Lycoris longituba is one of the species belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family. Despite its limited distribution, endemic to central eastern China, this species displays an exceptionally wide diversity of flower colors from purple, red, orange, to yellow, in nature. We study the natural variation of floral color in L. longituba by testing the components of water-soluble vacuolar pigments--antho...

Abstract The color of flowers is one the main characteristics adopted for plants to attract pollinators ensure reproductive success plant, they are also important in their ornamental appeal Narcissus plant. In this study, we identified a NtMYB12 locus encoding an R2R3-MYB transcription factor. Comparative transcriptome analysis loss- and gain- tissue relative wild-type narcissus showed was main...

Herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora Pall.) is a famous ornamental plant, and the study of its flower color great significance for cultivating new varieties. To explore factors driving formation change herbaceous color, we selected five varieties at four flowering stages to determine in petal area, microstructure. We also examined composition content pigments, soluble sugar protein content, pH ...

Camellia japonica is a woody flower with high ornamental and economic value used for landscaping as pot plant. Floral colors are among the most important traits of plants, particularly multicolored flowers. The C. cultivar ‘Joy Kendrick’ has flowers; corolla pink darker red stripes, but molecular mechanism underlying this trait unknown. Here, pigment analysis showed that there more anthocyanins...

Breeding at both interspecific and intergeneric levels is an effective method for expanding genetic variation of cruciferous crops; however, few commercially accepted varieties have been released because difficulties in generating fertile progenies. We employed backcross strategy to introduce Eruca vesicaria-specific characteristics into Brassica rapa successfully obtained four BC1F1 lines that...

The investigation aimed to study the effect of foliar application chemicals on plant canopy, vegetative growth and flowering, as well overall appearance Ixora chinensis plants grown in pot. Application salicylic acid, benzyl adenine silicon at different concentrations significantly influenced growth, pigments compared untreated (control). Plants treated with 10 mg/l 20 acid showed significant i...

In many parts of Iran high light intensities during summer can induce stress in cut flower production under open field and greenhouse conditions. Despite roses prefer sunny places for optimum growth, but in practice some levels of rough shading is applied in greenhouse production to improve the quality of cut flowers. So, it is useful to find the light intensities under which different rose cul...