Multiple “omics” approaches have emerged as successful technologies for plant systems
over the last few decades. Advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) have paved a …

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 …

Plants grow in dynamic environments where they can be exposed to a multitude of stressful
factors, all of which affect their development, yield, and, ultimately, reproductive success …

Tri‐methylation of lysine 4 on histone H3 (H3K4me3) is a near‐universal chromatin
modification at the transcription start site of active genes in eukaryotes from yeast to man …

Chromatin regulation is essential to regulate genes and genome activities. In plants, the
alteration of histone modification and DNA methylation are coordinated with changes in the …

Pre-exposure to stress may alter plants' subsequent responses by producing faster and/or
stronger reactions implying that plants exercise a form of'stress memory'. The mechanisms of …

Drought, salinity, extreme temperature variations, pathogen and herbivory attacks are
recurring environmental stresses experienced by plants throughout their life. To survive …

Main conclusion Plants develop both short-term and transgenerational memory of drought
stress through epigenetic regulation of transcription for a better response to subsequent …

The ability of plants to cope with abiotic environmental stresses such as drought, salinity,
heat, cold or flooding relies on flexible mechanisms for re-programming gene expression …

The influence of the histone variant H2A. Z on transcription remains a long-standing
conundrum. Here, by analyzing the actin-related protein6 mutant, which is impaired in H2A …