State Forestry and Grassland Administration

Complete biosynthesis of the clinical agent escin Ia

Abstract Escin Ia is a barrigenol-type triterpenoid specific to Aesculus seeds and is widely utilized in clinical practice for the treatment of cerebral edema, swelling, and venous insufficiency. Here, we fully elucidated its biosynthetic pathway by identifying ten previously unc...

A Bacterial–Microalgal–Manure Co-Application Ameliorates Saline-Alkali Soil and Promotes Wheat Growth

Severely saline–alkaline land degradation poses a considerable challenge to sustainable agriculture, owing to high salinity, elevated pH, and nutrient deficiency. To address this, a salt-tolerant nitrogen-fixing bacterium (Bacillus sp.) and a microalga (Chlorella pyrenoidosa) wer...

BFMambaNet: Boundary-Frequency-Guided Global Semantic Mamba Network for Fine-Grained Camellia oleifera Leaf Disease Segmentation

Camellia oleifera leaf disease segmentation under natural field conditions is important for precision plant protection but remains challenging because lesions often show small target areas, blurred boundaries, uneven illumination, complex backgrounds, and coexisting symptoms. To...

Differential effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on growth, root rot-associated foliar symptoms, and transcriptomic responses in Lycium barbarum

To investigate the effects of different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on Lycium barbarum under root rot-associated disease stress, Funneliformis mosseae and Rhizophagus intraradices were inoculated into L. barbarum cv. ‘Ningqi 1’ under controlled pot conditions, respectively...

Morphological and Molecular Identification of New Puccinia Species from Qinghai, China

Rust fungi of the genus Puccinia are important plant pathogens responsible for substantial economic losses in agriculture and forestry. During field surveys conducted in Qinghai Province, China, a novel rust species, Puccinia ligulari-przewalskii, was discovered parasitizing Ligu...

Bioinspired Hierarchical Cellulose/MXene Fibers for Integrated Capture and Ultrasensitive Detection of Microplastics in Complex Biological Matrices

ABSTRACT The long‐standing disconnection between enrichment and identification processes fundamentally limits the reliable tracing of microplastics (MPs) in complex aqueous and biological environments. Inspired by the synergistic structure–function design of bee leg villi, we rep...

Climatic Suitability of Cornus officinalis Across Paleoclimatic, Current, and Future Climates: Implications for Conservation and Climate-Informed Cultivation

Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc. is a medicinal and ornamental woody plant whose distribution and production may be increasingly affected by climate change. This study assessed its climatic suitability under paleoclimatic, current, and future conditions to provide a climatic bas...

HDA15-Mediated Deacetylation of GPX1 Inhibits Its Nuclear Translocation and Increases Osmotic Stress Sensitivity in Rice

Redox regulation plays an important role in plant stress responses. Our previous study revealed that rice GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 1 (GPX1) acts as a redox sensor and transducer and promotes osmotic stress tolerance by transfer of cytosolic oxidative signals to transcription factor...

A molecular rheostat of ABA signaling coordinates the trade-off between stem growth and drought adaptation

Abstract Background Plants balance vegetative growth and stress responses through antagonistic phytohormone crosstalk, notably between abscisic acid (ABA) and cytokinin. However, the genetic architecture and molecular mechanisms driving this adaptive trade-off, particularly in pe...