Bud dormancy enables deciduous fruit trees to endure unfavorable conditions during winter, and considerably impacts growth and reproduction in spring. We investigated acid invertase activities during dormancy release until bud break under natural (or...
Hydrogen peroxide-converting enzyme activities in leaf buds of the apple cultivar Idared during the transition from dormancy release to the ontogenetic development were investigated. For this purpose, leaf buds were collected from 26 March 2021 (DOY...
In our investigation, the chemical composition and bioactive potential of leaf buds of raspberry, blackberry, and a raspberry-blackberry hybrid were determined. Antioxidant and antimicrobial properties were tested in water (W), ethanol-water (EW), an...
The herbicide fluridone (1-methyl-3-phenyl-5-[3-trifluoromethyl (phenyl)]-4(1H)-pyridone) interferes with carotenoid biosynthesis in plants by inhibiting the conversion of phytoene to phytofluene. Fluridone also indirectly inhibits the biosynthesis o...
As small-sized targets, cotton top buds pose challenges for traditional full-image search methods, leading to high sparsity in the feature matrix and resulting in problems such as slow detection speeds and wasted computational resources. Therefore, i...
The influence of a water supply on the content of phytochemicals (sugars, organic acids, hydroxycinnamic acids, flavonols, flavanols and anthocyanins) in the bud, leaf and fruit of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) was studied in two growing seasons. In...
To guide the cultivation of superior Chinese fir plantlets, we designed an L16(4)4 orthogonal experiment to determine how leaf age and exogenous hormones influence key growth processes in leaf cuttings. Hormone concentration and treatment duration si...
Several phenological phases mark the seasonal growth pattern in temperate woody perennials. To gain further insight into the way these phases react on an altering growth environment, we tested whether vegetative and reproductive phenophases in a shru...
Lycium barbarum L. bud tea and leaf tea are functional processed products made from L. barbarum buds and leaves with traditional green tea processing techniques. Based on an extensive targeted metabolomics technology, this study systematically analyz...
Witches’-broom (WB, excessive initiation, and outgrowth of axillary buds) is one of the remarkable symptoms in plants caused by phytoplasmas, minute wall-less intracellular bacteria. In healthy plants, axillary bud initiation and outgrowth are...
In this study, a chemotaxonomic tool was created on the basis of ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (UHPLC–MS) for the identification of 13 common Finnish deciduous trees and shrubs from their leaf bud metaboli...
The aims of this study were to investigate the sunlight requirements during floral initiation and differentiation for the development of flower buds in ‘Autumn Bright’ nectarine and to explore its source–sink relationship. In early...
Ceratophyllum is an ancient and phylogenetically isolated angiosperm lineage. Comparisons between Ceratophyllum and other angiosperms are hampered by uncertainty in inferring organ homologies in this genus of specialized aquatics. Interpretation of s...
To investigate whether blue-dominant spectra from end-of-day (EOD) lighting can regulate crop morphological and flowering responses, chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum × morifolium; obligate short day), geranium (Pelargonium × hortorum; day neu...
Passiflora edulis propagation relies extensively on grafting, yet the optimization of pruning strategies for scion quality remains empirically guided. This study elucidates the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying scion quality across fi...
Future predictions of forest ecosystem responses are a challenge, as global temperatures will further rise in the coming decades at an unprecedented rate. The effect of elevated temperature on growth performance and phenology of three Prunus spinosa...
Understanding how woody plants cope with severe water shortages is critical, especially for regions where droughts are becoming more frequent and intense. We studied the effects of drought intensity, focusing on post-drought resprouting, autumn leaf...
Poplars provide medicinal raw plant materials used in pharmacy. Leaf buds are one of the herbal medicinal products collected from poplars, having anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties, but there are no quality standards for their production and...
Climate change will intensify drought periods during the growing season in Western Europe. We mimicked this prediction by withholding water in summer from young rooted cuttings of Frangula alnus Mill., a common shrub species, originating from differe...
Gymnosperms are generally regarded as poor resprouters, especially when compared to angiosperms and particularly following major disturbance. However, is it this clear-cut? This review investigates two main aspects of gymnosperm resprouting: (i) vari...
Background: Understanding the mechanisms by which woody perennials adapt to extreme water deficits is important in regions experiencing increasingly frequent and intense droughts. Methods: We investigated the effects of drought severity in the shrubs...
Understanding species-specific responses to climate change allows a better assessment of the possible impact of global warming on forest growth. We studied the responses of the shrub species Corylus avellana L., Corylus maxima Mill. and intermediate...
Six solvent fractions isolated from flower bud and leaf ethanolic extracts of Cleistocalyx operculatus were analyzed for their phytochemical contents, including phenolics, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, and alkaloids. Antioxidant activities were meas...
The exposure of reactive oxygen species is one of the aging triggers at cellular level. The antioxidants have been used as strategic efforts in overcoming the accumulation of ROS. Previous research using crude extracts of clove bud and leaves showed...
The current work was designed to evaluate the antioxidant activity and antidiabetic effect of Ficus carica L. extracts. For that, the leaves and buds of Ficus carica L. were analyzed to determine their polyphenolic and flavonoid contents and antioxid...
Super-high density (SHD) is the latest innovation in almond growing. This new cropping system needs to be studied in different climates, soils, latitudes and cultivars in order to promote more efficient and sustainable orchard management. This study...
Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.), valued for both its nut and wood, is an ecologically important temperate tree species native to the mountainous regions of central Asia. Despite its importance, there are still few transcriptomic resources in public...
Background and Objectives: Summer droughts are expected to increase in central and western Europe both in terms of frequency and intensity, justifying studies on longer term legacies of drought stress on tree species and their hybrids. Materials and...
The present study was designed to identify and quantify the major phenolic compounds in different Juglans regia L. (common walnut) tissues (leaves, petioles, bark, roots, buds), to define the compositions and contents of phenolic compounds between th...
‘Helete Güneşi’ was selected among different genotypes obtained from crossing ‘Maraş 18’ × ‘Chandler’ in Turkey. The present study compares phenological and pomological traits of ‘Helete Güneşi’ with those of its parents so as to scale their performa...
Global change increases the risk of extreme climatic events. The impact of extreme temperature may depend on the tree species and also on the provenance. Ten provenances of Fagus sylvatica L. were grown in a common garden environment in Belgium and s...
Sugarcane (a complex hybrid of Saccharum spp.) is propagated vegetatively by using stem pieces of mature cane with healthy buds. Abiotic and biotic stress may cause pre-germination of these buds, which may have an impact on both emergence and plant c...
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an essential crop with increasing importance for food supply and as raw material for industrial processing. The crop is vegetatively propagated through stem cuttings taken at the end of the growing cycle and its...
This study investigated the antimicrobial efficacy of supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) plant extracts as a natural preservative, prolonging food shelf-life. The research evaluated the performance of 10 different extracts, including cinnamon, thy...
Nitrogen (N) fertilizer is routinely applied in highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) production. The recommended N fertilizer rate increases as the plants mature, and is usually determined based on regional growing conditions. However, the ef...
The flowering of Amorphophallus bulbifer (A. bulbifer) plays an important role in its reproduction. The flowers and leaves of A. bulbifer cannot grow at the same time. However, the physiological and molecular mechanisms involved in flower bud an...
The phytochemical profiles of extracts from closed, semi-opened and opened leaf buds and the summer leaves of Ginkgo biloba were studied. The extraction and purification of bilobalide and ginkgolides, using andrographolide as an internal standard, we...
Against the background of climate change, we studied the effects of a severe summer drought on buds of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) saplings and on leaves formed during the subsequent spring in trees attributed to different drought-damage clas...
Accurately detecting tea bud leaves is crucial for the automation of tea picking robots. However, challenges arise due to tea stem occlusion and overlapping of buds and leaves, presenting varied shapes of one bud–one leaf targets in the field o...
Industrialized seeding production is one of the most important methods used to raise seedlings in a standardized and efficient manner. However, its consumption of light energy limits its development. In this paper, we studied the effects of LED light...
In recent years, severe hailstorms have caused damage to cotton leaves and stalks. In order to identify the effects of cotton leaf damage on its dry matter accumulation, protective enzyme activity and yield in different periods, in this experiment, d...
Oncidium has an important market value, with important high-grade cut orchids and potted flowers on the flower market. In the Oncidium cut flowers production industry, there is a common phenomenon that the development of vegetative buds disrupts the...
Gladiolus is commonly propagated from corms. The multiplication rate of corms is low and to increase the propagation rate, we examined a combination of apical bud removal and the application of growth regulators. The experiments were conducted in two...
Spring frosts exacerbated by global climate change have become a constant threat to temperate fruit production. Delaying the bloom date by plant growth regulators (PGRs) has been proposed as a practical frost avoidance strategy. Ethephon is an ethyle...
Bamboo plants have a distinctive life cycle with long flowering periodicity. Many species remain in vegetative growth for decades, followed by large-scale flowering and subsequent death. Floral transition is activated while shoot buds are still dorma...
Branching is an important agronomic and economic trait in cut chrysanthemums. The axillary meristem (AM) formation of the axillary buds of cut chrysanthemums has a decisive role in its branching characteristics. However, little is known about the reg...
Investigating light–nitrogen interactions during bamboo shoot bud germination of Dendrocalamus latiflorus provides a theoretical basis for regulating shoot emergence through optimized light intensity and nitrogen supply. This study further eluc...
Climate warming is advancing snowmelt timing in the spring at high latitudes. To predict tree growth in subboreal forests under warmer climates based on mechanistic understanding, it is important to assess how advancing snowmelt influences tree growt...
Phenology in perennial plants implies the temporal occurrence of biological events throughout the year. Heritable phenotypic plasticity in the timing of the phenophases can be of importance in the adaptation of woody species to a quickly changing env...
Flower bud differentiation is of great significance for understanding plant evolution and ecological adaptability. The development of flower buds and mixed buds in the dichasial inflorescence of Geranium koreanum was described in this paper. The morp...
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