Key metabolic pathways across sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.) development and ripening
Available online 25 October 2025
Sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.), is renowned for its high nutritional value and diverse medicinal properties. Few studies have explored the interaction between dynamic gene expression patterns...
The Nutrient Expert system improves nutrient use efficiency and reduces apparent nutrient residues of tomatoes in soil of different fertility in North China
Available online 25 October 2025
Excessive fertilization results in inefficient nutrient use during tomato cultivation in North China, which has serious environmental effects. The Nutrient Expert (NE) system of tomato is a recommended...
Genome editing in horticultural crops: Augmenting trait development and stress resilience
Available online 24 October 2025
Horticultural crops are important for global nutrition, health, and economic security, but are increasingly challenged by climate change and environmental stresses. The advent of CRISPR/Cas9 (Clustered...
The PatERF061 transcription factor activates patchoulol synthase gene expression and positively regulates jasmonate-induced patchoulol biosynthesis in Pogostemon cablin
Available online 23 October 2025
The sesquiterpene patchoulol, the main active constituent of the Lamiaceae herbal plant Pogostemon cablin, is broadly applied in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries for its excellent pharmacological...
Repetitive sequence landscapes provide insights into the proliferation and reduction of pericentromeric/centromeric repeats in the genus Glycyrrhiza
Available online 23 October 2025
Repetitive DNA sequences are a major component of plant genomes and play crucial roles in regulating gene expression, maintaining genome stability, driving genome evolution and facilitating chromosome...
Salvia miltiorrhiza-derived carbon dots enhance heat and cold stress tolerance through BrSPL11.1-mediated ascorbic acid biosynthesis and recycling pathways in flowering Chinese cabbage
Available online 13 October 2025
Salvia miltiorrhiza-derived carbon dots (SmCDs) have a potent antioxidant capacity. Squamosa promoter-binding protein-like (SPL) transcription factors respond to both heat and cold stress. However,...
Inbreeding depression and functional analysis of major genes in the F1-selfed progeny of the apple ‘Megumi’
Available online 13 October 2025
Hybridization of homozygous lines maximizes heterosis, which is crucial for crop breeding. However, apple (Malus domestica), which is self-incompatible, exhibits high heterozygosity, complicating homozygous...
Optimized fertilization and fruit load regulate yield, quality, and nutrient uptake in pomelo trees
Available online 13 October 2025
Mineral nutrients play a crucial role in ensuring consistent yields of citrus trees; however, the effects of fertilization management and fruit load level on yield and nutrient uptake in pomelo trees...
Multifaceted functions of DELLA proteins in plant ontogeny and the molecular pathways leading to tree dwarfing
Available online 13 October 2025
DELLA proteins exhibit multifaceted functions during plant growth and development and are closely associated with tree dwarfing. This review comprehensively examined the structural characteristics and...
PbrDGK3 participates in the homeostasis of endomembrane compartments in pollen tubes in pear
Available online 13 October 2025
The pear is an important fruit tree, and ensuring normal fruiting is a crucial aspect of production. Understanding the regulatory mechanisms of pear pollen germination and pollen tube growth is essential...
The RhSPL4-RhPRR5L module positively regulates flowering time in rose (Rosa hybrida)
September 2025
The proper flowering time of rose (Rosa hybrida) is vital for the market value of this horticultural crop, but the mechanism regulating this trait is largely unclear. Here, we found that the transcription...
G-proteins at the crossroads of signaling and stress tolerance in horticultural crops
September 2025
Heterotrimeric G protein serves as a central hub in plant signal transduction, playing a pivotal role in integrating endogenous developmental signals and external environmental cues. While significant...
Screening of lotus aromatic raw materials based on flowering stages and floral organs
September 2025
Lotus (Nelumbo spp.) is a valuable plant resource with promising applications in the cosmetic and food industries. To effectively utilize the aromatic compounds of lotus flowers, it is essential to...
Identification of VvACO1 and transcriptional repressors VvASIL1/VvAG1 in ethylene biosynthesis of grape berries
September 2025
In climacteric fruits, the role of ethylene in promoting ripening process and its molecular regulatory mechanisms have been well elucidated. However, research into ethylene's roles in non-climacteric...
Behind the scenes: the roles of light signaling in stomatal movements
September 2025
Stomata are tiny pores on the plant leaf surface that regulate the exchange of water and gases between the plant and the external environment. They are crucial for photosynthesis, water use efficiency...
Brassica diversity through the lens of polyploidy: genomic evolution, introgression, and homoeologous exchange
September 2025
Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication, is an important evolutionary process that has shaped the genomes and traits of many plants, including numerous important crops. The Brassica genus, which includes...
Deep learning applications advance plant genomics research
September 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...
ABA-induced PbrMYB8-PbrMYB169 module promotes lignin biosynthesis in corking disorder in pear fruit
September 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...
FRUITFULL2 controls tomato fertility through style length and pollen quality
September 2025
Tomato reproductive success and yield are particularly vulnerable to the negative effect of heat stress leading to stigma exsertion (protrusion) and lower pollen viability, both interfering with fertilization....
Autophagy-regulated ethylene synthesis mediates fruit ripening by affecting the accumulation of lycopene, sugars and organic acids in tomato
September 2025
Autophagy is a universal cellular process in eukaryotes that plays a critical role in plant growth and stress response. However, the role of autophagy in fruit ripening is largely unknown. Here, we...
Heat stress increases mutation efficiency mediated by CRISPR/Cas9 in citrus
September 2025
The CRISPR/Cas9 system has shown great promise in engineering targeted mutations in a genome. The efficiency of Cas9-mediated genome editing is temperature sensitive. A high-temperature regime can increase...
Genetic modification techniques in plant breeding: A comparative review of CRISPR/Cas and GM technologies
September 2025
Biotechnology has revolutionized agriculture through innovations such as genetically modified (GM) technology and CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing. In this review, a comparative analysis of these methods...
Light regulation of shoot architecture in horticultural crops
September 2025
Plants undergo dynamic morphological changes in response to fluctuating light conditions. Despite significant progress in elucidating the mechanisms of light signal transduction, the precise influence...
Regulation of the main terpenoids biosynthesis and accumulation in fruit trees
September 2025
Terpenoids are vital secondary metabolites in plants that function as agents for defense and stress resistance. These genes not only play crucial roles in plant growth and development but also function...
Mining candidate genes for grape seed traits based on a genome-wide association study
September 2025
Seedlessness has always been a valuable quality characteristic of edible grape varieties. Although the production of seedless grapes has been ongoing for decades, the genetic complexity of seedless...