There is more to flowering than those DAM genes: the biology behind bloom in rosaceous fruit trees

C Goeckeritz, CA Hollender - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The regulation of bloom time in deciduous fruit trees is an area of increasing interest due to
the negative impact of climate change on fruit production. Although flower development has …

Cultivar-specific responses of sweet cherry flowering to rising temperatures during dormancy

E Fadón, J Rodrigo, E Luedeling - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2021 - Elsevier
Temperate fruit trees can enter dormancy during autumn-winter and resume active
phenological development in spring in response to warm conditions. In a global warming …

Perspectives on the adaptation of Japanese plum-type cultivars to reduced winter chilling in two regions of Spain

BI Guerrero, E Fadón, ME Guerra… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Japanese plum, like other temperate fruit tree species, has cultivar-specific temperature
requirements during dormancy for proper flowering. Knowing the temperature requirements …

Male meiosis as a biomarker for endo-to ecodormancy transition in apricot

S Herrera, J Lora, E Fadón, A Hedhly… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Preanthesis changes in freeze resistance, relative water content, and ovary growth preempt bud phenology and signify dormancy release of sour cherry floral buds

L Hillmann, M Elsysy, C Goeckeritz, C Hollender… - Planta, 2021 - Springer
Main conclusion Growing degree hours (GDH) predicted floral bud development of
'Montmorency'sour cherry and explained changes in lethal temperatures (LT 50) that …

Plant dormancy research: from environmental control to molecular regulatory networks

H Yamane, AK Singh, JEK Cooke - Tree Physiology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Annual growth cycles of perennial horticultural and forest woody plant species of temperate
and boreal regions can be divided into two phases, namely the growth and dormancy …

Chilling Requirements of Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) Cultivars Using Male Meiosis as a Dormancy Biomarker

E Fadón, S Herrera, TI Gheban, J Rodrigo - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Apricot has undergone an important cultivar renewal during the last years in response to
productive and commercial changes in the crop. The impact of the sharka disease (plum pox …

Integrated transcriptome, metabolome and phytohormone analysis reveals developmental differences between the first and secondary flowering in Castanea …

C Qin, T Du, R Zhang, Q Wang, Y Liu, T Wang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Chestnut (Castanea mollissima BL.) is an important woody grain, and its flower
formation has a significant impact on fruit yield and quality. Some chestnut species in …

Characterization of Japanese Apricot (Prunus mume) Floral Bud Development Using a Modified BBCH Scale and Analysis of the Relationship between BBCH Stages …

TF Hsiang, YJ Lin, H Yamane, R Tao - Horticulturae, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bud dormancy is an important developmental stage that ensures that trees can tolerate
environmental stresses in winter and bloom uniformly in the following spring. Regarding …

The haplotype-phased genome assembly facilitated the deciphering of the bud dormancy-related QTLs in Prunus mume

TF Hsiang, H Yamane, YJ Lin, M Sugimori… - DNA …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Bud dormancy is a vital physiological process in woody perennials, facilitating their
adaptation to seasonal environmental changes. Satisfying genotype-specific chilling …