Molecular mechanisms and regulatory networks of salt stress tolerance in plants - Muhammad Usman; Li Wang; An Xiaojuan; Zixing Sun; Fei Yu; Philippe Gallusci; Ruie Liu; Caixi Zhang (Plant Science, 2026)

Precision nanoparticles for plant thermotolerance: From molecular mechanisms to scalable agriculture - Muhammad Azeem Ashraf; Muhammad Ateeq; Muhammad Amjad; Qingfeng Dong; Hao Ren; Asad Shehzaib; Wang Xue; Liang Chen; Yin-Gang Hu (Plant Science, 2026)

Multiplexed CRISPR/Cas9 mediated knockdown of BCH gene in potato enhances beta-carotene to combat vitamin A deficiency - Ujala Nasir; Aneela Yasmeen; Muhammad Awais; Ayesha Latif; Allah Bakhsh; Nadeem Ahmad; Naila Shahid; Saira Azam; Abdul Qayyum Rao; Ahmad Ali Shahid (Plant Science, 2026)

Genome-wide study uncovering the role of GPAT gene family in watermelon and functional validation of ClGPAT8 against cold stress - Ali Aslam; Xiaomeng Wang; Muhammad Waseem; Muhammad Azam; Ashir Masroor; Qinghua Shi; Sher Muhammad; Aseel Smerat; Muhammad Khuram Razzaq; Ruimin Zhang (Plant Science, 2026)

Uncovering the central role of GhSPL13 in vegetative growth, root architecture, and stress responses in cotton - Sahar Sadaqat; Muhammad Awais; Muhammad Saad bin Tahir; Ramsha Ajmal; Aneela Yasmeen; Saira Azam; Naila Shahid; Ayesha Latif; Allah Bakhsh; Ruhangiz Mammadova; Abdul Qayyum Rao (Plant Science, 2026)

Boron-mediated pectin demethylesterification improves Na+ retention in root cell wall and alleviates salt stress in Brassica napus L. - Yu Yang; Wenjing Hao; Rui Jing; Xiaolei Feng; Diqing Yin; Muhammad Riaz; Mu Lu; Yusheng Niu; Lei Yan (Plant Science, 2026)

Identification and functional verification of resistance genes against Lily bulb virus-1 (LbV-1) in Lilium: Insight from sRNA sequencing and transcriptomic profiling - Nisar Uddin; Xia Li; Noor Muhammad; Muhammad Shahid; Adil Hussain; Lili Zhang; Daochen Zhu (Plant Science, 2026)

CaHAT5, an HD-ZIP transcription factor, positively regulates capsaicinoid biosynthesis during pepper fruit development - Miao Li; Jiaqin Li; Yongqing Bai; Qing Wen; Shiyu Tian; Muhammad Safiullah Virk; Yinghui Hou; Xinzhuan Yao; Yumei He; Litang Lu (Plant Science, 2026)

Unveiling the plant growth-promoting and antifungal potential of Melissa officinalis endophytes: The integrative culture-dependent and metagenomic approaches - Vyacheslav Shurigin; Xiaoxuan Lu; Abdur Rashid Khan; Murad Muhammad; Ibad Ullah; Dilfuza Egamberdieva; Yang Yu; Li Li (Plant Science, 2026)

Breaking the bloom: Exploring the genetic pathways in crop plants from primordia formation to seed development - Saba Bashir; Ali Raza; Muhammad Abdullah Bashir; Pengfei Jiang; Muhammad Ahmad Hassan (Plant Science, 2026)

MaMYB102 enhances salt tolerance in banana (Musa acuminata) by activating MaBADH-mediated glycine betaine biosynthesis - Jiaxuan Yu; Jing He; Bowei Zhu; Muhammad Moaaz Ali; Juhua Liu; Xinguo Li (Plant Science, 2026)

Vernalization responses in Brassica: An insight into key regulatory genes, long non-coding RNAs, associated co-regulatory networks, and their epigenetics - Aftab Ahmad; Afrasyab Khan; Muhammad Ahmad Hassan; Javed Iqbal; Na Liao; Zainab Ghazala; Wenjie Wang; Lingyun Yuan; Chenggang Wang; Guohu Chen (Plant Science, 2026)

Key metabolic and proteolytic pathways contributing to cadmium tolerance in soybean - Shahid Ali; Hao Yun Liang; Muhammad Ali Shah; Haseeb Ahmad; Yu Xin Chi; Kashif Khan; Xun Bo Zhou (Plant Science, 2026)

Transcriptome profiling of AP2/ERF family members and functional characterization of CaAP2/ERF99 in pepper defense against Phytophthora capsici - Jie Wang; Muhammad Azeem; Yawei Li; Beibei Gong; Xueqi Li; Li Liu; Guangqiang Wu; Moli Chu; Wei Cheng (Plant Science, 2026)

Knockout of a pectate lyase in tomato increases fruit firmness and reduces foliar susceptibility to pathogens - Ludovica Fumelli; Muhammad Ilyas; Fabrizio Olivieri; Barbara Farinon; Roberto Forniti; Rinaldo Botondi; Antonio Granell; Giulia De Lorenzo; Andrea Mazzucato (Plant Science, 2026)

Synergistic effects of biochar and silicon dioxide nanoparticles abate cadmium uptake and oxidative stress in tomato: Achieving crop resilience and environmental sustainability - Muhammad Kashif Irshad; Muhammad Waseem; Saba Saleem; Jamilur R. Ansari; Sana Ashraf; Wasim Javed; Ali Noman; Muhammad Aqeel; Muhammad Rizwan; Afrah E. Mohammed; Modhi O. Alotaibi; Muhammad Rizwan; et al. (Plant Science, 2026)

Deciphering auxin-regulated stomatal development: Novel insights into phytochrome-interacting factors, FOUR LIPS, and SNF1-related kinase interactions - Abdul Wakeel Umar; Naveed Ahmad; Hamad Hussain; Muhammad Zeeshan; Ming Xu (Plant Science, 2026)

Copper homeostasis: Crosstalk with plant secondary metabolism and stress responses - Muhammad Tanveer Akhtar; Zhaogeng Lu; Shi-xiong Ren; He-lin Zou; Iqra Noor; Biao Jin (Plant Science, 2026)

Cytoplasmic male sterility: Sterility induction, fertility restoration and gene-for-gene interaction of CMS/Rf genes - Ahmad Ali; Muhammad Zeeshan Mola Bakhsh; Shipeng Li; Xiaoyu Zhang; Jinxing Tu; Bin Yi (Plant Science, 2025)

Continuous cropping obstacles in medicinal plants: Driven by soil microbial communities and root exudates. A review - Muhammad Zeeshan Ul Haq; Zeqi Bai; Guangtao Gu; Ya Liu; Dongmei Yang; Huageng Yang; Jing Yu; Yougen Wu (Plant Science, 2025)

Cell wall polysaccharides response to cadmium stress and transcriptome analysis in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) - Min Wang; Muhammad Haris; Chao Zhang; Ting Wei; Lei Zhang; Minwang Laipan; Junkang Guo (Plant Science, 2025)

Genome-wide identification, characterization and expression analysis of CsC3H gene family in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L) under various abiotic stresses - Saleem Uddin; Sadia Gull; Hafiz Athar Hussain; Umer Mahmood; Muhammad Qasim; Farah Kamal; Abdel-Rhman Z. Gaafar; Saltanat Aghayeva; Rashid Iqbal; Xiaohong Yang (Plant Science, 2025)

Genomics of plant-associated fungi: Research progress and highlights in forage crops - Muhammad Abdullah Akber; Yuxing Cui; Jiacheng Zhang; Xiangling Fang (Plant Science, 2025)

Molecular mechanisms underlying abiotic stress responses in buckwheat - Artur Pinski; Syed Muhammad Muntazir Mehdi; Alexander Betekhtin (Plant Science, 2025)

RNA modification: A contemporary review of pseudouridine (Ψ) and its role in functional plant biology - Ahsan Khan; Gatera Anicet; Hafiz Umair Asdullah; Muhammad Ahmad Hassan; Youhong Song (Plant Science, 2025)

A novel F-box gene, SlSE2.2, is responsible for the stigma exsertion degree in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) - Pan Zhao; Yanhong Zhang; Zhengliang Sun; Baohui Cheng; Liangzhe Meng; Tayeb Muhammad; Yuhe Yao; Muhammad Mehran Abbas; Xiangqiang Zhan; Fei Zhang; Yan Liang (Plant Science, 2025)

Deciphering the complex roles of leucine-rich repeat receptor kinases (LRR-RKs) in plant signal transduction - Ting Tang; Ferdinand Ndikuryayo; Xue-Yan Gong; Elaheh Amirinezhadfard; Mehtab Muhammad Aslam; Mo-Xian Chen; Wen-Chao Yang (Plant Science, 2025)

Strigolactone (GR24) regulates fruit ripening in yft3 tomatoes by altering ABA biosynthesis - Muhammad Naeem; Rong Han; Anran Xu; Xuemeng Shan; Lingxia Zhao (Plant Science, 2025)

Cytological observation and transcriptome analysis reveal that NTFR1 is a new tetraploid rice fertility gene using the tetraploid fertility-directed lines - Hao Fan; Kai Li; Mengzhu Hu; Zijuan Huang; Haibin Guo; Xiang Li; Zhixiong Chen; Lan Wang; Muhammad Qasim Shahid; Xiangdong Liu; Jinwen Wu (Plant Science, 2025)

Rhizospheric crosstalk: A mechanistic overview of how plant secondary metabolites alleviate abiotic stresses - Ali Muhammad; Muhammad Hafeez Ullah Khan; Xiangjun Kong; Shuaichao Zheng; Na Bai; Lijie Li; Nina Zhang; Sajid Muhammad; Zengqiang Li; Xiaotian Zhang; Chen Miao; Zhiyong Zhang (Plant Science, 2025)

Starvation from within: How heavy metals compete with essential nutrients, disrupt metabolism, and impair plant growth - Abdul Wakeel Umar; Muhammad Naeem; Hamad Hussain; Naveed Ahmad; Ming Xu (Plant Science, 2025)

The role of nitric oxide and nitrogen in mediating copper stress in Brassica juncea L. - Bilal A. Rather; Asim Masood; Fei Qiao; Xuefei Jiang; Muhammad Mubashar Zafar; Hanqing Cong; Nafees A. Khan (Plant Science, 2025)

Volatile signaling in weed plant Ageratina adenophora: Understanding the key emissions influencing Procecidochares utilis attraction to gall formation - Nipapan Kanjana; Yuyan Li; Muhammad Afaq Ahmed; Lin Ma; Lisheng Zhang (Plant Science, 2025)

Molecular mechanisms of cold stress response in cotton: Transcriptional reprogramming and genetic strategies for tolerance - Washu Dev; Fahmida Sultana; Hongge Li; Daowu Hu; Zhen Peng; Shoupu He; Haobo Zhang; Muhammad Waqas; Xiaoli Geng; Xiongming Du (Plant Science, 2025)

PavSPLs are key regulators of growth, development, and stress response in sweet cherry - Xunju Liu; Wanxia Sun; Haobo Liu; Li Wang; Muhammad Aamir Manzoor; Jiyuan Wang; Songtao Jiu; Caixi Zhang (Plant Science, 2025)

Unlocking plant resilience: Advanced epigenetic strategies against heavy metal and metalloid stress - Babar Iqbal; Naveed Ahmad; Guanlin Li; Arshad Jalal; Ali Raza Khan; Xiaojun Zheng; Muhammad Naeem; Daolin Du (Plant Science, 2024)

Jasmonic acid mediates Ca2+ dependent signal transduction and plant immunity - Muhammad Ahsan Farooq; Ahsan Ayyaz; Hui-Xi Zou; Weijun Zhou; Fakhir Hannan; Xiufeng Yan (Plant Science, 2024)

Surviving the desert's grasp: Decipherment phreatophyte Tamarix aphylla (L.) Karst. Adaptive strategies for arid resilience - Ummar Iqbal; Ali Daad; Ahmad Ali; Muhammad Faisal Gul; Muhammad Usama Aslam; Fahad Ur Rehman; Umar Farooq (Plant Science, 2024)

Metabolites-induced co-evolutionary warfare between plants, viruses, and their associated vectors: So close yet so far away - Naveed Ahmad; Hamad Hussain; Muhammad Naeem; Saeed ur Rahman; Khalid Ali Khan; Babar Iqbal; Abdul Wakeel Umar (Plant Science, 2024)

Epigenetic insight into floral transition and seed development in plants - Tahir Mahmood; Shoupu He; Muhammad Abdullah; Muhammad Sajjad; Yinhua Jia; Sunny Ahmar; Guoyong Fu; Baojun Chen; Xiongming Du (Plant Science, 2024)

Alteration of carbon and nitrogen allocation in winter wheat under elevated ozone - Yanru Feng; Muhammad Shahedul Alam; Feng Yan; Michael Frei (Plant Science, 2024)

Involvement of plant signaling network and cell metabolic homeostasis in nitrogen deficiency-induced early leaf senescence - Muhammad Asad Ullah Asad; Xianyue Guan; Lujian Zhou; Zhao Qian; Zhang Yan; Fangmin Cheng (Plant Science, 2023)

OsBBX19-OsBTB97/OsBBX11 module regulates spikelet development and yield production in rice - Abdullah Shalmani; Uzair Ullah; Li Tai; Ran Zhang; Xiu-Qing Jing; Izhar Muhammad; Nadeem Bhanbhro; Wen-Ting Liu; Wen-Qiang Li; Kun-Ming Chen (Plant Science, 2023)

Transcriptomic analysis of Cucumis sativus uncovers putative genes related to hormone signaling under low temperature (LT) and high humidity (HH) stress - Bakht Amin; Muhammad Jawaad Atif; Yupeng Pan; Shabir A. Rather; Muhammad Ali; Shuju Li; Zhihui Cheng (Plant Science, 2023)

Tissue specific expression of bacterial cellulose synthase (Bcs) genes improves cotton fiber length and strength - Sidra Akhtar; Ahmad Ali Shahid; Sana Shakoor; Mukhtar Ahmed; Sehrish Iftikhar; Muhammad Usmaan; Sahar Sadaqat; Ayesha Latif; Adnan Iqbal; Abdul Qayyum Rao (Plant Science, 2023)

Two polyamines -responsive WRKY transcription factors from Anoectochilus roxburghii play opposite functions on flower development - Bingcong Xing; Siqi Wan; Liyang Su; Muhammad Waheed Riaz; Lihong Li; Yulin Ju; Wangshu Zhang; Ying Zheng; Qingsong Shao (Plant Science, 2023)