Flavonoids are an important class of secondary metabolites widely found in plants,
contributing to plant growth and development and having prominent applications in food and …

Malnutrition, unhealthy diets, and lifestyle changes have become major risk factors for non-
communicable diseases while adversely impacting economic growth and sustainable …

Chromium (Cr) is a toxic heavy metal for both animals and plants. The multifunctional
signaling molecule melatonin can confer plant tolerance to heavy metal stress, but the …

Low temperature and abscisic acid (ABA) are the two main factors that induce anthocyanin
synthesis; however, their potential relationships in governing anthocyanin biosynthesis in …

Tomato is a horticultural crop with an incomplete flavonoid metabolic pathway that does not
typically accumulate anthocyanins in the fruit. In recent years, intensive studies of the loci …

Jasmonic acid (JA) plays an important role in regulating plant growth and defence
responses. Here, we show that a transcription factor that belongs to the B‐box (BBX) family …

Cineraria (Senecio cruentus) is an ornamental plant with pure colour and bicolour cultivars,
widely used for landscaping. Anthocyanin biosynthesis influences coloration patterns in …

Domestication and improvement are important processes that generate the variation in
genome and phonotypes underlying crop improvement. Unfortunately, during selection for …

The regulatory mechanism of the MBW (MYB‐bHLH‐WD40) complex in safflower
(Carthamus tinctorius) remains unclear. In the present study, we show that the separate …

Flowering time, an important factor in plant adaptability and genetic improvement, is
regulated by various genes in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). In this study, we …