Jiangxi Agricultural University

From PCV1 to “PCV5”: Genetic Diversity, Evolutionary Dynamics, and Host Adaptation of Porcine Circoviruses

Porcine circoviruses (PCVs) are among the smallest animal viruses that replicate autonomously. What began in 1974 as a single cell culture contaminant, PCV1, now counts five members, PCV1 to PCV5. The newest of these, PCV5, was reported in 2025. Its genome is larger than those of...

Fixed Thoracic Lead Tags Are Associated with Distinct Landing-Approach Trajectories in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

Load carriage is common during honey bee foraging, but its effects on the final approach to the hive remain unclear. We recorded one three-dimensional landing trajectory from each of 80 returning Apis mellifera foragers carrying fixed lead tags of 0, 20, 40, or 60 mg attached ext...

Inhibitory Effect of Muscone on Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus In Vitro

Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is a major pathogen affecting the global swine industry, causing severe diarrhea, dehydration, and high mortality in neonatal piglets. Due to the continuous emergence of viral variants, the protective efficacy of currently available vaccines...

Multi-trophic responses to Moso bamboo expansion: Soil properties drive shifts in microbial and nematode communities

Expansion of moso bamboo ( Phyllostachys edulis ) into Japanese cedar ( Cryptomeria japonica ) forests profoundly alters soil properties and belowground biota communities. However, the mechanistic links between bamboo-driven soil physicochemical changes and multi-trophic communit...

Sulfur and polymer coating on urea enhances antioxidant defense, nutrient balance, secondary metabolites, and nitrogen use efficiency in salt‑stressed wheat

Soil salinity is a growing threat to wheat productivity. This study evaluated whether different coated urea formulations– especially polymer-sulfur-coated urea (PSCU) – could help wheat cope with different salt stress levels: non-saline control (1.3 dS m − 1 , showing the natural...

GoAstV Induced Mitophagy and Ferroptosis in the Spleen of Goslings

A novel goose astrovirus (GoAstV) has emerged in various provinces of China, leading to a mortality rate of up to 50% among GoAstV goslings. The spleen is an important immune organ in geese. Studies have shown that goslings infected with GoAstV exhibit higher viral loads in their...

Microbial life-history strategies are linked to stratified accumulation of plant- and microbial-derived carbon during subtropical revegetation

Vegetation restoration is a key pathway to enhance soil carbon sinks in degraded ecosystems, but the depth-dependent accumulation patterns of plant- and microbial-derived carbon and their links to microbial life-history strategies remain poorly understood. Using a restoration chr...

Population Genomics of Chinese Melia azedarach Germplasm: Latitudinal Genetic Structure, Spatial–Climatic Associations, and Climate-Associated Candidate Genes

To understand how geography shapes the genetic variation of Melia azedarach, we sequenced the whole genomes of 91 accessions from 91 maternal half-sib families across 15 provenances maintained in the National Germplasm Bank of China, an ex situ collection representing conserved g...

Pan‐genomic analysis of alternative polyadenylation reveals a 3′UTR remodeling regulatory layer controlling salt tolerance in rice

Alternative polyadenylation (APA) generates mRNA isoforms with variable 3'UTR lengths, yet its genetic basis and functional significance at the population level remain unexplored in plants. Here, we present the population-level APA landscape and the APA quantitative trait loci (3...

Rhizosphere Soil Fungal Community Patterns and Drivers in Chinese Fir Plantations Across Developmental Stages

The composition, richness, and diversity of rhizosphere fungal communities play significant roles in plant development in Chinese fir plantations. Understanding their structure and assembly, along with their relationship to soil physicochemical properties and root traits, is esse...

Transcriptome analysis reveals key genes involved in luteolin-induced resistance against sour rot in navel orange fruit

Abstract Sour rot significantly contributes to postharvest decay in citrus fruit. Luteolin has been utilized as a preservative in fruit, but its effectiveness and mechanisms against sour rot in citrus fruit are not well understood. In this research, luteolin was utilized to inhib...

Natural variation in GmSOP5 regulates seed oil and protein content during soybean domestication

ABSTRACT Seed oil content, protein content, and yield are agronomically important, correlated traits that determine the economic value of soybean ( Glycine max ). However, improving seed quality and yield simultaneously is challenging because gains in one breeding target often co...

Configurational Dynamics of Agricultural Carbon Reduction in China’s Yellow River Basin

Agricultural carbon reduction (ACR) is important for the green transformation of agriculture and ecological protection in the Yellow River Basin. However, ACR is not driven by a single factor. How different conditions combine and change over time remains unclear. Based on the tec...

MXene/Bi12O17Cl2/Bi2S3 Ternary Schottky-Type II Heterojunction: Photothermal Boosted Interfacial Charge Transfer for Ultrasensitive Photoelectrochemical Sensing of Tetracycline

Constructing multicomponent heterojunctions to extend carrier lifetime is a common strategy to improve the sensitivity of photoelectrochemical (PEC) sensing. However, sluggish interfacial charge-transfer kinetics still limit the utilization efficiency of photogenerated carriers....

Advances in Confined Catalysts for Methane Dry Reforming: From Design Strategies to Reaction Mechanisms

Abstract Dry reforming of methane (DRM) converts two major greenhouse gases, CH4 and CO2, into syngas. The products (CO and H2) can be directly utilized as feedstock for chemical processes such as Fischer–Tropsch synthesis and methanol production. Transition metal-based catalysts...

FeaturePointNet: A Semi-Supervised Geometric-Aware Graph Transformer for Dominant Point Extraction from Building Outlines

Extracting dominant points from complex building outlines is an important task in cartography and building footprint simplification. This study proposes a semi-supervised, geometric-aware graph-Transformer framework for automatic dominant point selection from vector point sequenc...

Effects of planting density and topping time on the source-sink tributes and photosynthetic carbon production in short-fruiting branch cotton

Abstract Background Short fruiting branch cotton (SFBC) has normal main-stem growth. However, the growth of fruiting branches is compromised by a short sympodial internode of 2–5 cm, which is suitable for a high-density cropping system. Increasing plant population density (PPD) c...

Opposing effects of shared and unshared networks drive species coexistence in intransitive competitive ecosystems

Understanding the mechanisms of species coexistence in intransitive competitive communities, which is generally considered favorable for promoting biodiversity maintenance, has long been a crucial issue in ecology. The role of species dispersal along different pathways in shaping...

DOF Transcription Factors: Regulatory Hubs Coordinating Plant Growth, Development and Stress Tolerance

Abstract Under global climate warming, plants evolve unique growth and developmental strategies to cope with frequent abiotic stresses. The plant-specific DNA-BINDING WITH ONE FINGER (DOF) transcription factors (TFs) originated in green algae and are phylogenetically divided into...

High-fidelity 3D reconstruction of navel oranges using 3D Gaussian splatting

Abstract High-precision 3D reconstruction is essential for assessing external quality and extracting phenotypic parameters of navel oranges. Conventional Structure-from-Motion (SfM) pipelines struggle with the weakly textured characteristics and highly specular surfaces of navel...