Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) belongs to the Solanaceae family and is the second
most important fruit or vegetable crop next to potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). It is cultivated …

In some horticultural crops, such as Cucurbitaceae, Solanaceae, and Rosaceae species,
fruit set and development can occur without the fertilization of ovules, a process known as …

Plant phenotypic plasticity is controlled by diverse hormone pathways, which integrate and
convey information from multiple developmental and environmental signals. Moreover, in …

Plant hormones have been extensively studied for their roles in the regulation of various
aspects of plant development. However, in the last decade important new insights have …

Fruiting structures in the angiosperms range from completely dry to highly fleshy organs and
provide many of our major crop products, including grains. In the model plant Arabidopsis …

Gibberellins (GAs) are natural complex biomolecules initially identified as secondary
metabolites in the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi with strong implications in plant physiology …

Fragaria vesca, a diploid woodland strawberry with a small and sequenced genome, is an
excellent model for studying fruit development. The strawberry fruit is unique in that the …

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is an established model to study fleshy fruit development
and ripening. Tomato ripening is regulated independently and cooperatively by ethylene …

Fruit initiation following fertilization in angiosperms is strictly regulated by phytohormones. In
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), auxin and gibberellin (GA) play central roles in promoting …

The initiation of tomato fruit growth, fruit set, is very sensitive to environmental conditions.
Therefore, an understanding of the mechanisms that regulate this process can facilitate the …