The ideotype is a theoretical model of an archetypal cultivated plant. Recent progress in
genome editing is aiding the pursuit of this ideal in crop breeding. Breeding is relatively …

Breeding of crops over millennia for yield and productivity has led to reduced genetic
diversity. As a result, beneficial traits of wild species, such as disease resistance and stress …

In the frame of modern agriculture facing the predicted increase of population and general
environmental changes, the securement of high quality food remains a major challenge to …

Fruit ripening in tomato (S olanum lycopersicum L.) is well understood at the molecular level.
However, information regarding genetic pathways associated with tomato ovary and early …

Dehydrins (DHNs) play important roles in plant adaptation to abiotic stress. In this study, a
cold-induced SK3-type DHN gene (ShDHN) isolated from wild tomato species Solanum …

Abstract Background The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plant is both an economically
important food crop and an ideal dicot model to investigate various physiological …

Calmodulin-like (CML) proteins are important Ca2+ sensors, which play significant role in
mediating plant stress tolerance. In the present study, cold responsive calmodulin-like …

Color change is an important event during fruit maturation in blueberry, usually depending
on chlorophyll degradation and anthocyanin accumulation. MicroRNA156 (miR156)–SPL …

Genetic transformation is a powerful means for the improvement of crop plants, but requires
labor‐and resource‐intensive methods. An efficient method for identifying single‐copy …

Senescence is the process that marks the end of a leaf's lifespan. As it progresses, the
massive macromolecular catabolism dismantles the chloroplasts and, consequently …