Temperature influences the seasonal growth and geographical distribution of plants. Heat or
cold stress occur when temperatures exceed or fall below the physiological optimum ranges …

This article focuses on the molecular and hormonal mechanisms underlying the control of
fleshy fruit ripening and quality. Recent research on tomato shows that ethylene, acting …

Chromatin accessibility and modification is a hallmark of regulatory DNA, the study of which
led to the discovery of cis-regulatory elements (CREs). Here, we characterize chromatin …

Fleshy fruit texture is a critically important quality characteristic of ripe fruit. Softening is an
irreversible process which operates in most fleshy fruits during ripening which, together with …

Key message This review contains the regulatory mechanisms of plant hormones in the
ripening process of climacteric and non-climacteric fruits, interactions between plant …

Most fresh bananas belong to the Cavendish and Gros Michel subgroups. Here, we report
chromosome-scale genome assemblies of Cavendish (1.48 Gb) and Gros Michel (1.33 Gb) …

Phytoene synthase (PSY) catalyzes the first committed step in the carotenoid biosynthesis
pathway and is a major rate-limiting enzyme of carotenogenesis. PSY is highly regulated by …

The ancestors of marine mammals once roamed the land and independently committed to
an aquatic lifestyle. These macroevolutionary transitions have intrigued scientists for …

Sex determination evolved to control the development of unisexual flowers. In agriculture, it
conditions how plants are cultivated and bred. We investigated how female flowers develop …

Plant genomes encode a complex and evolutionary diverse regulatory grammar that forms
the basis for most life on earth. A wealth of regulome and epigenome data have been …