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Progressive pollen calendar to detect long-term changes in the biological air quality of cities in the Madrid Region, Spain Landsc. Urban Plan. (IF 9.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Patricia Cervigón, Zuzana Ferencova, Ángel Cascón, Jorge Romero-Morte, Javier Galán Díaz, Silvia Sabariego, Margarita Torres, Adela Montserrat Gutiérrez-Bustillo, Jesús Rojo
Rhinoconjunctivitis and allergic asthma are among the most frequent diseases in the world, and pollen is their main cause. The incidence of respiratory allergic diseases is expected to grow in the coming years as a consequence of ambient pollution, changes in land use and land cover in cities, and climate change. In this context of global change, the environmental information provided by monitoring
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MdbZIP44–MdCPRF2-like–Mdα-GP2 regulate starch and sugar metabolism in apple under nitrogen supply Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Xuejing Cao, Zhigang Guo, Ping Wang, Shixiong Lu, Wenfang Li, Zonghuan Ma, Juan Mao, Baihong Chen
Nitrogen (N) is regarded as an essential macronutrient and is tightly associated with carbon (C) metabolism in plants. The transcriptome data obtained from this study showed that the expression level of the apple basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor (TF) MdbZIP44 was up-regulated in ‘Oregon Spur Delicious’ (Malus domestica Borkh.) apple fruits under nitrogen supply. MdbZIP44 bound to the
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Just nature-based solutions and the pursuit of climate resilient urban development Landsc. Urban Plan. (IF 9.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Joshua J. Cousins
Nature-based solutions (NbS) offer pathways towards climate resilient development. For cities, these pathways translate to a host of benefits to address the climate crisis, including climate change adaptation and mitigation, biodiversity protection and enhancement, and human well-being. In urban spaces, NbS are also about the design and re-design of the urban built and natural environment. This presents
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Roots of urban equality: Are low-income neighborhoods paying more for street trees? Landsc. Urban Plan. (IF 9.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Hanxue Wei
This study investigates the potential influence of street trees on the single-family housing market in Seattle between 2010 and 2020, specifically examining how the relationship between the number of street trees and housing prices varies across neighborhoods with different income levels. It further discusses the policy implications for promoting environmental justice in urban tree-planting endeavors
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Diploid genome assembly of the Malbec grapevine cultivar enables haplotype-aware analysis of transcriptomic differences underlying clonal phenotypic variation Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Luciano Calderón, Pablo Carbonell-Bejerano, Claudio Muñoz, Laura Bree, Cristobal Sola, Daniel Bergamin, Walter Tulle, Sebastian Gomez-Talquenca, Christa Lanz, Carolina Royo, Javier Ibáñez, José Miguel Martinez-Zapater, Detlef Weigel, Diego Lijavetzky
To preserve their varietal attributes, established grapevine cultivars (Vitis vinifera L. ssp. vinifera) must be clonally propagated, due to their highly heterozygous genomes. Malbec is a France-originated cultivar appreciated for producing high-quality wines, and is the offspring of cultivars Prunelard and Magdeleine Noire des Charentes. Here, we have built a diploid genome assembly of Malbec, after
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Extracellular perception of multiple novel core effectors from the broad host-range pear anthracnose pathogen Colletotrichum fructicola in the nonhost Nicotiana benthamiana Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Mengqing Han, Chunhao Wang, Wenhui Zhu, Yuemin Pan, Lili Huang, Jiajun Nie
Colletotrichum fructicola is emerging as a devastating pathogenic fungus causing anthracnose in a wide range of horticultural crops, particularly fruits. Exploitation of nonhost resistance (NHR) represents a robust strategy for plant disease management. Perception of core effectors from phytopathogens frequently leads to hypersensitive cell death and resistance in nonhost plants, however, such core
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Cover crop management systems improves soil quality and mitigate water erosion in tropical olive orchards Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Eduardo Medeiros de Oliveira, Gabriele Medeiros Hermógenes, Larissa da Costa Brito, Bruno Montoani Silva, Junior Cesar Avanzi, Adnane Beniaich, Marx Leandro Naves Silva
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1-MCP delays ripening and maintains postharvest quality of nectarines by regulating transcriptional and metabolic responses Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Yuqian Jiang, Wenhan Li, Haifen Wang, Jin Du, Yingying Zhang, Dandan Li, Junhua Wang, Qingxin Zhou, Lingling Pang, Yao Tang
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TCP transcription factor identification in pecan (carya illinoensis) and salt tolerance function analysis of CiTCP8 Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Yufang Wang, Wei He, Linna Wang, Yangang Lan, Min Wu
The transcription factor TEOSINTE BRANCHED1/CYCLOIDEA/PCF(TCP) is a tiny family that is exclusive to plants, which is crucial for both abiotic stress and plant growth and development. Many different types of plants have been found to contain TCP transcription factors. is an important economic forest species, but the function of TCP transcription factors in pecan has not been reported so far. Based
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Impacts of mass flowering soybean on bee visitation rates of forest plants at different spatial scales Landsc. Urban Plan. (IF 9.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Pablo Yair Huais, Gabriel Grilli, Leonardo Galetto
Agricultural intensification promotes the loss and fragmentation of natural habitats, and negatively affects the provision of ecosystem services such as natural pollination of native plants and crops. Also, many crops produce large flower blooms for a short period of time, and some studies have found effects of this massive flowering pulse on the abundance and foraging behavior of pollinators. Particularly
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An efficient method for detecting Camellia oleifera fruit under complex orchard environment Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Xueyan Zhu, Fengjun Chen, Yili Zheng, Xiaodan Peng, Chuang Chen
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Physiological and anatomical mechanisms induced by water deficit on the longevity and post-harvest quality of amaryllis stems Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Lady Daiane Costa de Sousa Martins, Mayara Bernardo Tavares Martim, Thamila Menezes Guerra, Fred Augusto Lourêdo de Brito, Nilo Ricardo Corrêa de Mello Júnior, Wagner Martins dos Santos, Aline Lima Soares, Jheizon Feitosa do Nascimento, Thieres George Freire da Silva, Hugo Rafael Bentzen Santos, Sérgio Luiz Ferreira-Silva, Adriano do Nascimento Simões
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Genome-wide identification of the GAox gene family and functional characterization of PbGA3ox4 during stone cell formation in Chinese white pear Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Mei Ren, Qi Wang, Fanhang Zhang, Yanling Wang, Yueyang Wang, Wen Li, Kaijie Qi, Zhihua Xie, Shaoling Zhang, Shutian Tao
Gibberellin (GA) is one of the most important phytohormones that regulates multiple developmental processes in plants, including fruit quality. Stone cell of pear is the key determinant negatively influencing fruit quality, because of the lignified cell walls. The effect of GA in pear stone cell formation is still unknown and the distribution of () genes in the pear () genome remains uncharacterized
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Chromosome-level genome assemblies of Musa ornata and M. velutina provide insights into pericarp dehiscence and anthocyanin biosynthesis in banana Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Tian-Wen Xiao, Xin Liu, Ning Fu, Tong-Jian Liu, Zheng-Feng Wang, Xue-Jun Ge, Hui-Run Huang
Musa ornata and M. velutina are members of the Musaceae family and are indigenous to the South and Southeast Asia. They are very popular in the horticultural market, but the lack of genomic sequencing data and genetic studies has hampered efforts to improve their ornamental value. In this study, we generated the first chromosome-level genome assemblies for both species by utilizing Oxford Nanopore
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Integrated proteomic, transcriptomic and metabolomic profiling reveals that GA-ABA hub runs the flower development in Chinese orchid Cymbidium sinense Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Sagheer Ahmad, Chuqiao Lu, Jie Gao, Yonglu Wei, Qi Xie, Jianpeng Jin, Genfa Zhu, Fengxi Yang
The seasonal flowering Chinese Cymbidium produce axillary floral meristem and require a dormancy period during cold conditions for flower development. However, their bud activation mechanism remains elusive. This study evaluates the multi-omics across six stages of flower development, along with functional analysis of core genes to decipher the innate mechanism of floral bud initiation and outgrowth
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Accumulation of β-citraurin and other carotenoids in relation to the expression of PSY1 and CCD4b1 in peel of twelve red-peeled citrus cultivars Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Yuting Luan, Shujie Wang, Ping Wang, Fuzhi Ke, Changqing Zhu, Changjie Xu
Peel color in citrus is largely genetically controlled. Red peel is favored by customers and is important, therefore, for fruit external quality. In order to understand the factors affecting distribution of carotenoids and color intensity of red-peeled citrus, we compared carotenoid accumulation and gene expression in the peel of twelve fully ripe red-peeled citrus cultivars with different genetic
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Foliar applications improves grapevine plant cold hardiness Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Bulent Kose, Yahya Uray, Ozkan Kaya, Fatma Turk, Kevser Bayram, Andrej Svyantek
Understanding and enhancing the cold hardiness of vines is crucial for viticulture, as it directly impacts the sustainability and productivity of vineyards in diverse climatic regions. This study, therefore, meticulously examined grapevine responses to various treatments and sampling times, revealing nuanced dynamics in cold tolerance, physiological parameters, and growth outcomes. Our study found
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Infrared thermometry-based stress indices as indicators of yield performance and seasonal evapotranspiration in potato plants grown under different moisture and potassium regimes Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Trisha Manna, Manoj Kumar Nanda, Sukamal Sarkar, Ashis Mukherjee, Manabendra Ray, Lamya Ahmed Alkeridis, Samy Sayed, Ahmed Gaber, Akbar Hossain
As the demand for food continues to rise and water availability challenges intensify, the delicate equilibrium between efficient water usage and sustainable agricultural production has become increasingly pivotal. Recognizing the significance of water stress monitoring and nutrient management in the country's agricultural landscape, two years of field trials (2018–2019 and 2019–2020) were conducted
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CRISPR/Cas9-edited SPL-CNR quantitatively control tomato fruit ripening Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Hyerim Do, Mi-Young Chung, Won Cho, Sang-Tae Kim, Soo-Bin Lee, Je Min Lee
The spontaneous () mutant fails to ripen and has an epiallele resulting in the transcriptional inhibition of the ()- gene. Therefore, CNR has been suggested to function as a master regulator for fruit ripening. However, knockout mutants generated by CRISPR/Cas9 in ripening regulators, such as RIN and NOR, exhibited weak phenotypes of ripening inhibition compared to the corresponding spontaneous mutants
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Araucaria angustifolia seed coat waste reduction through its utilization in substrate diversification for Pleurotus djamor production Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Edson Maikon da Rocha, Suelen Ávila, Jair José de Lima, Ricardo Scheffer de Andrade Silva, Luiz Eduardo Piá de Andrade, Danniele Miranda Bacila, Alvaro Luiz Mathias, Regina Maria Matos Jorge
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Differentially methylated DNA regions in apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) and Japanese plum (Prunus salicina L.) during fruit ripening after ethylene-related treatments Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Germán Ortuño-Hernández, David Ruiz, Pedro Martínez-Gómez, Juan Alfonso Salazar
Apricot ( L.) and Japanese plum ( L.) are two of the most important stone fruit species, and their climacteric nature is a major determinant in terms of fruit shelf-life period. The role of the main genes involved in the ripening process of these species has been extensively studied, however there is a need to expand our molecular knowledge at epigenetic level. To achieve this, postharvest monitoring
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Water and potassium utilization efficiency and yield and quality of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Ning Li, Xin-Xin Wang, Zhanjun Xue, Qingyun Li
Efficient use of irrigation water and fertilizer is essential for the sustainable growth of vegetable crops. To optimize the yield, quality, and water and potassium (K) use efficiency of cucumber ( L.), three irrigation limits and three potassium (K) application levels were used to determine the lower irrigation limit and potassium application rate. The experiment was a 3 × 3 factorial with three K
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In vitro androgenesis for isolation of haploid and ploidy analysis in marigold (Tagetes patula L.) Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Vaishali Chinnathambi, Sapna Panwar, Kanwar Pal Singh, Namita, S. Lekshmy, Niharika Mallick, Uzma Mehraj
In present investigation, local strain of L. was used for androgenesis with floret size ranging from 2 to 4.5 mm. The results indicated that treatment (T) floret size - 3 to 3.5 mm cultured in EMS (Enriched Murashige and Skoog - MS + organic and inorganic supplements + 5 % coconut water) medium supplemented with 2.0 ml/l BAP + 0.5 ml/l NAA + 3 % sucrose + 0.8 % agar-agar was found best for different
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Projections of future spatiotemporal urban 3D expansion in China under shared socioeconomic pathways Landsc. Urban Plan. (IF 9.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Kechao Wang, Tingting He, Wu Xiao, Runjia Yang
The 21st century is marked by urbanization, with global focus on horizontal city expansion. Yet, vertical growth lacks research due to data scarcity. This study investigates the fusion of urban building height predictions with conventional sprawl projections to offer a holistic 3D urban expansion foresight. We constructed a model for projecting urban building volume using socio-economic factors includes
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Recognising peri-urban ecosystem services in urban development policy and planning: A framework for assessing agri-ecosystem services, poverty and livelihood dynamics Landsc. Urban Plan. (IF 9.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Fiona Marshall, Jonathan Dolley, Ramila Bisht, Ritu Priya, Linda Waldman, Pritpal Randhawa, Jorn Scharlemann, Priyanie Amerasinghe, Rajashree Saharia, Abhinav Kapoor, Bushra Rizvi, Yasir Hamid, Meghana Arora, Ima Chopra, Kumud Sawansi Teresa
Peri-urban ecosystem services (ES) play a vital role in the health and livelihoods of urban and peri-urban residents, but have received relatively little attention in the literature to date. Here we focus on agriculture-related peri-urban ecosystem services in south Asia: examining the relationships with multiple dimensions of poverty, and cross-scale interactions that affect the livelihoods and well-being
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Identification of the NCED gene family in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and functional analysis of SlNCED2 in response to drought stress Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Xiuling Chen, Rui Lv, Yu Zhang, Fulei Mo, Fanyue Meng, Mozhen Cheng, Xiaomei Huang, Haonan Qi, Aoxue Wang
When under drought stress, plants experience hindrances in photosynthesis and cell division, which consequently leads to a decrease in their growth rates. Abscisic acid (ABA) regulates the exchange of water and gases between plants and the external environment by controlling stomatal opening and closing. This hormone plays a significant role in enhancing plant resistance to stressful conditions. Pivotal
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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of Autophagy-Related Genes in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Yue Wang, Qiuyan Ban, Tongjin Liu, Lu Zhou, Yutong Wu, Qunxiang Cui
Autophagy, a highly conserved cellular process in plants, plays a vital role in regulating abiotic stress responses and senescence. Eggplant is a widely cultivated vegetable crop, its fruit is susceptible to cold damage, and its molecular mechanisms underlying stress tolerance, fruit ripening, and senescence remain largely uncharacterized. In this study, we systematically identified 41 Autophagy-Related
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Exogenous application of proline mitigates deteriorative effects of salinity stress in NFT closed-loop system: An ultrastructural and physio-biochemical investigation on hydroponically grown tomato (Solanum lycopersicon L.) Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Mostafa F. El-Banna, Ahmed Mosa
A nutrient film technique (NFT) experiment was carried out to assess the protective effect of foliarly-applied proline (10 mM) against deteriorative effects of salinity in closed-loop systems. For this purpose, Cooper's nutrient solution (NS) was salinized by either NaCl (68.4 mM) or CaCl (36.0 mM) to study the potential ultrastructural and physio-biochemical modulations on hydroponically-grown tomato
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Tomato arabinosyltransferase prevents precocious senescence Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Ho-Young Jeong, Yoonseo Lim, Myeong-Gyun Seo, Soon Ju Park, Chanhui Lee, Young-Joon Park, Choon-Tak Kwon
Senescence, a crucial developmental process in the life cycle of plants, involves programmed destruction of cellular components of leaves. The onset of senescence is synchronized with other developmental processes for successful reproduction since senescence eventually leads to cell death. Arabinosyltransferase FASCIATED AND BRANCHED 2 (FAB2) is known to control meristem proliferation. Here, we show
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Nutrient content in olive leaves through sustained irrigation with treated wastewater Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Pilar Mañas, Jorge De las Heras
Water scarcity is posing a major challenge to sustainable development. This issue will become more pressing as the global population grows, living standards rise, food habits evolve, and the effects of climate change intensify, resulting in rising temperatures globally. Reusing treated wastewater reduces effluent discharge into natural water bodies while also providing a reliable water source for applications
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Molecular Breakthroughs in Modern Plant Breeding Techniques Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Mughair Abdul Aziz, Khaled Masmoudi
Advancements in molecular approaches have been utilized to breed crops with a wide range of economically valuable traits to develop superior cultivars. This review provides a concise overview of modern breakthroughs in molecular plant production. Genotyping and high-throughput phenotyping methods for predictive plant breeding are briefly discussed. In this study, we explore contemporary molecular breeding
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Graphene-copper nanocomposites improve fruit quality and the content of bioactive compounds in tomato Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Diana Cota-Ungson, Yolanda González-García, Marissa Pérez-Alvarez, Gregorio Cadenas-Pliego, Ángel Gabriel Alpuche-Solís, Antonio Juárez-Maldonado
Tomato fruits are an important source of bioactive compounds that can positively influence human health, so their consumption is very important in the human diet. Hence, developing technologies and strategies to improve the content of bioactive compounds in tomato fruits becomes essential. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of graphene-Cu hybrid nanocomposites on the quality of
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TrioConvTomatoNet: A robust CNN architecture for fast and accurate tomato leaf disease classification for real time application Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 S Ledbin Vini, P Rathika
Tomato leaf diseases are a common threat to long-term tomato protection that affects many farmers worldwide. Computer-assisted technology is more prevalent for early and accurate diagnosis of tomato leaf diseases, which may reduce the likelihood that the plant will suffer further harm. The advancement of deep learning techniques has a lot of potential for accurate classification of leaf diseases through
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Genome-wide association study reveals the candidate genes for petiole length and diameter in cucumber Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Xiangsheng Li, Shaoyun Dong, Xiaotong Sun, Diane M. Beckles, Xiaoping Liu, Jiantao Guan, Qi Zhou, Congying Zhang, Han Miao, Shengping Zhang
Increasing planting density is an effective method to improve crop yield. Petiole length is one of the main factors determining how many plants can be effectively cultivated per unit area. However, the genetic factors controlling petiole-related traits remained largely unexplored. In this study, we investigated petiole length (PL) and petiole diameter (PD) in 130 accessions of the cucumber core germplasm
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Phenotypical and molecular characterization of new pepper genotypes resistant to Chili pepper mild mottle virus firstly detected in Europe and other tobamoviruses Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Mikel Ojinaga, Ana Aragones, Mónica Hernández, Santiago Larregla
The tobamoviruses pose a recent threat to local varieties of Gernika pepper (cv. “Derio”) and Ibarra chili (cv. “Ibarroria”), causing a substantial decrease in both yield and fruit quality. Tobamoviruses such as (ToMV), (TMGMV) or (PMMoV) are the viruses that cause the greatest impact in pepper crops of northern Spain. The emergence of a novel Tobamovirus, (CPMMoV; GenBank MN164455.1), firstly identified
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Crop load, fruit quality and mineral nutrition as predictors of fruit softening and internal flesh browning in modern firm fleshed apple cultivars Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Ramandeep Singh Sidhu, Ian Hunt, Sally A. Bound, Nigel D. Swarts
Pre-harvest factors, orchard conditions and imbalance in fruit mineral nutrients critically influence fruit softening and internal flesh browning in dense-fleshed cultivars such as ‘Scilate’.Crop load managementcan mitigate browning risk.
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The role of LED supplementary lighting in promoting graft necrotic layer formation in pumpkin-cucumber grafts Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Luming Zhong, Siyi Hao, Tingkai Zhai, Yongsen Yang, Huangfang Lin, Biying Lin, Baoying Shen, Shuang Liu, Yongbo Hu, Xin Chen
The rapid formation of the graft necrotic layer is crucial for preventing organic substance leakage and warding off external infections, significantly enhancing both the speed and quality of graft healing. This study investigates the impact of LED supplementary lighting on pumpkin-cucumber grafts, unveiling the molecular processes underlying necrotic layer formation. Specifically, three replications
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Do exogenous melatonin and nitric oxide mitigate the adverse effects of flooding stress in spinach? Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Musa Seymen, Raid Alkhateb, Abdurrahman Mutlu, Duran Yavuz
Studies are being conducted to develop strategies to reduce the adverse effects of flooding stress in plants, including melatonin and nitric oxide (NO) applications. In the present study, we tried six different application subjects: full irrigation - control (FI), flooding stress (FS), FS + application of 50 µM melatonin, FS + application of 100 µM melatonin, FS + application of 50 µM nitric oxide
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MAPK20-mediated ATG6 phosphorylation is critical for pollen development in Solanum lycopersicum L. Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Yu Wang, Dongling Xie, Xuelian Zheng, Mingyue Guo, Zhenyu Qi, Ping Yang, Jingquan Yu, Jie Zhou
In flowering plants, male gametogenesis is tightly regulated by numerous genes. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) plays a critical role in plant development and stress response, while its role in plant reproductive development is largely unclear. The present study demonstrated MAPK20 phosphorylation of ATG6 to mediate pollen development and germination in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). MAPK20
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DIA-based proteome profiling with PRM verification reveals the involvement of ER-associated protein processing in pollen abortion in Ogura CMS cabbage Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Peiwen Wang, Lin Zhu, Ziheng Li, Mozhen Cheng, Xiuling Chen, Aoxue Wang, Chao Wang, Xiaoxuan Zhang
Ogura cytoplasmic male sterility (Ogura CMS) is extensively applied in hybrid seed production in cruciferous crops. However, the post-transcriptional molecular basis of Ogura CMS in cruciferous crops remains elusive. Here, a data-independent acquisition-based proteomic approach coupled with a parallel reaction monitoring-based targeted proteomic assay was used to analyze the proteome dynamics of Ogura
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VvSVP1 negatively regulates gibberellin accumulation before the dormant bud break of grapevine triggered by hydrogen cyanamide Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Jingyi Li, Pinqi Sun, Anni Chen, Jilong Xu, Peiyong Xin, Jinfang Chu, Chuanlin Zheng
In grapevine, previous studies have suggested that, gibberellin (GA) inhibits bud break before dormancy release while enhanced after dormancy release; the capacity of GA accumulation shows a trend of first inhibition and then upregulation. However, the regulatory mechanism of GA metabolism genes expression is as yet unclear during the process of dormancy release. In this study, we further validated
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Integrated metabolome and transcriptome analysis reveals the mechanism related to the formation of peelability in Actinidia eriantha Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Junjie Tao, Huimin Jia, Mengting Wu, Wenqi Zhong, Yiqian Huang, Lihong Huang, Yi Xu, Chunhui Huang
Actinidia eriantha is prone to peeling at the soft ripening stage, which is a unique characteristic that distinguishes it from other Actinidia species. However, the mechanism underlying the formation of peelability in A. eriantha is still not very clear. In this study, two A. eriantha varieties with contrasting peeling behavior were used as materials and the peel cell wall metabolism-related substances
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Detection of Botrytis cinerea on strawberry leaves upon mycelial infection through imaging technique Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Lijuan Meng, Kris Audenaert, Marie-Christine Van Labeke, Monica Höfte
Imaging techniques are increasingly used for the early detection of plant diseases. is an economically damaging disease in strawberries. Although conidia are the primary inoculum for infection, secondary inoculum by mycelial fragments contributes also to disease spreading. Here mycelial inoculations were used on strawberry leaves to explore potential indicators for early detection of by using multispectral
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Development of a sensitivity-enhanced fluorescence lifetime spectroscopic method for nondestructive quality monitoring of mature tomatoes during storage Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Te Ma, Tetsuya Inagaki, Satoru Tsuchikawa
The decay of fluorescence lifetime (FLT) is an absolute indication for observing the environment surrounding the fluorescent molecules. This study presents the characterization of fluorescence intensity and the FLT in tomatoes, spanning from the green to the red stage, using a novel time-resolved and laser-induced fluorescence (TRLIF) spectroscopic system. Furthermore, the applicability of this method
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Cell wall metabolism during the growth of peach fruit: Association of hardness with cell wall pectins Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Yi Jiang, Jianfen Ye, Leyi Zhou, Miaojin Chen, Yingying Wei, Shu Jiang, Yi Chen, Xingfeng Shao
In this study, molecular composition of cell wall polysaccharides of peach during growth was investigated to elucidate influencing mechanism of hardness which regulated fruit quality. Results revealed that as fruit grew stage I to V (almost 36 to 103 day after flowering), hardness firstly increased and then decreased, reaching its peak in stage II. Microstructure indicated an increase in cell wall
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Effect of a novel light source application on delayed senescence and preservation of postharvest leafy green vegetables Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Yuanyuan Zhu, Hao Ge, Haibo Zhang, Shenghang Jin, Jinghui Zhang, Guanying Cao
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a novel light source on the delayed senescence and preservation of post-harvest green leafy vegetables in comparison to different light environments. A combination scheme of the novel light source for preservation was obtained by using the principle of spectrum superposition. The unique characteristics of the novel light source, including the
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Potential application of TiO2 nanoparticles to improve the nutritional quality of strawberry cv. Camarosa under drought stress Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Mostafa Javan, Yahya Selahvarzi, Pegah Sayyad-Amin, Somayeh Rastegar
Strawberry ( Duch) is a most important plant that exhibits sensitivity to water stress, primarily because of its superficial root system. The objective of this study was to assess the potential of applying TiO nanoparticles (NPs) at concentrations of 0, 10, 20, and 30 mg as a foliar treatment. The investigation aimed to evaluate the effects of these treatments under different irrigation conditions
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Enhancing coffee diversity: Insights into the impact of sodium azide mutagenesis on quantitative and qualitative traits in Coffea arabica L Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 José Andrés Rojas-Chacón, Fabián Echeverría-Beirute, Bradley J. Till, Andrés Gatica-Arias
Crop improvement of coffee ( L.) is limited due to its low genetic variability. Induced mutagenesis is one of the most widely used breeding methods for rapidly increasing genetic diversity in many crops. The present study explored the effect of sodium azide (NaN) on quantitative and qualitative fruit and seedling traits of var Catuaí M2 derived lines. We worked with 81 derived lines obtained from M1
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Molecular cloning and functional characterization of differential genes (PtCCHC and PtMBD6) associated with flowering between precocious trifoliate orange mutant and wild-type trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf.) Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Ren-Fang Zeng, Si-Fan Hu, Meng-Zhao Wang, Jin-Zhi Zhang, Chun-Gen Hu
Flowering is a pivotal developmental event for fruit trees. Most of knowledge about the molecular regulatory mechanisms of flowering regulation comes from studies in model plants. However, knowledge on the regulation of the floral transition from vegetative growth in perennial fruit species is limited. Citrus is an evergreen perennial fruit tree genus with a complex genetic background. In this study
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Mitigating Salinity Stress in Pomegranate: Effects of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Glomus mosseae on Stress Responses of Red Angel and Wonderful Cultivars Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Seyed Rasoul Ziatabar Ahmadi, Esmaeil Seifi, Ferial Varasteh, Vahid Akbarpour
Salinity stress is a major challenge in modern pomegranate orchards. The application of biofertilizers is a promising strategy to mitigate the adverse effects of salinity stress and enhance the performance in pomegranates. This experiment was conducted in 2021 to investigate the effects of salinity stress (control, 4, and 8 dS/m) and inoculation with and , either individually or in combination (Pf+Gm)
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Effect of carboxymethylcellulose-based edible coatings incorporating essential oil on Botrytis cinerea and strawberry attributes Sci. Hortic. (IF 4.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 J. Oliveira, P.P.M. Silva, M.C.M. Parisi, J.S. Baggio, E.M. Gloria, M.H.F. Spoto
The highly perishable strawberry is susceptible to postharvest fungal infections, such as gray mold caused by . Current control methods involve synthetic fungicides, which can leave residues, harm the environment, and lead to resistance. There is a rising interest in safe and eco-friendly pesticide alternatives like essential oils (EOs). In the present study, the antifungal activity of the EOs from
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Key connectivity areas in the Llanganates-Sangay Ecological Corridor in Ecuador: A participative multicriteria analysis based on a landscape species Landsc. Urban Plan. (IF 9.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Gorky Ríos-Alvear, Pablo Meneses, H. Mauricio Ortega-Andrade, Cinthya Santos, Aymé Muzo, Karima G. López, Alexander Griffin Bentley, Francisco Villamarín
Habitat loss and fragmentation are critical threats to biodiversity decline as they decrease the species occurrence and dispersal probability between natural habitats. Thus, promoting habitat connectivity supports species dispersal and accessibility to vital resources within the landscape, and contributes to long term population persistence. However, decision-making in human dominated landscapes challenges
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Identification and characterization of genes related to m6A modification in kiwifruit using RNA-seq and ATAC-seq Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Xiaoli Hu, Tong Li, Changbin Xu, Yanna Xu, Congjun You, Xinyi Li, Jinli Gong, Xiaolong Li, Xuepeng Sun
N-methyladenosine (mA) RNA modification is a conserved mechanism that regulates the fate of RNA across eukaryotic organisms. Despite its significance, a comprehensive analysis of mA-related genes in non-model plants, such as kiwifruit, is lacking. Here, we identified 36 mA-related genes in the kiwifruit genome according to homology and phylogenetic inference. We performed bioinformatics and evolutionary
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Two haplotype-resolved T2T reference genomes for Ziziphus jujuba and Z. jujuba var. spinosa provide new insights into the domestication of jujube Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Kun Li, Ruihong Chen, Ayimaiti Abudoukayoumu, Qian Wei, Zhibo Ma, Zhengyang Wang, Qing Hao, Jian Huang
Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is one of the most important deciduous tree fruits in China, with substantial economic and nutritional value. Jujube was domesticated from its wild progenitor, wild jujube (Z. jujuba var. spinosa), with high medicinal value. Here, we report the 767.81Mb and 759.24 Mb haplotype-resolved assembly of a dry-eating ‘Junzao’ jujube (JZ) and a wild jujube accession (SZ)
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CsEXL3 regulate mechanical harvest-related droopy leaves under the transcriptional activation of CsBES1.2 in tea plant Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Haoran Liu, Lingxiao Duan, Jianqiang Ma, Jiqiang Jin, Rong Huang, Yujie Liu, Si Chen, Xiaoying Xu, Jiedan Chen, Mingzhe Yao, Liang Chen
Due to a labor shortage, the mechanical harvesting of tea plantations has become a focal point. However, mechanical harvest efficiency was hampered by droopy leaves, leading to a high rate of broken tea shoots and leaves. Here, we dissected the genetic structure of leaf droopiness in tea plants using genome-wide association studies (GWAS) on 146 accessions, combined with transcriptome from 2 accessions
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Multi-omics analysis reveals key regulatory defense pathways and genes involved in salt tolerance of rose plants Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Haoran Ren, Wenjing Yang, Weikun Jing, Muhammad Owais Shahid, Yuming Liu, Xianhan Qiu, Patrick Choisy, Tao Xu, Nan Ma, Junping Gao, Xiaofeng Zhou
Salinity stress causes serious damage to crops worldwide, limiting plant production. However, the metabolic and molecular mechanisms underlying the response to salt stress in rose (Rosa spp.) remain poorly studied. We therefore performed a multi-omics investigation of Rosa hybrida cv. Jardin de Granville (JDG) and Rosa damascena Mill. (DMS) under salt stress to determine the mechanisms underlying rose
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Chromosome-scale genome, together with transcriptome and metabolome, provided insights into the evolution and anthocyanin biosynthesis of Rubus rosaefolius Sm. (Rosaceae) Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Yunsheng Wang, Jiyuan Guan, Qunying Zhang
Rubus rosaefolius is a kind of red raspberry possessing high nutritional and pharmaceutical value. Here, we present a chromosome-level draft genome of R. rosaefolius. Of the total 131 assembled scaffolds, 70 with a total size of 219.02 Mb, accounting for 99.33% of the estimated genome size, were anchored to seven pseudochromosomes. We traced a whole-genome duplication (WGD) event shared among members
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Harnessing the power of microbes: Enhancing soybean growth in an acidic soil through AMF inoculation rather than P-fertilization Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Zhongling Wen, Minkai Yang, Aliya Fazal, Hongwei Han, Hongyan Lin, Tongming Yin, Yuelin Zhu, Shouping Yang, Kechang Niu, Shucun Sun, Jinliang Qi, Guihua Lu, Yonghua Yang
The low phosphorus (P) availability of acidic soils severely limits leguminous plant growth and productivity. Improving the soil P nutritional status can be achieved by increasing the P-content through P-fertilization or stimulating the mineralization of organic P via arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) application, however, their corresponding impacts on plant and soil microbiome still remain to be
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CaSTH2 disables CaWRKY40 from activating pepper thermotolerance and immunity against Ralstonia solanacearum via physical interaction Hortic. Res. (IF 8.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Xingge Cheng, Meiyun Wan, Yuqiu Song, Qian Liu, Xiaohui Hu, Xiufang Chen, Xujing Zhang, Yapeng Zhang, Ruijie Wu, Qiaoling Lu, Yu Huang, Jingang Lv, WeiWei Cai, Deyi Guan, Sheng Yang, Shuilin He
CaWRKY40 coordinately activates pepper immunity against Ralstonia solanacearum infection (RSI) and high temperature stress (HTS) forms positive feedback loops with other positive regulators and is promoted by CaWRKY27b/CaWRKY28 through physical interactions, however, whether and how it is regulated by negative regulators to function appropriately remain unclear. Herein, we provide evidence that CaWRKY40
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Transcriptome profiling of indole-3-butyric acid–induced adventitious root formation in softwood cuttings of walnut Horticult. Plant J. (IF 5.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Xiaobo Song, Ruimin Huang, Hao Liu, Zhang Junpei, Yingying Chang, Dong Pei
Inducing adventitious root (AR) formation in mature walnut species ( L.) is challenging. However, the AR formation of mature trees can be improved by rejuvenation. In rejuvenated cuttings, exogenous indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) is essential for AR formation, and the underlying mechanism is still not well understood. Therefore, we utilized transcriptome sequencing to investigate the mechanism of IBA-induced