Fruit crops, consist of climacteric and non-climacteric fruits, are the major sources of
nutrients and fiber for human diet. Since 2013, CRISPR/Cas (Clustered Regularly …

Climate change is deeply impacting the food chain production, lowering quality and yield. In
this context, the international scientific community has dedicated many efforts to enhancing …

Ensuring food security for a rapidly growing world population will need new approaches.
These include speed breeding and new breeding technologies, which have been …

Flower initiation is a phenological developmental process strictly regulated in all flowering
plants. Studies in Arabidopsis thaliana, a model plant organism in plant biology and …

CRISPR (short for “Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats”) is a
technology that research scientists use to selectively modify the DNA of living organisms …

Vegetative and reproductive phase change and phenology are economically and
ecologically important traits. Trees typically require several years of growth before flowering …

Flowering is a crucial process in the life cycle of most plants as it is essential for the
reproductive success and genetic diversity of the species. There are situations in which …

Seasonal bud dormancy in perennial woody plants is a crucial and intricate process that is
vital for the survival and development of plants. Over the past few decades, significant …

Fruit crops, including bananas, apples, citrus fruit, grape, berries, etc. not only offer essential
nutrients for sustaining healthy human life but also contribute to a major part of the GDP of …

Genome editing has emerged as a powerful tool for accelerating crop improvement in
horticultural crops by enabling precise modifications to their genetic makeup. This review …