Anthocyanins are natural water-soluble pigments that are important in plants because they
endow a variety of colors to vegetative tissues and reproductive plant organs, mainly …

The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor family is one of the largest transcription
factor gene families in Arabidopsis thaliana, and contains a bHLH motif that is highly …

Flavonoids are widely known for the colors they confer to plant tissues, their contribution to
plant fitness and health benefits, and impact on food quality. As convenient biological …

Flavonoids are major secondary metabolites derived from the plant phenylpropanoid
pathway that play important roles in plant development and also have benefits for human …

MYB transcription factors (TF s) have been demonstrated to play diverse roles in plant
growth and development through interaction with basic helix‐loop‐helix (bHLH) TF s. Mdb …

Drought stress induces anthocyanin biosynthesis in many plant species, but the underlying
molecular mechanism remains unclear. Ethylene response factors (ERFs) play key roles in …

Agricultural production and quality are adversely affected by various abiotic stresses
worldwide and this will be exacerbated by the deterioration of global climate. To feed a …

Domestication is a co-evolutionary process that occurs when wild plants are brought into
cultivation by humans, leading to origin of new species and/or differentiated populations that …

Land-adapted plants appeared between about 480 and 360 million years ago in the mid-
Palaeozoic era, originating from charophycean green algae. The successful adaptation to …

Anthocyanins are important health-promoting pigments that make a major contribution to the
quality of fruits. The biosynthetic pathway leading to anthocyanins is well known and the key …