Key message Crop wild relatives provide essential genetic diversity for improving crop resilience; however, pre- and post-zygotic barriers often restrict interspecific hybridization. Recent approaches enable their effective use in crop improvement programs. Abstract Crop wild relatives (CWR), closely related wild taxa of cultivated crops, offer a wealth of genetic diversity essential for developing traits to help crops adapt t...

Vietnam’s Mekong Delta plays a pivotal role in national and global food security. However, agriculture-based livelihoods in the delta are highly susceptible to climate extremes, highlighting the need for more localized climate change information. Hence, this study applied univariate and multivariate bias correction methods to raw climate model simulations from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 under eight Share...

Introduction Understanding how coastal communities perceive environmental change is critical for designing effective and locally supported marine management strategies. This study examined perceptions of environmental changes over the past 10 years and expectations for the next 10 years among coastal residents of the Cù Lao Chàm–Hội An Biosphere Reserve in central Vietnam. Methods Face-to-face surveys were conducted with 252 a...

Coral transplantation is a key tool for reef restoration, yet high post-transplant mortality (particularly during early stages) continues to limit its effectiveness. Predation by corallivorous sea stars is a major cause of transplant loss, but the role of mutualistic crabs ( Trapezia spp. and Tetralia spp.) in mediating age- and size-dependent resistance remains poorly understood. Here, we experimentally tested whether the pro...

Soil microbiomes are critical for ecosystem functioning, yet the global influences of climate and agricultural practices on their diversity and structure remain incompletely characterized. Here we analyzed 1921 soil samples from 33 countries worldwide across diverse biomes to assess how climate gradients and agricultural inputs, including pesticides and fertilizers, shape prokaryotic and fungal communities. We found that micro...

Southeast Asia's (SEA) complex monsoon climate is highly vulnerable to extreme weather, necessitating robust atmospheric models for improved forecasting. This study evaluates the performance of the next‐generation Model for Prediction Across Scales–Atmosphere (MPAS) in simulating seasonal rainfall and atmospheric dynamics over SEA. We conducted a continuous MPAS simulation with uniform 10 km horizontal cell spacing from 2000 t...

Main conclusion A haplotype-resolved, chromosome-scale AAC Mountainview sainfoin genome sequence along with organelle assemblies, methylome, and comparative tissue/stress-specific transcriptomes provide a solid foundation to support downstream sainfoin breeding efforts. Abstract Sainfoin ( Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.) is an outcrossing, perennial forage crop valued for its leguminous nature, nutritional quality, palatability,...