The Origin, Applications, and Breeding Goals of Jujube in China

Horticulturae, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(1), P. 37 - 37

Published: Jan. 3, 2025

Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is one of the three traditional woody crop species in China, where it originated from middle and lower reaches Yellow River. considered oldest cultivated fruit trees world, as its utilization can be traced back to more than 7000 years ago. The jujube has important nutritional, economic, ecological values, hence well received by both planters consumers. At present, cultivation spread 48 countries provides a pathway for Chinese farmers produce lucrative cash crop. regarded superfruit future due excellent nutritional profile. Social progress economic shifts leading improvement living standards influence value consumers, who have gradually shifted toward functional foods, while at same time, consumer desires environmental pressures change breeding goals new varieties. In this review, we summarize origin, classification, historical, modern, uses jujube. We also provide some advice on establishment objectives period development. This review aims useful references researchers jujube, guide shareholders industry, formulate modern development elite cultivars.

Language: Английский

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Progress in Fruit Cracking Control of Gibberellic Acid and Abscisic Acid

Published: Jan. 31, 2024

Fruit cracking or splitting, a severe physiological disease that highly affects appearance and quality, compromise the commodity value of fruit also causes huge economical losses to producers several fleshy crops. The growth-promoting phytohormone gibberellic acid (GA) growth-inhibiting abscisic (ABA) antagonistically regulate numerous developmental processes throughout plant life cycle. Homeostasis endogenous GA ABA play significant role in normal growth fruits, its imbalance may lead occurrence splitting during process growth, development, ripening postharvest storage. pathways metabolism signaling have been studied widely, major components were well characterized, which including genes encoding biosynthesis catabolism enzymes key components. Nevertheless, our knowledge mechanisms governing is not comprehensive enough. In this review, we only focus on scenarios effects contents exogenous regulators treatments, but endeavor provide some genetic cues function responsible for modulation. Information from review aims strengthen understanding potential molecular bases underlying control guidance breeding cultivars with cracking-resistant ideotypes, make great theoretical significance guiding establishment integrated prevention measures splitting.

Language: Английский

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Cytological, Phytohormone, and Transcriptomic Analyses Reveal the Key Genes and Pathways Involved in Melon Fruit Cracking

Horticulturae, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11(3), P. 227 - 227

Published: Feb. 20, 2025

Melon fruit cracking reduces yield, increases transportation costs, and shortens shelf life, which makes the development of cracking-resistant varieties crucial for industry’s advancement. This study investigated pathways genes related to melon through cell morphology observation, endogenous hormone analyses, transcriptome analysis two contrasting advanced inbred lines, extremely crack-resistant line R2 crack-susceptible R6. has small, tightly packed epidermal cells with a thick cuticle, while R6 larger, more loosely arranged significantly thinner cuticle. Hormonal revealed significant differences in abscisic acid, cytokinin, gibberellin, auxin, salicylic acid contents between at various developmental stages. The content were 1.9–5.2 times 1.5–3.6 higher than those R6, respectively, whereas gibberellin was 1.5–2.3 that R2. Pericarp identified 4281, 6242, 6879 differentially expressed (DEGs) 20, 30, 40 days after anthesis, respectively. Among these, 47 DEGs phenylpropanoid biosynthesis (ko00940) 79 involved plant signal transduction (ko04075) or WGCNA six core hub potentially play role regulating cracking. These findings lay foundation further studies on functional roles breeding crack-tolerant varieties.

Language: Английский

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Improving Cuticle Thickness and Quality Traits in Table Grape cv. ‘Italia’ Using Pre-Harvest Treatments

Plants, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(17), P. 2400 - 2400

Published: Aug. 28, 2024

Table grape viticulture, due to the impact of climate change, will have face many challenges in coming decades, including resistance pathogens and physiological disorders. Our attention was focused on fruit cracking its ubiquitous presence several species. This study explores effects three different treatments epidermis cuticle table berries by evaluating girdling technique various quality parameters, thickness, sugar content, acidity, color, bunch weight, rheological properties. The were (1) calcium chloride (CaCl

Language: Английский

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Transcriptome Profiling and Gene Network Analysis Revealed Regulatory Mechanisms of Bract Development in Bougainvillea glabra

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 26, 2024

Background: Bracts are important in ornamental plants and their developmental regulation is complex, but relatively little research has been done on them. In this study, physiological, biochemical morphological changes Bougainvillea glabraleaves, leaf buds bracts during seven periods were systematically investigated B. glabra bracts. Meanwhile, transcriptome data of B. glabra obtained using PacBio Illumina sequencing technologies, key genes regulating development screened. Results: Scanning electron microscopy revealed that the develop with a process of regression hairs, changing colour from green to white; Transcriptome yielded 79,130,973 bp transcript sequences, totalling 45,788 transcripts; Differential gene analysis 50 expression patterns across periods, significant variability transcription factors such as BgAP1, BgFULL, BgCMB1, BgSPL16, BgEIL1, BgBH305 KEGG GO analyses growth concerning chlorophyll metabolism hormone-conducting metabolic pathways; Key for include PORA, SGR, PPH, PAO and RCCR; The hormone abscisic acid signalling pathways involve 44 23 homologous genes, co-expression network screened BgAPRR5 BgEXLA1 involved bract development. Conclusions: These findings promote understanding molecular mechanism plant development, as well provide guidance genetic improvement plants, mainly bracts.

Language: Английский

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Deciphering the Genetic and Biochemical Drivers of Fruit Cracking in Akebia trifoliata

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 25(22), P. 12388 - 12388

Published: Nov. 19, 2024

This study investigates the molecular mechanisms underlying fruit cracking in

Language: Английский

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