The transition to flowering is an important event in the plant life cycle and is modulated by several environmental factors including photoperiod, light quality, vernalization, and growth temperature, as well as biotic and abiotic stresses. In contrast to light and vernalization, little is known about the pathways that mediate the responses to other environmental variables. A mild increase in g...

In grapes, the ripening time of bunches on lateral or secondary induced shoots, led by simultaneous treatments current shoot cutting and flower cluster removal, is typically delayed until cooler seasons. The aim this study was to estimate effects use in cultivation ‘Merlot’ grapevine phenology, including number weight, yield, fruit quality. timings flowering, coloration harvest grapes were arou...

Flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana is controlled by a large number of genes and various environmental factors, such as light and temperature. The objective of this study was to identify flowering time quantitative trait loci (QTL) under growth conditions simulating seasonal conditions from native geographic locations. Our growth chambers were set to simulate the spring conditions in Spain a...

Temperature reduction in early spring, especially corporate with buds swelling, sometimes causes severe damages. Most of the fruit trees in tropical and semi-tropical regions, especially in more critical conditions, moderate, at early spring are subjected to the frostbite and winter cold injuries. This study aimed to evaluate the amount of proline, total protein, and soluble sugars during the p...

After an unusually long winter in Europe and a very cold and wet spring that lasted until late May, many perennial plants have come late into leaf and flower. As such, 2013 will probably see a late harvest and possibly reduced yields, despite the hot weather that came later in July. This response by plants to a long cold period is a normal adaptation to adverse weather conditions, but this unus...

Background: Intermittent cold stress delays flowering. This results from interaction between the cold and photoperiodic pathways. Results: CO protein is degraded through an HOS1-mediated ubiquitination mechanism during brief cold treatments. Conclusion: CO acts as a molecular hub that integrates photoperiod and cold signals into the flowering genetic pathways. Significance: The CO-HOS1 module i...

This research was carried out at the laboratories of Food Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Damascus University, to investigate the effect of high temperatures on accelerating the ripening of kachcaval cheese, through determining the chemical and sensory indicators of ripened cheese using three temperatures (16°C, 20°C for a week) then completing the ripening process up to 60 days at ...

Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) is one of the most important soft fruits belongs to family Rosaceae. A research trial was conducted in farmer’s field condition (Baadi) at village-Bharregaon, (dist.-Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh) and farm College Horticulture Research Station, Rajnandgaon (C.G.) during winter spring season year 2017-18 evaluate different strawberry cultivars for growth, flowe...

Flowering is an important agronomic trait that determines crop yield. Soybean is a major oilseed legume crop used for human and animal feed. Legumes have unique vegetative and floral complexities. Our understanding of the molecular basis of flower initiation and development in legumes is limited. Here, we address this by using a computational approach to examine flowering regulatory genes in th...