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.2530081123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 43, October 2026. <br/>SignificanceThis study presents an assessment of the potential of smart farming innovations, based on an ensemble of machine learning algorithms trained on 4,422 observations from a global survey and meta-analysis. We find policy- and business-relevant ... Modeling the global potential of smart farming innovations doi:10.1073/pnas.2530081123 2026-10-19T07:00:00Z Shahrear RomanHadi HadiWyclife Agumba OluochDavid ZilbermanRobert FingerDavid Wuepperahttps://ror.org/041nas322Land Economics Group, Institute for Food and Resource Economics, University of Bonn, Bonn 53115, GermanybDepartment of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720chttps://ror.org/05a28rw58Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zürich, Zürich 33 8092, Switzerland Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 43 2026-10-27T07:00:00Z 2026-10-27T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2530081123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2530081123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2620406123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 43, October 2026. <br/>SignificanceAflatoxin contamination of maize by Aspergillus species is a major global food safety challenge affecting millions of people and causing severe economic losses. We demonstrate that host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) can significantly reduce ... Reduction of aflatoxin contamination in maize kernels mediated by host-induced gene silencing doi:10.1073/pnas.2620406123 2026-10-22T07:00:00Z Ali AhmedKeri CavanaughPatricia BaldrichIoannis StergiopoulosRichard Michelmoreahttps://ror.org/05rrcem69Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616bhttps://ror.org/05rrcem69Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616chttps://ror.org/05rrcem69Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 43 2026-10-27T07:00:00Z 2026-10-27T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2620406123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2620406123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2620524123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 42, October 2026. <br/>SignificancePathogenic fungi must overcome host-imposed trace-metal starvation, known as nutritional immunity, to establish successful infections. This study uncovers a remarkable dual-track survival mechanism inBeauveria bassianathat strictly ... Nuclear BbAtg8 interacts with BbMac1 as a transcriptional modulator to sustain nuclear copper homeostasis during conidial germination doi:10.1073/pnas.2620524123 2026-10-16T07:00:00Z Jinli DingGuangxia QiDan YeBin LiMin LuMingguang FengQing CaiShenghua Yingahttps://ror.org/03a60m280Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Chinabhttps://ror.org/00a2xv884Institute of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, Chinachttps://ror.org/023b72294College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 42 2026-10-20T07:00:00Z 2026-10-20T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2620524123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2620524123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2623430123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 42, October 2026. <br/>SignificanceRice blast disease caused byMagnaporthe oryzaethreatens global rice production, and durable control remains difficult as fungicide resistance emerges. We used the crystal structure of MoAtg8, a core autophagy protein required for infection-... Structure-based targeting of Atg8 uncovers its essential role in autophagy-mediated detoxification doi:10.1073/pnas.2623430123 2026-10-15T07:00:00Z Jiongyi YanXueming ZhuLin LiZi-Fang ShenJian-Dong BaoShuang LiangHuimin WuNida AsifXichun LuoHongmin LvAsen DaskalovYing-Ying CaiYunyun WeiJianping LuXiaohong LiuNaweed I. NaqviRichard A. WilsonFu-Cheng LinaState Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, Chinabhttps://ror.org/02qbc3192State Key Laboratory for Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiome of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, ChinacXianghu Laboratory, Hangzhou 311231, Chinadhttps://ror.org/057qpr032University of Bordeaux, CNRS, ImmunoConcEpT, UMR 5164, Bordeaux F-33000, Franceehttps://ror.org/0331z5r71College of Biology and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou 310015, Chinafhttps://ror.org/01tgyzw49Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117604, Singaporeghttps://ror.org/043mer456Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 42 2026-10-20T07:00:00Z 2026-10-20T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2623430123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2623430123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2528067123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 41, October 2026. <br/>SignificanceThe ecosystem services of managed grasslands and rangelands depend strongly on the diversity of plant traits within these ecosystems. This “functional diversity” influences their productivity as well as resistance and resilience against ... Global grassland productivity and carbon storage benefit from functional diversity under climate change doi:10.1073/pnas.2528067123 2026-10-07T07:00:00Z Stephen Björn WirthChristoph MüllerFriedhelm TaubeJens HeinkeBritta TietjenSusanne Rolinskiahttps://ror.org/01n6r0e97Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, Potsdam 14412, Germanybhttps://ror.org/04v76ef78Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Grass and Forage Science/Organic Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Kiel University, Kiel 24118, Germanychttps://ror.org/046ak2485Theoretical Ecology, Institute of Biology, Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 14195, GermanydBrandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research, Berlin D-14195, Germany Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 41 2026-10-13T07:00:00Z 2026-10-13T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2528067123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2528067123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2622107123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 40, October 2026. <br/>SignificanceCrop survival during drought depends on the ability to transition from growth to stress adaptation. Plant peptide hormones have emerged as important regulators of this critical transition, highlighting the importance of investigating their ... Signaling by a tyrosine-sulfated peptide balances growth and osmotic stress response in rice doi:10.1073/pnas.2622107123 2026-10-01T07:00:00Z Yejin ShimEllen Y. RimJin C.-Y. LiaoMyeong-Je ChoGeorge AustinPatrick W. CarlosSameer S. KulkarniRichard J. PayneMaria Florencia ErcoliPamela C. Ronaldahttps://ror.org/05rrcem69Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616bhttps://ror.org/00f54p054Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, CA 94305chttps://ror.org/01an7q238Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720dhttps://ror.org/0384j8v12School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australiaehttps://ror.org/0384j8v12Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australiafhttps://ror.org/05rrcem69The Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 40 2026-10-06T07:00:00Z 2026-10-06T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2622107123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2622107123?af=R https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2616112123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 36, September 2026. <br/>SignificanceAphid dispersal plasticity, which relies on the production of winged or wingless morphs depending on environmental cues, involves complex molecular cascades. We identified a hormone–nuclease/transcription factor–microRNA–target network in ... Hormone-dependent miRNA cascades converge on glycogen phosphorylase to regulate wing plasticity in aphids doi:10.1073/pnas.2616112123 2026-09-01T07:00:00Z Jin-Ming LuYu-Jing LiuLin WangXiu-Cheng XieBi-Yue DingHong-Bo JiangAkiko SugioJean-Christophe SimonWei DouJin-Jun WangFeng ShangaKey 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/003vg9w96Institute of Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection, French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, Le Rheu Cedex 35653, France Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 36 2026-09-08T07:00:00Z 2026-09-08T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2616112123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2616112123?af=R 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.2626533123?af=R Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 35, September 2026. <br/> Can seaweed mitigate methane from cows on a global scale? doi:10.1073/pnas.2626533123 2026-08-26T07:00:00Z Allessandra DiCorato Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 123 35 2026-09-01T07:00:00Z 2026-09-01T07:00:00Z 10.1073/pnas.2626533123 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2626533123?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