang, Wenliang He, Xinyi Wang, Yongquan Li, Zhaojun Liu and Wencai Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:790
  13. Drought stress significantly affects global crop yields, necessitating innovative strategies to enhance plant resilience. This study explored the role of the endophytic bacterium Bacillus safensis COBR7 in promot...

    Authors: Asra Karimian, Bahman Bahramnejad, Adell Siosemardeh, Hemn Salehi and Nariman Salih Ahmad
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:789
  14. Pennisetum hybrid (Pennisetum glaucum x P. purpureum), a perennial forage grass of the Poaceae family, it has a well-developed root system, strong tillering ability, high biomass yield, and rich nutritional conte...

    Authors: Cong Guan, Wei Li, Tian Li, Ying Dong, JunYi He, Bo Wu, Hui Wang and Chunlin Jia
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:788
  15. Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is susceptible to abiotic factors during its growth period, such as salt and drought. The germination stage is the initial growth stage of wheat growth, when wheat is particularly sen...

    Authors: Xiaotong Liu, Tao Sun, Zihan Zhou, Yahui Tong, Zixin Zhou, Haotian Cao, Jiale Qu, Ze Li, Qiwei Yang, Mingyang Xu, Bin Zhang, Ningze Wang, Yongzhen Wu, Han Sun, Chunhua Zhao, Ran Qin…
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:787
  16. Powdery mildew (PM), caused by Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici, and yellow rust (YR), caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, constitute significant threats to wheat production, resulting in both qualitat...

    Authors: Amritpal Mehta, Daisy Basandrai, Harneet Kaur, Jaspal Kaur, Ashwani Kumar Basandrai, Umer Basu, Sukhwinder Singh, Waleed A. A. Alsakkaf and Hayssam M. Ali
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:786
  17. Authors: Yuanyuan Zhao, Dianpeng Liu, Yulian Chen, Yao Lei, Maoya Li, Jiachuhan Wang, Xiangjiang He, Yu Yang, Xinyi Zhang, Shengnan Liu, Xiaoqing Zhang, Qiming Cheng and Chao Chen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:785

    The original article was published in BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:728

  18. Identifying genes regulating flowering time enhances understanding mechanisms that improve crop adaptation and productivity. This study aims to identify gene(s) underlying barley flowering time quantitative tr...

    Authors: Nazanin P. Afsharyan, Jens Léon, Ali Ahmad Naz and Agim Ballvora
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:782
  19. Scald caused by Rhynchosporium graminicola is a common foliar disease affecting barley production worldwide. Identifying and utilizing scald resistance genes and quantitative trait loci (QTL) to develop barley cu...

    Authors: Su Myat Noe, Johanna Ã…strand, Mustafa Zakieh, Pawan Kumar Singh, Eva Johansson and Aakash Chawade
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:781
  20. Nanoparticles present innovative solutions for postharvest applications, allowing for the development of compounds that effectively extend the vase life of cut flowers by reducing ethylene production and preve...

    Authors: Iman Mohamed El-Sayed, Rasha Ahmed El-Ziat and Eman Zaky Othman
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:780
  21. Drought stress represents a significant threat to crop productivity, particularly in regions characterized by water scarcity. This study investigated the potential of utilizing endophytic fungi to enhance drou...

    Authors: Asmaa S. Taha, Hoda A. Fathey, Asmaa H. Mohamed, Amira A. Ibrahim and Mohamed Abdel-Haleem
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:779
  22. The DnaJ gene family plays crucial roles in the plant abiotic stress response. Although the DnaJ gene family has been extensively characterized in various plants, its distribution in the Castanea mollissima genom...

    Authors: Liyang Yu, Yujuan Tian, Jinxin Wang, Dongsheng Wang, Xuan Wang, Haie Zhang, Jingzheng Zhang and Xiangyu Wang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:778
  23. Drought is one of the major factors affecting the growth and development of potatoes. Screening drought-tolerant potato germplasm is of great significance for drought tolerance research and the utilization of ...

    Authors: Xiaoyun Li, Lei Luo, Xiaopeng Shi, Shigui Li, Lihui Wang, Deming Li and Fengxian Li
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:777
  24. Peatlands play a vital role in mitigating climate change and maintaining global ecological balance. At the core of these ecosystems are Sphagnum mosses, which rely on their hyaline cells—specialized structures wi...

    Authors: Xianlin Guo, Fumin Xie, Chaojie Wang, Kai Fang, Dan Xue, Liangfeng Liu, Xinwei Liu, Xiaohan Yang, Yuchen Huang, Tianyao Han and Huai Chen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:776
  25. Houttuynia cordata is a well-known medicinal and edible plant with important economic value. It belongs to the magnoliid clade, a basal lineage of angiosperms. Currently, the limited number of reported mitochondr...

    Authors: Yahui Huang, Bingyue Zhu, Siqi Hu, Wenbo Shi, Yuxue Liu, Qianhui Lin, Shuo Wang, Jing Yang and Chao Shi
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:774
  26. The artificial induction of unreduced (2n) gametes, due to first division restitution (FDR) or second division restitution (SDR), is an important method to produce triploids in higher plants. It is crucial to ...

    Authors: Yifan Zhao, Yunyun Xie, Bo Kong, Dongliang Cao, Jiahua Du, Lexun Ma, Meiling Long, Liang Li, Yaru Sang, Dawei Cheng, Huiqi Lao, Yaqi Zhao, Huajian Zhang, Xiangyang Kang and Pingdong Zhang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:773
  27. The orchid subtribe Laeliinae has an assemblage of morphologically diverse taxa. The diversity in floral morphology of its members can be explained in terms of pollination ecology in that this subtribe contain...

    Authors: Małgorzata Stpiczyńska, Emerson R. Pansarin, Kevin L. Davies, Bartosz J. Płachno, Mateusz Wrazidlo, Klaudia Stodolska and Patryk Czortek
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:772
  28. Heavy metals in agricultural soil are hazardous to the environment and human beings. So, the current study was hypothesized that Trichoderma harzianum maize biochar (MBT), and maize biochar zinc oxide nanocomposi...

    Authors: Asif kamal, Moona Nazish, Mahnoor Akbar, Qaiser Hussain, Munazza Yousra, Urooj Haroon, Namra Ausaf, Jawaher Alkahtani and Muhammad Farooq Hussain Munis
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:771
  29. Cysteine is the first organic compound identified in plants that contains both sulfur and nitrogen. It serves as a precursor for sulfur-containing metabolites such as methionine, glutathione (GSH), and Fe-S cl...

    Authors: Tianyuan Xue, Yuqing He, Yudi Gao, Zhiheng Lei, Jingdong Chen, Shuai Yin, Xigang Dai, Changli Zeng and Heping Wan
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:770
  30. Liver cancer remains a smajor cause of mortality worldwide, underscoring the urgent need for novel natural therapeutics. Polygonatum kingianum var. grandifolium (PK) and Polygonatum sibiricum Redouté (PS) are ric...

    Authors: Xiuzhi Wang, Xiaolin Wan, Tianrun Zhu, Lingjun Cui and Qiang Xiao
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:769
  31. Polymeric nanoparticles have emerged as promising nanocarriers for plant growth regulators (PGRs) in agriculture, enhancing plant growth and boosting fruit and cereal yields. Among these, lignin nanoparticles ...

    Authors: Rodrigo Faleiro, Magda Andreia Tessmer, Anderson Espirito Santo Pereira, Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto, Marcelle Sanches Rampasso, Marcela Trevenzoli Miranda, Maria Dolores Pissolato, Fábio Cassola, Rafael Vasconcelos Ribeiro and Juliana Lischka Sampaio Mayer
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:768
  32. Small peptides of the CIF family act as signaling molecules and participate in important signaling pathways, playing crucial roles in the processes of plant development and the environmental response. However, th...

    Authors: Miao Cheng, Hanbing Hu, Rui Chen, Ling He, Shanshan Wang, Yuling Zheng, Jiten Yadav, Hosam O. Elansary, Nisha Jaswal, Deepak Bhanot, Changli Zeng and Xiaoyun Liu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:767
  33. Fruit ripening is a coordinated process that leads to an increase in sugars, decrease in acids and accumulation of pigments. Blueberry fruit exhibit an atypical climacteric ripening behavior. These fruit displ...

    Authors: Tej P. Acharya and Savithri U. Nambeesan
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:766
  34. Ferritin (FER), a type of iron-storing proteins, play an essential role in iron storage and in protection against oxidative stress. However, there is limited detailed information regarding FERs in sweetpotato. In...

    Authors: Jia-Li Peng, Hui-Ni Xu, Wan-Lin Yang and Xu Li
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:765
  35. Capsicum annuum is a globally cultivated crop of significant agricultural and economic importance. However, its productivity and fruit quality are frequently challenged by a range of abiotic stresses. The HD-Zip ...

    Authors: Xiaoqin Wang, Xiaoya Zhou, Kunhao Xie, Xiaojie Feng, LuLiu, Lihong Gao, Mintao Sun, Yansu Li and Chaoxing He
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:764
  36. Salt stress represents a critical challenge in viticulture, significantly impacting grape berry biochemical profiles and potentially threatening crop productivity and quality. In this study, therefore, we syst...

    Authors: Adem Yağcı
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:763
  37. Species within the Camellia sect. Theaceae of the genus Camellia, mianly distributed in Southwestern China, including Guizhou, Yunnan, and Sichuan, processes abundant wild germplasm for providing possible commerc...

    Authors: Dejun Huang, Xiuling Deng, Yihan Wang, Qinfei Song and Suzhen Niu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:762
  38. Sphagnum peat mosses are crucial contributors to global carbon sequestration and are a dominant presence in many northern peatland environments. These mosses host a wide variety of microorganisms, which reside wi...

    Authors: Xiaohan Yang, Huai Chen, Lin Wu, Xianlin Guo and Dan Xue
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:761
  39. Eleutherococcus senticosus, a unique herb with significant medicinal and ecological importance, has remained largely unexplored regarding its mitochondrial genome. This research details the complete assembly and ...

    Authors: Zhihua Wang, Huizhi Wang, Xun Gong, Xiaobin Ou, Yinglu Guo and Min Tang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:760
  40. The Aux/IAA gene family encodes proteins that are central to auxin signaling and plant growth regulation. While Asparagus officinalis is a globally cultivated crop valued for its edible shoots, medicinal uses, an...

    Authors: Shuangshuang Wen, Jiali Ying, Youju Ye, Yunfei Cai, Lebin Li and Renjuan Qian
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:759
  41. Phosphorus (Pi) is crucial for the growth and development of plants, and Phosphate transporter 1 (PHT1) genes are key in Pi absorption and signaling. PHT1 and phosphate starvation response 1 (PHR1) form the PH...

    Authors: Hong Zhao, Guang Qiao, Yawei Wu, Luonan Shen, Lin Deng and Xiaopeng Wen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:758
  42. Germplasm collection and conservation requires many efforts and resources. Core collection construction could both conserve genetic diversity and improve conservation efficiency. This study investigated the ge...

    Authors: Yiming Liu, Yiting Zhang, Xinyi Zhang, Xiaoqin Yi, Feixiong Luo, Haitao Wen, Peidi Yang, Jianan Huang, Zhonghua Liu, Juan Li and Ligui Xiong
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:757
  43. Understanding the complex interactions between plants, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF), and elevated atmospheric CO2 (eCO2) is crucial for enhancing agricultural sustainability and productivity, particularly i...

    Authors: Renato Lustosa Sobrinho, Bruno Rodrigues de Oliveira, Alan Mario Zuffo, Marcelo Carvalho Minhoto Teixeira Filho, Aldir Carpes Marques Filho, Tiago Zoz, Mohammad K. Okla, Ibrahim A. Alaraidh, Yasmeen A. Alwasel, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Ali El-Keblawy, Saad Sulieman, Amira Askri, Mohammed Alyafei and Mohamed S. Sheteiwy
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:756
  44. DNA methylation plays a key role in regulating plant growth and development, secondary metabolism, and environmental adaptability and is affected by DNA methyltransferase (C5-MTase) and demethylase (dMTase). H...

    Authors: Xiaoxiao Zhang, Lili Zhu, Zihan Xu, Zhimin Wang and Liping Dai
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:755
  45. Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is sensitive to high temperatures, and the growth is inhibited under excessive temperature. Spermidine can improve the ability of lettuce to tolerate high temperatures, however, the mo...

    Authors: Yipei Duan, Wenjing Sun, Qian Wang, Lingling Cao, Huiyu Wang, Jinghong Hao, Yingyan Han and Chaojie Liu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:754
  46. Drought stress, the most prevalent abiotic stress, has a significant effect on citrus production worldwide. The differential mechanisms to overcome the drought stress has been reported in citrus rootstock geno...

    Authors: Amrut Sanjay Morade, Radha Mohan Sharma, Anil Kumar Dubey, Lekshmy Sathee, Sudhir Kumar, Darshan Manikrao Kadam, Om Prakash Awasthi, Amrender Kumar and Deepak Yadav
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2025 25:753

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