Parthenocarpy, the formation of seedless fruits in the absence of functional fertilization, is a desirable trait for several important crop plants, including tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Seedless fruits can be of great value for consumers, the processing industry, and breeding companies. In this article, we propose a novel strategy to obtain parthenocarpic tomatoes by down-regulation of the f...

Ionizing radiation (IR) causes oxidative stress through overwhelming generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the living cells leading the oxidative damage further to biomolecules. Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) posses several bioactive phytochemicals and is the richest source of antioxidants. In this study, we investigated V. vinifera for its phytochemical content, enzymes profile and, RO...

In seed plants aspartic proteases (APs) are known to reside in storage vacuoles. Targeting to this compartment is provoked by a secretory signal peptide and the plant-specific insert (PSI). In order to study secretory and vacuolar targeting in a seedless plant, the moss Physcomitrella patens, we isolated a cDNA encoding PpAP1, a novel aspartic proteinase. Sequence alignment with other members o...

The extreme sensitivity of the microsporogenesis process to moderately high or low temperatures is a major hindrance for tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) sexual reproduction and hence year-round cropping. Consequently, breeding for parthenocarpy, namely, fertilization-independent fruit set, is considered a valuable goal especially for maintaining sustainable agriculture in the face of global warmi...

The color of grapevine berries is one the most important quality parameters that define appearance, attracts consumer, and determines price, especially in red grape cultivars. Some varieties show less development due to many factors such as temperature, light intensity, agricultural management. present study aimed evaluate diverse phytohormones coupled with grafting on fruit coloration ’Crimson...

STarMir web server predicts microRNA (miRNA) binding sites on a target ribonucleic acid (RNA). STarMir is an implementation of logistic prediction models developed with miRNA binding data from crosslinking immunoprecipitation (CLIP) studies (Liu,C., Mallick, B., Long, D., Rennie, W.A., Wolenc, A., Carmack, C.S. and Ding, Y. (2013). CLIP-based prediction of mammalian microRNA binding sites. Nucl...

Parthenocarpy, the formation of seedless fruits in the absence of functional fertilisation, is a desirable trait for several important crop plants including tomato (Solanum lycopesicum). Seedless fruits can be of great value for consumers, processing industry and breeding companies. In this paper we propose a novel strategy to obtain parthenocarpic tomatoes, by down-regulation of the flavonoid ...

The spider Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin & Ivie (Araneae: Theridiidae) was subjected to low and ultralow oxygen (ULO) treatments at different temperatures. Complete control of the spiders was achieved in 24-h ULO treatments with 0.5% O2 or lower at 1 degrees C and in a 24-h low oxygen (2%) treatment at 15 degrees C. Oxygen level and temperature greatly affected spider mortality. At 1 degrees ...

The genus Citrus amounts to one of the most relevant fruit crops in world. This work assays overall quality information order ascertain optimal harvest timing three late-season orange cultivars (‘Barberina’, ‘Valencia Midknight’ and Delta Seedless’) during two consecutive growing seasons. Thus, morphological physicochemical parameters, organic acids, polyphenolic content antioxidant activity (A...