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Nature Plants |
| From stress perception to metabolite disposition: dynamic regulation of stilbene biosynthesis in plants |
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The Plant Cell |
| Natural variation in TOLS1 modulates salt tolerance via OsRacB-Ca2+ signaling pathway in rice |
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Developmental Cell |
| A MADS51 allele is associated with flowering-time divergence and contributes to ecological adaptation during wild rice speciation |
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Cell Reports |
| Native AMF from wild Paeonia ostii enhance root development via PoCCD4-mediated hormone homeostasis and reshape rhizosphere microbiome assembly and function |
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Plant Science |
| Arabidopsis cyclin-dependent kinases andMAP65phosphorylation link microtubule dynamics with salt stress adaptation |
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New Phytologist |
| Microbially Mediated Soil Carbon Sequestration Under Long-Term Increased Snow Cover: Divergent Mechanisms Between Topsoil and Subsoil in a Temperate Grassland |
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Earth’s Future |
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Postharvest Biology and Technology |
| CRISPR/LbCas12a-Mediated Multiplex and Transgene-Free Genome Editing in Grapevine |
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Plant Cell and Environment |
| Shrubs benefit from being functionally more conservative and distinct from neighbour trees |
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Functional Ecology |
| Temporal Pattern and Metabolic Mechanisms of Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes Under Decadal-Long Nitrogen Enrichment in an Alpine Grassland |
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Global Change Biology |
| LncRNA MtCIR2 Negatively Regulates Response of Medicago truncatula Seedlings to Salt Stress by Targeting SOS2-Dependent Na Efflux via H2A Ubiquitination |
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Plant Cell and Environment |
| Plant biomass and macro- and micronutrients jointly drive top-heavy arthropod trophic pyramids in grassland monocultures |
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Ecology |
| Home-range ecological dissimilarity and trait coordination promote the establishment of Mediterranean-origin plants in California |
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2026 |
Journal of Ecology |
| Non-structural carbohydrates in root and stem show contrasting relationships with tree growth and drought resilience in a semiarid forest |
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BMC Plant Biology |
| Divergent Responses of Methane Emission to Warming in Waterlogged Versus Drained Alpine Peatlands |
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Global Change Biology |
| A thermoregulatory module for timekeeping in Arabidopsis |
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2026 |
Developmental Cell |
| Remote Spectral Detection of Canopy Functional Dimensions Varying Within and Across Forest Types |
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Ecology Letters |
| Effect of leaf economics spectrum, mycorrhizal type and phylogeny on leaf nutrient resorption in a temperate urban forest |
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2026 |
Annals of Botany |
| Introgression shapes the genomic conflict landscape of Malus, providing evidence for a reticulate backbone in a woody crop lineage |
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |
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2026 |
Cell Reports |
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Postharvest Biology and Technology |
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Biological Conservation |
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Plant and Cell Physiology |
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2026 |
Plant Science |
| Monsoon-driven assembly of the world's largest evergreen broadleaved forest |
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National Science Review |
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2026 |
Nature Communications |
| Highly efficient removal of patulin using magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticle-immobilized Papiliotrema flavescens |
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Food Chemistry |
| Cenozoic geoclimatic changes and niche differentiation correlated with the diversification of the Gyrostemonaceae-Resedaceae-Forchhammeria-Tirania clade (Brassicales) |
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Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology |
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Plant Physiology |
