To expand the cultivation area of apple (Malus× domestica Borkh.) and select resistant
varieties by genetic engineering, it is necessary to clarify the mechanism of salt and osmotic …

Genetic resistance to plant viruses has been used for at least 80 years to control agricultural
losses to viral diseases. To date, hundreds of naturally occurring genes for resistance to …

WRKY transcription factors play a key role in the tolerance of biotic and abiotic stresses
across various crop species, but the function of some WRKY genes, particularly in tomato …

Many Actinidia cultivars are characterized by anthocyanin accumulation, specifically in the
inner pericarp, but the underlying regulatory mechanism remains elusive. Here we report …

The secondary cell wall is an important carbon sink in higher plants and its biosynthesis
requires coordination of metabolic fluxes in the phenylpropanoid pathway. In Arabidopsis …

Wild almond species accumulate the bitter and toxic cyanogenic diglucoside amygdalin.
Almond domestication was enabled by the selection of genotypes harboring sweet kernels …

In plants, low temperature and dehydration activate a set of genes containing C-
repeat/dehydration-responsive elements in their promoter. It has been shown previously that …

The signal molecules melatonin and ethylene play key roles in abiotic stress tolerance. The
interplay between melatonin and ethylene in regulating salt tolerance and the underlying …

Sodium transporters play key roles in plant tolerance to salt stress. Here, we report that a
member of the High-Affinity K+ Transporter (HKT) family, OsHKT1; 1, in rice (Oryza sativa …

Agrobacterium‐mediated transient assays for gene function are increasingly being used as
alternatives to genetic complementation and stable transformation. However, such assays …