Advancing endodormancy release in temperate fruit trees using agrochemical treatments

JG Guillamón, F Dicenta… - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Endodormancy in temperate fruit trees like Prunus is a protector state that allows the trees to
survive in the adverse conditions of autumn and winter. During this process, plants …

A MADS‐box gene with similarity to FLC is induced by cold and correlated with epigenetic changes to control budbreak in kiwifruit

C Voogd, LA Brian, R Wu, T Wang, AC Allan… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Temperate perennials require exposure to chilling temperatures to resume growth in the
following spring. Growth and dormancy cycles are controlled by complex genetic regulatory …

Conservation and divergence of four kiwifruit SVP-like MADS-box genes suggest distinct roles in kiwifruit bud dormancy and flowering

RM Wu, EF Walton, AC Richardson… - Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
MADS-box genes similar to Arabidopsis SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE (SVP) have been
implicated in the regulation of flowering in annual species and bud dormancy in perennial …

Fruit development of the diploid kiwifruit, Actinidia chinensis 'Hort16A'

AC Richardson, HL Boldingh, PA McAtee… - BMC Plant …, 2011 - Springer
Background With the advent of high throughput genomic tools, it is now possible to
undertake detailed molecular studies of individual species outside traditional model …

A gene expression atlas for kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) and network analysis of transcription factors

L Brian, B Warren, P McAtee, J Rodrigues… - BMC Plant …, 2021 - Springer
Background Transcriptomic studies combined with a well annotated genome have laid the
foundations for new understanding of molecular processes. Tools which visualise gene …

Homologs of FT, CEN and FD respond to developmental and environmental signals affecting growth and flowering in the perennial vine kiwifruit

E Varkonyi‐Gasic, SMA Moss, C Voogd… - New …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Summary FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) and CENTRORADIALIS (CEN) homologs have been
implicated in regulation of growth, determinacy and flowering. The roles of kiwifruit FT and …

The hybrid non-ethylene and ethylene ripening response in kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) is associated with differential regulation of MADS-box transcription factors

PA McAtee, AC Richardson, NJ Nieuwenhuizen… - BMC plant biology, 2015 - Springer
Background Ripening in tomato is predominantly controlled by ethylene, whilst in fruit such
as grape, it is predominantly controlled by other hormones. The ripening response of many …

Genome-wide analysis of MADS-box gene family in kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis var. chinensis) and their potential role in floral sex differentiation

LX Ye, MM Luo, Z Wang, FX Bai, X Luo, L Gao… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis Planch.) is a functionally dioecious plant, which displays
diverse morphology in male and female flowers. MADS-box is an ancient and huge gene …

Kiwifruit floral gene APETALA2 is alternatively spliced and accumulates in aberrant indeterminate flowers in the absence of miR172

E Varkonyi-Gasic, RH Lough, SMA Moss, R Wu… - Plant molecular …, 2012 - Springer
In Arabidopsis, the identity of perianth and reproductive organs are specified by antagonistic
action of two floral homeotic genes, APETALA2 (AP2) and AGAMOUS (AG). AP2 is also …

Overexpression of the kiwifruit SVP3 gene affects reproductive development and suppresses anthocyanin biosynthesis in petals, but has no effect on vegetative …

R Wu, T Wang, T McGie, C Voogd… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
SVP-like MADS domain transcription factors have been shown to regulate flowering time
and both inflorescence and flower development in annual plants, while having effects on …