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...
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)...
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
AcPI and AcAP3 coordinately regulate sepal-petal formation in pineapple
Available online 26 August 2025
Sepals and petals form the peels of pineapple fruits, which influence the size of cavities below the surface of the fruits (so-called “fruit eye”) and subsequently the fruit quality and edible rate....
The Near-Complete genome of Lycium ruthenicum shed light on the genetic mechanism of the fruit color differentiation
Available online 26 August 2025
Identification and functional characterization of anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome subunits in tomato
Available online 26 August 2025
The anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C), a multiunit-E3 ligase, governs both mitotic and non-mitotic pathways by interacting with ubiquitinated proteins. However, developmental functions of...
A simple and efficient transient expression system for protoplasts in Capsicum annuum and Nicotiana benthamiana
Available online 20 August 2025
Pepper (Capsicum annuum) is one of the most important horticultural crops worldwide, which makes the development of an effective protoplast system for transient gene expression highly significant. Typically,...
An efficient hairy root transformation system for protein interaction and gene editing analysis in roses
Available online 12 August 2025
Roses (Rosa hybrida) are widely distributed ornamental crops with excellent economic and academic value. The Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated hairy root transformation system (HRTS) provides a powerful...
Conservation and Functional Analysis of Synthetic Apomixis-Related Genes in Pepper
Available online 5 August 2025
The engineering of synthetic apomixis holds significant promise for fixing heterosis, yet its effective application has thus far been limited to Arabidopsis, rice, and tomato. Whether the molecular...
A multi-omics approach reveals the effects of wax, cell wall polysaccharides and hormones on pepper skin cracking
Available online 5 August 2025
Fruit cracking is a severe physiological disorder, affecting fruit yield and quality, and causing significant economic losses. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying pepper skin cracking,...
The effect of pulsed light treatment on the postharvest resistance and flavor quality of fresh tomato
Available online 5 August 2025
Pulsed light (PL) is known to preserve postharvest fruit quality; however, its effects on flavor quality and the associated transcriptional mechanisms in fresh tomato remain unclear. This study investigated...
Macrogenome-based study on the mechanism of Bacillus velezensis SX13 in regulating rhizophere environment and cucumber growth under different cultivation environments
July 2025
Microbial activities are the dynamic core of nutrient cycling in organic substrates, and the exploitation of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria strains contributes to sustainable agricultural development....
Impacts of woody residue amendments and compost on ‘Beauregard’ orange fleshed sweet potato
July 2025
This study investigated the short-term effects of woody residues and compost on Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSP) focusing on plant growth, storage root production, and bioactive compounds. Conducted...