volumes

Volume 16 - 2025

Original Research

Published on 23 Jan 2026

How much can reticulate evolution entangle plant systematics? Revisiting subfamilial classification of the Malvatheca clade (Malvaceae) on the basis of phylogenomics

Gustavo Luna
Lucas Costa
Flávia Fonseca Pezzini
Nisa Karimi
Joeri Sergej Strijk
Jefferson Carvalho-Sobrinho
Matheus Colli-Silva
André Marques
Gustavo Souza

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1717745

880 views

Original Research

Published on 23 Jan 2026

Genome-wide identification and analysis of expression of pathogenesis-related protein 1 (PR-1) gene family in brown algae

Linhong Teng
Shuxia Liang
Jiayi Chen
Bostjan Kobe
Naihao Ye
Hui Wang
Jian Song

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1754480

594 views

Original Research

Published on 23 Jan 2026

Responses of germination, photosynthesis, and gene expression in four cotton varieties under drought stress

Jiazila Baha
Xiaohong Zhao
Yage Li
Xue Zhai
Xinchuan Cao
Weifeng Guo

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1736650

619 views

Original Research

Published on 23 Jan 2026

A segment of Triticum timopheevii chromosome 3G confers type II Fusarium head blight resistance and reduces DON accumulation in wheat

Andrew Steed
Surbhi Grewal
Roshani Badgami
Julie King
Ian P King
Paul Nicholson

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1743533

687 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Machine vision-based detection method for key phenotypic information of shiitake mushroom stipes

Jiuxiao Zhao
Mingfei Wang
Zuolin Li
Qiuxiao Song
Cheng Chen
Guoqiang Guo
Jing Dong
Feifei Shan
Ruixue Xu
Wei Liu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1695008

542 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

DCSFormer: a high-precision method for cotton seedling point cloud organ segmentation

Tengfei Liu
Weili Sun
Haoyu Jiang
Luxu Tian
Chenhao Jin
Chenghao Wang
Jicheng Cao
Cairong Chen
Fei Hu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1724451

364 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Chloroplast genomic characterization and phylogenetic analysis of eleven Persicaria medicinal plants from Guangxi, Southern China

Zhuxin Li
Yinghan Dai
Shanshan Zhai
Yingying Cao
Junyu Cheng
Meng Ni
Lijuan Song
Junyu Tao
Dapei Zhang
Ziheng Xu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1749088

726 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Fine mapping and candidate gene mining of major QTL QSL.caas-6BL.1 for spike length in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Xiaohan Xie
Xianghua Meng
Kangzhen Ren
Yutao Cui
Wenjiao Zhang
Dengan Xu
Wujun Ma
Xuehuan Dai

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1744596

561 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Hexaploid-bridged introgression broadens genetic diversity and enriches clubroot-resistance alleles in Brassica juncea

Yongzhi Wu
Jingyan Liao
Yinquan Deng
Fuquan Ce
Peng Bai
Lisha Peng
Xingxing Zhang
Yi Wan
Wei Qian
Jiaqin Mei

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1729594

435 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Predicting vegetative phase nutrient uptake in Cannabis sativa L. via transpiration-driven mass-balance

Kit Powell
William L. Bauerle

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1753553

709 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Evolutionary dynamics and functional diversification of BBX transcription factors in C4 grasses from Setaria italica and Setaria viridis

Jiaxin Liu
Haoshan Zhang
Ling Zhao
Hua Wang
Shen Li
Yulu Wang
Lin Li
Luming Zou
Ting Zhang
Ruhong Cheng

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1701242

576 views

Methods

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Providing maceration protocols for xylem and phloem research

Eunice Romero
Mark Olson
Alí Segovia-Rivas
Jarmila Pittermann
Radek Jupa

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1740174

1,289 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Micro-nano aeration oxygenation and column P gradient variations enhance the soil microbial environment, thereby increasing corn yield

Jiayue Wang
Yupeng Zhao
Yanbo Fu
Zhiguo Wang
Wenlong Zhang
Jinquan Zhu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1668095

375 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Geographic authentication of Amomum tsaoko seeds using fourier transform-near infrared spectroscopy combined with machine learning techniques and feature reduction analysis

Yinggang Zheng
Songping Lan
Haoran Hu
Xinwei Huang
Huan Wang
He Cao
Xiaoli Liu
Yaowen Yang
Shengguo Ji
Hui Xie

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1717851

464 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Comparative analysis of morphological traits and photosynthetic parameters as well as carbon accumulation characteristics of six typical shrub species in the Qilian Mountains

Rong Zhou
Na Wei
Yaoyao Shangguan
Hu Zhao
Bin Chen
Yin Miao
Hongmei Liu
Xiaobin Xie
Gang Chen
Jingzhong Zhao

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1729429

441 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Combined transcriptomic and proteomic analysis reveals the response mechanisms of alfalfa to freezing stress

NaiPeng Ren
JieLin Liu
HongBao Wang
ZhaoMing Liu
XiangPing Liu
GuoLiang Li

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1682825

575 views

Original Research

Published on 22 Jan 2026

Function diversity of the expansin subfamily genes in Populus tomentosa

Junkang Zhang
Han Zhao
Hao Zhang
Mengjia Yang
Yuxi Chen
Jichen Xu

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1741986

468 views

Volume 17 - 2026

Original Research

Accepted on 22 Jan 2026

Transcriptome profiling reveals tissue-wide gene expression in chile pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) under infection by Phytophthora capsici

Dennis Nicuh Lozada
Cristian Cabrales-Arellano
Jerlie Mhay Matres
Jorge Gil C Angeles
Victor Velazquez-Martinez
Navdeep Kaur
Efren Delgado
Soum Sanogo

Frontiers in Plant Science

277 views

Original Research

Accepted on 22 Jan 2026

Superabsorbent Polymers Seed Coatings Modulate Transcriptomic and Physiological Responses to Drought in Rapeseed

Akram Abdolmaleki
Hendrik Bertram
Peter Dapprich
Elena Meininghaus
Marc Boelhauve
Michaela Schmitz
Armin Otto Schmitt
Mehmet Gültas

Frontiers in Plant Science

352 views

Review

Accepted on 22 Jan 2026

Biotechnological and Genetic innovations to Enhance Sorghum Adaptation under Climate Change

Zhifang Wang
Jingzhen Wang
Ming Cheng
Yiming Du
Ian Douglas Godwin
Lingqiang Wang
Peng LV
Guoquan Liu

Frontiers in Plant Science

241 views

Original Research

Accepted on 22 Jan 2026

OsTIP3;1 Regulates Rice Seed Germination via Aleurone Layer Lipid Metabolism: A Transcriptome Analysis

Yaping Cao
Yongkai Zhou
Heting Zhang
Huiping Chen

Frontiers in Plant Science

185 views

Original Research

Accepted on 22 Jan 2026

Differential physiological responses and transcriptome co-expression networks of salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive foxtail millet (Setaria italica (L.)) under salt stress

Min Liu
Zhi-Wei Wang
Song Hou
Rumei Tian
Kun Xie
Jing Bai
Yunzhe Cong
Yongyi Yang
Wei Liu

Frontiers in Plant Science

136 views

Original Research

Accepted on 22 Jan 2026

Climate warming induced pervasive growth decline in Chinese pine populations of the Loess Plateau, China

Zongshan Li
Cong Wang
Guangyao Gao
Xiaoming Feng
Yihe Lv
Xiaochun Wang
Qindi Zhang
Haibin Liang
Xiaojuan Zhang
Yue Guo

Frontiers in Plant Science

260 views

Original Research

Accepted on 22 Jan 2026

Spatiotemporal Interaction and Attribution Analysis of Ecosystem Health and Human Activities in the Daxing'anling Forest–Grassland Ecotone, China

Wanlong Pang
月欣张
Xiuzhi Ma
Yanan Ma

Frontiers in Plant Science

128 views