The authors developed a high‑throughput, semi‑automated image analysis pipeline that couples a Blackbird CNC microscopy robot with YOLO11‑based computer‑vision models to identify life stages of the two‑spotted spider mite across multiple host plants. The three‑class detection model achieved >87% precision and recall, enabling reliable fecundity measurements for resistance breeding, though mortality assessment was less accurate at high mite densities or on unseen host backgrounds.

The study examined how soil phosphorus and nitrogen availability influence wheat root-associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) communities and the expression of mycorrhizal nutrient transporters. Field sampling across two years combined with controlled pot experiments showed that P and N jointly affect AMF colonisation, community composition (with Funneliformis dominance under high P), and regulation of phosphate, ammonium, and nitrate transporters. Integrating metabarcoding and RT‑qPCR provides a framework to assess AMF contributions to crop nutrition.

The study reveals that leaf wounding in Arabidopsis triggers localized cooling and activation of cold-responsive genes, with the subsequent loss of cooling marking wound healing. It identifies CBF transcription factors as mediators of this cooling signal and introduces a computer‑vision and deep‑learning workflow to quantitatively monitor healing dynamics.

The Global Wheat Dataset Consortium released a comprehensive semantic segmentation dataset (GWFSS) of wheat organs across developmental stages, comprising 1,096 fully annotated images and 52,078 unannotated images from 11 institutions. Models based on DeepLabV3Plus and Segformer were trained, with Segformer achieving ≈90% mIoU for leaves and spikes but lower precision (54%) for stems, while also enabling weed exclusion and discrimination of necrotic, senescent, and residue tissues.

The study investigated unexpected leaf spot symptoms in Psa3‑resistant kiwifruit (Actinidia) germplasm, finding that Psa3 was detectable by qPCR and metabarcoding despite poor culturing. Metabarcoding revealed distinct bacterial community shifts in lesions versus healthy tissue, and whole‑genome sequencing identified diverse Pseudomonas spp. that, while not individually more pathogenic, could enhance Psa3 growth, suggesting pathogenic consortia on resistant hosts.