MdCIbHLH1 modulates sugar metabolism and accumulation in apple fruits by coordinating carbohydrate synthesis and allocation
Available online 16 April 2024
The content of soluble sugars is a vital parameter that indicates the quality of fleshy fruits such as apple (Malus domestica Borkh.). Studying the patterns of accumulation of soluble sugars and regulatory...
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The critical role of CmCIPK1-CmRbohD1/D2 complexes in generating H2O2 signals for enhancing salt tolerance in pumpkins
Available online 15 April 2024
Pumpkin is of great economic importance not only as food resources but also as the most widely used rootstock to graft cucurbit crops. Pumpkin rootstock improves salt tolerance of cucumber scion through...
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Integrated metabolomics and proteomics analyses reveal the molecular mechanism underlying the yellow leaf phenotype of Camellia sinensis
Available online 15 April 2024
The tea plant cultivar ‘Zhonghuang 2’ (ZH2) possesses albino-induced yellow leaves that contain low levels of catechins but high contents of amino acids. However, the molecular mechanism underlying...
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Genetic diversity and population genetic structure of Paeonia suffruticosa by chloroplast DNA simple sequence repeats (cpSSRs)
Available online 8 April 2024
Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. is an endemic shrub flower in China with 2n = 10. This study used 228 cultivars from four populations, i.e., Jiangnan, Japan, Northwest, and Zhongyuan, as materials to explore...
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Flower development and sexual dimorphism in Vernicia montana
March 2024
The mu oil tree (Vernicia montana Lour.) is a dioecious species, but the genetic mechanisms underlying its phenotypic sexual dimorphism are unclear. In this study, we determined two pivotal phases of...
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A bHLH transcription factor, CsSPT, regulates high-temperature resistance in cucumber
March 2024
High-temperature stress threatens the growth and yield of crops. Basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors (TFs) have been shown to play important roles in regulating high-temperature resistance...
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A study of the soil water potential threshold values to trigger irrigation of ‘Shimizu Hakuto’ peach at pivotal fruit developmental stages
March 2024
Water management is an important practice that affects fruit size and quality. Effective implementation of irrigation scheduling requires knowledge of the appropriate indicators and thresholds, which...
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Shikimic acid accelerates phase change and flowering in Chinese jujube
March 2024
The juvenile-to-adult phase change with first flowering as the indicator plays a crucial role in the lifecycle of fruit trees. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying phase change in fruit trees...
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Improved observation of colonized roots reveals the regulation of arbuscule development and senescence by drought stress in the arbuscular mycorrhizae of citrus
March 2024
Citrus is the typical mycorrhizal fruit tree species establishing symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. However, arbuscule development and senescence in colonized citrus roots, especially...
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Genomic selection of eight fruit traits in pear
March 2024
Genomic selection (GS) has the potential to improve selection efficiency and shorten the breeding cycle in fruit tree breeding. In this study, we evaluated the effect of prediction methods, marker density...
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Synergistic effects of carbon cycle metabolism and photosynthesis in Chinese cabbage under salt stress
March 2024
Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis) has a long cultivation history and is one of the vegetable crops with the largest cultivation area in China. However, salt stress severely damages photosynthesis...
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Chromosome-level assembly of triploid genome of Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum armatum)
March 2024
As an important spice species in Rutaceae, the Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum armatum) can provide pungent and numbing taste, as well as aroma in its mature fruit. Here we assembled a chromosome-level...
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Construction of apricot variety search engine based on deep learning
March 2024
Apricot has a long history of cultivation and has many varieties and types. The traditional variety identification methods are time-consuming and labor-consuming, posing grand challenges to apricot...
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Melatonin mitigates cold-induced damage to pepper seedlings by promoting redox homeostasis and regulating antioxidant profiling
March 2024
This study assessed the influence of exogenous ME in the mitigation of cold damage in pepper seedlings. Melatonin (ME) is a dynamic molecule that helps plants cope with stress in several ways. Cold...
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Genomic analysis provides insights into the westward expansion of domesticated peaches in China
March 2024
Peach, an economically important model plant of the Rosaceae family, has been domesticated and cultivated in China for approximately 5 000 years. The Hexi Corridor, an important corridor connecting...
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Heat-inducible SlWRKY3 confers thermotolerance by activating the SlGRXS1 gene cluster in tomato
March 2024
High temperature stress is one of the major environmental factors that affect the growth and development of plants. Although WRKY transcription factors play a critical role in stress responses, there...
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PbrARF4 contributes to calyx shedding of fruitlets in ‘Dangshan Suli’ pear by partly regulating the expression of abscission genes
March 2024
Fruitlet calyx shedding in pear plants is apparently regulated via numerous pathways that involve both environmental triggers and phytohormones cues such as auxin. In this study, we found at 10 days...
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Insights into the dwarfing mechanism of pear (Pyrus betulaefolia) based on anatomical and structural analysis using X-ray scanning
March 2024
The lack of a suitable rootstock to control scion growth has limited the development of high-density plantations in pear production, which is partly attributed to poor understanding of the dwarfing...
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Direct somatic embryogenesis and related gene expression networks in leaf explants of Hippeastrum ‘Bangkok Rose’
March 2024
Hippeastrum, a highly diverse genus in the Amaryllidaceae family, is a valuable ornamental bulbous flowering plant. Somatic embryogenesis (SE) is an efficient method for mass production of Hippeastrum...
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BoMyrosinase plays an essential role in sulforaphane accumulation in response to selenite treatment in broccoli
March 2024
Sulforaphane, a naturally specialized metabolite, plays significant roles in human disease prevention and plant defense. Myrosinase (MY) is a key gene responsible for the catalysis of sulforaphane formation,...
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Molecular cloning, characterization and promoter analysis of LbgCWIN1 and its expression profiles in response to exogenous sucrose during in vitro bulblet initiation in lily
March 2024
Lily (Lilium spp.) is an important ornamental flower, which is mainly propagated by bulbs. Cell wall invertases (CWINs), which catalyze the irreversibly conversion of sucrose into glucose and fructose...
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Fast, simple, efficient Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated transformation system to non-heading Chinese cabbage with transgenic roots
March 2024
Non-heading Chinese cabbage, a variety of Brassica campestris, is an important vegetable crop in the Yangtze River Basin of China. However, the immaturity of its stable transformation system and its...
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Genome-wide identification and characterization of the PbrATG family in Pyrus bretschneideri and functional analysis of PbrATG1a in response to Botryosphaeria dothidea
March 2024
The pear is an economic fruit that is widely planted around the world and is loved by people for its rich nutritional value. Autophagy is a self-protection mechanism in eukaryotes, and its occurrence...
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AcWRKY28 mediated activation of AcCPK genes confers salt tolerance in pineapple (Ananas comosus)
March 2024
Unfavorable environmental cues severely affect crop productivity resulting in significant economic losses to farmers. In plants, multiple regulatory genes, such as the WRKY transcription factor (TF)...
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Resistance index and browning mechanism of apple peel under high temperature stress
March 2024
Apples are one of the most important economic crops worldwide. Because of global warming and an aggravation of environmental, abnormally high temperatures occur frequently in fruit-growing season and...
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