Article
Horticulture
Tiziana Lombardi, Andrea Bertacchi, Laura Pistelli, Alberto Pardossi, Susanna Pecchia, Annita Toffanin, Chiara Sanmartin
Summary: Salinity, a serious environmental problem, poses a growing threat to global agriculture. Identifying plant species adapted to high-salinity conditions, such as Mediterranean halophytes, could provide potential resources for producing nutritious vegetable crops.
Article
Horticulture
Bhavna Nigam, Rama Shanker Dubey, Dheeraj Rathore
Summary: Managing sustainable crop production under escalating soil salinity is a major challenge in the coming years. Exogenous application of protectants can ameliorate the adverse effects of salinity on plant growth. This study evaluated the potential role of salicylic acid (SA) and PGPB (Stenotrophomonas sp.) on spinach and soybean cultivars grown under two different salt concentrations. The results showed that 100 ppm salt had more severe effects than 50 ppm salt on the crops and cultivars. Exogenous protectants improved plant growth and yield, as well as osmotic adjustment and antioxidant activity under salt stress. Overall, PGPB was found to be a more effective protectant than SA in reducing salt-induced yield loss.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2022)
Review
Horticulture
Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Nitin Sharma, Jagmohan Singh, Mahesh Kumar Samota, Parul Sankhyan, Brajesh Singh, Awadhesh Kumar, Safina Naz, Milan Kumar Lal, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Ravinder Kumar
Summary: The use of plant growth regulators in horticultural crop production is common for improving produce quality and alleviating stresses. The indolamine compound melatonin (MEL) has emerged as a multifunctional molecule that regulates various aspects of growth and stress tolerance in solanaceous vegetable crops. It acts through reactive species signaling, hormonal cross-talk, and modulation of gene expression.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2023)
Article
Horticulture
Jordan J. Bird, Chloe M. Barnes, Luis J. Manso, Aniko Ekart, Diego R. Faria
Summary: Contemporary Artificial Intelligence technologies are being utilized in fruit quality image classification, with synthetic images proving to enhance classification accuracy and alleviate data scarcity issues, while also assisting in reducing overfitting and energy usage.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Hai He, Chizuko Yamamuro
Summary: Phytohormones auxin and gibberellic acid play a crucial role in the regulation of fruit development, and recent studies have provided new insights into their interaction mechanisms.
HORTICULTURE RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Agronomy
Boddupalli M. Prasanna, Anani Bruce, Yoseph Beyene, Dan Makumbi, Manje Gowda, Muhammad Asim, Samuel Martinelli, Graham P. Head, Srinivas Parimi
Summary: Sustainable control of fall armyworm (FAW) requires implementation of effective integrated pest management strategies, with host plant resistance as a key component. Significant opportunities exist for developing and deploying elite maize cultivars with native genetic resistance and/or transgenic resistance for FAW control in both Africa and Asia.
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Ruirui Yuan, Mei Guo, Chengyang Li, Shoutao Chen, Guishan Liu, Jianguo He, Guoling Wan, Naiyun Fan
Summary: This study utilized hyperspectral imaging to non-destructively detect bruising symptoms in Lingwu long jujubes, achieving high accuracy with specific spectral wavelengths and classification models. The feasibility of detecting early bruising degree in Lingwu long jujubes based on absorbance spectrum was demonstrated, laying a foundation for future research on early bruising detection in small fruit.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Lili Ma, Qing Wang, Yanyan Zheng, Jing Guo, Shuzhi Yuan, Anzhen Fu, Chunmei Bai, Xiaoyan Zhao, Shufang Zheng, Changlong Wen, Shaogui Guo, Lipu Gao, Donald Grierson, Jinhua Zuo, Yong Xu
Summary: This article summarizes the genome sequence information, evolutionary relationships, and functional genes associated with important agronomic traits of Cucurbitaceae species. The progress of molecular breeding in cucurbit crops and the potential applications of Cucurbitaceae genome information are also discussed.
HORTICULTURE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Lianjie Li, Wenqian Huang, Zheli Wang, Sanqing Liu, Xin He, Shuxiang Fan
Summary: Calibration transfer between two portable Vis/NIR devices for predicting SSC of apples was studied. PLS calibration models based on the spectra of the devices showed high prediction performance. Correction of spectral dimensions using a Hg (Ar) lamp improved transfer performance. PDS method showed better performance in transfer calibration compared with SST and CTCCA.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Puneet Mishra, Dario Passos
Summary: This study implements deep learning (DL) for multi-response prediction in spectral data of fresh fruit, showing that DL models can handle multi-response modeling easily and perform better in spectral calibration. Comparison with PLS2 models indicated that the multi-response DL model had approximately 13% lower root mean squared error (RMSE), highlighting the ease and superiority of DL models in handling multi-response.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Fariborz Habibi, Tie Liu, Kevin Folta, Ali Sarkhosh
Summary: Grafting is a widely used method for asexual propagation of fruit trees, with advantages in improving horticultural traits and adapting to environmental conditions. Plant hormones and epigenetic modifications play important roles in the grafting process.
HORTICULTURE RESEARCH
(2022)
Letter
Plant Sciences
Ren-Gang Zhang, Guang-Yuan Li, Xiao-Ling Wang, Jacques Dainat, Zhao-Xuan Wang, Shujun Ou, Yongpeng Ma
HORTICULTURE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Fengjun Li, Ying Hu, Youxia Shan, Juan Liu, Xiaochun Ding, Xuewu Duan, Jiqing Zeng, Yueming Jiang
Summary: This study found that the application of exogenous hydrogen-rich water effectively delayed the yellowing of fresh-cut Chinese water chestnut during storage by reducing H2O2 accumulation and lipoxygenase activity to attenuate oxidative damage, inhibiting the activation of the phenylpropanoid pathway, and slowing down the accumulation of flavonoids.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Horticulture
Liuyi Pan, Xurui Chen, Wei Xu, Shangshu Fan, Tian Wan, Juan Zhang, Yuliang Cai
Summary: The study found that methyl jasmonate (MeJA) had a minimal impact on the mycelial growth of Alternaria alternata in vitro at lower concentrations, but significantly reduced decay and enhanced antioxidant enzyme activities in sweet cherry fruits when applied at an optimal concentration. MeJA treatment also up-regulated the expression of key genes related to jasmonic acid biosynthesis and signal transduction pathways, suggesting a mechanism for inducing sweet cherry's resistance to A. alternata.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Shunqing Hu, Yuqing Ma, Bing Xie, Yuanyuan Hou, Zhenyu Jia, Liangyi Zhao, Yonghua Zheng, Peng Jin
Summary: Epibrassinolide (EBR) enhances the cold resistance of peach fruit by regulating membrane lipid metabolism, and PpCBF5 is likely to be a crucial regulatory factor in this process.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Bai-Jun Li, Donald Grierson, Yanna Shi, Kun-Song Chen
Summary: This review summarizes recent advances in understanding the role of ABA biosynthesis and signaling, as well as the regulatory network of transcription factors and other phytohormones, in strawberry fruit ripening. Strawberry research not only contributes to the understanding of the ripening mechanism in strawberries, but also provides important insights into ripening of non-climacteric fruits.
HORTICULTURE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Xiao-Jing Wang, Qing Luo, Tong Li, Ping-Hong Meng, Yu-Ting Pu, Jie-Xia Liu, Jian Zhang, Hui Liu, Guo-Fei Tan, Ai-Sheng Xiong
Summary: This review summarizes the complex origins of Apiaceae and the current state of research on the family, including breeding practices, bioactive compounds, medicinal applications, nanotechnology, and omics research. It also discusses the latest trends in Apiaceae application and research, such as mining functional genes and metabolites using omics research, identifying genetic variants associated with important traits, and using gene editing systems and nanotechnology.
HORTICULTURE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Horticulture
Shahar Baram, Maya Weinstein, Jacob F. Evans, Anna Berezkin, Yael Sade, Meni Ben-Hur, Nirit Bernstein, Hadas Mamane
Summary: The experiment results showed that drip irrigation with oxygenated nanobubbles treated wastewater not only increased lettuce yield, but also improved the growth status of roots and leaves, especially in poorly aerated clayey soils. Therefore, drip irrigation with nanobubbles oxygenated treated wastewater should be considered as an effective method to improve soil oxygen availability and alleviate soil hypoxia.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2022)
Article
Horticulture
Yiguang Wang, Li-Jie Zhou, Yuxi Wang, Zhiqiang Geng, Baoqing Ding, Jiafu Jiang, Sumei Chen, Fadi Chen
Summary: The study revealed that CmMYB21 plays a crucial role in regulating floral color fading in chrysanthemum by actively suppressing anthocyanin biosynthesis, leading to changes in petal color.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Yilong Liu, Jiafei Qian, Jiajia Li, Mengyun Xing, Donald Grierson, Chongde Sun, Changjie Xu, Xian Li, Kunsong Chen
Summary: Flavonoids are important dietary constituents found in fruits, vegetables, and tea, and are responsible for food colors and beneficial dietary antioxidants. The hydroxylation modifications on flavonoids affect their chemical properties and nutritional values, and understanding the relationship between hydroxylation and bioactivities is important for future plant engineering and mass production of flavonoids.
HORTICULTURE RESEARCH
(2022)
