Applications of CRISPR/Cas genome editing in economically important fruit crops: recent advances and future directions. [PDF]
Mol Hortic, 2023 Fruit crops, consist of climacteric and non-climacteric fruits, are the major sources of nutrients and fiber for human diet. Since 2013, CRISPR/Cas (Clustered Regularly Interspersed Short Palindromic Repeats and CRISPR-Associated Protein) genome editing ...
Ma Z, Ma L, Zhou J.
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Impacts of Wildflower Interventions on Beneficial Insects in Fruit Crops: A Review. [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Simple Summary Declines in insects, including pollinators, are leading to public pressure for governments and landowners to intervene. Although integrated pest management, used to preserve the natural enemies of pests, has been in place for decades ...
Fountain MT.
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Physio-biochemical and molecular stress regulators and their crosstalk for low-temperature stress responses in fruit crops: A review. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2022 Low-temperature stress (LTS) drastically affects vegetative and reproductive growth in fruit crops leading to a gross reduction in the yield and loss in product quality.
Goswami AK +13 more
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Cryopreservation of Endangered Ornamental Plants and Fruit Crops from Tropical and Subtropical Regions. [PDF]
Biology (Basel), 2022 Simple Summary The protection of biodiversity, i.e., the biological variety and variability of life on Earth, is of great importance for the present and future generations.
Kaviani B, Kulus D.
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Multifunctional Role of Chitosan Edible Coatings on Antioxidant Systems in Fruit Crops: A Review. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2021 Chitosan-based edible coatings represent an eco-friendly and biologically safe preservative tool to reduce qualitative decay of fresh and ready-to-eat fruits during post-harvest life due to their lack of toxicity, biodegradability, film-forming ...
Adiletta G, Di Matteo M, Petriccione M.
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Valorization of Bio-Residues from the Processing of Main Portuguese Fruit Crops: From Discarded Waste to Health Promoting Compounds. [PDF]
Molecules, 2021 Food processing generates a large amount of bio-residues, which have become the focus of different studies aimed at valorizing this low-cost source of bioactive compounds. High fruit consumption is associated with beneficial health effects and, therefore,
Pascoalino LA +5 more
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Applications of Cytokinins in Horticultural Fruit Crops: Trends and Future Prospects. [PDF]
Biomolecules, 2020 Cytokinins (CKs) are a chemically diverse class of plant growth regulators, exhibiting wide-ranging actions on plant growth and development, hence their exploitation in agriculture for crop improvement and management. Their coordinated regulatory effects
Aremu AO +9 more
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Turbocharging introgression breeding of perennial fruit crops: a case study on apple. [PDF]
Hortic Res, 2020 The allelic diversity of primitive germplasm of fruit crops provides a useful resource for introgressing novel genes to meet consumer preferences and environmental challenges.
Kumar S, Hilario E, Deng CH, Molloy C.
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Application and future perspective of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in fruit crops. [PDF]
J Integr Plant Biol, 2020 Fruit crops, including apple, orange, grape, banana, strawberry, watermelon, kiwifruit and tomato, not only provide essential nutrients for human life but also contribute to the major agricultural output and economic growth of many countries and regions ...
Zhou J +6 more
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CRISPR technology is revolutionizing the improvement of tomato and other fruit crops. [PDF]
Hortic Res, 2019 Fruits are major sources of essential nutrients and serve as staple foods in some areas of the world. The increasing human population and changes in climate experienced worldwide make it urgent to the production of fruit crops with high yield and ...
Wang T, Zhang H, Zhu H.
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