Unveiling winter dormancy through empirical experiments

E Fadón, J Rodrigo - Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2018 - Elsevier
Temperate woody perennials enter into a dormant status during winter in order to survive
low temperatures. However, dormancy is not just a survival strategy, since cold winter …

Flowering, fruit set and development.

M Herrero, J Rodrigo, A Wünsch - Cherries: Botany, production …, 2017 - cabidigitallibrary.org
In this chapter, flower biology and fruit set in cherry, sweet (Prunus avium) and sour (Prunus
avium), are examined, paying attention to the critical steps that result in failures in fruit set …

[HTML][HTML] Sweet cherry research world overview 2015-2017

J Blažek, L Zelený, P Suran - Horticultural Science, 2022 - hortsci.agriculturejournals.cz
This review contains 208 citation items from 31 countries in total. The highest number of
citations come from Spain (34) then from the USA (23), Italy (18) and China (16). Only one …

PavSPLs are key regulators of growth, development, and stress response in sweet cherry

X Liu, W Sun, H Liu, L Wang, MA Manzoor, J Wang… - Plant Science, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL) genes are plant-specific
transcription factors essential for plant growth, development, and stress responses. Their …

Apple dormancy in a changing climate: development of chilling and heat accumulation models to predict bud break

C González Noguer - 2022 - centaur.reading.ac.uk
The increase in temperature as a consequence of climate change is predicted to impact
adversely on UK apple production by affecting the dormancy cycle. Warmer winters, and an …

Effects of photoperiod and relative humidity on diapause termination and post-winter development of Rhagoletis cerasi pupae

CA Moraiti, K Köppler, H Vogt… - Bulletin of Entomological …, 2020 - cambridge.org
The European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a univoltine species
that undergoes obligatory summer–winter diapause at pupal stage in the soil (2–5 cm) …

Floral meristem development in cranberry apical buds during winter rest and its implication on yield prediction

JL Bolivar-Medina, C Villouta… - Journal of the …, 2019 - journals.ashs.org
The formation and development of floral meristems is key to fruit production. However,
limited information regarding the development of floral buds during the dormant period of …

Flower bud development and winter dormancy in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.)

E Fadón, M Herrero, J Rodrigo - … Workshop on Floral Biology and S …, 2016 - actahort.org
In temperate fruit trees, chilling accumulation during winter dormancy is required for proper
flowering and is one of the main drawbacks of growing temperate trees in warmer latitudes …

Flower biology and fruit set in cherry

M Herrero - VII International Cherry Symposium 1161, 2013 - actahort.org
A renewed interest in cherry growing is often accompanied by erratic cropping. While
environmental factors are usually searched to explain failures in fruit set, the main causes of …