The changes in the state of the climate have a high impact on perennial fruit crops thus
threatening food availability. Indeed, climatic factors affect several plant aspects, such as …

Temperate trees require low temperatures during winter and subsequent warm conditions in
early spring to flower and eventually bear fruit. Many parts of the Mediterranean region …

Cold is one of the main abiotic stresses in temperate fruit crops, affecting the yield and fruit
quality of apple in China and European countries. The plant receptor‐like kinase FERONIA …

Responses to prolonged winter chilling are universal in temperate plants which use
seasonal temperature cues in the seed, vegetative, and reproductive phases to align …

Delineating chilling and forcing periods is one of the challenging topics in understanding
how temperatures drive the timing of budburst and bloom in fruit tree species. Here, we …

Traditional fruit tree cultivars are an important source of agricultural biodiversity. These
genotypes are well adapted to the regions where they grow, and their fruits offer distinctive …

Bloom date (BD) in peach is determined by the dynamic relationship between chilling (CR)
and heat requirement (HR) fulfilment during dormancy. Understanding these thermal …

Japanese plum, like other temperate fruit tree species, has cultivar-specific temperature
requirements during dormancy for proper flowering. Knowing the temperature requirements …

Flowering in temperate fruit trees depends on the temperatures during the previous months;
chill is required to overcome endodormancy, and then heat exposure is needed. These …

Dormancy is an adaptive strategy in plants to survive under unfavorable climatic conditions
during winter. In temperate regions, most fruit trees need exposure to a certain period of low …