The NAC transcription factor (TF) family is one of the largest plant-specific TF families and its
members are involved in the regulation of many vital biological processes during plant …

Breeding fruit species is time-consuming and expensive. With few exceptions, trees are
likely the worst species to work with in terms of genetics and breeding. Most are …

Although maturity date (MD) is an essential factor affecting fresh fruit marketing and has a
pleiotropic effect on fruit taste qualities, the underlying mechanisms remain largely unclear …

Background Plant metabolites reshaped by nature and human beings are crucial for both
their lives and human health. However, which metabolites respond most strongly to …

Prunus species include many important perennial fruit crops, such as peach, plum, apricot,
and related wild species. Here, we report de novo genome assemblies for five species …

De novo genes can evolve “from scratch” from noncoding sequences, acquiring novel
functions in organisms and integrating into regulatory networks during evolution to drive …

Sweet cherry maturity date and fruit quality are relevant traits for its marketability, transport,
and consumer acceptance. In this work, sweet cherry fruit development time, maturity date …

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 …

Marker-assisted selection (MAS) in stone fruit (Prunus species) breeding is currently difficult
to achieve due to the polygenic nature of the most relevant agronomic traits linked to fruit …

In sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.), quantitative trait loci have been identified for fruit maturity,
colour, firmness, and size to develop markers for marker-assisted selection. However …