BACKGROUND Growing evidence shows the potential of nutritional interventions to treat obesity but most investigations have utilized non-digestible carbohydrates only. Peach and plum contain high amounts of polyphenols, compounds with demonstrated anti-obesity effects. The underlying process of successfully treating obesity using polyphenols may involve an alteration of the intestinal microbiota...

Peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) is a typical shallow-rooted fruit plant with high respiratory intensity and oxygen demand, which makes it highly susceptible to oxygen-deficient soil conditions resulting from waterlogging. Rootstock waterlogging resistance essential the performance of cultivated peaches under stress. In comparison Prunus var. (‘Maotao’, M) davidiana (Carr.) C. de Vos (‘Shanta...

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume Sieb.et Zucc.) is an important ornamental plant in China. One of the traits of petals color variegation is attractive, but its formation mechanism is unclear. In our study, RNA-seq technology was employed to characterize the transcriptome response to the mutation of "Fuban Tiaozhi" associated with petals variegation in Japanese apricot. As a result, 4,579,040 (whit...

Prunus persica fruits were removed from 1-year-old shoots to analysis photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence and genes changes in leaves to low sink demand caused by fruit removal (-fruit) during the final stage of rapid fruit growth. A decline in net photosynthesis rate was observed, accompanied with a decrease in stomatal conductance. The intercellular CO2 concentrations and leaf temperatur...

A facilidade de propagação vegetativa por estacas herbáceas é uma das características almejadas no trabalho seleção porta-enxertos Prunus spp. melhor adaptados às condições edafoclimáticas do Rio Grande Sul. O objetivo presente foi avaliar a viabilidade técnica da 17 seleções pessegueiro [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] sob câmara nebulização intermitente, adotando-se três cultivares como referênci...