Trees growing in boreal and temperate regions synchronize their growth with seasonal
climatic changes in adaptive responses that are essential for their survival. These trees …

Small RNAs (sRNAs) have been recently recognized as key genetic and epigenetic
regulators in various organisms, ranging from the modification of DNA and histone …

Ash trees (genus Fraxinus, family Oleaceae) are widespread throughout the Northern
Hemisphere, but are being devastated in Europe by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus …

Background Alfalfa, the “queen of forage”, is the most extensively cultivated forage legume
in the world. The development and yield of alfalfa are seriously limited by abiotic stress …

The annual growth cycle of trees is the result of seasonal cues. The onset of winter triggers
an endodormant state preventing bud growth and, once a chilling requirement is satisfied …

Temperate perennials require exposure to chilling temperatures to resume growth in the
following spring. Growth and dormancy cycles are controlled by complex genetic regulatory …

Low-cost, high throughput genotyping methods are crucial to marker discovery and marker-
assisted breeding efforts, but have not been available for many 'specialty crops' such as fruit …

In temperate trees, growth resumption in spring time results from chilling and heat
requirements, and is an adaptive trait under global warming. Here, the genetic determinism …

Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) is a valuable worldwide agronomical crop, with a delicious
fruit highlighted as a functional food with both nutritional and bioactive properties …

The MADS-box transcription factors play essential roles in various processes of plant growth
and development. In the present study, phylogenetic analysis of 142 apple MADS-box …