Plant metabolism, including primary metabolism such as tricarboxylic acid cycle, glycolysis,
shikimate and amino acid pathways as well as specialized metabolism such as biosynthesis …

Pollinators are attracted to vibrant flower colors. That is why flower color is the key agent to
allow successful fruit set in food or ornamental crops. However, black flower color is the least …

Introduction Numerous crops have transitioned to hybrid seed production to increase yields
and yield stability through heterosis. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying …

Alternaria blotch disease, caused by the Alternaria alternata apple pathotype (A. alternata
AP), is one of the most serious fungal diseases in apples. Alternative splicing (AS), one of …

Gene expression changes contribute greatly to phenotypic variations in nature. Studying
patterns of regulators of gene expression is important to fully understand the molecular …

Transient and chronic waterlogging constrains crop production in many regions of the world.
Here, we invoke a novel iTRAQ-based proteomic strategy to elicit protein synthesis and …

Mitochondrial function needs strong interactions of mitochondrial and nuclear (mitonuclear)
genomes, which can be disrupted by mitonuclear mismatch due to mitochondrial DNA …

Flooding and waterlogging conditions are detrimental to tuber development in Solanum
tuberosum and change nutritional composition. As extreme weather events are becoming …