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 …

Bud dormancy is indispensable for the survival of perennial plants in cold winters. Abscisic
acid (ABA) has essential functions influencing the endo‐dormancy status. Dormancy …

Dormancy enables apple trees (Malus× domestica Borkh) to survive unfavorable weather
conditions. The accumulation of cold temperatures during winter is required to release …

A group of MADS transcription factors (TFs) are believed to control temperature‐mediated
bud dormancy. These TFs, called DORMANCY‐ASSOCIATED MADS‐BOX (DAM), are …

Ornamental geophytes are a group of important flowers worldwide. As perennial plants,
geophytes go through several rounds of life cycle under seasonal climates. The dormant trait …

The timing of floral budbreak in apple has a significant effect on fruit production and quality.
Budbreak occurs as a result of a complex molecular mechanism that relies on accurate …

Budbreak is one of the most observed and studied phenological phases in perennial plants,
but predictions remain a challenge, largely due to our poor understanding of dormancy. Two …

Process-based phenological models are currently used for assessing the effects of climatic
warming on the timing of spring phenological events, such as leafout and flowering, in trees …

We previously identified the FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC)-like gene, a MADS-box
transcription factor gene that belongs to Arabidopsis thaliana L. FLC clade, in apple (Malu s …

Winter dormancy is an adaptative mechanism that temperate and boreal trees have
developed to protect their meristems against low temperatures. In apple trees (Malus …