Crop Journal

Article	Citations
META-R: A software to analyze data from multi-environment plant breeding trials	184
Synergistic and antagonistic interactions between potassium and magnesium in higher plants	135
The impact of high-temperature stress on rice: Challenges and solutions	122
Salt tolerance in rice: Physiological responses and molecular mechanisms	121
Abscisic acid and jasmonic acid are involved in drought priming-induced tolerance to drought in wheat	121
High-throughput phenotyping: Breaking through the bottleneck in future crop breeding	120
Molecular mechanisms of salinity tolerance in rice	108
Mechanisms of cadmium phytoremediation and detoxification in plants	82
Waterlogging stress in cotton: Damage, adaptability, alleviation strategies, and mechanisms	80
Recent advances in nano-enabled agriculture for improving plant performance	79
Deep placement of nitrogen fertilizer increases rice yield and nitrogen use efficiency with fewer greenhouse gas emissions in a mechanical direct-seeded cropping system	69
Genomic selection: A breakthrough technology in rice breeding	62
Integration of meta-QTL discovery with omics: Towards a molecular breeding platform for improving wheat resistance to Fusarium head blight	58
How rice organs are colored: The genetic basis of anthocyanin biosynthesis in rice	52
Far-red light: A regulator of plant morphology and photosynthetic capacity	51
Function, transport, and regulation of amino acids: What is missing in rice?	51
Long-term straw incorporation increases rice yield stability under high fertilization level conditions in the rice–wheat system	50
High nitrogen application rate and planting density reduce wheat grain yield by reducing filling rate of inferior grain in middle spikelets	50
Harness the power of genomic selection and the potential of germplasm in crop breeding for global food security in the era with rapid climate change	49
The essential roles of sugar metabolism for pollen development and male fertility in plants	49
Influence of plastic film mulching and planting density on yield, leaf anatomy, and root characteristics of maize on the Loess Plateau	48
Evaluation of a deep-learning model for multispectral remote sensing of land use and crop classification	43
Profiling of seed fatty acid composition in 1025 Chinese soybean accessions from diverse ecoregions	43
The osmolyte-producing endophyte Streptomyces albidoflavus OsiLf-2 induces drought and salt tolerance in rice via a multi-level mechanism	42
Haplotype variations in QTL for salt tolerance in Chinese wheat accessions identified by marker-based and pedigree-based kinship analyses	41

Wheat leaf senescence and its regulatory gene network	41
Creating a novel herbicide-tolerance OsALS allele using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing	41
Roles of miR319-regulated TCPs in plant development and response to abiotic stress	40
Pm67, a new powdery mildew resistance gene transferred from Dasypyrum villosum chromosome 1V to common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	38
Exploration of rice yield potential: Decoding agronomic and physiological traits	38
Genome-wide association mapping for grain shape and color traits in Ethiopian durum wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum)	37
Optimization of protoplast isolation, transformation and its application in sugarcane (Saccharum spontaneum L)	36
Target chromosome-segment substitution: A way to breeding by design in rice	36
Genome-wide association study and genomic prediction of Fusarium ear rot resistance in tropical maize germplasm	36
Genetic control of panicle architecture in rice	35
Automatic segmentation of stem and leaf components and individual maize plants in field terrestrial LiDAR data using convolutional neural networks	34
Fighting the enemy: How rice survives the blast pathogen’s attack	32
Strigolactones interact with other phytohormones to modulate plant root growth and development	32
The regulatory network behind maize seed germination: Effects of temperature, water, phytohormones, and nutrients	32
Development of herbicide resistance genes and their application in rice	32
Identification of traits and genes associated with lodging resistance in maize	32
Breeding effects on the genotype × environment interaction for yield of durum wheat grown after the Green Revolution: The case of Spain	31
Tolerance to low phosphorus in rice varieties is conferred by regulation of root growth	31
Genetic, hormonal, and environmental control of tillering in wheat	31
Reducing nitrogen application with dense planting increases nitrogen use efficiency by maintaining root growth in a double-rice cropping system	31
Evaluation of maize root growth and genome-wide association studies of root traits in response to low nitrogen supply at seedling emergence	30
Innovation and development of the third-generation hybrid rice technology	29
The importance of aboveground and belowground interspecific interactions in determining crop growth and advantages of peanut/maize intercropping	28
Generation of male-sterile soybean lines with the CRISPR/Cas9 system	28
Heavy soil drying during mid-to-late grain filling stage of the main crop to reduce yield loss of the ratoon crop in a mechanized rice ratooning system	28
Soybean cyst nematode-resistance: Gene identification and breeding strategies	27
Yield photosynthesis and leaf anatomy of maize in inter- and mono-cropping systems at varying plant densities	27
Modeling and simulation of recurrent phenotypic and genomic selections in plant breeding under the presence of epistasis	26
Development of an Agrobacterium-mediated CRISPR/Cas9 system in pea (Pisum sativum L.)	26
An integrated rice panicle phenotyping method based on X-ray and RGB scanning and deep learning	26
Expression and regulation of genes involved in the reserve starch biosynthesis pathway in hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	26
Physiological mechanisms underlying reduced photosynthesis in wheat leaves grown in the field under conditions of nitrogen and water deficiency	26
OsVP1 activates Sdr4 expression to control rice seed dormancy via the ABA signaling pathway	26
Comparison of yield performance between direct-seeded and transplanted double-season rice using ultrashort-duration varieties in central China	26
Current strategies and advances in wheat biology	26
Multiplex CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of soybean LNK2 advances flowering time	26
TaNAC48 positively regulates drought tolerance and ABA responses in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	25
The bHLH transcription factor GhPAS1 mediates BR signaling to regulate plant development and architecture in cotton	25
GNP6, a novel allele of MOC1, regulates panicle and tiller development in rice	25
Foliar applications of various nitrogen (N) forms to winter wheat affect grain protein accumulation and quality via N metabolism and remobilization	25
What happened during domestication of wild to cultivated rice	24
QTL mapping of adult plant resistance to stripe rust and leaf rust in a Fuyu 3/Zhengzhou 5389 wheat population	24
Transcription factor ZmNAC126 plays an important role in transcriptional regulation of maize starch synthesis-related genes	24
OsADR3 increases drought stress tolerance by inducing antioxidant defense mechanisms and regulating OsGPX1 in rice (Oryza sativa L.)	24
Grain-filling characteristics and yield differences of maize cultivars with contrasting nitrogen efficiencies	23
Exogenous abscisic acid coordinating leaf senescence and transport of assimilates into wheat grains under drought stress by regulating hormones homeostasis	23
QTL mapping of drought tolerance traits in soybean with SLAF sequencing	23
Mutation of the PHYTOENE DESATURASE 3 gene causes yellowish-white petals in Brassica napus	23
Brassinosteroids modulate nitrogen physiological response and promote nitrogen uptake in maize (Zea mays L.)	23
Roles of jasmonates and brassinosteroids in rice responses to high temperature stress – A review	23

Overexpression of IbPAL1 promotes chlorogenic acid biosynthesis in sweetpotato	23
Can effectoromics and loss-of-susceptibility be exploited for improving Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat?	23
Genome-wide association study and transcriptome analysis reveal new QTL and candidate genes for nitrogen‐deficiency tolerance in rice	23
Genetic architecture of maize yield traits dissected by QTL mapping and GWAS in maize	23
The boron transporter SiBOR1 functions in cell wall integrity, cellular homeostasis, and panicle development in foxtail millet	23
Micro-sprinkling irrigation simultaneously improves grain yield and protein concentration of winter wheat in the North China Plain	23
Advances in the functional study of glutamine synthetase in plant abiotic stress tolerance response	22
Hybrid rice yield response to potted-seedling machine transplanting and slow-release nitrogen fertilizer application combined with urea topdressing	22
Assessing canopy nitrogen and carbon content in maize by canopy spectral reflectance and uninformative variable elimination	22
QTL mapping for grain number per spikelet in wheat using a high-density genetic map	22
Development of image-based wheat spike counter through a Faster R-CNN algorithm and application for genetic studies	22
QTL analysis across multiple environments reveals promising chromosome regions associated with yield-related traits in maize under drought conditions	22
Agronomic and physiological traits associated with genetic improvement of phosphorus use efficiency of wheat grown in a purple lithomorphic soil	21
Understanding the genetic basis of rice heterosis: Advances and prospects	21
Evaluation of UAV-derived multimodal remote sensing data for biomass prediction and drought tolerance assessment in bioenergy sorghum	21
Host-induced gene silencing of multiple pathogenic factors of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum confers resistance to Sclerotinia rot in Brassica napus	21
Straw return increases crop grain yields and K-use efficiency under a maize-rice cropping system	21
High-temperature stress suppresses allene oxide cyclase 2 and causes male sterility in cotton by disrupting jasmonic acid signaling	21
Heterogeneous expression of Osa-MIR156bc increases abiotic stress resistance and forage quality of alfalfa	21
Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the landscape of maize root tips and assists in identification of cell type-specific nitrate-response genes	21
ZmWRKY104 positively regulates salt tolerance by modulating ZmSOD4 expression in maize	20
Identification of herbicide resistance loci using a genome-wide association study and linkage mapping in Chinese common wheat	20
Brassinosteroid and gibberellin coordinate rice seed germination and embryo growth by regulating glutelin mobilization	20
De novo design of future rapeseed crops: Challenges and opportunities	20
qRgls1.06, a major QTL conferring resistance to gray leaf spot disease in maize	20
Deciphering the contributions of spectral and structural data to wheat yield estimation from proximal sensing	19
SPM-IS: An auto-algorithm to acquire a mature soybean phenotype based on instance segmentation	19
Responses of photosynthetic characteristics and leaf senescence in summer maize to simultaneous stresses of waterlogging and shading	19
Detecting the QTL-allele system controlling seed-flooding tolerance in a nested association mapping population of soybean	19
An algorithm for automatic identification of multiple developmental stages of rice spikes based on improved Faster R-CNN	19
Molecular regulation and genetic control of rice thermal response	19
The soybean PLATZ transcription factor GmPLATZ17 suppresses drought tolerance by interfering with stress-associated gene regulation of GmDREB5	19
Breeding by selective introgression: Theory, practices, and lessons learned from rice	19
QTL mapping of quality traits in peanut using whole-genome resequencing	19
The rice miR171b–SCL6-IIs module controls blast resistance, grain yield, and flowering	18
Calcineurin B-like protein 5 (SiCBL5) in Setaria italica enhances salt tolerance by regulating Na+ homeostasis	18
Impaired SWEET-mediated sugar transportation impacts starch metabolism in developing rice seeds	18
Identification of QTL and candidate genes involved in early seedling growth in rice via high-density genetic mapping and RNA-seq	18
Genomic dissection of widely planted soybean cultivars leads to a new breeding strategy of crops in the post-genomic era	18
Identification of two glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase genes in maize leaf phosphorus remobilization	18
Temporal Sequence Object-based CNN (TS-OCNN) for crop classification from fine resolution remote sensing image time-series	18
A novel TIR-NBS-LRR gene regulates immune response to Phytophthora root rot in soybean	18
Transcriptome and metabolome analysis reveal that oral secretions from Helicoverpa armigera and Spodoptera litura influence wound-induced host response in cotton	18
Identification and validation of major QTL for grain size and weight in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	18
Field estimation of maize plant height at jointing stage using an RGB-D camera	18
Quantitative trait loci for Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat cultivars Yangmai 158 and Zhengmai 9023	18
Reduced nitrogen application rate with dense planting improves rice grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency: A case study in east China	18
Origin, evolution, and molecular function of DELLA proteins in plants	18
Effects of water deficit and high N fertilization on wheat storage protein synthesis, gluten secondary structure, and breadmaking quality	18
Delaying application time of slow-release fertilizer increases soil rhizosphere nitrogen content, root activity, and grain yield of spring maize	17
Phenotypic plasticity and genetic variation of cotton yield and its related traits under water-limited conditions	17
Development of mutants with varying flowering times by targeted editing of multiple SVP gene copies in Brassica napus L.	17
Influence of seven levels of chemical/biostimulator protection on amino acid profile and yield traits in wheat	17
ALM1, encoding a Fe-superoxide dismutase, is critical for rice chloroplast biogenesis and drought stress response	17
CRISPR/Cas9-engineered mutation to identify the roles of phytochromes in regulating photomorphogenesis and flowering time in soybean	17
Seed-specific overexpression of cotton GhDGAT1 gene leads to increased oil accumulation in cottonseed	17
Identification of a novel planthopper resistance gene from wild rice (Oryza rufipogon Griff.)	17
Identification of microRNAs involved in crosstalk between nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium under multiple nutrient deficiency in sorghum	17
Genome-wide analyses on transcription factors and their potential microRNA regulators involved in maize male fertility	17
Removal of superior wheat kernels promotes filling of inferior kernels by changing carbohydrate metabolism and sink strength	16
Solar radiation-use characteristics of indica/japonica hybrid rice (Oryza sativa L.) in the late season in southeast China	16
TaNRT2.1-6B is a dual-affinity nitrate transporter contributing to nitrogen uptake in bread wheat under both nitrogen deficiency and sufficiency	16
Wheat genotypes tolerant to heat at seedling stage tend to be also tolerant at adult stage: The possibility of early selection for heat tolerance breeding	16
Identifying genomic regions controlling ratoon stunting disease resistance in sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) clonal F1 population	16
Combined effects of high temperature and waterlogging on yield and stem development of summer maize	16
OsGF14b modulates defense signaling pathways in rice panicle blast response	16
BSA-seq-based identification of a major additive plant height QTL with an effect equivalent to that of Semi-dwarf 1 in a large rice F2 population	16
Fine mapping and characterization of the awn inhibitor B1 locus in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	16
High-throughput phenotyping of plant leaf morphological, physiological, and biochemical traits on multiple scales using optical sensing	16
Poor development of spike differentiation triggered by lower photosynthesis and carbon partitioning reduces summer maize yield after waterlogging	16
Modeling the effects of extreme high-temperature stress at anthesis and grain filling on grain protein in winter wheat	16
The laccase gene GhLac1 modulates fiber initiation and elongation by coordinating jasmonic acid and flavonoid metabolism	16
Brassinosteroids mediate the effect of high temperature during anthesis on the pistil activity of photo-thermosensitive genetic male-sterile rice lines	16
Identification of microRNAs regulating grain filling of rice inferior spikelets in response to moderate soil drying post-anthesis	16
A new gain-of-function OsGS2/GRF4 allele generated by CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing increases rice grain size and yield	16
RNAi-mediated suppression of the abscisic acid catabolism gene OsABA8ox1 increases abscisic acid content and tolerance to saline–alkaline stress in rice (Oryza sativa L.)	16
Stacked spectral feature space patch: An advanced spectral representation for precise crop classification based on convolutional neural network	16
Identifying candidate genes and patterns of heat-stress response in rice using a genome-wide association study and transcriptome analyses	16
Integrating remotely sensed water stress factor with a crop growth model for winter wheat yield estimation in the North China Plain during 2008–2018	16
Repression of microRNA 160 results in retarded seed integument growth and smaller final seed size in cotton	16

Effects of increasing panicle-stage N on yield and N use efficiency of indica rice and its relationship with soil fertility	15
The G-protein α subunit GhGPA positively regulates Gossypium hirsutum resistance to Verticillium dahliae via induction of SA and JA signaling pathways and ROS accumulation	15
Application of moderate nitrogen levels alleviates yield loss and grain quality deterioration caused by post-silking heat stress in fresh waxy maize	15
The relationships between maize (Zea mays L.) lodging resistance and yield formation depend on dry matter allocation to ear and stem	15
RNA-Seq analysis and development of SSR and KASP markers in lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus subsp. culinaris)	15
Wheat MADS-box gene TaSEP3-D1 negatively regulates heading date	15
The different root apex zones contribute to drought priming induced tolerance to a reoccurring drought stress in wheat	15
Increasing rainfed wheat yield by optimizing agronomic practices to consume more subsoil water in the Loess Plateau	15
Low N apparent surplus with higher rice yield under long-term fertilizer postponing in the rice–wheat cropping system	15
Genetic dissection of the powdery mildew resistance in wheat breeding line LS5082 using BSR-Seq	14
Individual and interactive influences of elevated air temperature and soil drought at the flowering and boll-forming stage on cottonseed yield and nutritional quality	14
Detecting winter canola (Brassica napus) phenological stages using an improved shape-model method based on time-series UAV spectral data	14
Advances in deciphering salt tolerance mechanism in maize	14
Two types of cinnamoyl-CoA reductase function divergently in accumulation of lignins, flavonoids and glucosinolates and enhance lodging resistance in Brassica napus	14
Imbalance between nitrogen and potassium fertilization influences potassium deficiency symptoms in winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) leaves	14
Transgenic expression of TaTLP1, a thaumatin-like protein gene, reduces susceptibility to common root rot and leaf rust in wheat	14
Increased nitrogen use efficiency via amino acid remobilization from source to sink organs in Brassica napus	14
Trehalose: A sugar molecule involved in temperature stress management in plants	14
Effects of mixed fertilizers formed by the compounding of two targeted controlled-release nitrogen fertilizers on yield, nitrogen use efficiency, and ammonia volatilization in double-cropping rice	14
Genetic dissection of rice appearance quality and cooked rice elongation by genome-wide association study	14
Identification of no pollen 1 provides a candidate gene for heterosis utilization in foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.)	14
Genome-wide prediction in a hybrid maize population adapted to Northwest China	14
Exogenous SA or 6-BA maintains photosynthetic activity in maize leaves under high temperature stress	13
Panicle-3D: A low-cost 3D-modeling method for rice panicles based on deep learning, shape from silhouette, and supervoxel clustering	13
Meta-QTL analysis for mining of candidate genes and constitutive gene network development for fungal disease resistance in maize (Zea mays L.)	13
Three co-located resistance genes confer resistance to leaf rust and stripe rust in wheat variety Borlaug 100	13
Generation of a high-efficiency adenine base editor with TadA8e for developing wheat dinitroaniline-resistant germplasm	13
Genetic variation in GmCRP contributes to nodulation in soybean (Glycine max Merr.)	13
Ordering of high-density markers by the k-Optimal algorithm for the traveling-salesman problem	13
Subsurface banding of blended controlled-release urea can optimize rice yields while minimizing yield-scaled greenhouse gas emissions	13
Mapping rapeseed planting areas using an automatic phenology- and pixel-based algorithm (APPA) in Google Earth Engine	13
Rice transcription factors OsLBD37/38/39 regulate nitrate uptake by repressing OsNRT2.1/2.2/2.3 under high-nitrogen conditions	13
Identification of a major QTL for Hessian fly resistance in wheat cultivar ‘Chokwang’	13
Co-overexpression of genes for nitrogen transport, assimilation, and utilization boosts rice grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency	13
Map-based cloning of a novel QTL qBN-1 influencing branch number in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]	13
Development of oligonucleotide probes for FISH karyotyping in Haynaldia villosa, a wild relative of common wheat	13
OsNPF5.16, a nitrate transporter gene with natural variation, is essential for rice growth and yield	13
Integrated transcriptome and metabolite profiling highlights the role of benzoxazinoids in wheat resistance against Fusarium crown rot	13
Dynamic and adaptive membrane lipid remodeling in leaves of sorghum under salt stress	13
Comparison of algorithms for monitoring wheat powdery mildew using multi-angular remote sensing data	13
A comprehensive study of the proteins involved in salinity stress response in roots and shoots of the FL478 genotype of rice (Oryza sativa L. ssp. indica)	13
SNP-based QTL mapping for panicle traits in the japonica super rice cultivar Liaoxing 1	13