Water scarcity is one of the greatest concerns for agronomy worldwide. In recent years,
many water resources have been depleted due to multiple factors, especially …

Plants have evolved diverse self-incompatibility (SI) systems for outcrossing. Ever since
Darwin's time, considerable progress has been made toward elucidating this unrivaled …

CRISPR (short for “Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats”) is a
technology that research scientists use to selectively modify the DNA of living organisms …

In this study, we developed a mutagenesis protocol specifically designed for
chrysanthemum cv.“Candid” in order to introduce genetic variation. By subjecting …

Bud mutation is a common technique for plant breeding and can provide a large number of
breeding materials. Through traditional breeding methods, we obtained a plum plant with …

Molecular plant biology is the study of the molecular basis of plant life. It is particularly
concerned with the processes by which the information encoded in the genome is translated …

In celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of Gregor Johann Mendel, the genius of
genetics, this Special Issue presents seven papers. Mendel's bicentenary provides an …

Abstract Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is an important plant hormone required for various plant
growth and developmental activities. YUCCA proteins are the enzymes for IAA synthesis that …

Beyond their use in food production, industrial crops—a distinct class of crops grown
primarily for nonhuman consumption—are essential to many facets of human existence …

The methods used to introduce CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic
Repeats)/Cas-mediated genome editing into fruit species, as well as the impacts of the …