Center for Agricultural Resources Research

Coolsecture: an easy-to-use and improved framework for cross-species Hi-C contact map comparison

Abstract Summary Cross-species Hi-C comparison remains challenging because existing workflows often rely on multiple scripts, heterogeneous I/O formats, and limited diagnostic support. We present coolsecture, a Python 3 command-line toolkit that integrates multiple contact-matrix...

Flood-Induced Shifts in Nitrogen Speciation Alter Nitrogen-Transforming Microbial Communities and Functional Potentials in a Shallow Lake Ecosystem

Nitrogen cycling in freshwater lakes is mediated by diverse microbial communities, yet how nitrogen-transforming communities respond to flood perturbations across multiple habitats remains poorly characterized. In this study, we investigated nitrogen forms and associated microbia...

Optimizing soil moisture-triggered automated irrigation and nitrogen management in wheat–maize systems using RZWQM2

Climate change and water scarcity are major challenges to sustainable agriculture and crop productivity, especially with increasing global food demand around 70% by 2050. Excessive water and nitrogen use in agriculture accelerates environmental degradation and decreases crop wate...

Irrigation Regimes Shape Vertical Salt Distribution in Coastal Saline–Alkali Farmlands: A PLS-SEM Analysis of Direct Ion Input and Physicochemical Pathways

Soil salinization constrains agricultural sustainability in coastal low plain regions, yet the mechanisms regulating salt spatial heterogeneity under different water management regimes remain unclear. This study investigated soil soluble ion distribution and influencing factors a...