Horticultural crops, including fruit, vegetable, and ornamental plants are an important
component of the agriculture production systems and play an important role in sustaining …

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is an established model for studying fruit biology; however,
most studies of tomato fruit growth and ripening are based on homogenized pericarp, and …

Parthenocarpy in a broad sense includes those processes that allow the production of
seedless fruits. Such fruits are favorable to growers, because they are set independently of …

Parthenocarpy in horticultural crop plants is an important trait with agricultural value for
various industrial purposes as well as direct eating quality. Here, we demonstrate a …

The abscission process is initiated by changes in the auxin gradient across the abscission
zone (AZ) and is triggered by ethylene. Although changes in gene expression have been …

Ascorbate is a major antioxidant buffer in plants. Several approaches have been used to
increase the ascorbate content of fruits and vegetables. Here, we combined forward …

Background Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis is the most widespread association
between plant roots and fungi in natural and agricultural ecosystems. This work investigated …

Next-generation sequencing was exploited to gain deeper insight into the response to
infection by Candidatus liberibacter asiaticus (CaLas), especially the immune disregulation …

TIR1 and its homologues act as auxin receptors and play a crucial role in auxin-mediated
plant development. While the functions of auxin receptor genes have been widely studied in …

Parthenocarpy, the production of seedless fruit without fertilization, has a variety of valuable
qualities, especially for self-incompatible species, such as pear. To explore whether …