It is desirable and necessary to reexamine the influences of stock andl scion oIn alkaloid synthesis and transformation using plants which behave differently witlh respect to alkaloid formation (4). Experiments were conducted in the greenhouse for 3 years in an attempt to separate the effects of root, or stock, from those of the top, or scioIn, on alkaloid synthesis and transformation. Some of ...

Huanglongbing (HLB) is a devastating disease of citrus that found in most production areas around the world. The bacterium associated with HLB resides and damages phloem, restricting movement photosynthates throughout plant leading to tree decline. Considerable root loss can be observed affected trees even when few symptoms are visible aboveground. Root traits substantially influence performanc...

-Top grafting is used to accelerate the breeding cycle of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L). Scions, collected from seedlings as young as 1 year from seed, are grafted onto mature interstocks of the same or a related species. Male and female strobili production often begins 1 or 2 years after grafting, thus potentially decreasing the generation time by several years over conventional accelerated br...

A full-length drought-responsive gene Ccrboh, encoding the respiratory burst oxidase homologue (rboh), was cloned in Citrullus colocynthis, a very drought-tolerant cucurbit species. The robh protein, also named NADPH oxidase, is conserved in plants and animals, and functions in the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The Ccrboh gene accumulated in a tissue-specific pattern when C. colo...

The term 'RNA silencing' describes a process that results in the specific degradation of an RNA target. In plants, silenced tissues can initiate the spreading of the process into non-silenced regions by a mobile signal that can be transmitted over long distances. In the present work, we made use of a modified grafting approach to elucidate the driving force behind long-distance transport of the...

Phenolic compounds of the skin and seeds are the principal sources of wine color and structural properties. Under semi-arid conditions, irrigation management is the most determining factor of grape and wine quality while rootstocks affect numerous physiological and vegetative parameters of the scion. In the present study, compositional changes of skin and seed phenolic compounds were studied in...

Two-year-old 'Ambersweet' ( Citrus reticulata Blanco X [ C poroc/f'siMacf. X C. reticulata]) X midseason orange, C. s/nensfs(L.) Osb. trees on three rootstocks, sour orange (C. aurantium L), Cleopatra mandarin (C. reticulate), and Carrizo citrange (C. sinensisX Poncirus trifoliate* (L) Raf.) grow ing in 15-liter pots were exposed to cold-hardening regimes in controlled-temperature rooms and fre...