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Biennial bearing is not a novel concept for perennial fruit trees. Biennial bearing, or alternate bearing, is characterized by a heavy crop one year (the “on” year), accompanied by little to no crop the following year (the “off” year). While environmental factors such as spring frosts and drought can initiate a biennial bearing cycle in […]5 October 2024 -
Francisca Carrasco-Cuello is a PhD student at the IRTA Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology in Lleida, Spain. Francisca’s work is currently focused on gaining a greater understanding of calcium uptake by peach and nectarine roots and its subsequent distribution to the aerial parts of the tree. She is also studying the role of calcium […]5 October 2024 -
The phytohormone ethylene plays a pivotal role in climacteric fruit ripening. However, the knowledge on molecular regulation of ethylene biosynthesis remains limited in pears. In our study, a new basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, PbbHLH164, was identified based on the transcriptome analysis of developing and ripening fruit. Transient expression in pear fruits and genetic transformation in […]5 October 2024 -
Unveiling the impact of far-red light on carbohydrate allocation and yield in dwarf tomato cultivarsMaria Mastoraki, a PhD candidate at the Horticulture and Product Physiology group of Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands, is investigating the impact of far-red light on carbohydrate partitioning in dwarf tomato plants. Supervised by Dr. Ep Heuvelink and Professor Leo Marcelis, her work focuses on understanding how photosynthetically fixed carbon is allocated to […]5 October 2024 -
Patrick Mdemba is currently a Master’s candidate at the French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sde Boqer, Israel. He works under the supervision of Prof. Noemi Tel-Zur and Prof. Arnon Dag. His research is focused on “Fertilization of table grapes […]5 October 2024 -
In a mature market, interest in offering new plant material is more important than ever before. Japanese (Prunus salicina) and European (Prunus domestica) plum species, including plum and apricot hybrids, have become the focus of renewed breeding programs to develop novel fruit ideotypes. Resistance to disease, especially plum pox virus (PPV) and brown rot, environmental […]5 October 2024 -
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Fruits Volume 79/2 Check out the current issue of Fruits – The International Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture online at https://www.pubhort.org/fruits/ (Volume 79, issue 2). Twitter: #Fruits_journal Fruits, The International Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture (ISSN 0248-1294 print and ISSN 1625-967X electronic), a leading scientific journal published by the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) in collaboration with […]2 July 2024