The improvement of woody fruit species by traditional plant breeding techniques has several
limitations mainly caused by their high degree of heterozygosity, the length of their juvenile …

Fruit color is a genetic trait and a key factor for consumer acceptability and is therefore
receiving increasing importance in several breeding programs. Plant pigments offer plants …

Cytokinins (CKs) are a chemically diverse class of plant growth regulators, exhibiting wide-
ranging actions on plant growth and development, hence their exploitation in agriculture for …

Abstract Background Litchi chinensis Sonn. is an economically important fruit tree in tropical
and subtropical regions. However, litchi functional genomics is severely hindered due to its …

Biotechnology provides plant breeders an additional tool to improve various traits desired by
growers and consumers of horticultural crops. It also provides genetic solutions to major …

The growing population and the climate changes put a pressure on food production globally,
therefore a fundamental transformation of food production is required. One approach to …

Worldwide, citrus is one of the most important fruit crops and is grown in more than 130
countries, predominantly in tropical and subtropical areas. The healthy progress of the citrus …

Genetic engineering based on Agrobacterium-mediated transformation has been a
desirable tool to manipulate single or multiple genes of existing genotypes of woody fruit …

The availability of genome sequences for many fruit crops has redefined the boundaries of
genetic engineering and genetically modified (GM) crop plants. However commercialization …

Soluble sugars, including sucrose, glucose and fructose, are crucial components that
determine the nutritional and commercial quality of sweet oranges (Citrus sinensis). Sugar …