Kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) is commonly covered by fruit hairs (trichomes) that affect kiwifruit popularity in the commercial market. However, it remains largely unknown which gene mediates trichome development in kiwifruit. In this study, we analyzed two kiwifruit species, A. eriantha (Ae)...

Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) causes bacterial canker of kiwifruit with heavy economic losses. However, little is known about the pathogenic genes of Psa. CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats)/Cas-mediated genome editing technology has dramatically...

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are crucial players regulating many biological processes in plants. However, limited knowledge is available regarding their roles in kiwifruit ripening and softening. In this study, using lncRNA-seq technology, 591 differentially expressed (DE) lncRNAs (DELs) and 3107 ...

Actinidia arguta fruit (also known as kiwiberry) has a remarkable phytochemical profile, being reported as a promising preventive agent/treatment for chronic diseases and a desirable source of bioactive molecules for pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Despite these promising indications,...

Kiwifruit bacterial canker caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) has been the most destructive disease to kiwifruit plants since 2010, and so far there has been no way to completely solve it. Breeding and planting Psa-resistant cultivars is considered one of the most effective...

In 2017 and 2018, anthracnose appeared on fruits and leaves of kiwifruit in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. Pathogenic fungi isolated from symptomatic tissue were identified as Colletotrichum fioriniae, C. karsti, C. gloeosporioides s.s., C. fructicola, and C. siamense based on morphological and...

Botrytis cinerea is a pathogenic fungus to fruit, biocontrol is a promising approach to relieve this issue. In this study, Vishniacozyma victoriae is an endophytic yeast extracted from kiwifruit, was used to enhance the resistance of host to B. cinerea. The results showed that lesion diameter of...

A bacterial pathogen strain was isolated from susceptible tissue of Hongyang variety kiwifruit in Zhongfeng Town, Ziyuan County, Guilin City, Guangxi, China. Due to the relatively single variety of kiwifruit in Guangxi, the control technology of fruit farmers is backward, and the climate is humid,...

Great efforts have been made with chemicals and pesticides to contain the spread of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) responsible for kiwifruit canker. Unfortunately, only partial results were obtained for this bacterial pandemic, and alternative remedies were proposed to avoid soil...

In order to explore the genetic diversity of wild Actinidia eriantha resources in Magu Mountain Nature Reserve, Nancheng County, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province of P.R. China, 145 wild A. eriantha germplasm resources were collected and used as tested materials. This research designed 40 SSR primers...