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.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 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2604454123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 25, June 2026. <br/>SignificanceThis study reveals a host-genetic pathway that regulates rumen microbial fermentation to mitigate methane emissions from livestock—a major contributor to climate change. We demonstrate how specific cow genes influence the production of a liver ... Host genetic regulation of rumen 6-hydroxymelatonin reduces methane emissions in dairy cattle doi:10.1073/pnas.2604454123 2026-06-08T07:00:00Z Chenguang ZhangYe LiuGuoyan WangMengqi HuangJun ZhangZongjun LiLinhao ZhouGuangfu TangShengru WuLu DengJunhu Yaoahttps://ror.org/0051rme32Department of Animal Nutrition and Environmental Hygiene, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, ChinabNational Center of Technology Innovation for Dairy, Inner Mongolia Dairy Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd, Hohhot 010100, Inner Mongolia, China Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 25 2026-06-23T07:00:00Z 2026-06-23T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2604454123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2604454123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2610609123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 25, June 2026. <br/>SignificanceCadmium (Cd) is a highly toxic heavy metal. Rice is a major dietary source of Cd intake, thus reducing Cd accumulation in rice grains is an important challenge. However, balancing low Cd without yield penalty has proven difficult. This is ... Genome-edited rice variety with low-cadmium accumulation in the grain doi:10.1073/pnas.2610609123 2026-06-18T07:00:00Z Sheng HuangNoriyuki KonishiWeicai ChenNaoki YamajiJun GeXiangbing MengYanhui JingYonghong WangWenguang WangHong YuJian Feng MaJiayang Liahttps://ror.org/02pc6pc55Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki 710-0046, Japanbhttps://ror.org/02aee5m12Key Laboratory of Seed Innovation, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, Chinachttps://ror.org/02ke8fw32College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong Province 271018, ChinadYazhouwan National Laboratory, Yazhou District, Sanya, Hainan Province 572024, China Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 25 2026-06-23T07:00:00Z 2026-06-23T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2610609123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2610609123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2618101123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 25, June 2026. <br/> Correction for Huang et al., A magnesium efflux transporter required for seed development and eating quality in rice doi:10.1073/pnas.2618101123 2026-06-12T07:00:00Z Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 25 2026-06-23T07:00:00Z 2026-06-23T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2618101123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2618101123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2530029123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 23, June 2026. <br/>SignificanceEfficient genome editing without the need for transgenesis or tissue culture remains a major challenge in crop breeding. Here, we establish a simple single-step system for transgene- and tissue culture-free genome editing in tomato based on ... Virus-induced transgene- and tissue culture-free heritable genome editing in tomato doi:10.1073/pnas.2530029123 2026-06-04T07:00:00Z Ye LiuTrevor WeissJinhee LeeJessica PowellShi Ying Charlize ChooElnaz RoshannaiMaris KamaluJasmine AmerasekeraSuhua FengSteven E. Jacobsenahttps://ror.org/046rm7j60Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095bhttps://ror.org/046rm7j60HHMI, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 23 2026-06-09T07:00:00Z 2026-06-09T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2530029123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2530029123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2522073123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 22, June 2026. <br/>Escalating pressures of global climate change necessitate developing agricultural systems and crop varieties with enhanced resilience. Polyploidy, the state of possessing multiple complete sets of chromosomes arising from whole genome duplication (WGD), ... Harnessing polyploidy for climate-resilient crops: Lessons from the evolutionary model, allotetraploid cotton doi:10.1073/pnas.2522073123 2026-05-26T07:00:00Z Maojun WangRuipeng WangGuanjing HuXianlong ZhangJonathan F. Wendelahttps://ror.org/023b72294National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, Chinabhttps://ror.org/04rswrd78Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011chttps://ror.org/0313jb750National Key Laboratory of Cotton Bio-breeding and Integrated Utilization, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang 455000, Chinadhttps://ror.org/0313jb750Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 22 2026-06-02T07:00:00Z 2026-06-02T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2522073123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2522073123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2602255123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 22, June 2026. <br/>SignificanceSeveral factors, such as droughts and pathogens, can compromise our ability to produce food under current monoculture industrial agriculture. Here, we analyze data from a long-term managed grassland studied in the Park Grass Experiment (... Toward systems agroecology: Risk–reward balance, emergent plant communities, and temporal weather map in multiplant farming doi:10.1073/pnas.2602255123 2026-05-28T07:00:00Z Sirio Belga FedeliStanislas LeibleraSimons Center for Systems Biology, School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ 08540bLaboratory of Living Matter, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 22 2026-06-02T07:00:00Z 2026-06-02T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2602255123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2602255123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2532548123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 21, May 2026. <br/>SignificanceThis study elucidates the role of OBP1b in the feeding process of the BPH. Unlike the conventional olfactory function, NlOBP1b is secreted into rice plants during feeding, where it disrupts the normal function of OsCK2, thereby inhibiting the ... The effector NlOBP1b from the brown planthopper suppresses rice immunity by manipulating the OsCK2 complex doi:10.1073/pnas.2532548123 2026-05-21T07:00:00Z Chao WangCan WeiChang-Lai QiuSupaporn FalertYong-Qian ZhangShi-Yu YuMan-Qun WangaHubei Key Laboratory of Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, ChinabMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Sustainable Crop Production in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, China Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 21 2026-05-26T07:00:00Z 2026-05-26T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2532548123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2532548123?af=R