Sugars play a key role in fruit quality, as they directly influence taste, and thus consumer
acceptance. Carbohydrates are the main resources needed by the plant for carbon and …

For seed crops, yield is the cumulative result of both source and sink strength for
photoassimilates and nutrients over the course of seed development. Source strength for …

Sucrose metabolism plays pivotal roles in development, stress response, and yield
formation, mainly by generating a range of sugars as metabolites to fuel growth and …

Abscisic acid (ABA) is a plant growth regulator known for its functions, especially in seed
maturation, seed dormancy, adaptive responses to biotic and abiotic stresses, and leaf and …

The extreme sensitivity of the microsporogenesis process to moderately high or low
temperatures is a major hindrance for tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) sexual reproduction …

Calcium has well-documented roles in plant signaling, water relations and cell wall
interactions. Significant research into how calcium impacts these individual processes in …

Parthenocarpy in horticultural crop plants is an important trait with agricultural value for
various industrial purposes as well as direct eating quality. Here, we demonstrate a …

Plant hormones have been extensively studied for their roles in the regulation of various
aspects of plant development. However, in the last decade important new insights have …

Sucrose is produced in, and translocated from, photosynthetically active leaves (sources) to
support non-photosynthetic tissues (sinks), such as develo** seeds, fruits, and tubers …

Plant species that bear fruit often utilize expansion of an ovary (carpel) or accessory tissue
as a vehicle for seed dispersal. While the seed (s) develop, the tissue (s) of the fruit follow a …