Main conclusion Salicylic acid (SA) and drought stress promote more flowering in sweet
orange. The physiological response and molecular mechanism underlying stress-induced …

The eukaryotic multi-subunit Mediator complex coordinates between transcription
activators/repressors and general transcription machinery to direct a rigid transcriptional …

Salicylic acid (SA), as a secondary phenolic metabolite with phytohormonal activity, is an
important component of the plant defense system against biotic and abiotic stresses. The …

Adventitious root formation is a bottleneck for the mass propagation of microshoots, and
nitrate is an essential nutrient regulating adventitious roots. WOX11 is involved in …

Harvest maturity significantly affects the quality of apple fruit in post‐harvest storage process.
Although the regulatory mechanisms underlying fruit ripening have been studied, the …

Piriformospora indica, the mutualistic biotrophic root colonizing endosymbiotic fungus
belonging to the order Sebacinales, offers host plants various benefits and enhances its …

Pitaya, a desert plant, has an underexplored flowering mechanism due to a lack of functional
validation assays. This study reveals that the transition from vegetative to generative growth …

Olive (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea) is one of the most important crops of the
Mediterranean Basin and temperate areas worldwide. Obtaining new olive varieties adapted …

BACKGROUND The steady world population growth and the current climate emergency
crisis demand the development of sustainable methods to increase crop performance and …

In the apple tree, insufficient flower bud production is an intractable challenge, and very little
information is available in this field due to the fact that research done in this sector is very …