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Shortage of storage carbohydrates mainly determines seed abscission in Torreya grandis ‘Merrillii’ Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-17 Tao Liu, Xiaolong Zhao, Guangxia Zhu, Caoliang Jin, Jingwei Yan, Jinwei Suo, Weiwu Yu, Yuanyuan Hu, Jiasheng Wu
cv. Merrillii is a well-known nut in South China with high nutritional value. Severe premature seed abscission limits the industrial development of by causing serious economic losses. However, the physiological mechanisms of seed abscission in remain poorly understood. To gain insight into the relationships between carbohydrate status and seed abscission, three-year-old seed-bearing branches were taken
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Pear genomes display significant genetic diversity and provide novel insights into the fruit quality traits differentiation Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Baopeng Ding, Haifei Hu, Yunpeng Cao, Ruirui Xu, Yujing Lin, Tahir ul Qamar Muhammad, Yuqin Song, Guangqi He, Youzhi Han, Huangping Guo, Jun Qiao, Jianguo Zhao, Xinxin Feng, Sheng Yang, Xuhu Guo, Rajeev Kumar Varshney, Liulin Li
The pear ( spp.) is well known for diverse flavors, textures, and global horticultural importance. However, the genetic diversity responsible for its extensive phenotypic variations remains largely unexplored. Here, we assembled and annotated the genomes of the maternal (PsbM) and paternal (PsbF) lines of the hybrid ‘Yuluxiang’ pear and constructed the pear pangenome of 1.15 Gb by combining these two
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The HD-Zip transcription factor LcATHB15 is involved in litchi seed development by promoting the expression of the splicing regulator LcSR45 Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-06 Hanhan Xie, Fei Wang, Zidi He, Zhijian Liang, Jianguo Li, Minglei Zhao
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Genomic approaches for almond traceability from nursery and along the food chain Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Alessandra Gentile, Ilaria Inzirillo, Stefania Bennici, Francesco Scollo, Giuseppina Las Casas, Mario Di Guardo, Stefano La Malfa, Gaetano Distefano
Almond is widely cultivated in the world thanks to the quality and healthy features of the kernel. Almond kernel is consumed fresh or employed in the food industry. Hundreds of almond cultivars were selected throughout the long history of cultivation; in this context, an efficient method for varietal identification is essential to ensure cultivar traceability along the chain. This study surveyed the
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Dynamic DNA methylation modification in catechins and terpenoids biosynthesis during tea plant (Camellia sinensis) leaf development Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Jiahao Chen, Yang Hu, Zhangsheng Zhu, Peng Zheng, Shaoqun Liu, Binmei Sun
DNA methylation plays important roles in regulating gene expression during development. However, little is known about the influence of DNA methylation on secondary metabolism during leaf development in the tea plant (). In this study, we combined the methylome, transcriptome, and metabolome to investigate the dynamic changes in DNA methylation and its potential regulatory roles in secondary metabolite
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SlPGR5/SlPGRL1 pathway-dependent cyclic electron transport regulates photoprotection and chloroplast quality in tomato plants Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-29 Xiaolong Yang, Yumeng Zhang, Ting Liu, Jiali Shi, Mingfang Qi, Riyuan Chen, Yufeng Liu, Tianlai Li
The essential photoprotective role of proton gradient regulation 5 (PGR5)-dependent cyclic electron flow (CEF) has been reported in , rice, and algae. However, its functional assessment has not been performed in tomato yet. In this study, we focused on elucidate the function of and in tomato. We performed RNA interference and found that -suppressed transformants exhibited extremely low CO assimilation
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Synergistic mechanisms of AMF and biochar driving rhizosphere fungal community in shallot in barren soil Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-27 Zishan Li, Yingyue Li, Qing Zhang, Zihua Zhang, Jiaqing Jiang, Tao Huang, Chunge Mei, Fulang Wu, Beijiu Cheng, Xiaoyu Li, Jin Chen
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SmEGY3 mediates H2O2 production to enhance high-temperature stress tolerance by activating the expression of SmCSD1 in eggplant Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-20 Renjian Liu, Bingwei Yu, Bingbing Shu, Yuyuan Wang, Yuwei Gan, Yonggui Liang, Zhengkun Qiu, Shuangshuang Yan, Bihao Cao
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Exogenous melatonin delays yellowing in harvested broccoli by maintaining chloroplast integrity Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-20 Ran Yan, Mariama Kebbeh, Yuan Cheng, Yue Wang, Liu Yan, Chen Huan, Xiaolin Zheng, Shuling Shen
Yellowing of broccoli is a crucial limiting factor for its commercial value and consumer acceptance during postharvest. In this study, the impacts of exogenous melatonin (MEL) on chlorophyll content and fluorescence, as well as ultrastructure and membrane lipid metabolism of chloroplasts in broccoli were investigated during postharvest. The results showed that MEL treatment (200 μmol L) maintained
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Reduced CHH methylation levels reveal a critical role of aging pathway genes in Moso bamboo flowering Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-19 Hang Yu, Min Gao, Chunce Guo, Haifeng Wang
Moso bamboo holds significant economic importance in China, serving various purposes, such as food, material, ornamentation, and greenery. Despite its versatility, the occurrence of flowering in Moso bamboo poses a threat to bamboo forests, resulting in substantial losses. The underlying cause of bamboo flowering remains elusive. Dynamic fluctuations in DNA methylation govern the transcriptional levels
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Integrated multi-omics analysis provides molecular insights into flavor variation in melons grafted onto two different pumpkin rootstocks during fruit development Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-15 Muhammad Mohsin Kaleem, Peilu Zhu, Muhammad Ateeq, Shuai Li, Jianguo Wang, Jintao Cheng, Zhilong Bie
Melon fruit flavor is a key quality characteristic that influences consumer preference. Grafting is an effective technique to enhance fruit quality but yields divergent outcomes in terms of fruit flavor. To address this problem, we analyzed parallel changes in flavor-related metabolite accumulation and gene expression in two pumpkin rootstock grafted melons during four fruit developmental stages. We
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Unlocking the secrets of intraspecific hybrids (Vitis vinifera L.) cold hardiness: A comprehensive study of genetic factors and trait correlations Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-14 Zhilei Wang, Ozkan Kaya, Guoqian Xu, Wenlong Ma, Xuanrui Zhao, Tingting Xue, Junxiang Zhang
Challenges arise in global viticulture due to low temperatures. To ensure the sustainable and high-quality development of the wine industry, it is essential to breed wine grape varieties that are not only of high quality but also possess cold hardiness. Intraspecific recurrent selection in can enhance cold hardiness while maintaining fruit quality. In this study, we used ‘Ecolly ’as an intermediary
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Gene expression, transcription factor binding and histone modification predict leaf adaxial–abaxial polarity related genes Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-29 Wei Sun, Zhicheng Zhang, Guusje Bonnema, Xiaowu Wang, Aalt Dirk Jan van Dijk
Leaf adaxial–abaxial (ad–abaxial) polarity is crucial for leaf morphology and function, but the genetic machinery governing this process remains unclear. To uncover critical genes involved in leaf ad–abaxial patterning, we applied a combination of prediction using machine learning (ML) and experimental analysis. A Random Forest model was trained using genes known to influence ad–abaxial polarity as
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Fine-mapping and candidate gene analysis of tuber eye depth in potato Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-28 Guiyan Fan, Shaoguang Duan, Yuting Yang, Yanfeng Duan, Yinqiao Jian, Jun Hu, Zhiyuan Liu, Yang-dong Guo, Liping Jin, Jianfei Xu, Guangcun Li
Eye depth is an important agronomic trait affecting tubers' appearance, quality, and processing suitability. Hence, cultivating varieties with uniform shapes and shallow eye depth are important goals for potato breeding. In this study, based on the primary mapping of the tuber eye-depth locus using a small primary-segregating population, a large secondary-segregating population with 2,100 individuals
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An efficient and universal protoplast-based transient gene expression system for genome editing in Brassica crops Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-28 Xiaoxiao Yu, Jintai Yu, Yin Lu, Wenjing Li, Guanzhong Huo, Jun Zhang, Yan Li, Jianjun Zhao, Jun Li
Protoplast-based transient gene expression system has been widely used in plant genome editing because of its simple operation and less time-consuming. In order to establish a universal protoplast-based transient transfection system for verifying activities of genome editing vectors containing targets in Brassica, we systematically optimized factors affecting protoplast isolation and transient gene
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Systematic identification and validation of the reference genes from 447 transcriptome datasets of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-28 Yan Liu, Chenglei Zhu, Zeming Lin, Hui Li, Xiaolin Di, Xianghua Yue, Zhimin Gao
Bamboo was one of the first plants to be cultivated in China and is widely used in industry and daily life. The study of gene function has become an important part of bamboo breeding, whereas quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) is a powerful tool for gene expression analysis. The accuracy of qRT-PCR results largely depends on suitable reference genes. In this study, a transcriptome-wide identification
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Genome-wide analysis of the NF–Y gene family in non-heading Chinese cabbage and the involvement of BcNF-YA8 in ABA-mediated flowering regulation Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-23 Yan Li, Yu Tao, Aimei Bai, Haibin Wang, Zhanghong Yu, Tongkun Liu, Xilin Hou, Ying Li
The nuclear factor Y (NF–Y) is a class of heterotrimeric transcription factors comprising three subunits: NF-YA, NF-YB, and NF-YC. These transcription factors participate in many plant bioprocesses, including the regulation of flowering time. Although the gene family has been systematically studied in many species, little is known about its role in the non-heading Chinese cabbage (NHCC) [ (syn) ssp
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Editing of eIF(iso)4E.c confers resistance against Turnip mosaic virus in Brassica rapa Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-22 Yujia Liu, Xiaoyun Xin, Peirong Li, Weihong Wang, Yangjun Yu, Xiuyun Zhao, Deshuang Zhang, Jiao Wang, Fenglan Zhang, Shujiang Zhang, Shuancang Yu, Tongbing Su
Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) constitutes one of the primary diseases affecting , severely impacting its production and resulting in crop failures in various regions worldwide. Recent research has demonstrated the significance of plant translation initiation factors, specifically the and family genes, as essential recessive disease resistance genes. In our study, we conducted evolutionary and gene expression
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UV-B irradiation enhances the accumulation of beneficial glucosinolates induced by melatonin in Chinese kale sprout Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Mengyu Wang, Jiansheng Wang, Yuhe Yang, Zhiqing Li, Ghazala Mustafa, Yubo Li, Lihong Liu, Zuofa Zhang, Qiaomei Wang
Cruciferous sprout is a new form of vegetable product rich in bioactive compounds, especially glucosinolates. Previous studies have focused on increasing the accumulation of glucosinolates in cruciferous sprouts by applying different chemical regulators, with a particular focus on their contribution to nutritional quality and health benefits. Nevertheless, the effects of melatonin and UV-B irradiation
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B-class floral homeotic gene MapoAPETALA3 may play an important role in the origin and formation of multi-tepals in Magnolia polytepala Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-20 Liyong Sun, Yao Chen, Tangjie Nie, Xiaoxia Wan, Xuan Zou, Zheng Jiang, Huilin Zhu, Qiang Wei, Yaling Wang, Shuxian Li, Zengfang Yin
In angiosperms, floral architecture diversity reflects its significance in exploring plant evolution. , an endemic and ancient species in China, possesses a unique multi-tepal trait. Notably, the origin and formation of these multi-tepals are poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the origin and formation of multi-tepals from the inner floral whorl and elucidated the underlying molecular
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Development of a rapid and efficient system for CR genes identification based on hairy root transformation in Brassicaceae Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-20 Wenlin Yu, Lu Yang, Yuanyuan Xiang, Rongde Li, Xueqing Zhou, Longcai Gan, Xianyu Xiang, Yunyun Zhang, Lei Yuan, Yanqing Luo, Genze Li, Youning Wang, Yinhua Chen, Peng Chen, Chunyu Zhang
Many economically important crops and vegetables belonging to the cruciferous family are heavily endangered by clubroot disease caused by infection. Breeding of clubroot resistant cultivars based on mapping and cloning of resistant genes is commonly regarded as the most cost-effective and efficient way to fight against this disease. The traditional way of R gene functional validation requires stable
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Improved genome annotation of Brassica oleracea highlights the importance of alternative splicing Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-19 Yinqing Yang, Lei Zhang, Qi Tang, Lingkui Zhang, Xing Li, Shumin Chen, Kang Zhang, Ying Li, Xilin Hou, Feng Cheng
has been developed into many important crops, including cabbage, kale, cauliflower, broccoli and so on. The genome and gene annotation of cabbage (cultivar JZS), a representative morphotype of , has been widely used as a common reference in biological research. Although its genome assembly has been updated twice, the current gene annotation still lacks information on untranslated regions (UTRs) and
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Overexpression of a transcription factor MdWRKY126 altered soluble sugar accumulation in apple and tomato fruit Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-19 Lihua Zhang, Yu Xu, Zhexing Luo, Long Lv, Changzhi wang, Lingcheng Zhu, Fengwang Ma, Mingjun Li, Deguo Han
The compositions and contents of soluble sugars highly determine the flavor and quality of flshy fruits. In the present study, we found that the overexpression of transcription factor localized on the nucleus enhanced sucrose concentration while decreased fructose and glucose concentration in transgenic apple calli and ripening tomato fruits. To comprehensively understand the effects of the on the
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Melon2K array: A versatile 2K liquid SNP chip for melon genetics and breeding Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-19 Qing Yu, Shuai Li, Xiaofeng Su, Xinxiu Chen, Yuanhua Dong, Zhiwang Yao, Naiyu Jiang, Sen Chai, Zhonghua Zhang, Kuipeng Xu
High-throughput genotyping tools can effectively promote molecular breeding in crops. In this study, genotyping by target sequencing (GBTS) system was utilized to develop a genome-wide liquid SNP chip for facilitating genetics and breeding in melon ( L.), a globally cultivated economically important horticultural crop. Based on over eight million SNPs derived from 823 representative melon accessions
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Genome-wide association study identifies candidate genes for bacterial soft rot resistance in cucumber seedlings Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-19 Yi Zhang, Shaoyun Dong, Jiantao Guan, Xiaoping Liu, Xuewen Xie, Karin Albornoz, Jianan Han, Zaizhan Wang, Xingfang Gu, Shengping Zhang, Han Miao
Bacterial soft rot (BSR) caused by subsp. () is a serious bacterial disease which negatively impact yield and quality in cucumber. However, the genetic mechanism of BSR resistance in cucumber has not been reported. Here, we investigated the BSR resistance of 119 cucumber core germplasm worldwide at the seedling stage and identified 26 accessions highly resistant to BSR. A total of 1 642 740 single-nucleotide
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Ripening-related transcription factors during tomato fruit ripening: Crosstalk with ethylene Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-14 Yi Huang, Xuetong Wu, Zhiya Liu, Ailing Li, Zhuohui Zhang, Kangding Yao, Zhiqi Ding, Chunlei Wang, Weibiao Liao
Tomato () has become a model for the study of fleshy fruits. Comprehending the regulatory mechanisms of fleshy fruit ripening is important. Transcription factors (TFs), hormones, and epigenetic regulation mainly regulate tomato fruit ripening, and the initiation of ripening requires ethylene and ripening-related TFs, such as NAC, MADS-box, RIN, GH3, HD-ZIP, and basic helix-loop-helix. In this review
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The VvHY5-VvMYB24-VvMYBA1 transcription factor cascade regulates the biosynthesis of anthocyanin in grape Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-10 Zhang Zhen, Chen Cui, Lin Hong, Jiang Changyue, Zhao Yuhui, Guo Yinshan
Anthocyanins are important pigments and nutrients in fruits. Red grape is popular because of the high anthocyanin content. Previous studies have identified VvMYBA1 and its homologs as key regulators of fruit color; however, other transcription factors (TFs) that contribute to fruit color remain poorly understood. The present study identified the R2R3-MYB TF VvMYB24, whose gene expression levels were
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Integration of transcriptome and metabolome reveals regulatory mechanisms of volatile flavor formation during tomato fruit ripening Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-10 Zhiqiang Liu, Jianxin Wu, Licai Wang, Xiaonan Lu, Golam Jalal Ahammed, Xiaolan Zhang, Xia Cui, Haijing Wang
Tomato is an important economic crop all over the world. Volatile flavors in tomato fruit are key factors influencing consumer liking and commercial quality. However, the regulatory mechanism controlling the volatile flavors of tomatoes is still not clear. Here, we integrated the metabolome and transcriptome of the volatile flavors in tomato fruit to explore the regulatory mechanism of volatile flavor
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FcMET1 mediates low DNA methylation and promotes peel coloring in Ficus carica Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-10 Kairong Sun, Xiaoxiao Wang, Hantang Huang, Yuan Wang, Zhiyi Fan, Yutian Xia, Huiqin Ma, Miaoyu Song
Fig ( L.) with purple-red peel cultivars are popular among consumers and exhibit better storability. While DNA methylation influences fruit ripening and color development, its specific role in fig fruit remains unclear. This study explores the impact of DNA methylation on the fig peel coloration. Enzymatic colorimetric detection revealed that the level of ‘Purple Peel’ fig DNA methylation decreases
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GGE analysis and stability of traits in tomato cultivars grown under organic farming conditions: A two-year study Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-08 Pasquale Tripodi, Salvador Soler, Gabriele Campanelli, María R. Figàs, Cristina Casanova, Elena Soler, Sara Sestili, Aldo Bertone, Teodoro Cardi, Jaime Prohens
The increasing conversion of agricultural land to organic farming requires the development of specifically adapted cultivars. So far, in tomato there is lack of research for selection of germplasm suitable for sustainable agroecosystems. In this study, we investigated the genotypic and environmental factors affecting the variation of plant, fruits, and root traits in 39 tomato genotypes grown under
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Trends in plant tissue culture and genetic improvement of gerbera Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-31 Manisha Mahanta, Saikat Gantait
Gerbera, a popular commercial cut flower with vibrant and striking colours has gained immense popularity in the floriculture industry. They are widely cultivated in various regions, making them available throughout the year. As a better alternative to conventional propagation methods (via seeds and rhizomes), plant tissue culture serves as way to avail large-scale, uniform, disease-free plantlets for
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Regulation of chlorophyll and carotenoid metabolism in citrus fruit Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-31 Yingxiao Lu, Xinchen Shen, Yuche Li, Yanna Xu, Yuhan Chen, Yishan Chen, Xiaoli Hu, Xiaolong Li, Xuepeng Sun, Jinli Gong
Chlorophyll degradation and carotenoid accumulation are essential processes of fruit maturation in many horticultural plants, and play a crucial role in fruit color and quality. The pathways of chlorophyll and carotenoid biosynthesis and degradation are well understood, and key regulatory genes controlling these pathways have been identified in citrus. This article reviewed the recent research on chlorophyll
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Phosphorylation modification reverses the transcriptional inhibitory activity of CsMYB4a in tea plants (Camellia sinensis) Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-31 Guoliang Ma, Yunyun Han, Tongtong Li, Tao Xia, Liping Gao
The members of the fourth subgroup of R2R3-MYB (Sg4 members) are well-known inhibitors of phenylpropanoid and lignin synthesis pathways. The C2 domain is closely related to the transcriptional inhibitory activity of Sg4 members. Phosphorylation modification enhances the transcriptional inhibitory activity of Sg4 members. Here, we identified a phosphorylation site on the C2 domain of CsMYB4a from tea
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Comparative transcriptome profiling reveals that light coordinates auxin to inhibit adventitious root formation in grapevine Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-30 Yunzhang Yuan, Miao Bai, Peiyi Ni, Yanxia Li, Xinyu Chang, Jingjing He, Guoshun Yang, Shuangjiang Li
Grapevine ( sp.) is one of the most important economic fruit crops all over the world, and the formation of adventitious roots (ARs) is crucial for the vegetative reproduction of grapes. However, studies on the regulatory mechanisms of this process are currently lacking. In this study, we applied an efficient and convenient leave-petiole (LP) system for studying ARs, revealing a significant inhibition
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A novel module of MaMADS31-MaBZR2 confers negative regulation of banana fruit ripening Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Chaojie Wu, Wei Wei, Danling Cai, Zengxiang Lin, Yingying Yang, Jia Si, Wei Shan, Jianye Chen, Wangjin Lu, Jianfei Kuang
Fruit ripening, which is modulated by the up- and downregulation of numerous genes, is a sophisticated physiological event determining consumer acceptability. While many positive regulators have been known to regulate fruit ripening, relatively less information is associated with the negative regulators in the process. Here, a negative regulator, , was characterized according to the banana fruit ripening
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Ficus carica ERF12 improves fruit firmness at ripening Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-25 Yanlei Zhai, Yuanyuan Cui, Zhiyi Fan, Hantang Huang, Zhe Wang, Shangwu Chen, Huiqin Ma
Fig fruit firmness decreases rapidly during ripening and after harvest, resulting in poor storability and transportation loss, which severely restricts development of the fresh fig industry. APETALA2/ethylene-responsive factor (AP2/ERF) transcription factors are downstream components of the ethylene-signaling pathway that play crucial roles in quality formation during fruit ripening. In this study
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Autophagy-regulated ethylene synthesis mediates fruit ripening by affecting the accumulation of lycopene, sugars and organic acids in tomato Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-18 Xuelian Zheng, Hongfei Yang, Zhichao Li, Canyu Zhou, Xinlin Chen, Kaixin Wang, Ping Yang, Guanghui Wang, Jie Zhou
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 demonstrated that most autophagy-related genes () were up-regulated during tomato ( L.) fruit ripening. By using mutants of different autophagy pathway genes (, , ), we revealed that the deficiency of autophagy
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Rosaceae phylogenomic studies provide insights into the evolution of new genes Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Lan Jiang, Xiaoxu Li, Kun Lyu, Han Wang, Zhiyuan Li, Wang Qi, Lin Zhang, Yunpeng Cao
, known as Lady Banks' rose, is a perennial ornamental crop and a versatile herb in traditional Chinese medicine. Given the lack of genomic resources, we assembled a HiFi and Nanopore sequencing-derived 458.58 Mb gap-free telomere-to-telomere high-quality genome with a scaffold N50 = 63.90 Mb. The genome of exhibited no lineage-specific whole-genome duplication compared with other Rosaceae. The phylogenomic
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CiNAC2 positively regulates drought stress tolerance by promoting superoxide dismutase activity in pecan (Carya illinoinensis) Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Bingbing Yang, Chaochen Yang, Juanjuan Chen, Huadong Ren, Kailiang Wang, Linxiu Liu, Xiaohua Yao
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Identification of transcription factors contributing to vitamin C synthesis during Rosa roxburghii fruit development by integrating transcriptomics and metabolomics Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Liyao Su, Tian Zhang, Zong-Ming Cheng
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Two FT genes synergistically regulate the reproductive transition of loquat Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Yuanyuan Jiang, Yunmei Zhu, Ze Peng, Wenbing Su, Jiangrong Peng, Yuan Yuan, Ling Zhang, Zhike Zhang, Xianghui Yang, Yongshun Gao, Shunquan Lin, Chongjian Ma
Unlike annual flowering plants that exhibit a single reproductive cycle encompassing vegetative growth, flowering, and senescence within a single year, perennial woody trees undergo a transition between vegetative and reproductive growth every year after a long juvenile phase. Most woody fruit trees bloom when it turns warm in spring, and the fruit ripens in summer or autumn. However, as a member of
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Studies on the temporal, structural, and interacting features of the clubroot resistance gene Rcr1 using CRISPR/Cas9-based systems Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Hao Hu, Fengqun Yu
Clubroot disease is a severe threat to crops globally, particularly in western Canada. Genetic resistance, achieved through pyramiding clubroot resistance (CR) genes with different modes of action, is the most important strategy for managing the disease. However, studies on the CR gene functions are quite limited. In this study, we have conducted investigations into the temporal, structural, and interacting
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Exogenous melatonin enhances heat stress tolerance in sweetpotato by modulating antioxidant defense system, osmotic homeostasis and stomatal traits Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Sunjeet Kumar, Rui Yu, Yang Liu, Yi Liu, Mohammad Nauman Khan, Yonghua Liu, Mengzhao Wang, Guopeng Zhu
Heat stress hinders the growth and productivity of sweetpotato plants, predominantly through oxidative damage to cellular membranes. Therefore, the development of efficient approaches for mitigating heat-related impairments is essential for the long-term production of sweetpotatoes. Melatonin has been recognised for its capacity to assist plants in dealing with abiotic stress conditions. This research
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Research progress on the physiological, biochemical and molecular regulatory mechanisms of fruit tree responses to high-temperature stress Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Que Wang, Yaqiong Wu, Wenlong Wu, Lianfei Lyu, Weilin Li
Fruit trees face various adverse environmental factors, such as extreme hydrothermal changes, soil salinization and low precipitation, leading to different types of stress. High temperature is one of the main factors affecting the growth of fruit trees, and an appropriate ambient temperature is a necessary condition for the normal growth and development of fruit trees. Since the 20th century, due to
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Turnip mosaic virus pathogenesis and host resistance mechanisms in Brassica Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Guanwei Wu, Xinxin Fang, Tianqi Yu, Jianping Chen, Fei Yan
Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) is a devastating potyvirus pathogen that infects a wide variety of both cultivated and wild Brassicaceae plants. We urgently need more information and understanding of TuMV pathogenesis and the host responses involved in disease development in cruciferous crops. TuMV displays great versatility in viral pathogenesis, especially in its replication and intercellular movement
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Wood forming tissue-specific expression of PaTyDC4 promotes xylem differentiation and lignin deposition during secondary growth and confers drought tolerance in Populus Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Qiao Wang, Yiqing Wang, Xintong Lu, Yang Chen, Yan Chen, Xiuwen Wu, Gongke Zhou, Guohua Chai
Tyrosine decarboxylase (TyDC) converts tyrosine to tyramine and plays a crucial role in secondary metabolite reactions, development, and stress responses in plants. Currently, the biological role of TyDC proteins from trees is unknown. This study provided evidence showing that poplar functions in wood development and drought stress response. is preferentially expressed in wood-forming cells in stems
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Establishment of somatic embryogenesis regeneration system and transcriptome analysis of early somatic embryogenesis in Litchi chinensis Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Yaqi Qin, Bo Zhang, Shiqian Wang, Wuyan Guo, Zhike Zhang, Yonghua Qin, Jietang Zhao, Guibing Hu
Sonn. is an important economic fruit tree in tropical and subtropical regions. Regrettably, the efficiency of plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis in litchi is typically low due to the poor conversion of embryos to plants. The purpose of this study was to establish a regeneration system via somatic embryogenesis from immature embryos explants in ‘Heiye’ cultivar of litchi. Our results demonstrated
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MdCIbHLH1 modulates sugar metabolism and accumulation in apple fruits by coordinating carbohydrate synthesis and allocation Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Jianqiang Yu, Xiaolong Liu, Wenyan Wang, Lili Zhang, Chukun Wang, Quanyan Zhang, Jiahui Wang, Mengchi Du, Lixia Sheng, Dagang Hu
The content of soluble sugars is a vital parameter that indicates the quality of fleshy fruits such as apple ( Borkh.). Studying the patterns of accumulation of soluble sugars and regulatory mechanisms associated with fruit development is crucial for breeding improved fruit varieties. Here, we report that MdCIbHLH1, a low temperature-induced bHLH transcription factor, inhibits the accumulation of soluble
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The critical role of CmCIPK1-CmRbohD1/D2 complexes in generating H2O2 signals for enhancing salt tolerance in pumpkins Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Lanxing Wei, Dandi Xu, Lijian Zhou, Hui Chen, Zhaowen Peng, Guoyu Chen, Lihui Wang, Haishun Cao, Yuquan Peng, Shouyu Geng, Zhilong Bie
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 respiratory burst oxidase homolog protein D (CmRbohD)-mediated reactive oxygen species (ROS) burst, which further enhances Na export and K uptake. RbohD activation requires calcium signaling. However
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Integrated metabolomics and proteomics analyses reveal the molecular mechanism underlying the yellow leaf phenotype of Camellia sinensis Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Nana Li, Weizhong He, Yufan Ye, Mingming He, Taimei Di, Xinyuan Hao, Changqing Ding, Yajun Yang, Lu Wang, Xinchao Wang
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 the yellow leaf phenotype of ZH2 has not been elucidated clearly. In the current research, the yellow shoots (ZH2-Y) and naturally converted green shoots (ZH2-G) of ZH2 were studied using metabolic and proteomic
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Genetic diversity and population genetic structure of Paeonia suffruticosa by chloroplast DNA simple sequence repeats (cpSSRs) Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Qi Guo, Xian Xue, Duoduo Wang, Lixia Zhang, Wei Liu, Erqiang Wang, Xiaoqiang Cui, Xiaogai Hou
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 the genetic diversity levels among different populations of tree peony varieties. The results showed that 34 bands were amplified using five pairs of cpSSR primers, with an average of 6.8 bands per primer pair. The average
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An association analysis of lipidome and transcriptome highlights the involvement of MmGDPD1 in regulating low phosphorus tolerance in Malus mandshurica Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Hong Zhao, Yawei Wu, Luonan Shen, Zhengchun Li, Lin Deng, Xiaopeng Wen
Phosphorus (Pi) plays a crucial role in the growth and development of plants. Membrane lipid regulation is one of the main mechanisms underlying plant adaptation to Pi deficiency. Previously, the high tolerance to low-Pi stress was justified in an elite line, MSDZ 109, which was obtained from . To better understand the mechanism underlying high adaptation to low-Pi stress, currently, lipidomic and
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Streamlined Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated hairy root transformation for efficient CRISPR/Cas9-based gene editing evaluation in diverse Citrullus varieties Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Yong Zhao, Hongju Zhu, Xuqiang Lu, Muhammad Anees, Nan He, Dongdong Yang, Zihao Chen, Zonglie Hong, Junhong Zhang, Wenge Liu
The CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing system serves as a pivotal tool for enhancing crop genetics. Within this system, single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) are instrumental in the precise cleavage of DNA double strands. However, the efficiency of gene editing varies among sgRNAs, emphasizing the need to meticulously select target sites, especially in the context of , a species notorious for its challenging and inefficient
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Elevated CO2-conferred sodium homeostasis is linked to abscisic acid-mediated stomatal closure and signalling pathway in tomato plants Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Kehao Liang, Yiting Chen, Jingxiang Hou, Fulai Liu
Soil salinity hampers plant performance. Elevated atmospheric CO ([CO]) could alleviate the detrimental effect of salinity on plants but whether abscisic acid (ABA) is involved in this process is unclear. To address this issue, three tomato () genotypes with varying endogenous ABA concentrations (wild-type AC, ABA-deficient mutant and ABA-overproduction line SP5) were grown in pots under ambient (400 μmol
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Volatile organic compounds produced by Metschnikowia pulcherrima yeast T-2 inhibited the growth of Botrytis cinerea in postharvest blueberry fruits Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Zhuoran Li, Quanyong Liu, Chenyang Wu, Yujin Yuan, Xuemei Ni, Tianyi Wu, Ruokui Chang, Yuanhong Wang
Postharvest rot of blueberry fruits caused by led to huge economic losses in storage and transportation. In this study, T-2 was isolated from the surface of blueberry fruits and significantly reduced postharvest rot of blueberry fruits. The weight loss rate of T-2 soaked blueberry fruits was decreased; the contents of total soluble solids, titratable acidity and vitamin C of T-2 treated blueberry fruits
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The genetic basis and improvement of photosynthesis in tomato Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Haiqiang Dong, Fangman Li, Xiaoxiao Xuan, John Kojo Ahiakpa, Jinbao Tao, Xingyu Zhang, Pingfei Ge, Yaru Wang, Wenxian Gai, Yuyang Zhang
Photosynthesis is one the most important chemical reaction in plants, and it is the ultimate energy source of any living organisms. The light and dark reactions are two essential phases of photosynthesis. Light reaction harvests light energy to synthesize ATP and NADPH through an electron transport chain, and as well as giving out O; dark reaction fixes CO into six carbon sugars by utilizing NADPH
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Identification of potential metabolites responsible for cold tolerance in buds of Vitis amurensis Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Qingyun Li, Huimin Zhou, Fengmei Chai, Zemin Wang, Linchuan Fang, Wei Duan, Peige Fan, Zhenchang Liang, Shaohua Li, Qingfeng Wang, Haiping Xin
Cold tolerance is one of the important traits for grapevine, especially in regions with extremely low temperatures in winter. is wild species in the genus with excellent cold hardiness compared with . However, metabolites that contribute to the cold tolerance of remain unknown. Here, the metabolomics of buds from ‘Zuoshan-1’ during cold acclimation (CA) were identified, and cold-sensitive cultivar
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Impact of training methods and biostimulant applications on sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum) yield and nutritional values: Under greenhouse condition Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-17 Hawar Sleman Halshoy, Sadik Kasim Sadik
Pepper ( L.) is an important agricultural crop because of the nutritional value of the fruit and its economic importance. Various techniques have been practiced to enhance pepper's productivity and nutritional value. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the impact of different training methods and biostimulant applications on sweet pepper plants' growth, yield, and chemical composition
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Expression changes of miRNA-regulated genes associated with the formation of the leafy head in cabbage Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Jorge Alemán-Báez, Jose Fernando Acevedo-Zamora, Johan Bucher, Chengcheng Cai, Roeland E. Voorrips, Guusje Bonnema
The vegetative development of cabbage ( var. ) passes through seedling, rosette, folding and heading stages. Leaves that form the rosette are large and mostly flat. In the following developmental stages, the plants produce leaves that curve inward to produce the leafy head. Many microRNAs and their target genes have been described participating in leaf development and leaf curvature. The aim of this
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Interaction of MaERF11 with the E3 ubiquitin ligase MaRFA1 is involved in the regulation of banana starch degradation during postharvest ripening Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Mengge Jiang, Yingying Yang, Wei Wei, Chaojie Wu, Wei Shan, Jianfei Kuang, Jianye Chen, Shouxing Wei, Wangjin Lu
Banana fruit ripening is a highly regulatory process involving various layers consisting of transcriptional regulation, epigenetic factor, and post-translational modification. Previously, we reported that MaERF11 cooperated with MaHDA1 to precisely regulate the transcription of ripening-associated genes via histone deacetylation. However, whether MaERF11 is subjected to post-translational modification