Biological Sciences / Agricultural Sciences -- New results matching your topic search. https://www.pnas.org/action/doSearch?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Agricultural Sciences Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences en-US http://www.atypon.com/images/atypon_logo_small.gif http://www.atypon.com https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2531841123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 35, September 2026. <br/>SignificanceThe cultivated tomato is the most widely grown vegetable crop worldwide, but its production is severely impacted by geminivirus infections. Therefore, finding robust resistance genes against these infections would be of significant economic ... A dominant mutation in tomato DNA POLYMERASE DELTA 1 causes geminivirus DNA replication catastrophe doi:10.1073/pnas.2531841123 2026-08-24T07:00:00Z Deri GustianChen-Hsin YuFuh-Jyh JanWilhelm GruissemaDepartment of Plant Pathology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwanbhttps://ror.org/047sbcx71Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, TaiwancBiotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 35 2026-09-01T07:00:00Z 2026-09-01T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2531841123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2531841123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2605731123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 35, September 2026. <br/>SignificanceAgricultural soils have emerged as key reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) with the potential to spread these genes across humans, livestock, and the broader environment. We show that soil and crop management practices could be ... Soil management practices shape the abundance, diversity, and spread of antimicrobial resistance doi:10.1073/pnas.2605731123 2026-08-24T07:00:00Z Colette A. NickodemPatricia Q. TranEric Neeno-EckwallNaing NaingGregg R. SanfordErin M. SilvaJessica L. Hiteahttps://ror.org/01y2jtd41Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706bhttps://ror.org/01y2jtd41Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706chttps://ror.org/01y2jtd41Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 54706dhttps://ror.org/01y2jtd41Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 35 2026-09-01T07:00:00Z 2026-09-01T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2605731123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2605731123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2523784123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 34, August 2026. <br/>SignificanceAllotetraploid species contain duplicated genes derived from two ancestral genomes. These duplicated genes, known as homoeologs, often diverge in expression during development and evolution. How selection shapes thecis-regulatory landscape of ... Regulatory divergence of homoeologs underlies network optimization for fiber improvement in domesticated cotton doi:10.1073/pnas.2523784123 2026-08-20T07:00:00Z Zhengyang QiJinglei YangYanchao XuXuehan TianZhiwei ChenYawen WangBoyang ChenYang MengWei ZhangZeyu ZhangXinhui NieLili TuXianlong ZhangJonathan F. WendelFang LiuMaojun Wangahttps://ror.org/023b72294National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Chinabhttps://ror.org/0313jb750State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, Chinachttps://ror.org/04x0kvm78Key Laboratory of Oasis Ecology Agricultural of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Agricultural College, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, Chinadhttps://ror.org/04rswrd78Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 34 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2523784123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2523784123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2607117123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 34, August 2026. <br/>SignificanceGlobal soil salinization/alkalization severely restricts crop yields by imposing high salt and high pH stress on plants. Although auxin and plasma membrane (PM) H+-ATPase participate in alkaline tolerance, their connecting pathway remains ... TaIAA25 negatively regulates wheat alkaline tolerance by inhibiting plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity doi:10.1073/pnas.2607117123 2026-08-18T07:00:00Z Fengxiang YinMinghan CuiJianing LiuYue LiuChen ZhuLin WeiQing ZhouGuangmin XiaShuwei LiuaThe Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, Shandong Key Laboratory of Precision Molecular Crop Design and Breeding, Shandong Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology and Genetic Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, ChinabNational Center of Technology Innovation for Comprehensive Utilization of Saline-Alkali Land, Dongying 257347, Chinachttps://ror.org/03x08qn04State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 34 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2607117123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2607117123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2610136123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 34, August 2026. <br/>SignificanceThis work advances our fundamental understanding of the impact of tomato domestication and breeding on fruit flavor chemistry, tracing the pattern of inheritance of deleterious alleles from wild accessions through to modern commercial ... The genetic architecture of tomato flavor variation through crop domestication and improvement doi:10.1073/pnas.2610136123 2026-08-18T07:00:00Z Xiang LiDenise M. TiemanYue HuangLuis Felipe V. FerrãoManoj SapkotaZhuoliang LangAnastasiya KuhalskayaRonglin HaoPu LiuJing ChenSaleh AlseekhMarcio F. R. ResendeEsther van der KnaapXueren YinHarry J. Kleeahttps://ror.org/0327f3359School of Horticulture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, People’s Republic of Chinabhttps://ror.org/0327f3359State Key Laboratory for Tea Plant Germplasm Innovation and Resource Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, People’s Republic of Chinachttps://ror.org/02y3ad647Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0690dhttps://ror.org/02k3smh20Department of Horticulture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546ehttps://ror.org/01fbde567Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm 14476, Germanyfhttps://ror.org/0020pnp42Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology, Plovdiv 4000, BulgariagInstitute of Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602hDepartment of Horticulture, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 34 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2610136123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2610136123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2612072123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 34, August 2026. <br/>SignificanceThe fall armyworm is a major pest whose rapid growth and development lead to significant crop losses. Understanding the biological mechanisms that control its metamorphosis could help identify new targets for pest management. This study shows ... Myoglianin coordinates hormonal and nutrient signaling to control metamorphosis and tissue growth in the fall armyworm doi:10.1073/pnas.2612072123 2026-08-18T07:00:00Z Xien ChenJinmo KooHyejin ParkYuchen ZhaoSubba Reddy Palliahttps://ror.org/02k3smh20Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546bhttps://ror.org/05ckt8b96Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on the Loess Plateau of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Chinachttps://ror.org/040c17130Department of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Koreadhttps://ror.org/040c17130Institute of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 34 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2612072123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2612072123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2612340123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 34, August 2026. <br/>SignificancePlants face challenge from pathogenic microbes, yet the immunity–growth trade-off remains underexplored. Here, we identify a TaLYK5–TaDSK2a module regulating this trade-off in response to the stripe rust pathogenPuccinia striiformisf. sp.... The TaLYK5–TaDSK2a module serves as a molecular switch between plant growth and immunity during fungal attack doi:10.1073/pnas.2612340123 2026-08-20T07:00:00Z Yu WuDan YangHaibin ZhaoQin WuYue LiXinyuan LiJian MaQiantao JiangYazhou ZhangYunfeng JiangPengfei QiXiaojie WangYuming WeiQiang Xuahttps://ror.org/0388c3403State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, Chinabhttps://ror.org/01dyr7034Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Research and Utilization of Resource Plants on the Loess Plateau, Yan’an University, Yan’an, Shaanxi 716000, ChinacState Key Laboratory for Crop Stress Resistance and High-Efficiency Production, College of Plant Protection, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 34 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 2026-08-25T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2612340123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2612340123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2532063123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. <br/>Vegetables are a critical component of diets, with inadequate intake of this essential food group leading to poor dietary quality and malnutrition. Food system assessments identify insufficient production, comparatively high prices, and sociocultural ... Reversing vegetable biodiversity loss to diversify diets doi:10.1073/pnas.2532063123 2026-07-24T07:00:00Z Maarten van ZonneveldColin K. KhouryAnna HerforthChris VoglianoCary FowlerSarah GoraVania AzevedoSarada KrishnanLogotonu Meleisea WaqainabeteSognigbe N’DanikouM. Eric Schranzahttps://ror.org/05dvmy761World Vegetable Center, Headquarters, Shanhua, Tainan 74151, Taiwanbhttps://ror.org/03tv88982New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, NY 10458, NYchttps://ror.org/05a260x64Global Crop Diversity Trust, Bonn 53113, GermanydInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture, Cali 763537, Colombiaehttps://ror.org/04qw24q55Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen 6708 PB, the NetherlandsfFood Security Leadership Council, Washington, DC 20009-2891gConsultant, Colorado Springs, CO 80903hInternational Potato Center, Lima, La Molina 1558, PeruiCGIAR, Genebank Accelerator, Lima, La Molina 1558, PerujCentre for Pacific Crops and Trees, Land Resources Division, Pacific Community, Suva, FijikWorld Vegetable Center, Eastern and Southern Africa, Duluti, Arusha, Tanzanialhttps://ror.org/04qw24q55Biosystematics Group, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen 6708 PB, the Netherlands Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 31 2026-08-04T07:00:00Z 2026-08-04T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2532063123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2532063123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2536664123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. <br/>SignificanceUbiquitination is a key posttranslational modification in eukaryotes that plays a critical role in diverse cellular processes by regulating protein function. Here, we show that the E1-1/E2-3/TRIM37 ubiquitination cascade in the global whitefly ... Ubiquitination plays a key role in an insecticide resistance fitness cost doi:10.1073/pnas.2536664123 2026-07-30T07:00:00Z Jinyu HuBuli FuQi SuXindi GuoChengjia ZhangQimei TanRong ZhangHantang LuPeipan GongShaonan LiuXuguo ZhouRalf NauenYoujun ZhangChris BassXin Yangahttps://ror.org/0313jb750State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, Chinabhttps://ror.org/003qeh975The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management of Tropical Crops, Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, Chinachttps://ror.org/05ckt8b96Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Sustainable Crop Production in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Hubei Engineering Technology Center for Forewarning and Management of Agricultural and Forestry Pests, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, Hubei, Chinadhttps://ror.org/05ckt8b96Institute of Food and Nutrition Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, Chinaehttps://ror.org/047426m28Department of Entomology, School of Integrative Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801-3795fCrop Science Division, Bayer AG, Monheim 40789, Germanyghttps://ror.org/03yghzc09Department of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn TR10 9FE, Cornwall, United Kingdom Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 31 2026-08-04T07:00:00Z 2026-08-04T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2536664123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2536664123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2608132123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. <br/>SignificanceThis study reveals a fascinating evolutionary arms race when plants produce toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) for self-defense, spider mites manage to rely on this stressful food consumption by driving an evolution of a single gene family. ... An expanded apolipoprotein D family provides spider mites with dual-layer protection against dietary oxidative stress doi:10.1073/pnas.2608132123 2026-07-29T07:00:00Z Si-Yu WeiXin AnQin-Zhe SunQun YangXi HanYu-Fei ShiJin-Jun WangJinzhi NiuaKey Laboratory of Entomology and Pest Control Engineering, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, ChinabKey Laboratory of Agricultural Biosafety and Green Production of Upper Yangtze River (Ministry of Education), Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, Chinachttps://ror.org/05ym42410College of Plant Protection, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Chinadhttps://ror.org/02yy8x990Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, Uppsala 75007, Sweden Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 31 2026-08-04T07:00:00Z 2026-08-04T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2608132123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2608132123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2624228123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. <br/> Correction for Zhang et al., Host genetic regulation of rumen 6-hydroxymelatonin reduces methane emissions in dairy cattle doi:10.1073/pnas.2624228123 2026-07-27T07:00:00Z Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 31 2026-08-04T07:00:00Z 2026-08-04T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2624228123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2624228123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2528979123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 30, July 2026. <br/>SignificanceMitochondrial biogenesis is fundamental to ovarian follicle growth, as mitochondria supply both the energy required for granulosa cell proliferation and the substrates necessary for estrogen biosynthesis. Lactate has emerged as a signaling ... HSP90α lactylation orchestrates PGC1α and LRPGC1 nuclear translocation driving mitochondrial biogenesis doi:10.1073/pnas.2528979123 2026-07-21T07:00:00Z Gang WuHongmin LiTong HeMin ChenXiaoyu JiangMengli WeiLei ZhouChengyu LiJingli TaoZhaojun LiuMing ShenHonglin Liuahttps://ror.org/05td3s095Laboratory of Genetic Dissection and Regulation of Economically Important Traits in Animals, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinabXinyu Agricultural Science Research Centre, Xinyu 338000, China Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 30 2026-07-28T07:00:00Z 2026-07-28T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2528979123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2528979123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2605503123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. <br/>SignificanceMale–male courtship presents an evolutionary puzzle. InBactrocera dorsalis, we demonstrate that this behavior arises as a plastic response to a specific chemical cue of mate scarcity. Under male-biased or male-only rearing conditions, the ... N-(3-methylbutyl)acetamide mediates male–male courtship in Bactrocera dorsalis through behavioral threshold modulation doi:10.1073/pnas.2605503123 2026-07-16T07:00:00Z Yuhua ZhangYaoyao ChenWenlong ChenShuyuan XingXirui JinYuzhe LongZhihang XuGuohua ZhongXin Yiahttps://ror.org/05v9jqt67Key Laboratory of Crop Integrated Pest Management in South China, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Pesticide Science, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Chinabhttps://ror.org/05v9jqt67Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, Department of Pesticide Science, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 29 2026-07-21T07:00:00Z 2026-07-21T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2605503123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2605503123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2605569123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. <br/>SignificanceB cells were first identified in the bursa of Fabricius (BF), a lymphoid organ unique to birds. The BF has long been regarded as the central site of B-cell development, a concept that has remained largely unchanged since its discovery. Here, ... Bursa of Fabricius–independent B cells establish an IgA-mediated intestinal barrier that safeguards gut–liver homeostasis doi:10.1073/pnas.2605569123 2026-07-15T07:00:00Z Ryota HirakawaMotoshi HisamatsuSayoko MaekawaEiki AsaiMiyuko OhtaAyumi MatsuoKunihiro OkanoToh MiyazakiMotofusa AkiyamaMasaaki ToyomizuJahidul IslamMutsumi FurukawaTomonori NochiaInternational Education and Research Center for Food and Agricultural Immunology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8572, Japanbhttps://ror.org/01dq60k83Laboratory of Animal Functional Morphology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8572, Japanchttps://ror.org/01dq60k83Laboratory of Animal Mucosal Immunology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8572, JapandGENODAS Inc.,Miyagi 980-0021, Japanehttps://ror.org/05b1kx621Department of Biological Environment, Faculty of Bioresource Sciences, Akita Prefectural University, Akita 010-0195, JapanfAdvanced Technology Development Center, Kyoritsu Seiyaku Corporation, Ibaraki 300-1252, Japanghttps://ror.org/01dq60k83Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8572, Japanhhttps://ror.org/057zh3y96Division of Mucosal Vaccines, International Vaccine Design Center, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japanihttps://ror.org/01r7awg59Department of Animal Bioscience, University of Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canadajhttps://ror.org/05031qk94School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City 11031, Taiwankhttps://ror.org/01dq60k83Tohoku Center for Teaching and Learning, Institute for Excellence in Higher Education, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8576, Japan Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 29 2026-07-21T07:00:00Z 2026-07-21T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2605569123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2605569123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2622410123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 29, July 2026. <br/> Correction for Chang et al., Plant pathogenic nematode exosomes remodel vector tracheae to enhance pathogen transmission doi:10.1073/pnas.2622410123 2026-07-15T07:00:00Z Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 29 2026-07-21T07:00:00Z 2026-07-21T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2622410123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2622410123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2600524123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 28, July 2026. <br/>SignificanceThe uterus undergoes extensive remodeling after birth to acquire the epithelial structure required for adult reproductive function, yet how this process is spatially organized has remained unclear. This study provides a high-resolution spatial ... Spatial transcriptomic mapping of postnatal mouse uterine development doi:10.1073/pnas.2600524123 2026-07-06T07:00:00Z M. Fairuz B. JamaluddinShafiq M. SyedRiazuddin MohammedJyoti GoadMehedi HasanManish KumarIsabella MoorePrathima B. NagendraNaga Veera Srikanth VallabaniFlorence BartlettVimala AnthonydhasonPradeep S. TanwaraSchool of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australiabhttps://ror.org/0277g6a74Douglass Hanly Moir Pathology, Newcastle, New South Wales 2300, Australiachttps://ror.org/043mz5j54Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143dAustralian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australiaehttps://ror.org/00za53h95Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287fhttps://ror.org/026zzn846Centre for Tumor Microenvironment, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, United KingdomgThe Australian Institute of Agriculture, Doonbah, New South Wales 2473, Australia Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 28 2026-07-14T07:00:00Z 2026-07-14T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2600524123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2600524123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2601097123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 27, July 2026. <br/>SignificanceHeat stress poses a significant threat to global food security by substantially reducing crop yields. Identifying key thermotolerance genes and elucidating their regulatory networks is therefore critical for developing tolerant crop varieties. ... The TaMYB55–TaSnRK1α1–TabZIP9 module confers heat stress tolerance in wheat doi:10.1073/pnas.2601097123 2026-07-01T07:00:00Z Wen YangRenhan LiMan FengZhe ChenWeiwei GuoYumei ZhangHuiru PengYingyin YaoZhaorong HuFeng QinIve De SmetMingyi BaiZhongfu NiQixin SunMingming Xinahttps://ror.org/04v3ywz14State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Production of Wheat-Maize Double Cropping, Frontiers Scientific Center for Molecular Design Breeding, Department of Agronomy, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, Chinabhttps://ror.org/051qwcj72Department of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, Chinachttps://ror.org/00cv9y106Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent B-9052, Belgiumdhttps://ror.org/03xrhmk39Center for Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Ghent B-9052, BelgiumeKey Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, Department of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao 266109, China Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 27 2026-07-07T07:00:00Z 2026-07-07T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2601097123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2601097123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2602421123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 26, June 2026. <br/> Enhanced rock weathering has greater promise as a sustainable farming practice than a CO2 removal technology doi:10.1073/pnas.2602421123 2026-06-24T07:00:00Z Ian M. PowerJonathan SpenceMinger GuoSasha WilsonShaun Watmoughahttps://ror.org/03ygmq230Trent School of the Environment, Trent University, Peterborough, ON K9L 0G2, Canadabhttps://ror.org/0160cpw27Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 26 2026-06-30T07:00:00Z 2026-06-30T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2602421123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2602421123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2527157123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 25, June 2026. <br/>SignificanceOur results highlight the need to account for diverse metabolic pools when estimating bacterial carbon inputs to soil organic matter beyond bacterial necromass alone. These findings have direct implications for calculating carbon use ... Bacterial metabolism rather than necromass dominates input to soil organic carbon doi:10.1073/pnas.2527157123 2026-06-16T07:00:00Z Annette DatheLaurel LynchDominic WoolfJohannes Lehmannahttps://ror.org/05bnh6r87Soil and Crop Sciences, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853bhttps://ror.org/03hbp5t65Department of Soil and Water Systems, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844chttps://ror.org/05bnh6r87Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853dhttps://ror.org/05bnh6r87Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 25 2026-06-23T07:00:00Z 2026-06-23T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2527157123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2527157123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2534981123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 25, June 2026. <br/>SignificanceBeneficial microbes enhance the capacity of the host to cope with pathogens, parasites, and predators. These defensive microbes are widespread across species. However, the effects of diverse microbes on host evolution and ecology and their ... A bacterial symbiont and a plant virus enhance insect fitness by inducing physical defenses against fungal parasites doi:10.1073/pnas.2534981123 2026-06-16T07:00:00Z Tian-Yu WangJi-Sheng HongShuang-Xiu SongKai-Heng WeiNai-Fei ChenLing-Rui LiXi JiangGeng-Jun ZhongZe-Yu MaYang YangTian LiuChengshu WangJun-Bo Luanahttps://ror.org/01n7x9n08Shenyang Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Management for Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Chinabhttps://ror.org/01n7x9n08Liaoning Key Laboratory of Economic and Applied Entomology, Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, Chinachttps://ror.org/034t30j35Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, Chinadhttps://ror.org/023hj5876Key Laboratory of Bio-Intelligent Manufacturing, Ministry of Education, School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, Chinaehttps://ror.org/00g2ypp58College of Life and Health, Dalian University, Dalian 116622, China Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 25 2026-06-23T07:00:00Z 2026-06-23T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2534981123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2534981123?af=R