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From the Field to the Table: Unearthing Wild Fruit Species for Enhanced Prospecting and Utilization—2nd Edition

A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 October 2025 | Viewed by 727

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Miriam Elisabet Arena

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Laboratorio de Fisiología Vegetal, Machado 914, CONICET—Universidad de Morón, Morón B1708EOH, Argentina
Interests: wild fruit species; environmental change; phenology; morphology; fruit chemical characterization; functional food
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Dr. Silvia Radice

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Laboratorio de Fisiología Vegetal, Machado 914, CONICET—Universidad de Morón, Morón B1708EOH, Argentina
Interests: floral biology; fertility; phenology; environmental change
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Dr. Edgardo Giordani

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Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment, and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Viale Delle Idee 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy
Interests: fruit tree species; plant genetic resources; plant breeding
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Limited knowledge of many wild fruit species contributes to their underutilization. However, these species are valuable, especially as they often contain nutritionally and bioactively rich compounds that make them functional foods and natural sources of pigments. They may also play a crucial role in addressing food and nutritional insecurity, due to their resilience to extreme weather conditions, their ability to withstand biotic and abiotic stress, and their importance as genetic resources for crop breeding. Given these factors, non-traditional and underutilized fruits are considered essential for the mitigation of global food challenges, particularly in the context of sustainable population growth and malnutrition. The objective of this Special Issue is to compile information on the geographic distribution, systematics and phylogeny, phenotypic variability, genetic resources and breeding, phenology, reproductive biology, composition and biological activity, postharvest management, domestication, and sustainable agronomic practices of wild fruit species with significant horticultural potential.

Dr. Miriam Elisabet Arena
Dr. Silvia Radice
Dr. Edgardo Giordani
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Keywords

  • subutilized fruits
  • genetic resources
  • phenotypic variability
  • phenology
  • reproductive biology
  • management
  • horticultural potential

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Selection and Validation of Reference Candidate Genes for qRT-PCR Analysis in the Developing Fruit of Phyllanthus emblica L.
by Tianlei Pu, Jianmin Yuan, Wenlin Qu, Chengfei Liao, Xiao Lei, Kunjian Qian, Qiongling Zhao, Liangjia Shi, Lumin Zhang and Aizhong Liu
Horticulturae 2025, 11(9), 1054; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae11091054 - 3 Sep 2025
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Accurate normalization of target gene expression in qRT-PCR experiments requires the development of stable and efficient housekeeping reference genes, particularly for tissue-specific genes in a given organ. Phyllanthus emblica L., an economically important cash tree, has been applied as medical or functional fruit [...] Read more.
Accurate normalization of target gene expression in qRT-PCR experiments requires the development of stable and efficient housekeeping reference genes, particularly for tissue-specific genes in a given organ. Phyllanthus emblica L., an economically important cash tree, has been applied as medical or functional fruit for years in Asian countries due to its fruit that contains rich and diverse active compounds. Developing housekeeping reference genes is critical to investigate the physiological and molecular regulation of fruit development and ripening for P. emblica genetic improvement in breeding practice. Here, based on the expressional stabilities and efficiencies, expression profiles of 13 candidate genes at various fruit development stages were compared between two accessions using expression levels and multiple statistical methods, including BestKeeper, NormFinder, geNorm, ΔCt, and RefFinder. The validation test was conducted through qRT-PCR analysis of two fruit tissue-specific genes, PeGASA and PeMLP, across the different fruit development stages, combined with the comparison of gene expression consistency between qRT-PCR and transcriptomic data. These analyses identified PeACT and PeUBQ6, two regulators of tissue development and ripening, to be the most suitable housekeeping reference genes. Thus, we recommended PeACT and PeUBQ6 can serve as housekeeping reference genes for conducting qRT-PCR analysis in P. emblica fruit, helpful for investigating gene expression related to fruit development and ripening using the qRT-PCR technique. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue From the Field to the Table: Unearthing Wild Fruit Species for Enhanced Prospecting and Utilization—2nd Edition)
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