De novo domestication in the Solanaceae: advances and challenges

K Gasparini, YG Figueiredo, WL Araújo… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Efficient genome editing (GE) accelerates the domestication of crop wild
relatives.•New crops can be rapidly created to withstand drought, flooding, and soil …

The potential of CRISPR/Cas technology to enhance crop performance on adverse soil conditions

HA Gajardo, O Gómez-Espinoza, P Boscariol Ferreira… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Worldwide food security is under threat in the actual scenery of global climate change
because the major staple food crops are not adapted to hostile climatic and soil conditions …

Genome-Wide Identification of PEBP Gene Family in Solanum lycopersicum

Y Sun, X Jia, Z Yang, Q Fu, H Yang, X Xu - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The PEBP gene family is crucial for the growth and development of plants, the transition
between vegetative and reproductive growth, the response to light, the production of …

New Advances in the Study of Regulation of Tomato Flowering-Related Genes Using Biotechnological Approaches

D Baranov, S Dolgov, V Timerbaev - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
The tomato is a convenient object for studying reproductive processes, which has become a
classic. Such complex processes as flowering and fruit setting require an understanding of …

The PEBP genes FLOWERING LOCUS T and TERMINAL FLOWER 1 modulate seed dormancy and size

J Nadal Bigas, M Fiers, F van der Wal… - Journal of …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
The phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein (PEBP) family members FLOWERING
LOCUS T (FT) and TERMINAL FLOWER1 (TFL1) are major regulators of plant reproduction …

Unlocking Nature's Clock: CRISPR Technology in Flowering Time Engineering

A Hodaei, SPO Werbrouck - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Flowering is a crucial process in the life cycle of most plants as it is essential for the
reproductive success and genetic diversity of the species. There are situations in which …

Identification of the SP gene family and transcription factor SlSP5G promotes the high-temperature tolerance of tomatoes

W Li, S Huang, X Yang, Y **e, X Meng, Z Xu, Z Li… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Some members of the SELF PRUNING (SP) gene family have been shown to play critical
roles in developmental processes and stress responses across a wide range of plant …

Recent Advances in Tomato Gene Editing

E Larriba, O Yaroshko, JM Pérez-Pérez - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The use of gene-editing tools, such as zinc finger nucleases, TALEN, and CRISPR/Cas,
allows for the modification of physiological, morphological, and other characteristics in a …