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item GmSNAP14: a key contributor to soybean cyst nematode resistance in soybean (Mar 2026)
item Breaking the repulsive linkage between fiber strength and yield in a cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) MAGIC population suggests dampening starvation response genes can increase yield (Mar 2026)
item One-step ex vitro hairy root transformation of soybean using the RUBY visible reporter gene (Feb 2026)
item Genomes to fields 2024 maize genotype by environment prediction competition (Feb 2026)
item Genome resource announcement: de novo genome assembly and functional annotation for the plant pathogen Fusarium cerealis (Jan 2026)
item Dual genetic mechanisms of heterosis: population structure and gene action (Jan 2026)
item Gene editing and transformation strategies for engineering drought-tolerant legumes (Jan 2026)
item Assessing artificial diet and susceptibility of Mexican corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera zeae Krysan & Smith) larvae to Gpp34Ab1/Tpp35Ab1 protein (Jan 2026)
item Lf2 is a knotted homeobox regulator that modulates leaflet number in soybean (Jan 2026)
item Lost and found: Rediscovering microbiome-associated phenotypes that reshape agricultural sustainability (Jan 2026)
item Grain Quality in Maize (Dec 2025)
item High-Throughput Microbial Assay for Amino Acid Measurement in Ground Maize Seed Samples Utilizing Auxotrophic E. coli (Dec 2025)
item High-Throughput Assay for Measuring Phytate and Available Phosphorus in Ground Maize Seed Samples (Dec 2025)
item Development and validation of an FT-IR method for quantitative assessment of immature fiber content in cotton samples (Dec 2025)
item A GWAS identified loci and candidate genes associated with fiber quality traits in a new cotton MAGIC population (Dec 2025)
item UDP-glucuronic acid decarboxylase (UXS) in alfalfa: A target to improve ruminal digestibility of stem cell walls (Dec 2025)
item Influence of history on attraction of moths to artificial light (Dec 2025)
item Building a better wall: Polysaccharides as a target to improve alfalfa digestibility (Dec 2025)
item Photosynthetic and canopy traits characterization in soybean(Glycine max L.) using chlorophyll fluorescence and UAV imaging (Dec 2025)
item Published title is Resido: an R package for exploring amino acid residue composition of peptide and protein sequences (Dec 2025)
item Divergence of root system plasticity in soybean between modern breeding lines and diverse germplasm accessions (Nov 2025)
item Supplementation with willow containing condensed tannins shifted nitrogen excretion from urine to faeces in yearling ewes (Nov 2025)
item Identifying canopy wilting QTLs and evaluating remote sensing approaches for selecting drought-tolerant soybean (Oct 2025)
item Divergence of Bowman-Birk protease inhibitor family into seed-specific and environmentally responsive subfamilies in legume and soybean: Implication for legume seed composition improvement. (Aug 2025)
item Phenotypic plasticity in maize grain yield: genetic and environmental insights of response to environmental gradients (Aug 2025)
item Sorghum-grain-count: A large image dataset and benchmark for sorghum grain count estimation (Jul 2025)
item Unlocking the potential of willow condensed tannins: Effects on rumen fermentation, microbiome, and metabolome for sustainable ruminant nutrition (Jul 2025)
item Characterization and mapping of a rust resistance gene in the common bean landrace G19833 (Jul 2025)
item Influence of heat stress and ensiling temperature on growth and performance of silage inoculants (Jul 2025)
item Classification of individual waxy maize kernels using single kernel near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (Jun 2025)
item Unraveling the epistatic interactions of major rust resistance genes in common bean (Jun 2025)
item Factors influencing protein utilisation in legume silage and hay for ruminants (Jun 2025)
item Ethyl methanesulfonate treatment of maize pollen for development of segregating mutant populations or targeted mutagenesis (Jun 2025)
item Uses and Opportunities for Ethyl Methanesulfonate Mutagenesis in Maize (Jun 2025)
item How to harvest and store corn (Zea mays) (Jun 2025)
item How to monitor growth and identify developmental stages of maize (Zea mays) (Jun 2025)
item Ethyl methanesulfonate treatment of maize seed for recovery of vegetative mutant sectors and segregating germinal mutations (Jun 2025)
item How to pollinate corn (Zea mays) (Jun 2025)
item Field preparation and planting corn (Zea mays) (Jun 2025)
item Planting, pollinating, harvesting, and monitoring growth in maize (Zea mays) for research (Jun 2025)
item Improving plant breeding through AI-supported data integration (Jun 2025)
item Willow silvopastoral systems: a strategy to reduce methane emissions and maintain cattle performance (Jun 2025)
item Function of nuclear envelope proteins in plant growth and development (May 2025)
item Gibberellins: extending the Green Revolution (May 2025)
item Plant hormones at the intersection of stress and development (May 2025)
item Dhurrin: An endogenous turnover n-source for early seedling growth in sorghum (May 2025)
item Phytochemical characterization of eighteen colored corn varieties and coproducts from the 2022 season of the Missouri colored corn adaptation program (May 2025)
item Obstacles to preserving protein in alfalfa silage (May 2025)
item Metabolite profiling of growth regulatory hormones from maize tissue (Apr 2025)
item Analysis of polar and nonpolar small plant growth hormones and quantification by LC/MS (Apr 2025)
item Sterol and brassinosteroid hormone quantification by LC/MS of picolinyl ester derivatives (Apr 2025)
item Working smarter, not harder: silencing LAZY1 in Prunus domestica causes outward, wandering branch orientations with commercial and ornamental applications (Apr 2025)
item Citrus phloem specific transcriptional profiling through the development of a citrus tristeza virus expressed translating ribosome affinity purification system (Apr 2025)
item Long-read sequencing reveals novel structural variation markers for key agronomic and quality traits of soybeans (Apr 2025)
item Persistent fatty acid catabolism during plant oil synthesis (Mar 2025)
item Strawberry plant propagation: Evaluation of cultivars using different growing environments and assessment approaches (Mar 2025)
item Landscape of rare-allele variants in cultivated and wild soybean genomes (Mar 2025)
item Determination of free amino acid concentrations in bovine plasma using high-pressure liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy detection (Mar 2025)
item Mapping of Phytophthora sojae resistance in soybean genotypes PI 399079 and PI 408132 (Mar 2025)
item Genome-wide associations within diverse wild apple germplasm for postharvest blue mold resistance to Penicillium expansum (Mar 2025)
item Description of heterorhabditis americana n. sp. (Rhabditida, Heterorhabditidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode species isolated in North America (Mar 2025)
item Allele and transcriptome mining in Gossypium hirsutum reveals variation in candidate genes at genetic loci affecting cotton fiber quality and textile flammability (Mar 2025)
item Characterization of a G. max × G. soja nested association mapping population and identification of loci controlling seed composition traits from wild soybean (Mar 2025)
item Metabolomic profiling of purple corn pericarp phytochemicals and their efficient recovery in deep eutectic solvents with ultrasound-assisted extraction (Mar 2025)
item Analysis of Ga2 genome structure and activity reveals widespread distribution of functional loci in modern maize germplasm (Feb 2025)
item Hydroxycinnamoyl-coenzyme A: tetrahydroxyhexanedioate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase (HHHT) from Phaseolus vulgaris: Phylogeny, expression pattern, kinetic parameters, and active site analysis (Feb 2025)
item QTL mapping and whole genome sequencing analysis for novel genetic resources associated with sucrose content in soybean [Glycine max (L.)Merr.] (Feb 2025)
item Deep R-gene discovery in HLB resistant wild Australian limes uncovers evolutionary features and potentially important loci for hybrid breeding (Jan 2025)
item Integration of genetic and imaging data to detect QTL for root traits in Interspecific soybean populations (Jan 2025)
item Effects of sericea lespedeza supplementation on steers grazing wild-type endophyte-infected tall fescue (Jan 2025)
item A medium-throughput protease assay for screening green plant material (Jan 2025)
item High-throughput phenotyping of stay-green in a sorghum breeding program using unmanned aerial vehicles and machine learning (Jan 2025)
item Strawberry desiccation and gloss in refrigerated storage depends on an interaction between cultivar and time after harvest (Dec 2024)
item Optimization of polyphenol extraction from purple corn pericarp using glycerol/lactic acid-based deep eutectic solvent in combination with ultrasound-assisted extraction (Dec 2024)
item Interaction of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor GhKRP6 with RING-Type E3 ligase influences the fiber length in upland cotton (Dec 2024)
item Genome-wide association study of haploid female fertility (HFF) and haploid male fertility (HMF) in BS39-derived doubled haploid maize lines (Dec 2024)
item Mapping resistance to Sclerotinia white mold in two pinto bean recombinant inbred line populations (Dec 2024)
item ‘USDA Lumina’ strawberry (Dec 2024)
item Global genotype by environment prediction competition reveals that diverse modeling strategies can deliver satisfactory maize yield estimates (Nov 2024)
item A nuclear phylogenomic tree of grasses (Poaceae) recovers current classification despite gene tree incongruence (Nov 2024)
item Targeted engineering of camelina and pennycress seeds for ultrahigh accumulation of acetyl-TAG (Nov 2024)
item A strategy for identification and characterization of genic mutations using a temperature-sensitive chlorotic soybean mutant as an example (Nov 2024)
item Genome-wide association studies of bundle and single fiber length traits reveal the genetic basis of within-sample variation in upland cotton fiber length (Oct 2024)
item Evaluating genetic diversity and seed composition stability within Pan-African Soybean Variety Trials (Sep 2024)
item Effects of temperature and storage duration on quality of an insect artificial diet (Sep 2024)
item A glimpse of light on the mystery of regulating temperate fruit tree blooming time (Sep 2024)
item Over a century of pear breeding at the USDA (Sep 2024)
item Utilization of natural hybridization and intra-vultivar variations for improving soybean yield, seed weight and agronomic traits (Sep 2024)
item FatPlants: a comprehensive information system for lipid-related genes and metabolic pathways in plants (Aug 2024)
item Register of new fruit and nut cultivars list 52 (Aug 2024)
item High temporal resolution unoccupied aerial systems phenotyping provides unique information between flight dates (Jul 2024)
item Transcriptome analysis of resistant and susceptible Medicago truncatula genotypes in response to spring black stem and leaf spot disease (Jul 2024)
item A Leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase as a regulator in the cuticular wax deposition in sorghum (Jul 2024)
item Development and implementation of nested single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) assays for breeding and genetic research applications (Jul 2024)
item Unveiling the arsenal of apple bitter rot fungi: comparative genomics identifies candidate effectors, CAZymes and biosynthetic gene clusters in Colletotrichum species (Jul 2024)
item Oebalus pugnax (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) resistance to lambda-cyahlothrin in Texas and efficacy of 2 alternative insecticides in grain sorghum (Jul 2024)
item Comparison of Rps loci towards isolates, singly and combined inocula of Phytophthora sojae in soybean PI 407985, PI 408029, PI 408097 and PI424477 (Jun 2024)
item The role of UDP-D-xylose synthase (UXS) in alfalfa cell wall synthesis: A target to increase digestibility (Jun 2024)
item Improving alfalfa protein content and stability (Jun 2024)
item Use of basta (phosphinothricin) selection for genetic transformation of Regen SY alfalfa (Jun 2024)
item Microencapsulation of highly concentrated polyphenolic compounds from purple corn pericarp by spray-drying with various biomacromolecules (Jun 2024)
item Nitrogen fertilizer and plant density affect maize residue quantity and quality more than previous crop and genotype (May 2024)
item Pectin methylesterase activities in reproductive tissues of maize plants with different haplotypes of the Ga1 and Ga2 cross incompatibility systems (May 2024)
item Identification of quantitative trait loci controlling root morphological traits in an interspecific soybean population using 2D imagery data (Apr 2024)
item Isotopically nonstationary metabolic flux analysis of plants: recent progress and future opportunities (Apr 2024)
item Halophytes and heavy metals: a multi-omics approach to understand the role of gene and genome duplication in the abiotic stress tolerance of Cakile maritima (Apr 2024)
item euAP2a, a key gene that regulates flowering time in peach (Prunus persica) by modulating thermo-responsive transcription programming (Apr 2024)
item Assessment of growth and yield potential of a dominant multi-tillering sorghum mutant (Apr 2024)
item A dominant multiple tiller mutant that dramatically increases biomass and grain yield in sorghum (Apr 2024)
item A large sequenced mutant library as a community resource for sorghum breeding and genomics (Apr 2024)
item Naturally Colored Cotton for Wearable Applications (Mar 2024)
item The short inflorescence mutation in diploid strawberry fragaria vesca affects inflorescence architecture and runner elongation (Feb 2024)
item Genome assembly of Medicago truncatula accession SA27063 provides insight into spring black stem and leaf spot disease resistance (Feb 2024)
item Susceptibility of northern corn rootworm (Diabrotica barberi) populations to Cry3Bb1 and Gpp34/Tpp35Ab1 proteins in seedling and diet overlay toxicity assays (Feb 2024)
item Regulatory frameworks involved in the floral induction, formation and developmental programming of woody horticultural plants: a case study on blueberries (Feb 2024)
item Identification and characterization of a temperature sensitive chlorotic soybean mutant (Feb 2024)
item Gene editing in soybean: promise to products (Feb 2024)
item Phylogenetic and functional analysis of tiller angle control homeologs in allotetraploid cotton (Jan 2024)
item Advanced gene editing strategies for root development research (Jan 2024)
item A large Sequenced Mutant library provides gene leads for breeding and genome editing (Jan 2024)
item From a point to a range of optimum estimates for maize plant density and nitrogen rate recommendations (Dec 2023)
item Genome-wide association analysis of plant architecture traits using doubled haploid lines derived from different cycles of the Iowa Stiff Stalk Synthetic maize population (Dec 2023)
item Engineering custom morpho- and chemotypes of Populus for sustainable production of biofuels, bioproducts, and biomaterials (Oct 2023)
item Apple CRISPR-Cas9 – a recipe for successful targeting of AGAMOUS genes in domestic apple (Oct 2023)
item Sorghum pedigreed mutant library is an efficient resource for discovering traits for breeding and targets for genome editing (Oct 2023)
item Mutagenesis in the age of next-generation-sequencing and genome editing (Sep 2023)
item Arabidopsis acyl carrier protein4 and rhomboid like10 act independently in chloroplast phosphatidate synthesis (Sep 2023)
item From endodormancy to ecodormancy: the transcriptional landscape of apple floral buds (Jul 2023)