Annals of Applied Biology

📣 Call for Papers 📣 RECROP: Plant Adaptations to Extreme Environments Do you work on: 🌽 Crop stress resilience 🧂 Salinity 💧 Drought 🌡️ Heat 🦠 Plant-microbe interactions in extreme environments Submit your paper now: buff.ly/qJqmlaP #plantscience @Recrop22157

Sustainable phenophase-linked management strategies for controlling the litchi stink bug Tessaratoma javanica, whilst reducing impact on pollinators and parasitoids 🐝🪲 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70… @icarindia

Register now for this month's webinar 'all aabout' Photosynthesis for Horticulture 🌱 Featuring a talk from our editor Showkat Ganie 👇

Novel method for early-detection of Phyllosticta citricarpa causing Citrus Black Spot (CBS) 🍋 Integrating environmental sampling and molecular diagnostics to rapidly detect and respond to CBS outbreaks in new areas 👉onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aa… #planthealth

📣 Call for Papers 📣 Roots to Regenerative Agriculture: Soils, Biodiversity & Novel Approaches Do you work on: 🚜 RegenAg 🌎 Agroecology 🪱 Soil Health & Biodivesrity 🌽 Intercropping 🌱 Root Systems & Rhizosphere Submit your paper now: buff.ly/TGC3itz #plantscience

ICYMI, watch Gustavo Ferreira da Silva talking about his recent paper in our webinar "all aabout Roots" earlier this week 👉 youtu.be/CEk-tSexak0

#OpenAccess The impact of short-term flooding on soil microbial communities, soil nitrogen and maize productivity in clay loam soils of Ohio, United States 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70… @KelloggBioStn @MSU_PRI

Elucidating R-gene-mediated resistance to wheat dwarf virus in Triticum aestivum genotypes 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70… 🧬 Krishnamurthy et al. reveal new genetic markers for WDV-resistance to accelerate wheat breeding programmes for viral disease resilience #plantscience

✨Out now ✨ The first draft genome assembly of Neofabraea vagabunda (the causal agent of bull's eye rot) marks a big step forward in tackling this major postharvest disease casing significant losses in apple crops during and after storage 👉doi.org/10.1111/aab.70…

🌱 One week to go until our next webinar 'all aabout' Roots & Soil! 🌱 📅 Tuesday 24th Feb - 1pm GMT Register for free 👉️ buff.ly/dcXsZR4 #plantscience #sustainableagriculture @AnnalsApplBio

"Carboxymethyl cellulose as a new soil conditioner improves water retention capacity of saline soils and increases crop yields" 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70… 🌽 CMC enhances soil water permeability, inhibits salt accumulation and counters soil degradation in arid regions

Tune in to our next webinar 'all aabout' Roots & Soil Biology 📅 24 Feb - 1pm GMT 🔗 buff.ly/dcXsZR4 & hear from Gustavo Ferreira da Silva 'all aabout' his recently published paper 👇 #plantscience @AABiologists

Natural regeneration shows potential to restore soil insect communities in the degraded pastures of the Brazilian Cerrado- highlighting the importance of conservation and restoration policies. Read the new paper by Ribeiro de Souza & Aranda now: doi.org/10.1111/aab.70…

Tackling Phosphorous deficiencies in tropical soils through sustainable agricultural practices. New research shows microbial inoculants & organomineral fertilizers can reduce phosphate fertilizer inputs in sugarcane cultivation by up to 66% Read it now: doi.org/10.1111/aab.70…

🌾 Check out this recent opinion in @AnnalsApplBio from @sa_ganie & @RicardoAAzeved2 Read it now 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70…

Our first issue for 2026 is out! 🔗buff.ly/ske86m5 Ft. original articles, reviews & opinions on: 🧑‍🌾 Genetic discovery & agricultural impact 🌱 ABA transporters 🦠 Rhizosphere "pathobiome" 🍋 Citrus diseases 🥒 Plant viral resistance 🍐 Fruit pollination & much more!

🌲O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, How lovely are your branches!🌲 Essential oils from Nordic plants like Black Spruce have antimicrobial & insecticidal properties– making them great alternatives to synthetic pesticides! 👉doi.org/10.1111/aab.70… @HoudeDelisle @AndreMarette

Shifts in seed-associated endophytic bacterial communities from parental lines to advanced generations in lima bean onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aa…

🫜 Incorporating winter cover crops into forecasting aphid outbreaks leads to better prediction of virus spread in sugar beet crops 🌱 Improving integrated pest management (IPM) strategies & reducing reliance on insecticides 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70…

🌾But these tried-and-tested VERG methods do not transiently alter gene expression in rice, pointing to its unique defences and the need for fresh approaches to study gene function! As Dr MacGregor says "By sharing these results, we hope to help others avoid the same pitfalls”

🔎 VERG is used to study gene function without permanent genetic modification, working well in wheat & foxtail! Virus-Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) of chlorophyll gene 🧬 plants turn white Virus-mediated Overepression (VOX) of fluorescent protein 🧬 leaves glow green 👇

Sharing negative results to stop others from falling down “research rabbit-holes”… 🦠 Virus-enabled reverse genetics (VERG) is a powerful tool, but robust data shows this tried-and-tested method just doesn’t work in rice! 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70… @Rothamsted #plantscience