Publishing original research papers on all aspects of Applied Biology. Annals is a society journal owned by @aabiologists.bsky.social and published by Wiley. https://www.aab.org.uk/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17447348https://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3ml3vejbhg32bEvaluating putative lncRNA-mediated ceRNA regulatory network involving miR396 and miR319 in maize leaf growth under Fusarium verticillioides infection 👉 https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.7012505 May 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3vejbhg32bhttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3mkrnxuzaai2w✨ Our new issue is out now! Featuring original articles on: 🧬🌾 Virus-enabled reverse genetics 🌱🌽 Soil amendments to increase crop yield 🪲🐛 Global pests and pathogens 💪💧 Crop stress resilience 🥝 🐝 Pollination management & much more! Read the full issue now: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17447348/2026/188/301 May 2026 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrnxuzaai2whttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3mkmtos27id2zNew study on the extremophyte model species Schrenkiella parvula provides a step forward in our understanding of how DNA methylation may contribute to extremophyte stress resilience 🧂 💧 Read it now 👉 https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.70124 #plantscience #epigenetics29 Apr 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmtos27id2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3mk3ahywd7m2e🦠🌱 New study looks at the combined effects of biochar and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on soil chemical properties, enzymatic activity, microbial communities and wheat yield in semi-arid agricultural soils 👉 https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.70123 @imbivconicetunc.bsky.social #plantscience 🧪22 Apr 2026 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3ahywd7m2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3mjjgia6vck2sPutative involvement of lncRNA, miRNA, and mRNA-mediated ceRNA network regulation in drought priming to enhance drought tolerance in Nicotiana tabacum 🌱 New study investigates the physiological, biochemical & molecular memory of N. tabacum during drought 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70122 #plantscience15 Apr 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjgia6vck2shttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3mj2sxx7qg22x📣 Call for Papers 📣 Roots to Regenerative Agriculture: Soils, Biodiversity and Novel Approaches 🚜 RegenAg 🌎 Agroecology 🪱 Soil Health & Biodiversity 🌽 Intercropping 🌱 Root Systems & Rhizosphere Deadline now extended! Submit your paper by 1 June: buff.ly/TGC3itz #plantscience09 Apr 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2sxx7qg22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3mj2stxfugs2x📣 Call for Papers 📣 RECROP: Plant Adaptations to Extreme Environments 🌽 Crop stress resilience 🧂 Salinity 💧Drought 🌡️Heat 🦠 Plant-microbe interactions in extreme environments 🧪 Molecular, epigenetic & physiological mechanisms Deadline now extended! Submit by 1 June: buff.ly/QZUU6Vg #plantscience09 Apr 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2stxfugs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3miy4674ke224Effects of dopamine on reducing salt stress damage in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) at morphological, physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels 🌶️Improving growth, photosynthetic efficiency and ion homeostasis, while reducing oxidative stress 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70118 #plantscience08 Apr 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3miy4674ke224https://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3mijbydznuc2zEffects of applying Trichoderma asperellum to rice (Oryza sativa) on phytobiome and plant responses 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70119 🌾 New study @niab-uk.bsky.social shows Trichoderma has limited effects on root microbiome and leaf epiphytes but induces transcriptional changes in plant defence responses02 Apr 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijbydznuc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3mgwvukious2tSustainable phenophase-linked management strategies for controlling the litchi stink bug Tessaratoma javanica, whilst reducing impact on pollinators and parasitoids 🐝🪲 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.7011013 Mar 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwvukious2thttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3mgrwdmsy6k2tRegister now for this month's webinar 'all aabout' Photosynthesis for Horticulture 🌱 Featuring a talk from our editor Showkat Ganie 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Mar 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrwdmsy6k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3mgfl2nszwk2nNovel 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 👉️ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aab.70112 #planthealth @avicent-agr.bsky.social06 Mar 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfl2nszwk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3mftg7n6hd22l📣 Call for Papers 📣 Roots to Regenerative Agriculture: Soils, Biodiversity and Novel Approaches Do you work on: 🚜 RegenAg 🌎 Agroecology 🪱 Soil Health & Biodivesrity 🌽 Intercropping 🌱 Root Systems & Rhizosphere Submit your paper now: buff.ly/TGC3itz ⏰ Deadline: April 1 #plantscience27 Feb 2026 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftg7n6hd22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3mfrjnk6qzs2gICYMI, watch Gustavo Ferreira da Silva talking about his recent paper in our webinar "all aabout Roots" earlier this week 👉 youtu.be/CEk-tSexak0 [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Feb 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrjnk6qzs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3mfrevgp2ic2s#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.70107 @sprunger.bsky.social @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social @msupri.bsky.social26 Feb 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrevgp2ic2shttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3mfmg5kw3ds24Elucidating R-gene-mediated resistance to wheat dwarf virus in Triticum aestivum genotypes 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70100 🧬 Krishnamurthy et al. reveal new genetic markers for WDV-resistance to accelerate wheat breeding programmes for viral disease resilience #plantscience24 Feb 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmg5kw3ds24https://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3mf4x4o5hbc2q✨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.70108 @malacrino.bsky.social18 Feb 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf4x4o5hbc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3menqg3quoh2q"Carboxymethyl cellulose as a new soil conditioner improves water retention capacity of saline soils and increases crop yields" 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70090 🌽 CMC enhances soil water permeability, inhibits salt accumulation and counters soil degradation in arid regions12 Feb 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3menqg3quoh2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3meioeitz4n23📣 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 🧪 Molecular, epigenetic & physiological mechanisms Submit your paper now: buff.ly/qJqmlaP #plantscience10 Feb 2026 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3meioeitz4n23https://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3me6nycdsic2qTune 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.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Feb 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3me6nycdsic2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3me23lvrluk2vTackling Phosphorous deficiencies in tropical soils through sustainable agricultural practices. New research shows microbial inoculants and organomineral fertilizers can reduce phosphate fertilizer inputs in sugarcane cultivation by up to 66% Read it now: https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.7009504 Feb 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3me23lvrluk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/annalsapplbio.bsky.social/post/3mdxbgryafc25Don't miss the next webinar in our series with AAB! If you work in soil & root biology we have also have an open call for papers - Roots to RegenAg - closing April 1st 🔗 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/17447348/homepage/call-for-papers/si-2025-000527 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Feb 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:7jrnurnaujceglci7m33tb2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxbgryafc25