Horticulturae, Volume 9, Issue 7

Salvia officinalis, commonly known as sage, is highly valued for its medicinal and ornamental properties. In the present work, 12 native sage populations of north-west Greece were evaluated for eight ornamental traits. Populations from the locations...

In the present work, we investigated the effect of light conversion using europium (Eu(III))-based photoconversion covers on the cultivation of agricultural plants and their resistance to stress conditions. Two types of europium nanoparticles were us...

In response to Pi deprivation, phosphate 1 (PHO1) is a significant regulator at trans-eQTL hotspots in Brassica rapa. Brassica rapa short-read sequencing data analysis revealed four PHO1 paralog genes, PHO1_A, PHO1_B, PHO1_C, and PHO1_D, placed in ta...

The winter pot kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana) is an ornamental plant with succulent leaves and clustered flowers in Crassulaceae, widely used as a potted flower or garden decoration. In nature, the bicolor petal is an interesting phenomenon, and...

With the improvement in living standards, consumers have become more aware of healthy diets and pay more attention to the quality and safety of fruits and vegetables. Therefore, it is essential to strengthen the research on rapid detection of the qua...

The strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) is an important horticultural crop that is widely grown all over the world. Its sweetness, aroma, nutritional value and bright color make it popular. The woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) is a model...

Studies on the morpho-physiology of cryo-derived pineapple plants after acclimatization have been quite limited. Therefore, in the present study, the morpho-anatomical and physiological characteristics of cryo-derived Ananas comosus var. comosus &lsq...

The 9-cis-epoxy carotenoid dioxygenase (NCED) is an enzyme that is crucial in abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis, and its role is vital in plant development and abiotic stress. However, the function of the NCED family in Rosaceae plant species remains...

The mechanism by which LED red light irradiation regulates postharvest banana ripening was evaluated in this study by the continuous irradiation of banana fruits at the mature-green stage. In this study, a self-developed LED banana fresh-keeping cont...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the possible effects of two different biostimulant formulations at different application regimes and combined or not with mineral fertilizers (e.g., W1–W8, including the control treatment (no formula...

The precise management of the nutrient solution pH is substantial for optimizing the growth and yield of hydroponically cultivated crops. Nutrient solution pH affects the solubility and availability of essential nutrients; however, during hydroponic...

Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) is a fruit tree that is gaining increasing importance in drought-affected regions worldwide. The fruit size is an important quantitative agronomic trait that affects not only the fruit yield and attractiveness but also...

The detoxification of crops grown in Cadmium (Cd)-contaminated acid soil has been widely studied, but for contaminated alkaline soil, there is still inadequate research or information. In order to investigate the effects of calcium and sulfur fertili...

The microbiological safety of horticultural plants (vegetables, fruits, spices, flowers, other edible crops, ornamental plants, etc [...]

Camellia oleifera Abel., which produces fruits of high comprehensive utilization value, is an important woody oil tree in China. ZEITLUPE (ZTL) is a blue light receptor and clock component protein that is involved in various physiological and biochem...

Lycorine is an important Amaryllidaceae alkaloid showing anti-cancerous activity on numerous cell lines; and it also demonstrates antiviral activity against several viruses including SARS-CoV-2 responsible for COVID-19. The in vitro cultivation of pl...

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) is one of the main condiments for fresh consumption and essential oil production. The aim of the present work was to assess the agronomic characterization and analyze the essential oil of 63 basil accessions. The experimen...

Water scarcity in agriculture can limit crop production and trigger the need for more effective water resource management. As a result, it is critical to identify new crop genotypes that are more drought tolerant and perform better under low irrigati...

In order to ensure food security worldwide in the face of current climate changes, a higher quality and quantity of crops are necessary to sustain the growing human population. By developing a sustainable circular economy and biorefinery approaches,...

Elaborating on the methods and means of enriching nutrition, including that of plants, with a number of microelements that are vital for humans is now very important due to the unresolved acute problems of micronutrient deficiency and imbalance, whic...

The lack of dwarf stock with good cold resistance has affected the production of apples in northern China. Annual dormant branches of ‘Tianhong 2’ apple were grafted on 10 different dwarf interstocks (the rootstocks were the seedlings of...

Sub-irrigation of greenhouse crops has the potential to increase water and nutrient use efficiency; however, fertilizer salts that are not absorbed by the plants tend to accumulate in the substrate and eventually raise the substrate’s electrica...

Salinity currently affects more than 20% of agricultural land and is expected to pose potential challenges to land degradation and agricultural production in the future. It is a leading global abiotic stress that affects general plants and cultivated...

In this work, the quality parameters of the oils of seven different varieties of olives (Olea europaea cvs, “Arbequina”, “Arbosana”, “Cobrançosa”, “Cornicabra”, “Koroneiki”, “Ca...

Tomato as a fresh fruit has a large market share in China, but few new materials have been developed for such cultivar breeding in recent years. This study aims to create innovative breeding materials for fresh fruit tomatoes with consistent genetic...

Onion (Allium cepa L.) is a food crop of economic importance. In Brazil, the crop typically occurs in a conventional tillage system (CT), which favors the mineralization and decomposition of soil organic matter (SOM) and the loss of carbon (C) and ni...

It is well known that some plants have the capability of taking up sulfur as a nutrient from the atmosphere through foliar absorption and can survive well in polluted environments. In order to observe the effects of the relationship between atmospher...

Walnut (Juglans regia) populations are considered a valuable genetic resource for genetic variability conservation and walnut cultivar improvement. In the current study, two walnut selections from Central Greece, “FM3” and “FM6&rdqu...

The recognition of fresh tea leaf sprouts is one of the difficulties in the realization of the automated picking of fresh tea leaves. At present, the research on the detection of fresh tea leaf sprouts is based on a single variety of tea leaves for a...

Cork spot is a common physiological disorder in pear fruits, which has been found in some pear cultivars. Mineral nutrition imbalance in fruit is regarded as the principal influence factor for disorder incidence, with some ongoing confusion and contr...

The effects of different fruit load treatments during peach growth and development on the internal and external quality of peach fruit were studied. At 47 days after full bloom, the plant materials were divided into four treatments: about 100%, 75%,...

The aim of this study was to test the quality (physicochemical and sensory odor properties) and bioactivity (antimicrobial and antioxidant activities) of the essential oils (EO) obtained from the most frequently cultivated lavender and lavandin varie...

There is an increased interest in the hydroponic production of strawberries in protected cultivation systems, and it is, therefore, urgent to develop new, more sustainable growing media alternatives. This study investigated the physical properties of...

Light is a crucial environmental component for plant growth, and light intensity plays a crucial function in controlling pigment anabolism in plants. We performed physiological characterisation, transcriptome, and metabolome investigations on purple...

This study aimed to investigate the combined effects of temperature and light conditions on tomato maturation. Tomato fruits that had completed volumetric growth at the mature green stage were harvested and matured in growth chambers composed of two...

Root restriction is suitable for horticultural soilless cultivation characterized by high efficiency and quality in the case of high density and low node order pinching. However, little research is available on the mechanism of root restriction impro...

The demand for ready-to-eat pomegranate arils has increased due to the high nutritional value and quality of this valuable fruit. However, the shelf life of arils is short. Therefore, we examined the effect of ultrasonication treatment (35 kHz power)...

Shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) is an important fruit tree crop because of its oil used for cooking and the industrial manufacture of cosmetics. Despite its essential benefits, quantitative trait loci linked to the economic traits have not yet been s...

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Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV) (genus, Trichovirus; family, Betaflexiviridae) is a widespread, deleterious, and the most damaging pathogen of pome and fruit trees including domesticated apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.), to which it is...

Studying the biostimulation effect of amino acids indicated their possible role in salt stress mitigation. In this investigation, six exogenous amino acids (alanine (Ala), arginine (Arg), glutamine (Glu), glycine (Gly), methionine (Met), and proline...

The fruits of Cerasus humilis have a unique and pleasant aroma. In this study, the volatile compounds of ripe fruits of 53 C. humilis genotypes were extracted via headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) and identified via gas chromatography c...

Cocoa beans are the basic ingredient to produce chocolate and its derivatives, including cosmetics, foods, and pharmaceutical products. The quality of cocoa beans is greatly affected by post-harvest handling, especially by microbial activity involved...

Horticulture has established its importance in many aspects including innovation, improving land use, promoting crop diversification, generating employment, and providing food to the world population [...]

Minimum environmental impact and improved resource efficiency is attainable for soilless cascade systems where the nutrient solution drained from a primary (donor) crop is reused to fertigate a secondary (receiver) crop. However, it is not clear whet...

The origins of the main cultivar groups of Vitis vinifera, their relationships with wild grapevine populations, and the use of other Vitaceae are relevant issues for the improvement and conservation of Vitis diversity. Morphometric studies, domestica...

Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) represents a highly significant agricultural commodity worldwide. Heat stress (HS) poses a severe threat to pepper productivity and quality. However, our understanding of the molecular alterations triggered by HS remains i...

The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is a major crop of global economic significance. The characterization of genes associated with agriculturally important traits is often performed using genetic transformation. To achieve an efficient transformatio...

TEOSINTE-BRANCHED1/CYCLOIDEA/PCF (TCP) transcription factors contain specific a basic helix–loop–helix structure, which is a significant factor in the regulation of plant growth and development. TCP has been studied in several species, bu...

Chrysanthemums represent the second most important cut flower after rose on the global commercial market. The phenomenal importance and global popularity of chrysanthemums have attracted breeders’ attention, resulting in the release of vast num...