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Fruit Trees Biotechnology

A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 1130

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Moshe Reuveni

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Plant Sciences, Ornamental Plants and Agricultural Biotechnology Unit, Agricultural Research Organization of Israel, The Volcani Centre, Rishon LeTsiyon, Israel
Interests: genetic transformation; developing tissue culture methods; molecular events during shoot regeneration in plant tissue culture
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Molecular and biotechnological strategies for fruit tree improvement are paramount to enhancing yield and coping with biotic and abiotic stresses. The facilitation of horticultural management via biotechnology and agrotechnology will be discussed in this issue.  Modifying phytohormone biosynthesis, translocation, and usage can improve fruit tree yield and cultivation techniques.

The use of regeneration and genetic transformation techniques for fruit trees to produce cis- or transgenic editing tools and the risks and benefits derived from these technologies’ proper use are subjects of this issue. Transformation technology for sustainable and profitable practices in fruit tree horticulture is also focused on.

Topics:

  • Genetic improvement in fruit trees.
  • Development of biotic- and abiotic-resistant germlines.
  • Development of marker-assisted screening for fruit tree populations.
  • Improvement in stock material.
  • New growth substances for improvement and cultivation. 
  • Domestication and adaptation of new fruit trees.
  • Overcoming rooting issues.
  • Color formation in fruits.
  • Nondestructive methods for determination of fruit maturity.
  • Metabolic pathways directing fruit flavor and aroma compound biosynthesis.
  • Fruit growth and size control and improvement.
  • Alternate bearing and yield improvement.
  • Utilization of genomic technologies for fruit tree breeding.

Dr. Moshe Reuveni
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • fruit tree improvement
  • rooting
  • biotic- and abiotic-resistant germlines
  • fruit growth and size
  • fruit maturity

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Transcriptome-Based Identification of the Optimal Reference Genes for Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Analyses of Lingonberry Fruits throughout the Growth Cycle
by Wanchen Zhang, Jian Xu, Qiang Wang, Jing Li, Yadong Li, Mei Dong and Haiyue Sun
Plants 2023, 12(24), 4180; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12244180 - 16 Dec 2023
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(1) Background: Vaccinium vitis-idaea is a nutritionally and economically valuable natural wild plant species that produces berries useful for treating various diseases. There is growing interest in lingonberry, but there is limited information regarding lingonberry reference genes suitable for gene expression analyses of [...] Read more.
(1) Background: Vaccinium vitis-idaea is a nutritionally and economically valuable natural wild plant species that produces berries useful for treating various diseases. There is growing interest in lingonberry, but there is limited information regarding lingonberry reference genes suitable for gene expression analyses of different tissues under various abiotic stress conditions. The objective of this study was to identify stable reference genes suitable for different lingonberry tissues in response to abiotic stress. (2) Methods: The delta Ct method and the GeNorm v3.5 and NormFinder v20 programs were used to comprehensively analyze gene expression stability. (3) Results: Actin Unigene23839 was the best reference gene for analyzing different cultivars, whereas Actin CL5740.Contig2 was the most suitable reference gene for analyzing different tissues and alkali stress. In contrast, 18S rRNA CL5051.Contig1 was the most stable reference gene under drought conditions. (4) Conclusions: These suitable reference genes may be used in future qRT-PCR analyses of different lingonberry tissues and the effects of abiotic stresses. Furthermore, the study data may be useful for functional genomics studies and the molecular breeding of lingonberry. In summary, internal reference genes or internal reference gene combinations should be carefully selected according to the experimental conditions to ensure that the generated gene expression data are accurate. Full article
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