Flowers are highly complex organs that have evolved to enhance the reproductive success
of angiosperms. As a key component of flowers, petals play a vital role in attracting …

This review is an update of a 2003 review (Journal of Experimental Botany 54, 1801–1812)
by the same corresponding author. Many examples of flower opening have been recorded …

Flowers are the core reproductive structures and key distinguishing features of angiosperms.
Flower opening to expose stamens and gynoecia is important in cases where pollinators …

Aquaporins are water channel proteins that facilitate the passage of water through biological
membranes and play a crucial role in plant growth. We showed that ethylene treatment …

In determining vase life (VL), it is often not considered that the measured VL in a particular
experiment may greatly depend on both the preharvest and evaluation environmental …

In many plant species, including rose (Rosa hybrida), flower senescence is promoted by the
gaseous hormone ethylene and inhibited by the cytokinin (CTK) class of hormones …

There is growing evidence to suggest that epigenetic tags, especially DNA methylation, are
critical regulators of fruit ripening. To examine whether this is the case in sweet pepper …

1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) is a non-protein amino acid acting as the
direct precursor of ethylene, a plant hormone regulating a wide variety of vegetative and …

Dehydration inhibits petal expansion resulting in abnormal flower opening and results in
quality loss during the marketing of cut flowers. We constructed a suppression subtractive …

Flower senescence is genetically regulated and developmentally controlled. The
phytohormone ethylene induces flower senescence in rose (Rosa hybrida), but the …