We studied the effect of precooling and the use of an ethylene absorbent (based on potassium permanganate) in the flower boxes, on the vase life of Dendrobium ‘Pompadour’ flowers, after simulation of air shipment (3 days at 25°C). Precooling at 10°C (85-95%RH) for 60 minutes reduced ethylene production, ACC activity, and the concentration of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) in the fl...

The development of flower buds and a sufficient fruit set are basic requirements for fruit growers to generate a marketable crop. However, fruit trees remain in a juvenile (nonflowering) phase for years, and after a transition period of getting reproductively competent they enter the adult phase of tree life. The reproductive phase is associated with the ability to alternate between the product...

The leaf unfolding rate (i.e., development rate) and the number of nodes forming prior to floral initiation are 2 factors determining production times for floriculture crops. Wild relative species of the cultivated petunia (Petunia x hybrida Vilm.) that exhibited faster development rates than modern cultivars and may therefore be useful genetic sources to develop cultivars with decreased produc...

From the ancestral bisexual flower (BC model) with radial symmetry to Fabaceae bilateral and a keel petal, it is critical understand ABC model because high seed yield food safety depend on bud development. Thus, we summarize information of genetic mechanism that explains identity floral organs for Sophoreae, Phaseoleae, Dalbergieae Genisteae tribes. Moreover, examine role non-coding RNAs develo...

TCP proteins, belonging to a plant-specific transcription factors family, are known to have great functions in plant development, especially flower and leaf development. However, there is little information about this gene family in Prunus mume, which is widely cultivated in China as an ornamental and fruit tree. Here a genome-wide analysis of TCP genes was performed to explore their evolution ...

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) are a bacterium implicated in the etiology of stomach cancer and ulcers. Epidemiology of the antibiotic resistance of H. pylori appears to be higher. The study was to screen an efficiency substance of Chinese herbs, which could be used in preventing and treating H. pylori diseases. A total of 40 extracted efficiency substances from Chinese herbs were examined and...