Crop engineering and de novo domestication using gene editing are new frontiers in
agriculture. However, outside of well-studied crops and model systems, prioritizing …

Fruits are a rich source of nutrients, minerals, and dietary fibers for both humans and
animals. While the gaseous phytohormone ethylene is well-known for its role in controlling …

Ethylene, a gaseous phytohormone, is emerging as a central player in the intricate web of
plant developmental processes from germination to senescence under optimal and stressed …

In flowering plants, the predominant sexual morph is hermaphroditism, and the emergence
of unisexuality is poorly understood. Using Cucumis melo (melon) as a model system, we …

In the monoecious Cucurbita pepo, the transition to female flowering is the time at which the
plant starts the production of female flowers after an initial male phase of development …

Previous studies have shown that ethylene levels in flower buds are key to sex
determination in plants. However, the roles of ethylene in wheat flower development are …

Genome editing technologies are promising for conventional mutagenesis breeding, which
takes a long time to remove unnecessary mutations through backcrossing and create new …

In monoecious species, female flowering constitutes the developmental process that
determines the onset and production of fruit, and is therefore closely related to crop yield …

Sexual differentiation is an important developmental phenomenon in cucurbits that directly
affects fruit yield. The natural existence of multiple flower types in melon offers an inclusive …

The R2R3-MYB gene family represents a widely distributed class of plant transcription
factors. This gene family plays an important role in many aspects of plant growth and …