Domestication processes, amplified by breeding programs, have allowed the selection of
more productive genotypes and more suitable crop lines capable of coping with the …

Background The increasing evidences on the relation between diet and human health are
driving the consumers toward the choice of foods with high amount of nutrients, considered …

Grapevine (Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera) is one of the most widespread and economically
important perennial fruit crops in the world. Viticulture has changed over the years in …

Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) trees are common from Asia to North America and have been
used for delicious and nutritious fruits for centuries. Wild apricot trees show great …

In the past years, breeding programs have been mainly addressed on pushing the
commercial features, forgetting important traits, such as those related to environmental …

Transgenic technology is increasingly used in forest-tree breeding to overcome the
disadvantages of traditional breeding methods, such as a long breeding cycle, complex …

Somatic embryogenesis is the most common regeneration method for the application of new
genomic techniques like cisgenesis/intragenesis, genome editing, and RNAi. However …

Fruit species contribute to nutritional and health security by providing micronutrients,
antioxidants, and bioactive phytoconstituents, and hence fruit-based products are becoming …

CRISPR (short for “Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats”) is a
technology that research scientists use to selectively modify the DNA of living organisms …

Climate change is deeply impacting the food chain production, lowering quality and yield. In
this context, the international scientific community has dedicated many efforts to enhancing …