Simple Summary Research on plant epigenetics aims to understand how endogenous,
biotic, and abiotic factors regulate plant development and growth independent of changes in …

The major challenges that agriculture is facing in the twenty-first century are increasing
droughts, water scarcity, flooding, poorer soils, and extreme temperatures due to climate …

Grafting is a widely used practice for asexual propagation of fruit trees. Many physiological,
biochemical, and molecular changes occur upon grafting that can influence important …

Landraces and indigenous varieties comprise valuable sources of crop species diversity.
Their utilization in plant breeding may lead to increased yield and enhanced quality traits, as …

Traditionally, it has been believed that inheritance is driven as phenotypic variations
resulting from changes in DNA sequence. However, this paradigm has been challenged and …

Although epigenetic modifications have been intensely investigated over the last decade
due to their role in crop adaptation to rapid climate change, it is unclear which epigenetic …

Grafting is a method for plant propagation and improvement. In the European viticulture,
grafting is the sole control strategy against Phylloxera injuries and thus is of crucial …

Crop adaptation to climate change is in a part attributed to epigenetic mechanisms which
are related to response to abiotic and biotic stresses. Although recent studies increased our …

Grafting is an important method to improve plant yield and quality. The rootstock is vital to
the scion in terms of growth and development, flowering and fruit set, and improved stress …

Highlights•Factors beyond the coding sequence of genes contribute to trait variation in
crops.•Non-genic factors include epigenetic modifications and cis-regulatory elements.•DNA …