Longan (Dimocarpus longan L.) is one of the most important tropical and subtropical fruits in the world. Longan fruit has high nutritional and medical value, and is regarded as a treasure among fruits. Since it was first reported that potassium chlorate (KClO₃) could be successfully applied to...

Lignin is crucial to the formation of fruit texture quality. Here, we aimed to explore the relationship between lignin metabolism and fruit texture by investigating the lignin content, total phenols and their related enzyme activities among three Chinese olive (Canarium album (Lour.) Raeusch)...

Objective: In order to develop an alternative pruning practice to replace the expensive, labor- intensive manual pruning, the optimal mechanical pruning models of Litchi chinensis cv. Guiwei were explored. Methods: Guiwei trees grown in Longan Germplasm Resource Nursery in Guangdong Province were...

Objective: In order to obtain an optimized preharvest management mode to improve the longan fruit storability, the effects of disease control and nutrient management during fruit development on the characteristic quality and storability of longan fruit were explored. Method: Using the cultivar...

The functional studies, mostly from model species, have revealed that miRNAs are major post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression in plants and are implicated in fundamental biological processes, such as plant development and abiotic/biotic stress responses. miRNAs have been detected in...

Longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) is an important subtropical fruit tree in China. Nearly 90% of longan fruit imports from Thailand are from the cultivar Yiduo. However, we have observed that there exists a unilateral cross incompatibility (UCI) when Yiduo is used as a female parent and Shixia (a...

The interstock, a stock between the rootstock and scion, has a significant regulatory effect on the stock and scion, and its function is highly dependent on graft compatibility. To assess the graft compatibility of the interstock and scion, 'Yuanxiaochun' was top grafted onto 'Ponkan', 'Shiranuhi', ...

Non-native plant species have become serious pests in Hawaii's delicate island ecosystems. It is necessary to control invasive plants. The herbicides hexazinone and tebuthiuron were evaluated for defoliation efficacy to control several major invasive plants and for non-target effects on native...

To identify whether the auxin treatment could promote the growth and reduce the cadmium (Cd) of fruit trees, the effects of different concentrations of indole acetic acid (IAA, one of the auxin) on the biomass, Cd content, photosynthetic pigment content, photosynthetic characteristics, antioxidant...

A stomatin, prohibitin, flotillin, and hflk/C (SPFH) domian is a highly conserved membrane microdomain protein. In plants, the SPFH family of proteins comprises five subfamilies: stomatin-like protein (Slp), prohibitin (PHB), flotillin (Flot), Erlin-like protein (Elp), and hypersensitivity-induced...