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QTL-seq Identifies Major Quantitative Trait Loci of Stigma Color in Melon Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2021-01-17 Aohan Qiao; Xufeng Fang; Shi Liu; Hongyu Liu; Peng Gao; Feishi Luan
Stigma color plays an important role in pollination. In nature, melon (Cucumis melo L.) stigmas are either yellow or green; however, a review of the literature found no report on how stigma color affects pollination and fruit development in melon. Here, we used an F2 melon population derived from a cross between ‘MR-1’ (P1, with green stigmas) and ‘M1-32’ (P2, with yellow stigmas), and performed genetic
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Chloroplast DNA-based Genetic Variation of Rosa roxburghii in Southwest China: Phylogeography and Conservation Implications Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2021-01-07 Min Lu; Huaishan Zhang; Huaming An
Rosa roxburghii Tratt. is a well-known commercial horticultural crop in China with nutritional and medicinal value. Wild germplasms of this species are mainly distributed in Southwest China but the population is decreasing due to continuous exploitation, habitat destruction, and fragmentation. Therefore, assessing the genetic diversity and phylogeography is essential for efficient conservation. Herein
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Identification of a Male-Specific Region (MSR) in Spinacia oleracea Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2021-01-07 Hongbing She; Zhaosheng Xu; Helong Zhang; Guoliang Li; Jian Wu; Xiaowu Wang; Ying Li; Zhiyuan Liu; Wei Qian
Dioecy, the presence of male and female individual, has evolved independently from hermaphroditism in multiple flowering plant lineages. Spinach, an important leafy vegetable crop worldwide, is a dioecious species with an XY sex-determination system. Although some markers that are fully linked to male-determination locus were identified, the male-specific region (MSR) remained unclear. In this research
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Functional Identification of MdSMXL8.2, the Homologous Gene of Strigolactones Pathway Repressor Protein Gene in Malus × domestica Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2021-01-06 Weijian Sun; Xinglong Ji; Laiqing Song; Xiaofei Wang; Chunxiang You; Yujin Hao
A homologous gene of strigolactones repressor protein gene SMXL7/D53, MdSMXL8.2 (GenBank accession No.: MD07G1222400), was cloned from ‘Royal Gala’ apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) in this study. The sequence analysis revealed that the length of this gene was 3 243 bp, which encoded 1 080 amino acids, and had a protein molecular mass of ∼110 kD. The phylogenetic tree analysis indicated that the MdSMXL8
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Effects of 1-MCP on Proline, Polyamine, and Nitric Oxide Metabolism in Postharvest Peach Fruit Under Chilling Stress Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2021-01-05 Chunlu Qian; Zhengjie Ji; Qin Zhu; Xiaohua Qi; Qianqian Li; Jiandong Yin; Jun Liu; Juan Kan; Man Zhang; Changhai Jin; Lixia Xiao
Peach (Prunus persica Batsch ‘Yuhualu’) fruit are sensitive to chilling injury (CI). Proline, polyamine (PA), and nitric oxide (NO) are important small regulators of various metabolic pathways under chilling stress that mitigate CI. Ethylene is known to promote senescence and CI, while 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) is an antagonist that inhibits the effects of ethylene. However, how 1-MCP and ethylene
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Linkage Map and QTL Mapping of Red Flesh Locus in Apple Using A R1R1 × R6R6 Population Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-12-25 Chengquan Yang; Guangya Sha; Tao Wei; Baiquan Ma; Cuiying Li; Pengmin Li; Yangjun Zou; Lingfei Xu; Fengwang Ma
The red flesh in apple fruit is a desired trait by consumers and it is associated to the anthocyanin content, which is mainly controlled by MdMYB10 with a R6 promoter. In this study, a high-density linkage group was constructed using the ‘Fuji’ x ‘Red3’ population which contained homozygous alleles R1R1 and R6R6, respectively. The linkage group consists of 7 630 SNPs along 17 linkage groups, spanning
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Digital Gene Expression Analysis of Huanglongbing Affected Mandarins (Citrus reticulata Blanco) in Response to Thermotherapy Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-12-13 Ruixuan Pan; Yanling Chen; Xiaoling Deng; Meirong Xu
Huanglongbing (HLB), which is mainly associated with “Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” (CLas), is currently threatening citrus production around the world. This destructive century-old disease results in callose deposition in phloem plasmodesmata and starch overaccumulation in leaf chloroplasts. Heat treatment with high humidity has proven to be effective in eliminating the CLas titers in potted
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Determination of Volatile Profiles inside Apple Fruit Storage Facilities Using MonoTrap™ Monolithic Silica Adsorbent and GC–MS Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-12-13 Cuihua Liu; Xiaoran Liu; Xiaoning Tian; Jing Zhang; Zhanfeng Zhang; Jinrui Shi; Juan Xu; Xiaolin Ren
The interior atmosphere of storage facilities is very important for maintaining fruit quality and delaying senescence, so it's of significance to determine the volatile profiles in this environment for the postharvest industry. However, volatile profiles inside fruit storage facilities have been rarely reported. To study the volatile profiles of the atmosphere inside fruit storage facilities, a method
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Control of Southern Root-knot Nematodes on Tomato and Regulation of Soil Bacterial Community by Biofumigation with Zanthoxylum bungeanum Seed Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-12-13 Xiaoyun Wang; Wencong Shi; Jilei Wang; Zheng Gao; Shuang Li; Ningxin Wang; Qinghua Shi
Biofumigation is an environmentally friendly strategy used to control nematodes and plant diseases. The volatile oil of Zanthoxylum bungeanum has high insecticidal and antibacterial activity. However, it is not known if the seed of Z. bungeanum is a suitable material for biofumigation to control southern root-knot nematodes (SRKN) on tomato, and how it may regulate the soil bacterial community structure
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Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Cucumber Fruits under Nitrogen Deficiency at the Fruiting Stage Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-12-13 Jia Hao; Qiang Li; Hongjun Yu; Heng Wang; Lin Chai; Tiantian Miao; Weijie Jiang
Nitrogen deficiency is a major factor that affects the yield and quality of horticultural crops. Differentially expressed proteins were identified in cucumber fruit under nitrogen deficiency treatment, and are expected to be highly useful for dissecting carbon, nitrogen and ascorbate metabolism in cucumber and for improving nitrogen fertilizer utilization. Cucumber plants grown hydroponically in Hoagland
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1-MCP Regulates Ethanol Fermentation and GABA Shunt Pathway Involved in Kiwifruit Quality During Postharvest Storage Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-12-13 Maratab Ali; Muhammad Ammar Raza; Shenge Li; Lichao Zhou; Chen Huan; Shen Shuling; Xiaolin Zheng
Kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) ‘Bruno’ is prone to accumulate ethanol rapidly after respiratory climacteric during storage at ambient conditions without stresses, which causes quality deterioration of the fruit associated with alcohol off-flavor. For maintaining the postharvest quality of kiwifruit ‘Bruno’, the effects of 1.0 µL • L−1 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) treatment on regulating the ethanol
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Genome-wide Analysis of MYB Gene Family in Potato Provides Insights into Tissue-specific Regulation of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-12-09 Yumei Li; Jun Liang; Xiangzhi Zeng; Han Guo; Youwei Luo; Kear Philip; Shouming Zhang; Guangtao Zhu
The MYB transcription factor is one of the largest gene families in plants, playing an important role in regulating plant growth, development, response to stress, senescence, and especially the anthocyanin biosynthesis. In this study, A total of 217 MYB genes, including 90 1R-MYBs, 124 R2R3-MYBs, and 3 R1R2R3-MYBs have been identified from the potato genome. The 1R-MYB and R2R3-MYB family members could
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Carotenoid Pigment Accumulation in Horticultural Plants Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-10-29 Anna S. Hermanns; Xuesong Zhou; Qiang Xu; Yaakov Tadmor; Li Li
Carotenoids are a group of widely distributed natural pigments. They give many horticultural plants the bright red, orange, and yellow colors, as well as the aroma and flavor. Carotenoids enhance the health value and represent an essential quality trait of horticultural products. Significant efforts have been made to correlate specific carotenoid production with pathway gene expression. Some transcription
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Advances in Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Metabolomic Analyses of Fruit Quality in Fruit Crops Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-11-06 Chunmei Zhang; Yu-Jin Hao
Fruit quality is the main factor determining market competitiveness; it represents the combination of fruit flavor, color, size, and the contents of aromatic and bioactive substances. Research on the genetic basis of fruit quality can provide new information about fruit biology, promote genomic-assisted breeding, and provide technological support for the regulation of fruit quality via habitat selection
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Genome Editing as A Versatile Tool to Improve Horticultural Crop Qualities Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-11-07 Yating Chen; Wenwen Mao; Ting Liu; Qianqian Feng; Li Li; Bingbing Li
The quality traits of horticultural crops, including the accumulation of nutrients and flavor substances, morphology, and texture, affect the palatability and nutritional value. For many years, efforts have been made to improve the quality of horticultural crops. The recent establishment of gene editing technology, with its potential applications in horticultural crops, provides a strategy for achieving
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Genome-wide Characterization of cis-acting Elements in the Promoters of Key Carotenoid Pathway Genes from the Main Species of Genus Citrus Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-10-31 Kaijie Zhu; Qingjiang Wu; Yue Huang; Junli Ye; Qiang Xu; Xiuxin Deng
Carotenoids are indispensable for both human health and plant survival. Citrus, is one of the fruit crops richest in carotenoid compounds, with approximately 115 kinds of carotenoids; tremendous diversity in carotenoids composition and concentration exists among various species, showing different colors from nearly white to crimson. The carotenoid biosynthetic pathway and the key carotenogenic genes
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Physiological and Transcriptomic Changes During Autumn Coloration and Senescence in Ginkgo biloba Leaves Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-11-13 Weixing Li; Lu Wang; Zhichong He; Zhaogeng Lu; Jiawen Cui; Ningtao Xu; Biao Jin; Li Wang
Autumn leaf senescence and coloration is a complex process and a striking natural phenomenon. Here, through biology approach integrating transcriptomic analyses in Ginkgo biloba, we determined that the content of chlorophyll decreased during leaf senescence, while carotenoid components increased until late October in the turning stage (TS) and then decreased in the yellow leaf stage (YS). Simultaneously
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Identification of MAM1s in Regulation of 3C Glucosinolates Accumulation in Allopolyploid Brassica juncea Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-10-27 Zhangping Li; Changtong Zhang; Qingze Cai; Yulan Zhou; Zhongyuan Hu; Mingfang Zhang; Jinghua Yang
Allopolyploid Brassica juncea is particularly enriched in sinigrin, a kind of 3C aliphatic glucosinolates (GSLs), giving rise to characteristic taste after picking. However, the molecular mechanism underlying 3C aliphatic GSLs biosynthesis in this species remains unknown. In this study, we genome-widely identified GSLs metabolic genes, indicating different evolutionary rate of GSLs metabolic genes
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An Ethylene-inhibited NF-YC Transcription Factor RhNF-YC9 Regulates Petal Expansion in Rose Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-11-16 Changxi Chen; Nisar Hussain; Yaru Wang; Mingtong Li; Lin Liu; Meizhu Qin; Nan Ma; Junping Gao; Xiaoming Sun
The speed of flower opening is closely related to their ornamental period. Ethylene functions as a negative regulator involved in the regulation of the petal expansion process. In this study, we isolated a NF-YC transcription factor gene, RhNF-YC9, from rose petals. RhNF-YC9 expression was induced at the early stages of flower opening but was inhibited by ethylene treatment. Silencing RhNF-YC9 decreased
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Systematic Identification of the Light-quality Responding Anthocyanin Synthesis-related Transcripts in Petunia Petals Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-11-14 Zhenzhu Fu; Hongquan Shang; Hui Jiang; Jie Gao; Xiaoyu Dong; Huijuan Wang; Yanmin Li; Limin Wang; Jing Zhang; Qingyan Shu; Yacong Chao; Menglan Xu; Rui Wang; Liangsheng Wang; Hechen Zhang
Previous studies have shown that high light intensity can induce anthocyanin synthesis (AS) in petunia plants. To identify which kind of light quality plays a role in inducing such metabolic process, and what transcripts participate in controlling it, we carried out whole-transcriptome sequencing and analysis of petunia petals treated with different light-quality conditions. Among the red and white
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Cold Stress-induced Glucosyltransferase CsUGT78A15 is Involved in the Formation of Eugenol Glucoside in Camellia sinensis Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-11-07 Mingyue Zhao; Binbin Cai; Jieyang Jin; Na Zhang; Tingting Jing; Jingming Wang; Yuting Pan; Zixiang Zhou; Yifan Zhao; Yingying Feng; Feng Yu; Mengting Zhang; Yating Li; Zhonghua Liu; Chuankui Song
Eugenol is a natural phenolic compound known for its health-promoting properties and its ability to add a floral scent to tea plants. Plant eugenol glycosides have been identified and shown to make important contributions to fruit floral quality. However, the details of their biosynthesis and metabolism in tea plants are still unknown. Here, eugenol glucoside was unambiguously identified as a native
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Wild Brassica and Its Close Relatives in Turkey, the Genetic Treasures Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-11-06 Ali A. Dönmez; Zübeyde Uğurlu Aydın; Xiaowu Wang
Brassica taxa occur naturally and are also cultivated in Turkey. Due to their economic importance, several cultivars have been extensively cultivated in certain regions of the country. Alongside extensive cultivation for vegetable production of the other species of the genus, Brassica juncea has very limited cultivation. Five native species of Brassica are known from restricted locations in Turkey
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Efficient Micropropagation of Chestnut Hybrids (Castanea spp.) Using Modified Woody Plant Medium and Zeatin Riboside Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-09-12 Guoqing Song; Qiuxia Chen; Pete Callow; Mario Mandujano; Xiaoyan Han; Beatriz Cuenca; Gregory Bonito; Carmen Medina-Mora; Dennis Wayne Fulbright; Daniel E. Guyer
The Chestnuts genus (Castanea spp.) is comprised of economically important trees native to the Northern hemisphere that are used as food and hardwood timber. Here, a very efficient method for micropropagation of European × Japanese chestnut hybrids (Castanea sativa × C. crenata) is described. Woody Plant Medium was used as the basal medium. In vitro shoots of four rootstock cultivars were micropropagated
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Heterologous Expression of Camellia sinensis Late Embryogenesis Abundant Protein Gene 1 (CsLEA1) Confers Cold Stress Tolerance in Escherichia coli and Yeast Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-09-12 Tong Gao; Yunxin Mo; Huiyu Huang; Jinming Yu; Yi Wang; Weidong Wang
Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins play an important role in plant growth and development, as well as in the plant response to various abiotic stresses. In this study, CsLEA1, a novel gene encoding a LEA_3 subfamily protein, was successfully cloned from a tea plant [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze]. Bioinformatics analysis and prokaryotic expression assays showed that CsLEA1 is a typical hydrophilic
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The Variation of Stone Cell Content in 236 Germplasms of Sand Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) and Identification of Related Candidate Genes Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-09-09 Jiaying Zhang; Jiaming Li; Cheng Xue; Runze Wang; Mingyue Zhang; Kaijie Qi; Jing Fan; Hongju Hu; Shaoling Zhang; Jun Wu
Stone cells have been described to substantially influence pear fruit quality, as lignin and cellulose are the main components of stone cells. However, there are limited studies on the relationship between the variation and molecular basis of stone cells, lignin and cellulose content among different pear varieties. Here, to reveal the variation of stone cell content within different cultivated species
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Establishment and Verification of An Efficient Virus-Induced Gene Silencing System in Forsythia Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-09-08 Jianshuang Shen; Weijia Si; Yutong Wu; Yang Xu; Jia Wang; Tangren Cheng; Qixiang Zhang; Huitang Pan
To understand the functional identification of large-scale genomic sequences in Forsythia, tobacco rattle virus (TRV)-mediated virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS), suitable for the plant, was explored in this study. The results showed that the TRV-mediated VIGS system could be successfully used in Forsythia for silencing the reporter gene FsPDS (Forsythia phytoene desaturase) using stem infiltration
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High-Throughput Physiology-Based Stress Response Phenotyping: Advantages, Applications and Prospective in Horticultural Plants Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-09-08 Yanwei Li; Xinyi Wu; Wenzhao Xu; Yudong Sun; Ying Wang; Guojing Li; Pei Xu
Phenomics is a new branch of science that provides high-throughput quantification of plant and animal traits at systems level. The last decade has witnessed great successes in high-throughput phenotyping of numerous morphological traits, yet major challenges still exist in precise phenotyping of physiological traits such as transpiration and photosynthesis. Due to the highly dynamic nature of physiological
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Epiphytic and Endophytic Fungal Communities of Tomato Plants Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-09-08 Chunjuan Dong; Lingling Wang; Qian Li; Qingmao Shang
Plants harbor diverse fungal communities both on their surfaces (epiphytic) and inside of plant tissues (endophytic), and these fungi play important roles in plant health and vigor. However, comparisons of epiphytes and endophytes have rarely been performed. In this study, the soil, epiphytic and endophytic fungal assemblages of greenhouse-grown tomato plants were extensively examined and compared
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Functional Characterization of SmbHLH13 in Anthocyanin Biosynthesis and Flowering in Eggplant Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-08-28 Haochun Xi; Yongjun He; Huoying Chen
Anthocyanin is abundant in a few vegetables, including eggplant. It protects plants from abiotic stress and benefits human health, making the research of anthocyanin biosynthesis increasingly important. Flowering time is an important reference for judging reproduction and adaptability, which can guide plant production. In this study, SmbHLH13 from eggplant was identified. Yeast one-hybrid and dual-luciferase
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Comprehensive Identification and Analyses of the Hsf Gene Family in the Whole-genome of Three Apiaceae Species Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-08-25 Qiaoying Pei; Tong Yu; Tong Wu; Qihang Yang; Ke Gong; Rong Zhou; Chunlin Cui; Ying Yu; Wei Zhao; Xi Kang; Rui Cao; Xiaoming Song
Apiaceae is a major family from Apiales and includes many important vegetable and medicinal crops. Heat shock transcription factors (Hsf) play important roles in heat tolerance during plant development. Here, we conducted systematic analyses of the Hsf gene family in three Apiaceae species, including 17 Apium graveolens (celery), 32 Coriandrum sativum (coriander), and 14 Daucus carota (carrot). A total
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Isolation, Identification and Artificial Inoculation of Ustilago esculenta on Zizania latifolia Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-08-25 Zhiping Zhang; Shengyang Xu; Mengqi Kong; Haibo Dai; Yancheng Liu; Minmin Miao
The smut Ustilago esculenta is an endophytic fungus that invades Zizania latifolia (Jiaobai) and plays an important role in inducing the host stem to form a swollen gall. The aims of this study were to investigate isolation, identification and inoculation methods of U. esculenta from Jiaobai. The spore suspension culturing method was the best method of isolating U. esculenta, and yeast-like fungal
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Transcriptome Analysis of Female and Male Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Identifies Sex-related Genes Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-08-22 Wei Guo; Zhuoqi Liu; Jiaqi Yu; Jing Lü; Xiaoguo Jiao; Lan Kong; Chunxiao Yang; Huipeng Pan
Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata is an emerging horticultural pest of Solanaceae plants in Asia. Here, we employed transcriptome sequencing of three female and three male H. vigintioctopunctata libraries to identify sex-related genes. We recorded 281 599 294 bp of clean reads, and de novo assembly generated 85 206 unigenes, with N50 of 1 311 bp and average length of 763 bp. We found 5 002 genes highly
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Tobacco Rattle Virus-induced Phytoene Desaturase (PDS) Silencing in Centaurea cyanus Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-08-21 Chengyan Deng; Fan Zhang; Jiaying Wang; Yanfei Li; He Huang; Silan Dai
Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a genetic tool used to assess gene function. Tobacco rattle virus (TRV) is a VIGS vector commonly used to induce endogenous gene silencing in plants. However, there is no VIGS system established for Centaurea spp. We evaluated the effectiveness of a TRV-based VIGS system using phytoene desaturase (PDS) as a reporter gene in Centaurea cyanus. Three methods including
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Identification of Genes Related to Mesocarp Development in Cucumber Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-08-04 Xiaohua Qi, Yamei Zhu, Shuifeng Li, Hanxi Zhou, Xuewen Xu, Qiang Xu, Xuehao Chen
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is an agriculturally and economically important vegetable crop worldwide. The thickness of mesocarp is an important quality pertaining to edibility. The development of mesocarp, however, has received little attention. In this study, we selected one thick mesocarp line D8 to analyze the gene expression profiles of mesocarp at 0, 3, 6, and 9 days after pollination (DAP)
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Exogenous Melatonin Improves Physiological Characteristics and Promotes Growth of Strawberry Seedlings Under Cadmium Stress Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-06-10 Shuqing Wu; Yao Wang; Junkang Zhang; Xiaojun Gong; Zhen Zhang; Jingjing Sun; Xuesen Chen; Yanling Wang
Melatonin, as a plant growth regulator, is involved in plant stress resistance. We studied the effects of different concentrations (0, 10, 50, 100, 150, and 200 µmol · L−1) of melatonin on the growth and physiological characteristics of strawberry under cadmium (Cd) stress. The results represented that the growth of strawberry seedlings was inhibited under Cd stress, and the seedling biomass, chlorophyll
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Development of InDel Markers for Brassica rapa Based on a High-resolution Melting Curve Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-05-23 Rong Chen; Lichun Chang; Xu Cai; Jian Wu; Jianli Liang; Runmao Lin; Yong Song; Xiaowu Wang
Brassica rapa is one of the most important leafy vegetable crops with large cultivated area in China. To increase the availability of DNA markers in B. rapa, we developed insertion-deletion (InDel) markers utilizing high-resolution melting (HRM) curve analysis. We designed primers for 252 InDels (≥ 3 bp) evenly distributed in the genome and tested gene polymorphisms with eight accessions. In total
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Identification and Expression of TOP3α in Gerbera hybrida Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-05-21 Shenchong Li; Ying Cheng; Dan Sun; Lulin Ma; Mingyang Li; Fan Li
Meiotic recombination and the resulting novel allele combinations are fundamental to plant breeding and the identification of superior hybrids. However, the rate of meiotic crossovers is naturally suppressed below its potential ability, which prevents plant breeding efficiency. Nine suppressors of meiotic recombination have been identified in the model plant Arabidopsis and in other crop species. Mutations
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Identification and Expression Analysis of Salinity-induced Genes in Rangpur lime (Citrus limonia) Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-07-16 Mehtap Şahin-Çevik, Bayram Çevik, Ali Coşkan
Among the economically important horticultural crops, citrus is one of the most vulnerable crops to soil salinity. Rangpur lime is more tolerant to high soil salinity than other commonly used citrus rootstocks. However, the molecular mechanism involved in salinity tolerance has not been explored in Rangpur lime. In this study, a cDNA library was constructed from leaves of Rangpur lime watered for 30
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Development and Evaluation of a Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for the Rapid Detection and Identification of Pectobacterium carotovorum on Celery in the Field Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-07-11 Yanxia Shi, Zhiwen Jin, Xianglong Meng, Lixue Wang, Xuewen Xie, Ali Chai, Baoju Li
Pectobacterium carotovorum is the causal agent of bacterial soft rot in a wide range of vegetable host species. Once P. carotovorum infects the plant, the spread of the disease is difficult to control. In this study, a rapid and sensitive method based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) was developed for detecting P. carotovorum in celery with soft rot using a primer set designed from
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Genetic Variation of the Novel Badnaviruses Infecting Nelumbo Nucifera Based on the RT/RNase H Coding Region Sequences Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-07-09 Zhen He, Tingting Dong, Tielin Wang, Wen Chen, Xian Liu, Liangjun Li
Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) is an economically important perennial aquatic herb plant in China. Presently, viral diseases caused by Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and Dasheen mosaic virus (DsMV) are detected in lotus. In this study, the putatively novel badnaviruses from lotus plants (LBVs) were identified using next-generation sequencing of siRNAs and conventional Sanger sequencing based on the
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Variation and Dynamics of Soil Nematode Communities in Greenhouses with Different Continuous Cropping Periods Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-07-08 Xueliang Tian, Xiaoman Zhao, Zhenchuan Mao, Bingyan Xie
Continuous cropping in greenhouses can result in root-knot nematode outbreaks resulting from imbalances in the soil nematode community. However, the changes in soil nematode communities in greenhouses with continuous crop production are unclear. We compared soil nematode communities in greenhouses after 2 years (2-yr) and 10 years (10-yr) of continuous crop production by 18S rDNA high-throughput sequencing
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DR5 is a Suitable System for Studying the Auxin Response in the Poncirus trifoliata-Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri Interaction Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-07-07 Xuan Xiao, Xiaoyan Li, Chunli Chen, Wenwu Guo
The local auxin distribution characteristics in the roots, stems, and leaves of stably transformed plantlets of trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata) with auxin reporter system DR5::GUS-YFP were elucidated in this research. The auxin response maxima could be observed in the apex of the root tip, primary phloem of the tender stem, and the margin of the young leaves according to the activity of the
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In vitro Anthocyanin Induction and Metabolite Analysis in Malus spectabilis Leaves Under Low Nitrogen Conditions Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-06-20 Jiaxin Meng, Yan Gao, Meiling Han, Pengyuan Liu, Chen Yang, Ting Shen, Houhua Li
Anthocyanins are the most widely produced secondary metabolites in plants, and they play an important role in plant growth and reproduction. The nitrogen source is an important factor affecting anthocyanin production, but the nitrogen concentrations on metabolism and the underlying genetic basis remain unclear. In this study, in vitro anthocyanin induction was conducted on Malus spectabilis. The leaf
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Soil Fertility, Microbial Biomass, and Microbial Functional Diversity Responses to Four Years Fertilization in an Apple Orchard in North China Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-06-10 Zhanling Zhu, Yan Bai, Minglu Lv, Ge Tian, Xin Zhang, Li Li, Yuanmao Jiang, Shunfeng Ge
Soil microbial communities play an essential role in maintaining soil fertility and are considered as ecological indicators to evaluate soil health. In the present study, we examined the influence of almost 4 years of fertilization [no fertilizer (CK), nitrogen alone (N), nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium chemical fertilizer (NPK), organic manure (M), nitrogen plus organic manure (NM), and NPK plus
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Genetic Resources, Breeding Programs in China, and Gene Mining of Peach: A Review Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-06-07 Yong Li, Lirong Wang
Research on peach genetic resources and breeding has achieved remarkable progress in recent decades, especially in China. In this review, we first described the geographic distribution, ecology, phenotypes, and genetic diversity of peach landraces and wild relatives in China. We also discussed the almond. Subsequently, breeding programs of peaches in China are summarized, including breeding history
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Evolution of Two Ubiquitin-like System of Autophagy in Orchid Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-06-02 Jieyu Wang, Zhongjian Liu, Guoqiang Zhang, Shance Niu, Yongqiang Zhang, Changcao Peng
As an important horticultural plant, the orchid is widely distributed in its natural habitat and faces various environmental stresses, among which nutrient recycling and stress resistance are of great concern. During these processes, autophagy is an essential pathway, which is a conserved self-eating process that degrades macromolecular components and recycles cell materials or nutrients during developmental
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Analysis of Vitamin P Content and Inheritance Models in Eggplant Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Riyue Dong, Bingwei Yu, Shuangshuang Yan, Zhengkun Qiu, Jianjun Lei, Changming Chen, Ye Li, Bihao Cao
The eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is rich in vitamin P (also known as rutin), which is beneficial for humans. In this study, the vitamin P contents of 53 eggplant lines were measured via UV spectrophotometry. The results showed that the vitamin P content differed significantly among the eggplant lines and the actual contents of vitamin P in fresh fruit pulp and fresh peel were 0.18–0.82 mg · g−1
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Overexpression of the Watermelon Ethylene Response Factor ClERF069 in Transgenic Tomato Resulted in Delayed Fruit Ripening Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-06-01 Ming Zhou, Shaogui Guo, Shouwei Tian, Jie Zhang, Yi Ren, Guoyi Gong, Changbao Li, Haiying Zhang, Yong Xu
Watermelon fruit undergoes distinct development stages with dramatic changes during fruit ripening. To date, the molecular mechanics of watermelon ripening remain unclear. Genetic and transcriptome evidences suggested that the ethylene response factor (ERF) gene ClERF069 may be an important candidate factor affecting watermelon fruit ripening. To dissect the roles of ClERF069 in fruit ripening, structure
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Recent Advances on Citrus yellow vein clearing virus in Citrus Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-05-21 Cuihua Liu, Hai Liu, John Hurst, Michael P Timko, Changyong Zhou
Citrus yellow vein clearing virus (CYVCV) is the causal agent of yellow vein clearing disease, a significant and devastating disease of most citrus species including lemon and sour orange. CYVCV, a single-strand positive-sense RNA virus containing six ORFs (Open Reading Frames), represents a new species in the genus Mandarivirus of the Alphaflexiviridae family. The virus can cause particularly serious
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Segmental Translocation Contributed to the Origin of the Brassica S-locus Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Yinan Cui, Mu Zhuang, Jian Wu, Jisheng Liu, Yiyue Zhang, Lingkui Zhang, Yile Huang, Xu Cai, Jianli Liang, Kang Zhang, Xiaowu Wang, Feng Cheng
Self-incompatibility (SI), which has recurred during the evolution of plants, is one of the most important cross-pollination mating systems. Three S-loci have been reported in Brassicaceae, namely, Arabidopsis lyrata (Al), Brassica (Br), and Leavenworthia alabamica (La) S-loci. Here, through multi-genomic comparative analysis of 20 species, we revealed that the most ancient S-locus was formed prior
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Effects of Soil Texture on the Growth of Young Apple Trees and Soil Microbial Community Structure Under Replanted Conditions Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-04-23 Yuefan Sheng, Haiyan Wang, Mei Wang, Hanhao Li, Li Xiang, Fengbing Pan, Xuesen Chen, Xiang Shen, Chengmiao Yin, Zhiquan Mao
A two-year field experiment was carried out in order to study the occurrence degree and mechanism of apple replant disease (ARD) in the apple orchards with different soil textures. So we can adopt appropriate control measures according to the severity of ARD. Healthy two-year-old seedlings with consistent growth were selected, of which the root stock was T337 and the scion was Yanfu 3. There were significant
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QTL Mapping for Cucumber Fruit Size and Shape with Populations from Long and Round Fruited Inbred Lines Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-04-23 Zhihui Gao, Haiyang Zhang, Chenxing Cao, Jing Han, Hao Li, Zhonghai Ren
To gain insight into the molecular and genetic basis of fruit size and shape in cucumber, we conducted Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) mapping with F2 and BC1F1 populations derived from a cross between the Northern-China type inbred line CNS21 and the Southern-China type inbred line RNS7. Populations were evaluated during two developmental stages, ovary at anthesis and commercial fruit (immature fruit)
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Chemical Mechanism of Flower Color Microvariation in Paeonia with Yellow Flowers Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-04-23 Yong Yang, Bing Li, Chengyong Feng, Qian Wu, Qianyu Wang, Shanshan Li, Xiaonan Yu, Liangsheng Wang
Paeonia species are important ornamental plants, including three types: tree peony, herbaceous peony, and Itoh hybrid peony. Paeonia with yellow color is desired and becoming popular. However, the chemical mechanism of the formation of yellow flowers in Paeonia is still unclear. In this study, 14 representative samples were selected: four samples of three species of Paeonia, four herbaceous peony cultivars
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Cytological and Proteomic Analysis of Ginkgo biloba Pollen Intine Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-04-21 Weixing Li, Yunling Ye, Fangmei Cheng, Yan Lu, Biao Jin, Li Wang
The pollen intine plays important roles in pollen germination and tube growth, but related information in Ginkgo biloba remains unclear. We isolated and obtained de-exined pollen from G. biloba. Using fluorescent probes, we observed the strongest cellulose fluorescence in the pollen intine. De-esterified pectin immunolabeled with JIM5 was present throughout the entire cell wall, whereas esterified
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Ethylene Emission as a Potential Indicator of Fuji Apple Flavor Quality Evaluation Under Low Temperature Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-04-13 Weiyan Qi, Haijing Wang, Zhen Zhou, Peng Yang, Wenbin Wu, Zhemin Li, Xian Li
Fuji apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) is a popular fruit cultivar and occupies an important position in the fruit market due to its excellent flavor and storage quality. Ethylene emission can induce respiration, which would reduce postharvest quality and increase storage losses. In order to maintain fruit quality and extend shelf life, apples are usually stored in a low-temperature environment after
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Comparative Analysis of Leaf Trichomes, Epidermal Wax And Defense Enzymes Activities in Response to Puccinia horiana in Chrysanthemum and Ajania Species Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-03-17 Yinjie Wang, Jun Zeng, Xiaolong Xia, Yang Xu, Jing Sun, Jing Gu, Hainan Sun, Haini Lei, Fadi Chen, Jiafu Jiang, Weiming Fang, Sumei Chen
White rust caused by Puccinia horiana is a destructive disease of chrysanthemum plants. To better understand the resistance mechanisms of composite species to this disease, the leaf cuticular traits, antioxidant and defensive enzymes activities of immune (Chrysanthemum makinoi var. wakasaense) and highly susceptible (Ajania shiwogiku var. kinokuniense) species were compared. Trichome density of two
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Identification and Characterization of Tonoplast Sugar Transporter (TST) Gene Family in Cucumber Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-03-10 Weifeng Huang, Bin Hu, Jialin Liu, Yong Zhou, Shiqiang Liu
Tonoplast sugar transporters (TSTs) play essential roles in regulating plant growth, development, and response to various biotic and abiotic stresses. In this study, a total of three TST genes were identified by a genome-wide analysis in cucumber. Phylogenetic analysis showed that TST proteins from cucumber and other plant species can be classified into five groups, and nearly all TST members in the
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Transcriptome Profiling Reveals Candidate Genes Involved in Stem Swelling of Tumorous Stem Mustard Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-03-07 Lina Du, Changman Li, Rui Su, Chunyan Tan, Biao Lai
Tumorous stem mustard is well known for its swollen stem from which pickled “Fuling Mustard” is made. The molecular mechanisms governing the formation of the modified swollen stems are still poorly understood. This paper aims to identify candidate genes involved in the developmental regulation of the swollen stems. We sought to map previously published transcriptome datasets for Brassica juncea, including
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Reliable and Efficient Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Genetic Transformation of Dianthus spiculifolius Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-03-07 Jingang Wang, Shiyue Liu, Hongping Ma, Ye Tao, Shuang Feng, Shufang Gong, Jinzhu Zhang, Aimin Zhou
Dianthus spiculifolius is a perennial herbaceous flower with strong environmental adaptability and is an important ornamental ground cover plant. In this study, seeds of D. spiculifolius were used as explants for callus induction, adventitious bud differentiation, and rooting by adding different concentrations of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), 6-benzyl aminopurine (6-BA), and naphthaleneacetic
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Genetic Diversity and Structure of Tunisian Local Pear Germplasm as Revealed by SSR Markers Horticult. Plant J. (IF 1.524) Pub Date : 2020-03-06 Rim Ouni, Anna Zborowska, Jasna Sehic, Sarra Choulak, J. Iñaki Hormaza, Larisa Garkava-Gustavsson, Messaoud Mars
Growing pear has a long tradition in Tunisia, and numerous local cultivars possessing an excellent adaptability and resilience potential to climatic variation are present. This large adaptability is associated with an important genetic diversity, which is threatened to erosion. Appropriate measures have to be taken in order to properly evaluate and conserve this local material. Microsatellite markers
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