Cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., is planted in a wide range of environments in 78 countries
across the world and has great economic importance. A diversity of arthropods damages this …

Pecan leaf-variegated plant, which was infected with a novel badnavirus named pecan
mosaic virus (PMV) detected by small RNA deep sequencing, is a vital model plant for …

BACKGROUND Sugarcane is the most important sugar crop in the world. Like other crops,
sugarcane suffers from herbivorous insect attack. The oriental armyworm Mythimna separata …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a class of small non-coding regulatory RNAs, are key molecules in
many biological and metabolic processes of plant growth, development and stress response …

Different types of insect feeding can activate distinct plant resistance mechanisms and
trigger the generation of specific volatile compounds. Transcriptomic changes and the …

Huanglongbing (HLB) is a devastating disease that has led to an acute crisis for growers of
citrus, one of the world's most important fruit crops. The phloem-feeding Asian citrus psyllid …

Key message Weighted gene co-expression network analysis was explored to find key hub
genes involved in plant height regulation. Abstract Plant height, an important trait for maize …

The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is one of the most destructive pests worldwide, and causes
tremendous economic losses. Tobacco Nicotiana tabacum serves as a model organism for …

Plant bugs (Miridae species) have become major agricultural pests that cause increasing
and severe economic damage. Plant‐mediated RNA interference (RNAi) is emerging as an …

DNA methylation is an important epigenetic modification involved in multiple biological
processes. Altered methylation patterns have been reported to be associated with male …