Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation is inefficient in apple, which limits the development of apple-related research and industry. Using molecular methods to create a new and more efficient method of genetic transformation has become the focus of research, and improving the efficiency of...

Identification of individual king flowers within flower clusters is a critical step for developing a robotic apple pollination system. Typically, each cluster has five to six individual flowers, and the king flower can be occluded by the lateral flowers because of their central position in a flower ...

Post-harvest diseases of apple can cause considerable economic losses. Thus, we developed DSSApple, an interactive web-based decision support system, that helps users to diagnose post-harvest diseases of domesticated apple based on observed macroscopic symptoms on fruit. Specifically, DSSApple is...

Field experiments were carried out to evaluate the bioefficacy and safety to the natural enemies of horticulture mineral oil veedol tree spray oil and standard check MAK All Season HMO against San Jose scale (SJS) Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (Comstock) and European red mite (ERM) Panonychus ulmi...

Nonhost resistance is the outcome of most plant/pathogen interactions, but it has rarely been described in Rosaceous fruit species. Apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) have a nonhost resistance to Venturia pyrina, the scab species attacking European pear (Pyrus communis L.). Reciprocally, P. communis...

GRAS is a plant-specific transcription factor. In this study,78 GRAS genes were identified from the whole genome of apple(Malus × domestica)based on the conserved domain PF0351. MdGRASs encoding proteins belong to 11 subfamilies and most of them are the members of LISCL subfamily. They are located...

Sugar content is a determinant of apple (Malus×domestica Borkh.) sweetness. However, the molecular mechanism underlying sucrose accumulation in apple fruit remains elusive. Herein, this study reported the role of the sucrose transporter MdSUT2.1 in the regulation of sucrose accumulation in apples....

Fertilizers are commonly applied to improve the yield and quality in orchards. Leaf analyses are usually used worldwide for conscious fertilization. However, there may not be linear relationships always between leaf and fruit nutrient contents. On the other hand, fruit quality problems are directly ...

The traditional methods of segmenting apple leaf images and measuring leaf geometric parameters are moderately accurate but inefficient. To address this problem, an apple leaf image segmentation algorithm based on a deep learning semantic segmentation model and transfer learning was proposed to...

Although helpful in treating cancer, exposure to ionizing radiation can sometimes cause severe side effects, negating its benefit. In addition to its use in clinics, a nontoxic radioprotective agent can also be beneficial in occupational settings where humans are occupationally exposed for...