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Identification of tomato C2 gene family and functional analysis of the inflorescence branching regulatory gene SlC2–25 Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Wen-Hui Yang, Yi-Meng Sun, Xiao-Luan Zhao, Ya-Hui Yang, Ruo-Yu Yang, Ying-Ying Nie, Mao-JingKai Li, Zeng-Rui Yu, Zhi-Lu Wang, Jing-Bin Jiang, Huan-Huan Yang
The C2 domain plays an important role in plant growth and development. We performed genome-wide identification of SlC2 gene family members by bioinformatics, and predictive analysis of chromosome distribution, evolutionary relationships, gene structure and colinearity of their family members. The results showed that a total of 103 genes were screened, according to the order of their physical coordinates
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Effect of cover crops integration in crop rotation on the yield and chemical composition of edible parts of vegetables grown in an organic system in high tunnel Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Piotr Siwek, Piotr Bucki, Iwona Domagała-Świątkiewicz, Paulina Lalewicz
Tunnel production is well suited to growing high-value crops, such as organic vegetables or fruits. Effects of cover crops integration into crop rotations were evaluated in an organic system in a high tunnel. In the research conducted at the Experimental Station of the University of Agriculture in Krakow, turnip and swede (rutabaga) sown in 2018, and phacelia and buckwheat, sown in 2020 in the second
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Mapping the climate risk to urban forests at city scale Landsc. Urban Plan. (IF 9.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Rachael V. Gallagher, Niels Souverijns, Quentin Lejeune, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Mark G. Tjoelker
Climate change represents a threat to the performance and persistence of urban forests and the multiple benefits they provide to city dwellers. Here, we use a novel approach to identify species and areas at high risk of climate change using the city of Melbourne, Australia, as a case study. We derive a safety margin, calculated based on climatic tolerance to two extreme climate variables (maximum temperature
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More than a canopy cover metric: Influence of canopy quality, water-use strategies and site climate on urban forest cooling potential Landsc. Urban Plan. (IF 9.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Mohammad A. Rahman, Stefan Arndt, Felipe Bravo, Pui K. Cheung, Natalie van Doorn, Eleonora Franceschi, Miren del Río, Stephen J. Livesley, Astrid Moser-Reischl, Nayanesh Pattnaik, Thomas Rötzer, Heiko Paeth, Stephan Pauleit, Yakir Preisler, Hans Pretzsch, Puay Yok Tan, Shabtai Cohen, Chris Szota, Patricia R. Torquato
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When mitigation is not “just mitigation”: Defining (and diffusing) tensions between climate mitigation, adaptation, and justice Landsc. Urban Plan. (IF 9.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Jessica Debats Garrison, Stephanie Martinez
Using the case of wetlands in California, USA, this paper defines (and assesses strategies for advancing) an understudied corollary of maladaptation and “just adaptation”: “just mitigation.” Wetlands sequester carbon, making their conservation and restoration important for climate mitigation. They also offer co-benefits for climate adaptation, such as greenspace that mitigates the urban heat island
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Biocontrol of root knot nematodes by endophytic fungus isolated from garlic Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Aimal Khan, Anwar Hussain, Farman Ali, Muhammad Hamayun, Amjad Iqbal, Hosam O. Elansary, Ho-youn Kim
Because of the endophytic fungi's ability to improve host plant fitness and boost their defense they have been used as to control root knot nematode (RKN) infection. RKNs induce root galls by altering growth pattern in the cell elongation zone, thereby obstructing nutrient transport to various parts of the plant. This project was designed to control RKN infestation in by utilizing plant-friendly endophytic
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The endophytic role and growth-promoting ability of the nonpathogenic strain Fusarium oxysporum FO12 in herbaceous hosts Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Jesús Sevillano-Caño, Jorge Núñez-Cano, Pilar Prieto, Antonio Trapero, Antonio Rafael Sánchez-Rodríguez, Carlos Agustí-Brisach
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Proteomic profiles in roots of young cacao plants grown in coastal plain compacted soil, with location and phosphorus limitation Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Thayse França Tosto, Alex-Alan Furtado de Almeida, Bruna Rafaela Machado Oliveira, Arlicélio Queiroz Paiva, Carlos Henrique de Carvalho Neto, Raner José Santana Silva, Carlos Priminho Pirovani
The cacao region in the state of Bahia, Brazil, has large areas of coastal plain where cacao plants are not grown as a result of chemical and physical limitations of the soil. The present study aimed to evaluate the proteomic profiles and identify differentially accumulated proteins (DAP) in roots of young plants of CCN 51 cacao genotype, grown in coastal plain compacted soil, with location and phosphorus
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Effects of cultivar, planting density and rootstock on long-term economic performance of apple orchards in the Northeastern U.S. Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Shuay-Tsyr Ho, Luis Gonzalez Nieto, Bradley J. Rickard, Gemma Reig, Jaume Lordan, Brian T. Lawrence, Gennaro Fazio, Stephen A Hoying, Michael J. Fargione, Mario Miranda Sazo, Terence L. Robinson
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Heterotrimeric Gα-subunit functions in flower and fruit development via CLAVATA signaling pathway in cucumber Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Lijie Han, Yafei Huang, Chuang Li, Di Tian, Daixi She, Min Li, Zhongyi Wang, Jiacai Chen, Liu Liu, Shaoyun Wang, Weiyuan Song, Liming Wang, Chaoheng Gu, Tao Wu, Jianyu Zhao, Zhaoyang Zhou, Xiaolan Zhang
Flowers and fruits are the reproductive organs in plants that play essential role in nature beauty and human diet. CLAVATA signaling has been well characterized to regulate floral organ development through modulating shoot apical meristem (SAM) size, however, the signaling molecules downstream of CLV pathway remain largely unknown in crops. Here, we found that functional disruption of CsCLV3 peptide
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Enhancing Tomato Fruit Antioxidant Potential Through Hydrogen Nanobubble Irrigation Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Jing He, Yunpeng Zhou, Christoph-Martin Geilfus, Jiankang Cao, Daqi Fu, Shahar Baram, Yanzheng Liu, Yunkai Li
Eating fruits and vegetables loaded with natural antioxidants can boost human health considerably and help fight off diseases linked to oxidative stress. Hydrogen has unique antioxidant effects. However, its low-solubility and fast-diffusion has limited its applications in agriculture. Integration of hydrogen with nanobubble technology could address such problems. However, the physiological adaptation
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Comparative population genomics reveals convergent and divergent selection in the Apricot-Peach-Plum-Mei Complex Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Xuanwen Yang, Ying Su, Siyang Huang, Qiandong Hou, Pengcheng Wei, Yani Hao, Jiaqi Huang, Hua Xiao, Zhiyao Ma, Xiaodong Xu, Xu Wang, Shuo Cao, Xuejing Cao, Mengyan Zhang, Xiaopeng Wen, Yuhua Ma, Yanling Peng, Yongfeng Zhou, Ke Cao, Guang Qiao
The economically significant genus Prunus includes fruit and nut crops that have been domesticated for shared and specific agronomic traits, however, the genomic signals of convergent and divergent selection have not been elucidated. In this study, we aim to detect genomic signatures of convergent and divergent selection by conducting comparative population genomic analyses of the Apricot-Peach-Plum-Mei
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Distribution of microplastics and their effects on nutrient absorption in strawberry plants Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Haihao Bai, Yongqing Yang, Yun Huang
The ubiquitous presence of microplastics is a serious concern due to the extensive use in commercial crop production, such as strawberries. However, how microplastics affect strawberries is unclear. In this work, we utilized hydroponic cultivation to examine the effects of polystyrene microplastics on strawberry seedlings. The results showed that microplastics significantly affected the root growth
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Interplay between LvCOP1 and LvMYB1 governs light-induced anthocyanin biosynthesis in lily (Lilium ‘Viviana’) Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Yibo Sun, Yibing Zhang, Na Ni, Baohua Wang, Jiaxing Chen, Shaokun Sun, Wangzhen Han, Xiaojia Zhang, Muhammad Irfan, Lijing Chen, Li Zhang
CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 (COP1), a ubiquitin E3 ligase, has been identified as a crucial repressor involved in plant development in the absence of light. However, its specific roles in lily ( ‘Viviana’) remain largely unknown. Through transcriptome analysis in lily, a gene () that positively influences lily pigmentation was identified. Evolutionary analysis revealed that is an ortholog of
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Effect of foliar fertilization on Urospermum picroides, an indigenous plant of the traditional cretan-mediterranean diet Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Irene Christoforidi, Ioannis N. Daliakopoulos, Dimitrios Papadimitriou, Vasileios Tzanakakis, Ioannis Louloudakis, Iordanis Papadopoulos, Marios Pnevmatikakis, Maria Tsitsiridou, Τheano Kafkala, Kyriakos Kontekas, Maria Galliaki, Nikolaos Markakis, Thrassyvoulos Manios, Konstantinos Paschalidis, Antonia Psaroudaki
(L.) Scop. ex F. W. Schmidt (Asteraceae) is rich in secondary compounds, with antimicrobial and antioxidant activity, medicinal and health-promoting properties, however, like many other wild edible plants of the Mediterranean, it is still underutilised. This study focused on the pilot cultivation of under minimal irrigation and organic, integrated nutrient management (ΙΝΜ) fertilisation (by foliar
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Biological role of red light supplementation in inositol metabolism during strawberry fruit ripening Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Xiaoli Hu, Changbin Xu, Jinli Gong, Xiaolong Li, Fuzhen Li, Jianming Zhao, Xuepeng Sun, Deguo Han
Light supplementary has been widely employed in various agricultural facilities to regulate plant growth and development as well as to mediate the certain metabolic process associated with quality. Previous studies suggested that red light has a role in regulating sugar metabolism in strawberry fruit, but the underlying biological mechanism remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the effects
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Floral attractants and rewards to pollinators in Mangifera indica L. Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 M. Sánchez, A.C. Abreu, A.I. Tristán, Y. Velásquez, I. Fernández, J. Cuevas
Floral attractants and rewards are essential in plant-pollinator interaction, pollen transfer to and from the flowers, and hence in crop production. In this trial, we determined the attractants and rewards of mango ‘Osteen’ cultivated under a plastic greenhouse. The attractants analyzed were inflorescence architecture and compactness, flower number, size and color patterns. Rewards determined were
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Growth-promoting microorganisms as a sustainable alternative to optimize the productive potential of olive plants Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Madalena Boeni, Gerusa Pauli Kist Steffen, Joseila Maldaner, Luciane Almeri Tabaldi, Ionara Fátima Conterato, Cleber Witt Saldanha, Ricardo Bemfica Steffen, Frederico Costa Beber Vieira
The benefits of plant growth-promoting microorganisms to increase productivity have been demonstrated in various crops. Little is known about their potential in olive orchards in southern Brazil, whose naturally acidic soils are intensively limed for olive production. The present study investigated the effect of four inoculations (no inoculation, inoculation of the bacterium , inoculation of the fungus
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Impact of the addition of biochar and foliar KNO3 on physiology, growth and root biometric parameters of tomato cultivated under different water regimes Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-14 Manoel Nelson de Castro Filho, Leônidas Carrijo Azevedo Melo, Ésio de Castro Paes, José Ferreira Lustosa Filho, Rolando Ismael Corella Caballero, Jessica Lino Gomes, Carlos Nick Gomes
Improving water use efficiency in agricultural production is mandatory either due to the high-water demand or due droughts caused by climate change. Looking for efficient strategies of soil and plant management is needed. Biochar is a carbon-rich material that has capacity to improves soil water retention and increase agricultural yields. Tomato is highly susceptible to water stress and the combination
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Enhancing ecological network establishment with explicit species information and spatially coordinated optimization for supporting urban landscape planning and management Landsc. Urban Plan. (IF 9.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Zhou Shen, Haiwei Yin, Fanhua Kong, Wei Wu, Hui Sun, Jie Su, Shiqi Tian
While insightful, ecological networks (ENs) incorporated in landscape planning and management may not provide a sufficient reference for maintaining biodiversity without explicit species information and coordinated actions, particularly in urban agglomeration areas. To address this gap, we conducted a study in Southern Jiangsu to refine the habitat ranges of 25 target species within the current ecological
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Bent by the market or driven by the policy? Cracking the code of plastic-mulched farmland expansion in peri-urban Hangzhou, China Landsc. Urban Plan. (IF 9.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Yingnan Zhang, Lan Wu, Li Ma, Sensen Wang, Mingyang Shen
An interactive confluence of top-down state interventions and bottom-up market forces has driven a surge of plastic-mulched farmland (), especially in dynamic peri-urban agricultural landscapes, with significant implications for global food security. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of literature regarding the comprehensive policy-market mechanisms on the diffusion of plastic greenhouses. We combine
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Growth, phytochemical concentration, nutrient uptake, and water consumption of butterhead lettuce in response to hydroponic system design and growing season Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Teng Yang, Uttara Samarakoon, James Altland
Two hydroponic system designs (nutrient film technique: NFT, and deep water culture: DWC) were set up in a climate-controlled greenhouse to compare growth, nutrients and water uptake patterns, yield and quality of lettuce ( cv. Butterhead) during fall (October through November) and summer (July-August) growing conditions. The research was conducted with four system replicates for each hydroponic design
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Evaluation of differential miRNA expression between Fusarium wilt-resistant and -susceptible watermelon varieties Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Xinying Wang, Zicheng Zhu, Chen Zhang, Jiayan Song, Qingfeng Wang, Feishi Luan, Peng Gao
Watermelon () has been cultivated for nearly one thousand years and remains a commercially important crop. However, continuous planting often leads to the aggravation of many diseases. Watermelon wilt (FW) is one of them, which is a fungal soil-borne disease caused by f. sp. niveum () that damages plant roots by invading vascular bundles. Therefore, it is imperative to comprehensively characterize
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Pre-harvest applications of pulsed light increases vitamin C, chlorophyll, carotenoids and proteins in alfalfa sprouts Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Grzegorz Fiutak, Xanyar Mohammadi, Magda Filipczak-Fiutak, Maciej Jarzębski, Monika Sterczyńska, Anubhav Pratap-Singh
The possibility of using pulsed light (PL) pre-harvest during the cultivation of alfalfa sprouts to reduce microflora and simultaneously enhance the bioactive concentration was presented. Different fluences were compared, and the effect of PL direction on sprout quality was determined. PL application up to 12 J/cm per day resulted in an increased accumulation of bioactive components (vitamin C, proteins
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Connecting through nature: A systematic review of the effectiveness of nature-based social prescribing practices to combat loneliness Landsc. Urban Plan. (IF 9.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Ashby Lavelle Sachs, Annika Kolster, Jordan Wrigley, Veronika Papon, Nerkez Opacin, Nicholas Hill, Michelle Howarth, Ursula Rochau, Laura Hidalgo, Cristina Casajuana, Uwe Siebert, Janina Gerhard, Carolyn Daher, Jill Litt
Loneliness is increasingly recognized as an urgent public health issue due to its impact on mental and physical health, and well-being. Yet, we lack comprehensive, proven strategies for confronting this global problem. There is evidence that contact with nature and greenspace reduces loneliness by facilitating belonging, social connections, and social cohesion. This review aimed to explore whether
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Integrative analysis of the methylome and transcriptome of tomato fruit (Solanum lycopersicum L.) induced by postharvest handling Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Jiaqi Zhou, Sitian Zhou, Bixuan Chen, Kamonwan Sangsoy, Kietsuda Luengwilai, Karin Albornoz, Diane M Beckles
Tomato fruit ripening is triggered by the demethylation of key genes, which alters their transcriptional levels thereby initiating and propagating a cascade of physiological events. What is unknown, is how these processes are altered when fruit are ripened using postharvest practices to extend shelf-life, as these practices often reduce fruit quality. To address this, postharvest handling-induced changes
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Efficient purging of deleterious mutations contributes to the survival of a rare conifer Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Yi Wang, Yongzhi Yang, Zhitong Han, Jialiang Li, Jian Luo, Heng Yang, Jingge Kuang, Dayu Wu, Shiyang Wang, Sonam Tso, Tsam Ju, Jianquan Liu, Susanne S Renner, Kangshang Mao
Cupressaceae is a conifer family rich in plants of horticultural importance, including Cupressus, Chamaecyparis, Juniperus and Thuja, yet genomic surveys are lacking for this family. Cupressus gigantea, one of the many rare conifers that are threatened by climate change and anthropogenic habitat fragmentation, plays an ever-increasing role in ecotourism in Tibet. To infer how past climate change has
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Exogenous application of gibberellic acid reduces antioxidant capacity of leaves, resulting in increased Tipburn damages in Lisianthus cultivars Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Takanori Kuronuma, Rio Funaki, Hitoshi Watanabe
Tipburn (calcium (Ca) deficiency disorder of new leaf tips) is a severe problem in horticultural crop production. Studies have focused on the fact that tipburn commonly occurs during bolting and shown that plants exhibited greater tipburn damage than the control when bolting was induced using exogenous gibberellic acid (GA). However, why exogenous GA application enhances tipburn damage and why tipburn
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The transcriptomic analysis revealed the molecular mechanism of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) inoculation in watermelon Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Jun Ma, Qianyu Zhao, Shah Zaman, Ali Anwar, Shan Li
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMFs) and plants have a symbiotic relationship that facilitates nutrient accumulation for plant development and productivity. However, the molecular mechanism through which AMF controls the growth and development of plants is still largely unknown. In this study, the physiological and transcriptional responses of watermelon seedlings with and without AMF inoculation were
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Propagation of pineapple (Ananas comosus L.) embryogenic cell suspension is regulated by LEAFY COTYLEDON1 gene AcoLEC1–1 Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Haiyan Shu, Rulin Zhan, Mamdouh A. Eissa, Farinaz Vafadar, Zheli Ding, You Wang, Junhu He, Qing Wei, Aiping Luan, Shenghe Chang
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How different daily light integrals and spectral treatments influence the development of Valerianella locusta plants grown in an indoor vertical farm Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Dafni Despoina Avgoustaki, Gioula Vatsika, Andreas Giakoumatos, Thomas Bartzanas
Light plays a crucial role in the development and growth rate of crops by impacting their physiology, morphology as well as the electricity cost for the system's operation which can significantly jeopardize the viability of a commercial-scale system. Different crops have different lighting demands in terms of quality (spectrum), quantity (intensity) and duration (photoperiod). At the same time only
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Cinnamaldehyde affects the storage quality of freshly cut water chestnuts through the regulation of reactive oxygen species and the AsA-GSH cycle Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Xinping Wu, Qiuying Li, Yang Yi, Limei Wang, Wenfu Hou, Youwei Ai, Hongxun Wang, Ting Min
The quality of fresh-cut Chinese water chestnuts (CWCs) rapidly deteriorates with prolonged storage time, thus affecting its commercial value. This study aimed to investigate the effect of cinnamaldehyde (CA) treatment on the quality of fresh-cut CWCs and its mechanism of action. CA treatment maintained good appearance and higher total soluble solids content (TSS) of fresh-cut CWCs and also significantly
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A phased genome of the highly heterozygous 'Texas' almond uncovers patterns of allele-specific expression linked to heterozygous structural variants Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Raúl Castanera, Carlos de Tomás, Valentino Ruggieri, Carlos Vicient, Iban Eduardo, Maria José Aranzana, Pere Arús, Josep M Casacuberta
The vast majority of traditional almond varieties are self-incompatible and the level of variability of the species is very high, resulting in a highly heterozygosity genome. Therefore, information on the different haplotypes is particularly relevant to understand the genetic basis of trait variability in this species. However, although reference genomes for several almond varieties exist, none of
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Regulatory role of Prunus mume DAM6 on lipid body accumulation and phytohormone metabolism in the dormant vegetative meristem Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Tzu-Fan Hsiang, Hisayo Yamane, Mei Gao-Takai, Ryutaro Tao
Bud dormancy is a crucial process in the annual growth cycle of woody perennials. In Rosaceae fruit tree species, DORMANCY-ASSOCIATED MADS-box (DAM) transcription factor genes regulating bud dormancy have been identified, but their molecular roles in meristematic tissues have not been thoroughly characterized. In this study, molecular and physiological analyses of transgenic apple plants overexpressing
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BoaBZR1.1 mediates brassinosteroid-induced carotenoid biosynthesis in Chinese kale Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Chenlu Zhang, Qiannan Liang, Yilin Wang, Sha Liang, Zhi Huang, Huanxiu Li, Victor Hugo Escalona, Xingwei Yao, Wenjuan Cheng, Zhifeng Chen, Fen Zhang, Qiaomei Wang, Yi Tang, Bo Sun
Brassinazole resistant 1 (BZR1), a brassinosteroid (BR) signaling component, plays a pivotal role in regulating numerous specific developmental processes. Our study demonstrated that exogenous treatment with 2,4-epibrassinolide (EBR) significantly enhanced the accumulation of carotenoids and chlorophylls in Chinese kale (Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra). The underlying mechanisms was deciphered through
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Roles of the APETALA3-3 ortholog in the petal identity specification and morphological differentiation in Delphinium anthriscifolium flowers Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Peng Zhang, Yanru Xie, Wenjie Xie, Li Li, Hanghang Zhang, Xiaoshan Duan, Rui Zhang, Liping Guo
The genus Delphinium (Ranunculaceae) with its unique and highly complex floral structure is an ideal system to address some key questions in terms of morphological and evolutionary studies in flowers. In D. anthriscifolium, for example, the original eight petal primordia differentiate into three types at maturity (i.e., two dorsal spurred, two lateral flat, and four ventral reduced petals). The mechanisms
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Telomere-to-telomere reference genome for Panax ginseng highlights the evolution of saponin biosynthesis Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Yiting Song, Yating Zhang, Xu Wang, Xikai Yu, Yi Liao, Hao Zhang, Linfeng Li, Yingping Wang, Bao Liu, Wei Li
Ginseng (Panax ginseng) is a representative of Chinese traditional medicine, also used worldwide, while the triterpene saponin ginsenoside is the most important effective compound within it. Ginseng is an allotetraploid, with complex genetic background, making the study of its metabolic evolution challenging. In this study, we assembled a telomere-to-telomere ginseng reference genome, constructed of
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Genomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analyses provide insights into the evolution and development of a medicinal plant Saposhnikovia divaricata (Apiaceae) Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Zhen-Hui Wang, Xiao Liu, Yi Cui, Yun-He Wang, Ze-Liang Lv, Lin Cheng, Bao Liu, Hui Liu, Xin-Yang Liu, Michael K Deyholos, Zhong-Ming Han, Li-Min Yang, Ai-Sheng Xiong, Jian Zhang
Saposhnikovia divaricata, 2n = 2x = 16, as a perennial species, is widely distributed in China, Mongolia, Russia, etc. It is a traditional Chinese herb used to treat tetanus, rubella pruritus, rheumatic arthralgia and other diseases. Here, we assembled a 2.07 Gb and N50 scaffold length of 227.67 Mb high-quality chromosome-level genome of S. divaricata based on the PacBio Sequel II sequencing platform
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Impact of girdling on rooting ability and some biochemical attributes in cuttings of three olive cultivars Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Mahmood Izadi, Babak Jamali, Mohammad Reza Taslimpour, Vahid Mohaseli
The rooting ability of olive cuttings varies greatly among cultivars, ranging from hard to relatively easy to root. The present study was conducted as a factorial in a completely randomized block design on leafy cuttings of hard-to-root cultivars, i.e., Conservalia and Amigdalolia and easy-to-root cultivar, i.e., Roghani. Three trees were selected for each cultivar; branches were randomly selected
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Light-Emitting Diodes improve yield, quality and inhibitory effects on digestive enzymes of strawberry Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 L.F. Pérez-Romero, P.J. Stirling, R.D. Hancock
Strawberries are a widely consumed fruit that are increasingly popular due to the perceived health benefits associated with their consumption. Fruit quality is highly dependent on the growing environment where light is one of the most significant environmental factors influencing plant physiology and metabolism. In the present work we sought to test the hypothesis that manipulation of the light environment
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Isolation and functional analysis of drought related PobZIP4 transcription factor in Paeonia ostii Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Zijie Chen, Yuting Luan, Daqiu Zhao, Jun Tao
Drought, as a natural disaster of force majeure, significantly disrupts the physiological balance of plants and crop yields. The basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors assume the pivotal role of paramount regulators in orchestrating drought response. In this study, a bZIP transcription factor was isolated on the base of transcriptome, and its function in response to drought stress was verified
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Integrated physiological, hormonal and transcriptomic analyses reveal mechanisms of blackberry plants response to exogenous 6-benzylaminopurine Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Zhiwen Wei, Haiyan Yang, Yongkang Duan, Sufan Fan, Wenlong Wu, Lianfei Lyu, Weilin Li
Blackberry is a fruit tree with important economic value, and 6-benzylaminopurine (6-BA) is a plant growth regulator belonging to cytokinin (CTK). With the aim of revealing the regulatory mechanism of blackberry plants growth and development by exogenous 6-BA for the first time, we explored the physiological characteristic and transcriptomics of blackberry plants. Our study suggested that the blackberry
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RcWRKY40 regulates the antagonistic SA–JA pathway in response to Marssonina rosae infection Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Xiaowen Zheng, Yi Long, Xingyu Liu, Guoqing Han, Xiaojian Geng, Xiuting Ju, Wenyue Chen, Tingliang Xu, Nan Tang
The WRKY transcription factors play pivotal roles in growth, development, and disease resistance in plants. We investigated the role of in resistance of to infection by (black spot disease). We cloned the longest Open reading frame (ORF) sequence in coding sequence (CDS) of , which spanned 883 bp and encoded a protein consisting of 294 amino acids. As a member of the WRKY I group, primarily localizes
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Double-season production of hops (Humulus lupulus L.) with photoperiod manipulation in a subtropical climate Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Aleyda Acosta-Rangel, Shinsuke Agehara, Jack Rechcigl
Hops ( L.) have an ancient history of cultivation in temperate climates primarily as an ingredient of beer. However, growing hops in subtropical or tropical climates has been challenging because of non-optimal day length conditions. We examined the potential of subtropical hop production with photoperiod manipulation. ‘Cascade’ hops were grown in Florida, United States with extended day length (>16
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Haplotype-resolved genome of Prunus zhengheensis provides insight into its evolution and low temperature adaptation in apricot Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Wei Tan, Pengyu Zhou, Xiao Huang, Ruyu Liao, Xiaoan Wang, Yaoyao Wu, Zhaojun Ni, Ting Shi, Xiaqing Yu, Huiqin Zhang, Chengdong Ma, Feng Gao, Yufan Ma, Yang Bai, Faisal Hayat, Ouma Kenneth Omondi, Daouda Coulibaly, Zhihong Gao
Prunus zhengheensis, an extremely rare population of apricots, originated in warm South-East China, is an excellent material for genetic breeding. However, most apricots and their two related species (P. sibirica, P. mandshurica) are found in the cold northern regions in China and the mechanism of their distribution is still unclear. In addition, the classification status of P. zhengheensis is controversial
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HortGenome Search Engine, a universal genomic search engine for horticultural crops Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Sen Wang, Shangxiao Wei, Yuling Deng, Shaoyuan Wu, Haixu Peng, You Qing, Xuyang Zhai, Shijie Zhou, Jinrong Li, Hua Li, Yijian Feng, Yating Yi, Rui Li, Hui Zhang, Yiding Wang, Renlong Zhang, Lu Ning, Yuncong Yao, Zhangjun Fei, Yi Zheng
Horticultural crops comprising fruit, vegetable, ornamental, beverage, medicinal and aromatic plants play essential roles in food security and human health, as well as landscaping. With the advances of sequencing technologies, genomes for hundreds of horticultural crops have been deciphered in recent years, providing a basis for understanding gene functions and regulatory networks and for the improvement
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euAP2a, a key gene that regulates flowering time in peach (Prunus persica) by modulating Thermo-responsive transcription programming Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Jianyang Liu, Dennis Bennett, Mark Demuth, Erik Burchard, Tim Artlip, Chris Dardick, Zongrang Liu
Frequent spring frost damage threatens temperate fruit production, and the breeding of late-flowering cultivars is an effective strategy for preventing such damage, but the lack of specific genes and markers and a lack of understanding of the mechanisms make it difficult. We examined a Late-Flowering Peach (LFP) germplasm and found that its floral buds require a longer chilling period to release from
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Genetic diversity and population genetic structure of Paeonia suffruticosa by chloroplast DNA simple sequence repeats (cpSSRs) Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Qi Guo, Xian Xue, Duoduo Wang, Lixia Zhang, Wei Liu, Erqiang Wang, Xiaoqiang Cui, Xiaogai Hou
Andr. is an endemic shrub flower in China with 2n = 10. This study used 228 cultivars from four populations, i.e., Jiangnan, Japan, Northwest, and Zhongyuan, as materials to explore the genetic diversity levels among different populations of tree peony varieties. The results showed that 34 bands were amplified using five pairs of cpSSR primers, with an average of 6.8 bands per primer pair. The average
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Mechanisms of UHP alleviates waterlogging-induced damage in ginger (Zingiber officinale) Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Di Wang, Jiang-Feng Wang, Kai Wang, Yao Lv, Kun Xu
In recent years, global climate anomalies and frequent flooding disasters have led to large-scale reduction and even crop failures of ginger production, severely restricting the normal production of ginger. However, the mitigation mechanism under waterlogging stress has not been reported in ginger. In order to investigate the physiological mechanism of the mitigation of waterlogging stress in ginger
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Evaluation of the antifungal activity of cell-free supernatant of Lactobacillus species against the fig (Ficus carica. L) postharvest fungal pathogens through in-vitro and in-silico analysis Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Vishnupriya Subramaniyan, Periyar Selvam Sellamuthu, Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku
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PSTNet: Transformer for aggregating neighborhood features in 3D point cloud semantic segmentation of eggplant plants Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Linqian Ma, Lingyuan Kong, Xingshuo Peng, Keyuan Wang, Nan Geng
Improving the quality of plant point cloud data and achieving precise segmentation is essential for effective plant phenotyping analysis and plant breeding. To ensure data quality and accuracy of segmentation, we employed a self-developed three-dimensional scanning device based on binocular vision to acquire eggplant plant point clouds with high spatial resolution. And we improved down-sampling algorithm
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Landscape fragmentation constrains bumblebee nutritional ecology and foraging dynamics Landsc. Urban Plan. (IF 9.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 E. Pioltelli, L. Guzzetti, M. Ouled Larbi, M. Labra, A. Galimberti, P. Biella
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Building equity into public park and recreation service investment: A review of public agency approaches Landsc. Urban Plan. (IF 9.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Helen Beck, Rachel Berney, Brian Kirk, Ken P. Yocom
In recent decades, academic and professional research has increased understanding of the importance of city and landscape planners engaging with social and environmental justice issues, including contemporary inequities inherent in the planning, distribution, use, and access of public green and open spaces. However, there is a gap between this research centering equity and the planning, development
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Variation of leaf turgor and pressure parameters evaluation in drip-irrigated apple canopy Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Quanyue Xu, Juanjuan Ma, Ruixia Chen, Xufeng Li, Xihuan Sun, Lijian Zheng
Leaf turgor pressure is a relevant metric for determining plant water content. To diagnose an apple tree water shortage, it is critical to precisely establish the features of leaf turgor pressure change in the canopy. In the current study, we continually monitored the leaf turgor pressure parameter (P) at different azimuthal, vertical, and radial locations of the apple canopy based on leaf patch clamp
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Transcriptome revealed the wound-healing process of broccoli stem during SAS based on the hub of NADPH Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Ying Chen, Qingwen Shang, Yupeng Sun, Yanyin Guo, Yuxiao Zhang, Yunqiao Wang, Qingyue Xue, Jiying Zhu
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Irradiating roots of komatsuna (Brassica napus) with various light qualities affects growth and nutrient content in leaves, stems, and roots Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Shunsuke Kon, Kyoko Toyofuku, Daigo Muto, Suzuka Kimura, Atsushi Ogawa
Generally, plants grow without light exposure to their roots. Although the effects of light intensity and irradiation at different wavelengths on plant growth and composition in leaves and stems are becoming clearer, the effects of wavelength irradiation on roots remain largely unknown. Therefore, in this study, the effects of root irradiation with seven light wavelengths on the growth and ion and
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Dynamic of bud ecodormancy release in Vitis vinifera: Genotypic variation and late frost tolerance traits monitored via chlorophyll fluorescence emission Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Michele Faralli, Samuel Martintoni, Francesco Dotti Giberti, Massimo Bertamini
Early budburst is becoming an increasingly challenging topic in viticulture. Anticipating vegetative resume results in an overall phenological advance, in potential higher risks of late frost and subsequent negative effects on berry quality and overall vine productivity. Phenotypic variation for date of budburst onset (BBCH07) is known in and potential exploitation of data regarding thermal requests
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Morphological, cytological, physiological, and molecular evidence to explain how underground fleshy roots expand in herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora Pall.) Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Jinjin Cao, Wei Zhu, Wei Zhang, Xi Chen, Hongzhe Sun, Rongze Sun, Jiageng Zhao, Shaocai Zhu, Xiaofen Liu, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Gangqiang Dong, Xiaonan Yu
The fleshy roots of herbaceous peonies serve as vital storage organs and are the primary source material for Chinese herbal medicine. Moreover, in certain cultivars, these roots can be propagated by root cuttings. However, the specific mechanisms governing the expansion and development of fleshy roots in herbaceous peonies currently remain unclear. To elucidate patterns of changes during the enlargement
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Exploring the guardian of abiotic stress: Genome-wide identification of the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor family in Juglans mandshurica Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Yan Li, Qiang Fu, Xin Li, Qinhui Zhang, Qiushuang Zhao, Yutong Ding, Jiajia Shen, Rui Han, Xiaona Pei, Xiyang Zhao
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Characteristics of the ET, a new species created by interspecific hybridization of two wild eggplants Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Zijing Xing, Haiyan Wang, Mannan Zhang, Jiaying Wang, Zhihao Xiao, Yongen Lu, Taotao Wang, Bo Ouyang, Yuyang Zhang, Junhong Zhang, Zhibiao Ye, Jie Ye
The eggplant tree (, ET) is a dominant hybrid obtained by sexual hybridization, embryo rescue, and tissue culture between the maternal parent SWB ( Benth) and the paternal parent ST (). Compared with its parents, eggplant tree has a faster growth rate, more efficient nutrient and water absorption, higher grafting compatibility, as well as comparable resistance and perenniality, making it an ideal rootstock