Review

1. Responses of leaf stomatal and mesophyll conductance to abiotic stress factors

Crop Science

1. Genetic dissection of the grain-filling rate and related traits through linkage analysis and genome-wide association study in bread wheat
2. Expression profiling of transgenes (Cry1Ac and Cry2A) in cotton genotypes under different genetic backgrounds
3. Linkage and association mapping of wild soybean (Glycine soja)seeds germinating under salt stress
4. Genome-wide identification,expression and functional analysis of sugar transporters in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)
5. lnhibition of miR397 by STTM technology to increase sweetpotato resistance to SPVD
6. Comprehensive analysis of YABBY gene family in foxtail millet(Setaria italica) and functional characterization of SiDL
7. Grain yield and lodging-related traits of ultrashort-duration varieties for direct-seeded and double-season rice in Central China
8. Effect of various combinations of temperature during different phenological periods on indica rice yield and quality in the Yangtze River Basin in China

Horticulture

1. QTL-seq analysis of the seed size trait in grape provides new molecular insights on seedlessness
2. Comparative transcriptomic analysis of Rosa sterilis inflorescence branches with different trichome types reveals an R3-MYB transcription factor that negatively regulates trichome formation

Plant Protection

1. Dispersal routes of Cercospora zeina causing maize gray leaf spot in China
2. The peroxisomal matrix shuttling receptor Pex5 plays a role in FB1 production and virulence in Fusarium verticillioides
3. A fragment of a 70-kDa Heterodera glycines heat shock protein(HgHSP70) interacts with soybean cyst nematode-resistant GmSHMT08
4. Biosynthesis of artemisinic acid in engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its attractiveness to the mirid bug Apolygus lucorum
5. Diamide derivatives containing a trifluoromethylpyridine skeleton:Design,synthesis,and insecticidal activity

Animal Science·Veterinary Medicine

1. MiR-140 downregulates fatty acid synthesis by targeting transforming growth factor alpha (TGFA) in bovine mammary epithelial cells
2. Regulation of bone phosphorus retention and bone development possibly by BMP and MAPK signaling pathways in broilers
3. Chinese herbal formulae defend against Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection

Agro-Ecosystem &Environment

1. Partial organic substitution weakens the negative effect of chemical fertilizer on soil micro-food webs
2. Indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi play a role in phosphorus depletion in organic manure amended high fertility soil

Agricultural Economics and Management

1. The mechanism and heterogeneity of environmental regulations’impact on the technological progress of dairy farming
2. Spatial and temporal changes of paddy rice ecosystem services in China during the period 1980-2014

Short Communication

1. Moderate drought alleviates the damage to grain quality at high temperatures by improving the starch synthesis of inferior grains in japonica rice