Bulk segregated analysis, transcriptome, and functional analyses reveal the involvement of VcKCS19 and VcCER2 in regulating blueberry fruit wax accumulation
Available online 13 September 2025
The blueberry (Vaccinium L.) fruit is known for its light-blue appearance, attributed to its blue-black skin covered with a white waxy layer. This layer is crucial for the growth and storage of blueberry...
Tree Thinning Intensity Modulates Photosynthetic Performance, Photoprotection, and Fruit Quality in Open-Central Canopy Apple Orchards of the Loess Plateau
Available online 12 September 2025
Open-central canopy (OCC) has become the popular tree shape for arboreal apple orchards in full fruit period in the Loess Plateau of China. This study aimed to elucidate the physiological regulation...
Improving the environmental and economic sustainability of citrus orchard systems through optimization of fertilization and organic carbon amendment
Available online 11 September 2025
Excessive fertilization (NPK) and the depletion of soil organic carbon (C) have become growing concerns in subtropical orchard production, posing a threat to agricultural sustainability. To address...
Genome-wide identification of the GDSL esterase/lipase gene family in cucumber and functional characterization of CsGELP57 in fruit cuticle development
Available online 11 September 2025
Diverse Functions of C2H2 Zinc-Finger Transcription Factors in Growth Regulation and Stress Adaptation in Woody and Perennial Horticultural Plants
Available online 9 September 2025
C2H2 zinc finger proteins (C2H2-ZFPs), one of the largest transcription factor families in plants, exhibit unique functional diversity in woody and horticultural species due to their modular architecture...
PbrMYB31–PbrbHLH147 complex activity in response to ABA promotes fatty acid biosynthesis for suberin deposition in the russet mutant of ‘Dangshansuli’
Available online 9 September 2025
Suberin is a naturally occurring polymer found in plant cell walls that plays crucial roles in protecting plants from environmental stress and enhancing resistance to pathogens. Despite its biological...
Multi-omics provides insights into the genetic influence on characteristic aroma formation of Xinhui Chenpi
Available online 8 September 2025
Xinhui Chenpi, the dried mature fruit peel of Citrus reticulata ‘Chachi’ (Cha-Zhi-Gan, CZG), is a geo-authentic materia medica widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. Despite its distinctive aroma,...
PomiR164 targets PoLBD25 to promote early flowering in tree peony
Available online 6 September 2025
Tree peony (Paeonia Section Moutan DC.), a highly valued ornamental plant, has a short and concentrated blooming period, which limits its economic and aesthetic value. MicroRNAs play a crucial role...
CoWRKY53 positively modulates low phosphate tolerance through facilitation of CoPHO1;H3 in Camellia oleifera
Available online 6 September 2025
The responses of plants to abiotic stress have been widely investigated using WRKY transcription factors. Low environmental phosphate (Pi) levels typically result in reductions in both plant yield and...
Dedifferentiation and Redifferentiation: The Developing Cell Fate Transition of Plants
Available online 6 September 2025
Plant cells retain the ability for cellular reprogramming, including totipotency and pluripotency, enabling them to revert their cell fate from differentiated to dedifferentiated one and subsequently...
The novel gene BrYL1, encoding an inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase, is involved in chloroplast development in Chinese Cabbage
Available online 4 September 2025
SPL transcription factors in plants: a potential stress regulator
Available online 1 September 2025
Squamosa promoter binding-like proteins (SPLs) are ubiquitous transcription factors (TFs) in higher plants and play key roles in plant response to biotic and abiotic stresses. There is abundant experimental...
Integrated analysis of the metabolome and transcriptome reveals the effect of the polyamine biosynthesis pathway on the cold resistance regulation mechanism in Solanum habrochaites
Available online 1 September 2025
Constant exposure of tomato fruit to low temperatures (LT) often results in insufficient energy to sustain growth and development. Polyamines (PAs) are essential substances for cell division, development...
The interplay of malic acid and hormone signaling in adventitious root formation in MdWOX11-overexpressed transgenic apple microshoots
Available online 1 September 2025
Adventitious root (AR) formation is a bottleneck for the mass propagation of apples. Malic acid (MA), an organic acid naturally found in various fruits and plants, serves as a key regulator in the rooting...
Enhancing the efficiency of embryo rescue breeding in seedless grape via direct transformation of abnormal seedlings and secondary embryos
Available online 30 August 2025
Seedlessness is one of the most valuable agronomic traits in grape. Embryo rescue technology, with its advantages of increasing the proportion of seedless progeny and shortening the breeding cycle,...
The small-fruit phenotypes were controlled by nine major-effect loci with complementary epistasis in Malus accessions
Available online 28 August 2025
During the long history of domestication and improvement of cultivated plants from their wild progenitors, unfavorable alleles of important traits, such as the small-fruit trait of wild apple (Malus)...
Construction of a living library of Solanum tomentosum introgression lines into the S. melongena genome: a tool to exploit novel genetic diversity for eggplant breeding
Available online 28 August 2025
Plant architecture, fruit shape and colour, as well as functional properties and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses are among the main target traits in eggplant genetic improvement. Solanum tomentosum...
Deep learning applications advance plant genomics research
Available online 28 August 2025
With the rapid development of high-throughput sequencing technologies and the accumulation of large-scale multi-omics data, deep learning (DL) has emerged as a powerful tool to solve complex biological...
The role of PYL genes as core components of abscisic acid signaling in plant abiotic stress response
Available online 28 August 2025
The PYL gene family, encoding core ABA receptors, plays a pivotal role in abiotic stress adaptation and growth regulation in horticultural crops. By binding ABA via its conserved structural domain,...
Comprehensive metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal the regulatory network governing capsaicinoid and ascorbic acid biosynthesis in four domesticated Capsicum species
Available online 28 August 2025
Peppers are among the vegetables with high ascorbic acid content and contain unique natural metabolites called capsaicinoids, which confer the spicy flavor of pepper (Capsicum annuum) fruits. The synthetic...
Suppression of CsDREB1B-1 promotes canker resistance via down-regulation of CsNCED1-1 expression and ABA biosynthesis in citrus
Available online 28 August 2025
Citrus canker, resulting from Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xcc) infection, is a significant problem in the global citrus industry. Stress signaling is regulated by several transcription factors (TFs)...
ABA-induced PbrMYB8-PbrMYB169 module promotes lignin biosynthesis in corking disorder in pear fruit
Available online 28 August 2025
Pear fruit corking disorder is a non-infectious physiological condition that primarily occurs during the late developmental stages of pear and significantly impacts fruit quality and economic value...
Unveiling the role of VcCOMT38 as a specific O-methyltransferase for enhancing lignin biosynthesis: insights from blueberry and cross-species analysis
Available online 27 August 2025
Lignin is a significant secondary metabolite produced through the phenylpropanoid pathway. As a vital component of the plant cell wall, lignin affects various fruit characteristics, including size,...
Transcriptome analysis of grape root to determine the regulatory network response to melatonin
Available online 27 August 2025
A root system, which serves as the cornerstone of a plant, is the organ system that initially perceives alterations in soil nutrient concentrations and water conditions. Plant hormones constitute highly...
Loss of CsPOD7 triggers ROS-induced metabolic collapse and male sterility in cucumber
Available online 26 August 2025