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  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,182 Views
14 Pages

Effects of Dwarfing Interstock Length on the Growth and Fruit of Apple Tree

  • Shasha Zhou,
  • Zhen Shen,
  • Baoying Yin,
  • Bowen Liang and ,
  • Zhongyong Li,
  • Xueying Zhang and
  • Jizhong Xu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

There is no report on the effect of the length of Jizhen 2 interstock on the growth and fruit quality of Tianhong 2 apple trees, which are usually grown in Baoding, Hebei Province, China. We surveyed the tree size, branch types, fruit set, fruit qual...

(This article belongs to the Section Fruit Production Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,511 Views
15 Pages

‘Hainan Qingyou’ (Citrus maxima) Pomelo is one of the predominant local cultivars cultivated in Hainan Province, renowned for its high economic value and strong market competitiveness. However, during cultivation, it was observed that the...

(This article belongs to the Collection Recent Scientific Developments in Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding of Fruit Trees)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,877 Views
20 Pages

Interstock-Mediated Graft Incompatibility: Insights into Photosynthetic Pigments, Carbohydrates, Antioxidant Defense Systems, and Hormones Response Mechanisms in Citrus

  • Tie Wang,
  • Zhenghua Jin,
  • Ya Yuan,
  • Lijun Deng and ,
  • Guochao Sun,
  • Siya He,
  • Ling Liao,
  • Jun Wang,
  • Bo Xiong and
  • Zhihui Wang
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

8 February 2025

Interstock, located between rootstock and scion, plays a critical role in determining graft compatibility. This study aimed to elucidate the physiological mechanisms mediated by interstock in graft compatibility by comparing various leaf and root sys...

(This article belongs to the Section Crop Physiology and Crop Production)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,131 Views
15 Pages

Drought Resistance of Different Scion Varieties Grafted onto Apple SH40 Interstock

  • Jiao Bai,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Yang Zhang,
  • Xiaoming Liu and ,
  • Wenjing Xue,
  • Ying Zhang,
  • Binbin Si,
  • Xuelian Huang,
  • Jun Zhou and
  • Wendi Xu
  • + 10 authors+ 5 authors

17 November 2025

Apple production in the arid and semi-arid regions of Northwest China, such as Lingwu in Ningxia, faces severe challenges due to water scarcity, which is exacerbated by climate change. To address this issue, this study aimed to identify superior drou...

(This article belongs to the Section Horticultural and Floricultural Crops)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,915 Views
22 Pages

Transcriptome Analysis of the Effects of Grafting Interstocks on Apple Rootstocks and Scions

  • Qingshan Li,
  • Yuan Gao,
  • Kun Wang,
  • Jianrong Feng and ,
  • Simiao Sun,
  • Xiang Lu,
  • Zhao Liu,
  • Deying Zhao,
  • Lianwen Li and
  • Dajiang Wang
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Apples are a major horticultural crop worldwide. Grafting techniques are widely utilized in apple production to keep the varieties pure. Interstocks are frequently used in Northern China to achieve intensive apple dwarfing cultivation. High-throughpu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Research in Fruit Crop)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,637 Views
16 Pages

Effects of 10 Dwarfing Interstocks on Cold Resistance of ‘Tianhong 2’ Apple

  • Junli Jing,
  • Mingxiao Liu,
  • Baoying Yin,
  • Bowen Liang and ,
  • Zhongyong Li,
  • Xueying Zhang,
  • Jizhong Xu and
  • Shasha Zhou
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

The lack of dwarf stock with good cold resistance has affected the production of apples in northern China. Annual dormant branches of ‘Tianhong 2’ apple were grafted on 10 different dwarf interstocks (the rootstocks were the seedlings of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Horticulture Plants Stress Physiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,828 Views
13 Pages

Dwarf Interstocks Improve Aroma Quality of ‘Huahong’ Apple (Malus × domestica)

  • Xiang Lu,
  • Yuan Gao,
  • Kun Wang,
  • Simiao Sun and ,
  • Zhao Liu,
  • Peng Yan,
  • Jianrong Feng,
  • Qingshan Li,
  • Lianwen Li and
  • Dajiang Wang
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

17 October 2022

‘Huahong’ is a popular apple cultivar because of its anti-browning properties and appealing aroma and flavor. It is mainly planted by grafting on dwarf interstocks in Northeast China. We investigated the different aroma profiles of apple...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Product Quality and Safety)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,669 Views
19 Pages

Effect of Different Interstocks on Fruit Quality, Amino Acids, and Antioxidant Capacity in ‘Yuanxiaochun’ Citrus

  • Tie Wang,
  • Guochao Sun,
  • Siya He,
  • Ling Liao and ,
  • Bo Xiong and
  • Zhihui Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

23 September 2025

High grafting is a widely recognized technique for varietal renewal in aging citrus orchards. However, following high grafting, a specific ‘rootstock-interstock-scion’ combination is formed, yet the influence of interstock on scion fruit...

(This article belongs to the Section Extraction and Industrial Applications of Antioxidants)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,349 Views
19 Pages

Comparative Transcriptomic and Physiological Analyses Reveal Key Factors for Interstocks to Improve Grafted Seedling Growth in Tangor

  • Yi Rong,
  • Ling Liao,
  • Sichen Li,
  • Wen Wei and ,
  • Xiaoyi Bi,
  • Guochao Sun,
  • Siya He and
  • Zhihui Wang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Interstock is an important agronomic technique for regulating plant growth and fruit quality, and overcoming the incompatibility between rootstocks and scions; however, the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. In this study, the effects and...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Plant Sciences)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,041 Views
13 Pages

Interstocks have been used in fruit tree cultivation to regulate tree size and improve fruit production and quality. In this study, several Huanglongbing (HLB)-tolerant open-pollinated pummelo interstock candidates were evaluated as interstocks betwe...

(This article belongs to the Section Biotic and Abiotic Stress)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,857 Views
12 Pages

Genetic Relationship, SPAD Reading, and Soluble Sugar Content as Indices for Evaluating the Graft Compatibility of Citrus Interstocks

  • Tie Wang,
  • Lijun Deng,
  • Shengjia Huang,
  • Bo Xiong and ,
  • Muhammad Ihtisham,
  • Zhendong Zheng,
  • Wei Zheng,
  • Zeyu Qin,
  • Mingfei Zhang and
  • Zhihui Wang
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

9 November 2022

The interstock, a stock between the rootstock and scion, has a significant regulatory effect on the stock and scion, and its function is highly dependent on graft compatibility. To assess the graft compatibility of the interstock and scion, ‘Yu...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,022 Views
18 Pages

Performance of Twelve Apple Cultivars Grafted onto SH40 Dwarf Interstock: Comprehensive Fruit Quality Evaluation and Selection of Adapted Varieties in Lingwu, Ningxia

  • Zhikai Zhang,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Wenyan Ma,
  • Jiayi Zhai and ,
  • Xuelian Huang,
  • Wenjing Xue,
  • Jun Zhou,
  • Jing Wang,
  • Xin Zhang and
  • Wendi Xu
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

This study evaluated the fruit quality of 12 apple cultivars grafted onto the cold-resistant dwarfing interstock SH40 in the arid region of Lingwu, Ningxia, to identify well-adapted varieties for local production. A total of 21 indicators were measur...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fruit Quality Formation and Regulation in Fruit Trees)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,453 Views
11 Pages

30 May 2023

Dwarfing interstocks play an essential role in determining the performance of fruit trees. SH40, Jizhen 1, and Jizhen 2 are widely used dwarfing interstocks in Hebei Province, China. This study examined the influence of these three dwarfing interstoc...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,229 Views
20 Pages

Investigating the Effect of Two Interstocks, Changshanhuyou and Ponkan, on the Fruit Quality and Volatile Flavor of Cocktail Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Macf. cv. Cocktail)

  • Fuzhi Ke,
  • Zhenpeng Nie,
  • Xiu Huang,
  • Changjiang Cui and ,
  • Yi Yang,
  • Jianguo Xu,
  • Luoyun Wang and
  • Lifang Sun
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Citrus cultivars are propagated asexually through methods such as layering, cutting, and grafting. Grafting plays a critical role in regulating citrus fruit quality by optimizing stock–scion combinations. This study evaluated the grafting compa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Tree Crop Cultivation and Fruit Quality Assessment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,392 Views
17 Pages

Impact of Interstock and Rootstock on the Growth and Productivity of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Cultivar Kent in the San Lorenzo Valley, Peru

  • Sebastian Casas-Niño,
  • Sandy Vilchez-Navarro,
  • Henry Morocho-Romero,
  • Gabriela Cárdenas-Huamán and ,
  • Esdwin-Oberti Nuñez-Ticliahuanca,
  • Ana-Gabriela Montañez-Artica,
  • Leslie Velarde-Apaza,
  • Max Ramirez Rojas,
  • Juan Carlos Rojas and
  • Flavio Lozano-Isla
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is a tropical fruit tree characterized by vigorous growth and high fruit production, making it one of Peru’s main export crops. However, its extensive vegetative development requires substantial space, limiting produ...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Physiology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,998 Views
14 Pages

Double Grafting: A Synthesis of Applications and Future Research Horizons

  • Jialing Yu,
  • Yinglei Zhao,
  • Baoyu Xu,
  • Shiyi Tan and ,
  • Junhua Tong and
  • Chenghao Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Double grafting is an innovative horticultural technique that enables the rapid and cost-effective development of ideal plants by incorporating an interstock between the scion and rootstock. This review comprehensively examines the multifaceted impac...

(This article belongs to the Section Developmental Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,625 Views
14 Pages

Interaction of MdWRKY24 and MdRGL in Response to Tree Dwarfing in Malus domestica

  • He Zhang,
  • Zhichang Yang,
  • Jianzhu Shao,
  • Jianshe Sun and ,
  • Qian Zha and
  • Xueying Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

28 September 2022

In apple cultivation, dwarf rootstocks are chosen for dense planting and intensive cultivation, which is beneficial to production management. Dwarf rootstocks are widely used in apple production in China. However, the dwarfing mechanisms of dwarf int...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,138 Views
28 Pages

HRformer: A Hybrid Relational Transformer for Stock Time Series Forecasting

  • Haijiao Xu,
  • Hongyang Wan,
  • Yilin Wu,
  • Jiankai Zheng and
  • Liang Xie

15 November 2025

Stock trend prediction is a complex and crucial task due to the dynamic and nonlinear nature of stock price movements. Traditional models struggle to capture the non-stationary and volatile characteristics of financial time series. To address this ch...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,300 Views
7 Pages

Effects of ‘Candidatus’ Liberibacter Asiaticus on the Root System of Poncirus trifoliata Hybrids as a Rootstock for ‘Valencia’ Scion

  • Thaís Magni Cavichioli,
  • Maiara Curtolo,
  • Mariangela Cristofani-Yaly,
  • Josiane Rodrigues and
  • Helvécio Della Coletta-Filho

The symptoms of huanglongbing (HLB), a disease caused by the bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), are visible on the canopy of citrus plants. They include mottling of leaves followed by dropping and lopsided fruits with premature dropp...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Pathology and Disease Management (PPDM))
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,177 Views
13 Pages

31 March 2025

Stock return prediction is a pivotal yet intricate task in financial markets, challenged by volatility and multifaceted dependencies. This study proposes a hybrid model integrating long short-term memory (LSTM) networks and graph convolutional networ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
8,513 Views
18 Pages

Predicting stock trends in financial markets is of significant importance to investors and portfolio managers. In addition to a stock’s historical price information, the correlation between that stock and others can also provide valuable inform...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Big Data Analytics and Edge Computing: Recent Trends and Future)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,314 Views
16 Pages

USTGCN: A Unified Spatio-Temporal Graph Convolutional Network for Stock-Ranking Prediction

  • Wenjie Yao,
  • Lele Gao,
  • Xiangzhou Zhang,
  • Haotao Chen and ,
  • Mingzhe Liu and
  • Yong Hu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Stock-ranking prediction is an important task in quantitative finance because it directly influences portfolio construction and alpha generation. Recent Graph Neural Network (GNN) models provide a promising way to describe inter-stock dependencies, b...

(This article belongs to the Topic Artificial Intelligence Models, Tools and Applications: 2nd Edition)
  • Review
  • Open Access
61 Citations
8,783 Views
14 Pages

A Mini Review of Citrus Rootstocks and Their Role in High-Density Orchards

  • Faisal Hayat,
  • Juan Li,
  • Shahid Iqbal,
  • Yang Peng and ,
  • Leming Hong,
  • Rashad Mukhtar Balal,
  • Muhammad Nawaz Khan,
  • Muhammad Azher Nawaz,
  • Ummara Khan and
  • Jiezhong Chen
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

27 October 2022

Dwarfing is an important agricultural trait for intensive cultivation and effective orchard management in modern fruit orchards. Commercial citrus production relies on grafting with rootstocks that reduce tree vigor to control plant height. Citrus gr...

(This article belongs to the Section Horticultural Science and Ornamental Plants)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,332 Views
12 Pages

Could an Early Treatment with GA and BA Impact Prolonged Cold Storage and Shelf Life of Apricot?

  • Maja Milović,
  • Žarko Kevrešan,
  • Jasna Mastilović,
  • Renata Kovač and ,
  • Jelena Kalajdžić,
  • Nenad Magazin,
  • Aleksandra Bajić,
  • Biserka Milić,
  • Gordana Barać and
  • Zoran Keserović
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Application of plant growth regulators (PGRs) in apricot orchards is a common practice with a goal of improving yield and/or quality of fruits at harvest. However, the question of whether such treatment alters postharvest properties is seldom answere...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Studies in Maintaining Post-Harvest Quality of Fruits and Vegetables)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,068 Views
17 Pages

Effects of Plant Growth Regulators on Plum (Prunus domestica L.) Grown on Two Rootstocks at Harvest and at the Postharvest Period

  • Gordana Barać,
  • Jasna Mastilović,
  • Žarko Kevrešan,
  • Biserka Milić and ,
  • Renata Kovač,
  • Maja Milović,
  • Jelena Kalajdžić,
  • Aleksandra Bajić,
  • Nenad Magazin and
  • Zoran Keserović
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Plant growth regulators (PGRs), such as cytokinins (6-benzyladenine; BA) and gibberellins (GAs), are widely used in fruit production. This study focused on the plum cultivar “Čačanska rodna” (P. domestica L.) grafted on vegetati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Improving Fresh Produce Quality and Postharvest Shelf Life)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,152 Views
25 Pages

Stock price forecasting remains a persistent challenge in time series analysis due to complex inter-stock relationships and dynamic textual signals such as financial news. While Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) can model relational structures, they often...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning Applications in Finance, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,586 Views
20 Pages

Multi-Modal Temporal Dynamic Graph Construction for Stock Rank Prediction

  • Ying Liu,
  • Zengyu Wei,
  • Long Chen,
  • Cai Xu and
  • Ziyu Guan

3 March 2025

Stock rank prediction is an important and challenging task. Recently, graph-based prediction methods have emerged as a valuable approach for capturing the complex relationships between stocks. Existing works mainly construct static undirected relatio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematics-Based Methods in Artificial Intelligence, Pattern Recognition and Deep Learning, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,557 Views
27 Pages

The nature of nonlinear dynamics of financial markets results in fractal geometry and chaotic behavior that can be viewed on a variety of scales in time. This paper conducts research on the fractal characteristics of the stock network and its contrib...

(This article belongs to the Section Optimization, Big Data, and AI/ML)