Crop Science

• Genetic diversity analysis and GWAS reveal the adaptive loci of milling and appearance quality of japonica rice (Oryza sativa L.) in Northeast China
• A major and stable QTL for wheat spikelet number per spike validated in different genetic backgrounds
• The GhMAX2 gene regulates plant growth and fiber development in cotton
• Optimization of nitrogen fertilization improves rice quality by affecting the structure and physicochemical properties of starch at high yield levels
• Source-sink relations and responses to sink-source manipulations during grain filling in wheat

Horticulture

• Genome-wide identification,evolutionary selection,and genetic variation of DNA methylation-related genes in Brassica rapa and Brassica oleracea
• Effects of exogenous paclobutrazol and sampling time on the efficiency of in vitro embryo rescue in the breeding of new seedless grape varieties
• PbPH5,an H+ P-ATPase on the tonoplast,is related to malic acid accumulation in pear fruit
• Genome-wide characterization and expression analysis of WRKY family genes during development and resistance to Colletotrichum fructicola in cultivated strawberry (Fragaria×ananassa Duch.)

Plant Protection

• A transferred regulator that contributes to Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzicola oxidative stress adaptation and virulence by regulating the expression of cytochrome bd oxidase genes
• A rapid multiplication system for 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus'through regeneration of axillary buds in vitro
• Physiological mitochondrial ROS regulate diapause by enhancing HSP60/Lon complex stability in Helicoverpa armigera
• Characterization of carboxylesterase PxαE8 and its role in multiinsecticide resistance in Plutella xylostella (L.)
• High temperatures do not decrease biocontrol potential for the host-killing parasitoid Neochrysocharis formosa (Hymenoptera:Eulophidae) on agromyzid leafminers

Animal Science ? Veterinary Medicine

• Epigenome-wide DNA methylation analysis reveals differentially methylation patterns in skeletal muscle between Chinese Chenghua and Qingyu pigs
• HBP1 inhibits chicken preadipocyte differentiation by activating the STAT3 signaling via directly enhancing JAK2 expression

Agro-Ecosystem & Environment

• Maize-legume intercropping promote N uptake through changing the root spatial distribution,legume nodulation capacity,and soil N availability
• Integrated management of crop residue and nutrient enhances new carbon formation by regulating microbial taxa and enzymes
• From statistics to grids:A two-level model to simulate crop pattern dynamics

Agricultural Economics and Management

• ICT-based agricultural advisory services and nitrogen management practices:A case study of wheat production in China
• Agricultural production structure,market conditions and farmers’nutritional intake in rural China

Short Communication

• First record of the little fire ant,Wasmannia auropunctata(Hymenoptera:Formicidae),in Chinese mainland

• lmage-based root phenotyping for field-grown crops:An example under maize/soybean intercropping
• ldentification of Heterodera schachtii on sugar beet in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China
• lnvestigation of mitochondrial DNA genetic diversity and phylogeny of goats worldwide