There is intense interest in using genome editing technologies to domesticate wild plants, or
accelerate the improvement of weakly domesticated crops, in de novo domestication. Here …

G. sinensis thorn (called “zào jiǎo cì”, ZJC) has important medicinal and economic value,
however, little is known about the molecular mechanisms behind the development of ZJC. In …

Citrus canker caused by Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri is one of the most devastating citrus
diseases worldwide. Generating disease-resistant citrus varieties is considered one of the …

Carpels in maize undergo programmed cell death in half of the flowers initiated in ears and
in all flowers in tassels. The HD-ZIP I transcription factor gene GRASSY TILLERS1 (GT1) is …

Secretory structures in terrestrial plants serve as reservoirs for a variety of secondary
metabolites. Among these, the secretory cavity of the Rutaceae family is notable for …

The origin of phenotypic novelty is one of the most challenging problems in evolutionary
biology. Although genetic regulatory network rewiring or co‐option has been widely …

CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing is a modern biotechnological approach used to improve
plant varieties, modifying only one or a few traits of a specific variety. However, this …

Protoplast has been widely used in biotechnologies to circumvent the breeding obstacles in
citrus, including long juvenility, polyembryony, and male/female sterility. The protoplast …

Differential regulation of stem cell activity in shoot meristems contributes to the wide
variation in shoot architecture. 1–3 In most Citrus species, a thorn meristem and a dormant …

Background Citrus is one of the most important fruit crops in the world, and it is worthy to
conduct more research on artificially controlling citrus plant growth and development to …