A mini review of citrus rootstocks and their role in high-density orchards

F Hayat, J Li, S Iqbal, Y Peng, L Hong, RM Balal… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Dwarfing is an important agricultural trait for intensive cultivation and effective orchard
management in modern fruit orchards. Commercial citrus production relies on grafting with …

Hormonal interactions underlying rootstock-induced vigor control in horticultural crops

F Hayat, J Li, S Iqbal, U Khan, NA Ali, Y Peng, L Hong… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Grafting has been utilized to develop horticultural crops to increase plant vigor, yield
potential, and tolerance to various environmental stresses. Grafting employs selected …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative analysis of citrus species' flavonoid metabolism, gene expression profiling, and their antioxidant capacity under drought stress

MJ Rao, M Duan, M Eman, H Yuan, A Sharma… - Antioxidants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Citrus species are widely cultivated across the globe and frequently encounter drought
stress during their growth and development phases. Previous research has indicated that …

Rootstock-mediated carbohydrate metabolism, nutrient contents, and physiological modifications in regular and alternate mango (Mangifera indica L.) scion varieties

H Vittal, N Sharma, AK Dubey, M Shivran, SK Singh… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Most of the popular scion varieties of mango possess alternate/irregular bearing. There are
many external and internal factors assigned, among them carbohydrate reserves, and …

[HTML][HTML] Leaves and roots metabolomic signatures underlying rootstock-mediated water stress tolerance in grafted pepper plants

YG Padilla, B Miras-Moreno, R Gisbert-Mullor, L Lucini… - Plant Stress, 2024 - Elsevier
Grafting onto pepper rootstock NIBER® is an effective strategy to mitigate water stress
effects on the grafted variety. In this work, we comparatively explored the metabolomic …

The complexity of melatonin and other phytohormones crosstalk with other signaling molecules for drought tolerance in horticultural crops

H Sun, M Jia, Y Wang, H Lu, X Wang - Scientia Horticulturae, 2023 - Elsevier
Drought is a major environmental stress that affects the productivity and quality of
horticultural crops. The urbanization, industrial effluents, climate change, and irregular rain …

Melatonin supplementation alleviates drought stress in peach (Prunus persica) seedlings by improving photosynthesis, root morphological traits, and antioxidant …

S Iqbal, F Hayat, M Hussain, N Mushtaq… - Acta Physiologiae …, 2024 - Springer
Plant yield and productivity are being impacted significantly by global climate change. Since
water scarcity is one of the main risks to agriculture's future, developing plants that can …

Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of the Biosynthesis of the Polyamine Gene Family in Citrus unshiu

S Sadiq, M Hussain, S Iqbal, M Shafiq, RM Balal… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polyamines (PAs) contribute to diverse plant processes, environmental interaction, and
stress responses. In citrus, the mechanism underlying the biosynthesis of polyamines is …

Total Flavonoid Contents and the Expression of Flavonoid Biosynthetic Genes in Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) Scions Growing on Lakoocha (Artocarpus lakoocha) …

Y Zhou, SJR Underhill - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) is a traditional fruit tree of 15–30 m height in the tropics. The
presence of size-controlling rootstock in the species is not known. A small tropical tree …

Physiological and Full-Length Transcriptome Analyses Reveal the Dwarfing Regulation in Trifoliate Orange (Poncirus trifoliata L.)

Q Gu, Q Wei, Y Hu, M Chen, Z Chen, S Zheng, Q Ma… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dwarfing rootstocks are capable of high-density planting and are therefore urgently needed
in the modern citrus cultivation system. However, little is known about the physiological …