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  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,649 Views
19 Pages

Proteome and Ubiquitome Changes during Rose Petal Senescence

  • Jingyun Lu,
  • Yanjie Xu,
  • Youwei Fan,
  • Yaru Wang,
  • Guifang Zhang,
  • Yue Liang,
  • Chuyan Jiang,
  • Bo Hong,
  • Junping Gao and
  • Chao Ma

4 December 2019

Petal senescence involves numerous programmed changes in biological and biochemical processes. Ubiquitination plays a critical role in protein degradation, a hallmark of organ senescence. Therefore, we investigated changes in the proteome and ubiquit...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,539 Views
13 Pages

Cortical Microtubule Organization during Petal Morphogenesis in Arabidopsis

  • Yanqiu Yang,
  • Weihong Huang,
  • Endian Wu,
  • Chentao Lin,
  • Binqing Chen and
  • Deshu Lin

3 October 2019

Cortical microtubules guide the direction and deposition of cellulose microfibrils to build the cell wall, which in turn influences cell expansion and plant morphogenesis. In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis), petal is a relatively s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
9,007 Views
11 Pages

15 August 2014

Flowers are vital for attracting pollinators to plants and in horticulture for humans. Petal morphogenesis is a central process of floral development. Petal development can be divided into three main processes: the establishment of organ identity in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,298 Views
13 Pages

Petal Morphology Is Correlated with Floral Longevity in Paeonia suffruticosa

  • Yingzi Guo,
  • Yongjie Qiu,
  • Huan Hu,
  • Yanli Wang,
  • Zhaorong Mi,
  • Shulin Zhang,
  • Songlin He and
  • Wenqing Jia

14 May 2023

Floral longevity (FL) is an important floral functional trait which is critical for flowering plants. FL shows great diversity among angiosperms; however, there is limited information on the mechanisms that influence differences in floral longevity,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
892 Views
16 Pages

20 June 2025

The SEPALLATA3 (SEP3)-like MADS-box genes play crucial roles in determining petal identity and development in the petunia and tomato of Solanaceae. Solanum nigrum is a self-pollinating plant in the Solanaceae family, and produces white flowers. Howev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,232 Views
16 Pages

The double-petal varieties of ornamental pomegranate have higher ornamental value and garden development potential than the single-petal varieties but there has been no study on the genomic variation between them. This study aimed to determine the ge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,174 Views
15 Pages

A GASA Protein Family Gene, CmGEG, Inhibits Petal Growth in Chrysanthemum

  • Ziying He,
  • Rui Jiang,
  • Xiaojing Wang and
  • Yaqin Wang

The diversity in the petal morphology of chrysanthemums makes this species an excellent model for investigating the regulation mechanisms of petal size. However, our understanding of the molecular regulation of petal growth in chrysanthemums remains...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,871 Views
20 Pages

Transcriptomic Analysis Suggests Auxin Regulation in Dorsal-Ventral Petal Asymmetry of Wild Progenitor Sinningia speciosa

  • Zhao-Jun Pan,
  • Ya-Chi Nien,
  • Yu-An Shih,
  • Tsun-Ying Chen,
  • Wen-Dar Lin,
  • Wen-Hsi Kuo,
  • Hao-Chun Hsu,
  • Shih-Long Tu,
  • Jen-Chih Chen and
  • Chun-Neng Wang

13 February 2022

The establishment of dorsal–ventral (DV) petal asymmetry is accompanied by differential growth of DV petal size, shape, and color differences, which enhance ornamental values. Genes involved in flower symmetry in Sinningia speciosa have been id...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,761 Views
20 Pages

Phytochemical Screening, Antioxidant and Sperm Viability of Nelumbo nucifera Petal Extracts

  • Jiraporn Laoung-on,
  • Churdsak Jaikang,
  • Kanokporn Saenphet and
  • Paiwan Sudwan

5 July 2021

Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.; N. nucifera) is a common ingredient in traditional medicine and Thai recipes. Its petal is an agricultural waste from stamen production. There are limitations in the used and pharmacological data of the petals...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,840 Views
16 Pages

29 April 2021

The detection of QTL by association genetics depends on the genetic architecture of the trait under study, the size and structure of the investigated population and the availability of phenotypic and marker data of sufficient quality and quantity. In...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,109 Views
17 Pages

Chalcone Synthase-Encoding AeCHS is Involved in Normal Petal Coloration in Actinidia eriantha

  • Yukuo Li,
  • Wen Cui,
  • Xiujuan Qi,
  • Chengkui Qiao,
  • Miaomiao Lin,
  • Yunpeng Zhong,
  • Chungen Hu and
  • Jinbao Fang

20 November 2019

Studies on anthocyanin biosynthesis have been mainly concentrated on the fruit, whereas few have focused the mechanism of flower coloration in kiwifruit. Here, we report that the structural gene, AeCHS, is involved in anthocyanin accumulation and ind...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,366 Views
27 Pages

Keel Petal Fusion in Soybean: Anatomical Insights and Transcriptomic Identification of Candidate Regulators

  • Shun-Geng Jia,
  • Li-Na Guo,
  • Xiao-Fei Wang,
  • De-Li Wang,
  • Dan Chen,
  • Wei-Cai Yang and
  • Hong-Ju Li

15 August 2025

The fusion of keel petals is a defining trait of Papilionoideae flowers, contributing to floral architecture and promoting self-pollination but hindering hybridization in crops like soybean. Here, we investigated the cellular and molecular basis of k...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,294 Views
15 Pages

9 June 2025

The biological role of the fluorescence of flowers is a matter of debate. Anthocyanins are a group of compounds that are weakly fluorescent; their fluorescence in flowers has been rarely studied. This study aimed to compare the absorption and fluores...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,647 Views
12 Pages

23 February 2024

The flower’s color is regarded as one of the most outstanding features of the rose. Rosa praelucens Byhouwer, an endemic and critically endangered decaploid wild rose species, is abundant in phenotypic diversity, especially in flower color vari...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,278 Views
15 Pages

A High-Performance Synthetic Jet Piezoelectric Air Pump with Petal-Shaped Channel

  • Xingqi Li,
  • Xiaopeng Liu,
  • Luntao Dong,
  • Xiaodong Sun,
  • Huajie Tang and
  • Guojun Liu

22 April 2022

The synthetic jet piezoelectric air pump is a potential miniature device for electronic cooling. In order to improve the performance of the device, a small-sized synthetic jet piezoelectric air pump is proposed in this work, which is mainly character...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,085 Views
15 Pages

Reactive Oxygen and Related Regulatory Factors Involved in Ethylene-Induced Petal Abscission in Roses

  • Siwen Han,
  • Jingjing Zhang,
  • Wenyu Wang,
  • Siying Zhang,
  • Zhe Qin and
  • Haixia Pei

21 June 2024

Petal abscission affects the growth, development, and economic value of plants, but the mechanism of ethylene-ROS-induced petal abscission is not clear. Therefore, we treated roses with different treatments (MOCK, ETH, STS, and ETH + STS), and phenot...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,290 Views
14 Pages

15 December 2024

The size of floral organs is closely related to the successful reproduction of plants, and corolla size is, to some extent, indicative of the size of floral organs. Petals are considered to be homologous to leaves, so we also attempted to estimate th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,195 Views
13 Pages

Effect of Petal Color, Water Status, and Extraction Method on Qualitative Characteristics of Rosa rugosa Liqueur

  • Giancarlo Fascella,
  • Francesca D’Angiolillo,
  • Michele Massimo Mammano,
  • Giuseppe Granata and
  • Edoardo Napoli

15 July 2022

Flowers of Rosa rugosa Thunb. are a rich source of bioactive compounds with high antioxidant properties and are used for the production of jams, teas, juices, and wines. In the present paper, the petals of R. rugosa cv. Alba (white flowers) and Rubra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,970 Views
13 Pages

DNA-Binding One Finger Transcription Factor PhDof28 Regulates Petal Size in Petunia

  • Yuanzheng Yue,
  • Wuwei Zhu,
  • Huimin Shen,
  • Hongtao Wang,
  • Juhua Du,
  • Lianggui Wang and
  • Huirong Hu

Petal size is a key indicator of the ornamental value of plants, such as Petunia hybrida L., which is a popular ornamental species worldwide. Our previous study identified a flower-specific expression pattern of a DNA-binding one finger (Dof)-type tr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
981 Views
12 Pages

Regulation of Petal Coloration by the Auxin Amide Hydrolase Gene RhILL1 in Rose (Rosa hybrida)

  • Dan Wang,
  • Yiping Zhang,
  • Daliang Li,
  • Xujun Ma,
  • Xiao Yang,
  • Hongying Jian,
  • Huichun Wang,
  • Lihua Wang,
  • Hao Zhang and
  • Xianqin Qiu
  • + 1 author

6 June 2025

Objective: This study aimed to elucidate the regulatory mechanism of an auxin amide hydrolase gene (IAA-Leucine Resistant1-like Hydrolase, RhILL1) in the petal pigmentation of rose (Rosa hybrida), providing theoretical insight into the hormonal regul...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,128 Views
12 Pages

Application of Ultrafiltration for Recovery of Polyphenols from Rose Petal Byproduct

  • Mariya Dushkova,
  • Alexios Vardakas,
  • Vasil Shikov,
  • Kiril Mihalev and
  • Margarita Terzyiska

28 September 2023

One main objective of this study was to increase the utilization of raw material in the rose (Rosa damascena Mill.) essential oil industry by the application of membrane technologies. In this research, distilled (dearomatized) rose petals, the primar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,260 Views
14 Pages

Certain Subclasses of Analytic Multivalent Functions Associated with Petal-Shape Domain

  • Lei Shi,
  • Hari M. Srivastava,
  • Muhammad Ghaffar Khan,
  • Nazar Khan,
  • Bakhtiar Ahmad,
  • Bilal Khan and
  • Wali Khan Mashwani

3 November 2021

In this article, we introduce a new class of multivalent analytic functions associated with petal-shape region. Furthermore, some useful properties, such as the Fekete–Szegö inequality, and their consequences for some special cases are discussed. For...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,028 Views
15 Pages

30 August 2023

Catharanthus roseus exhibits vibrant petals and displays robust resistance to disease and drought, making it highly valuable for ornamental and gardening applications. While the application of C. roseus as a source of anticancer drugs has gained cons...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,046 Views
16 Pages

18 April 2024

The loss of anthocyanin pigments is one of the most common evolutionary transitions in petal color, yet the genetic basis for these changes in flax remains largely unknown. In this study, we used crossing studies, a bulk segregant analysis, genome-wi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,933 Views
12 Pages

Beneficial natural products utilized in cosmetics formulation and pharmaceutical applications are of enormous interest. Lily (Lilium) serves as an essential edible and medicinal plant species with wide classification. Here, we have performed the scre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,973 Views
20 Pages

Small RNA and Degradome Sequencing Reveal Roles of miRNAs in the Petal Color Fading of Malus Crabapple

  • Hao Rong,
  • Xin Han,
  • Yue Xin,
  • Zhouxian Ni,
  • Wangxiang Zhang and
  • Li’an Xu

The Malus crabapple is an important woody ornamental plant. The fading of petals during its development significantly affects their ornamental value. Petal color is related to anthocyanin content and miRNAs play an important role in the post-transcri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,643 Views
18 Pages

Heat Transfer Enhancement of Circular- and Petal- Shaped Double-Tube-Type Heat Exchangers by Triple Ones

  • Toshihiko Shakouchi,
  • Kazuma Yamamura,
  • Koichi Tsujimoto and
  • Toshitake Ando

14 December 2020

Conventional circular double or triple tube type heat exchanger, DHE or THE, is one of the compact heat exchangers; a large number of studies have been performed to improve their heat transfer performance. The authors demonstrated that a petal-shaped...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,802 Views
20 Pages

Multi-Omics Analysis Revealed the AGR-FC.C3 Locus of Brassica napus as a Novel Candidate for Controlling Petal Color

  • Yiran Ding,
  • Huaixin Li,
  • Xinmin Liu,
  • Xin Cheng,
  • Wang Chen,
  • Mingli Wu,
  • Liurong Chen,
  • Jianjie He,
  • Hongbo Chao and
  • Maoteng Li
  • + 2 authors

11 February 2024

Variations in the petal color of Brassica napus are crucial for ornamental value, but the controlled loci for breeding remain to be unraveled. Here, we report a candidate locus, AGR-FC.C3, having conducted a bulked segregant analysis on a segregating...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,439 Views
13 Pages

An Aux/IAA Family Member, RhIAA14, Involved in Ethylene-Inhibited Petal Expansion in Rose (Rosa hybrida)

  • Yangchao Jia,
  • Changxi Chen,
  • Feifei Gong,
  • Weichan Jin,
  • Hao Zhang,
  • Suping Qu,
  • Nan Ma,
  • Yunhe Jiang,
  • Junping Gao and
  • Xiaoming Sun

10 June 2022

Flower size, a primary agronomic trait in breeding of ornamental plants, is largely determined by petal expansion. Generally, ethylene acts as an inhibitor of petal expansion, but its effect is restricted by unknown developmental cues. In this study,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,749 Views
14 Pages

22 August 2023

This paper addresses two aspects of the metrology of spherical, petal polymer reflectors which are part of an effort by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop actively controlled foldable reflectors, enabling larger apertures on CubeSats and smal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,085 Views
17 Pages

Petal color, size, and morphology play important roles in protecting other floral organs, attracting pollinators, and facilitating sexual reproduction in plants. In a previous study, we obtained a petal degeneration mutant (pdm) from the ‘FT&rs...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,358 Views
19 Pages

28 June 2023

Petal gas bearings are widely used in industrial turbine installations. However, there are practically no mathematical models that take into account the nonlinear dependence of the elastic element deformations of the gas-dynamic bearing on the pressu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,197 Views
15 Pages

Chemical Composition Profiling and Antifungal Activity of Saffron Petal Extract

  • Nadia Naim,
  • Marie-Laure Fauconnier,
  • Nabil Ennahli,
  • Abdessalem Tahiri,
  • Mohammed Baala,
  • Ilham Madani,
  • Said Ennahli and
  • Rachid Lahlali

9 December 2022

Numerous fungal plant pathogens can infect fresh fruits and vegetables during transit and storage conditions. The resulting infections were mainly controlled by synthetic fungicides, but their application has many drawbacks associated with the threat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,139 Views
17 Pages

19 October 2021

The MYB transcription factor family is one of the largest families in plants, and its members have various biological functions. R2R3-MYB genes are involved in the synthesis of pigments that yield petal colors. Liriodendron plants are widely cultivat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,324 Views
9 Pages

Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Key Genes and Pathways Associated with the Petal Color Formation in Cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata)

  • Bin Zhang,
  • Jiao Wang,
  • Li Chen,
  • Wenjing Ren,
  • Fengqing Han,
  • Zhiyuan Fang,
  • Limei Yang,
  • Mu Zhuang,
  • Honghao Lv and
  • Yangyong Zhang
  • + 2 authors

Petal color is an important agronomic trait in cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata). Although the key gene BoCCD4 has been functionally characterized, the underlying molecular regulatory mechanism of petal color formation in cabbage is still...

  • Article
  • Open Access
964 Views
17 Pages

Investigation of the Lubrication Performance of Petal-Shaped Micro-Pit Texture on the Surface of Stator Rubber in Screw Pumps

  • Xiaoming Wu,
  • Xinfu Liu,
  • Guoqing Han,
  • Xiangzhi Shi,
  • Jiuquan An,
  • Xiaoli Yin and
  • Li Geng

This study proposed a surface modification method, based on petal-shaped micro-pit texture, allowing to solve the problem of significant wear of the stator caused by the oil film rupture in the metal-rubber friction pair of the screw pump under compl...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,062 Views
13 Pages

Petal-like g-C3N4 Enhances the Photocatalyst Removal of Hexavalent Chromium

  • Huijuan Yu,
  • Qiang Ma,
  • Cuiping Gao,
  • Shaohua Liao,
  • Yingjie Zhang,
  • Hong Quan and
  • Ruiqi Zhai

22 March 2023

The rapid progress of modern industry not only brings convenience to people’s lives, but also brings negative effects. Industrial development produces a large amount of waste metal, which brings harm to the environment and human health. Carbon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
4,529 Views
16 Pages

Most antibacterial nanomaterials used in food packaging act by releasing reactive oxygen species (ROS), which cannot efficiently have an inhibitory effect by penetrating the cell wall of Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus. In this work, we used the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,485 Views
12 Pages

10 March 2025

In low-light environments, plants face challenges in maximizing light acquisition for growth and reproduction. This study investigates the light-related adaptations of Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth, a climbing annual vine commonly known as morning glory...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,021 Views
19 Pages

Short-Circuit Current Calculation of Single-Phase to Ground Fault in Petal-Shaped Distribution Network

  • Yilong Kang,
  • Huanruo Qi,
  • Rui Liu,
  • Xiangyang Yan,
  • Chen Chen,
  • Fei Guo,
  • Fang Guo and
  • Xiaoxiao Dong

28 July 2025

Petal-shaped distribution networks are receiving increasing attention due to their enhanced reliability. However, the integration of distributed generators (DGs) significantly alters the fault characteristics during single-phase to ground faults. Tra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,662 Views
41 Pages

Developing a Colorimetrically Balanced, Measurement-Based Petal Colour System for Cultivated Rose (Rosa L. Cultivars) and the Resulting Colour Categories

  • Gábor Boronkay,
  • Dóra Hamar-Farkas,
  • Szilvia Kisvarga,
  • Zsuzsanna Békefi,
  • András Neményi and
  • László Orlóci

15 May 2024

There is no practical and at the same time objective colour system available for describing cultivated roses (Rosa L. cultivars). For this reason, a new colour classification system was developed which is colorimetrically balanced and appropriate for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
381 Views
18 Pages

Gray mold, caused by Botrytis cinerea, is a devastating disease of strawberry, with petal abscission rate (PAR) being a critical disease-avoidance trait. Rapid petal abscission removes a key infection site for the pathogen, thereby reducing disease i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,541 Views
17 Pages

Micronized Rose Petal Powder: A Valuable Edible Floral Food Ingredient Containing Bioactive Compounds

  • Renata Różyło,
  • Ryszard Amarowicz,
  • Michał Adam Janiak,
  • Marek Domin,
  • Igor Różyło,
  • Klaudia Rząd,
  • Arkadiusz Matwijczuk,
  • Robert Rusinek and
  • Marek Gancarz

18 October 2024

Flower petals, as byproducts, provide significant health benefits and can be used in food production. In this study, the impact of the micronization process using a ball mill on the properties of micronized powders derived from wild rose petals of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,122 Views
16 Pages

Neuroprotective Effect of White Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. Petal Tea in Rats Poisoned with Mancozeb

  • Ketsarin Intui,
  • Pimchanok Nuchniyom,
  • Jiraporn Laoung-on,
  • Churdsak Jaikang,
  • Ranida Quiggins and
  • Paiwan Sudwan

28 May 2023

Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. (N. nucifera) tea is used as food and folk medicine to reduce toxicity in Southeast Asia. Mancozeb (Mz) is used for controlling fungi in agriculture and contains heavy metals. This study aimed to examine the effect of white N...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,134 Views
19 Pages

Efficient underwater recovery systems are essential for battery recharging and data exchange of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). This paper introduced a petal mechanical gripper (PMG) for AUV underwater recovery, and investigated the collision...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,230 Views
23 Pages

Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Association of E-Class AmMADS-Box Genes with Petal Malformation in Antirrhinum majus L.

  • Dongmei Yang,
  • Yiwen Chen,
  • Yutong He,
  • Jiayi Song,
  • Ye Jiang,
  • Meiyun Yang,
  • Xingyan Zheng,
  • Li Wang and
  • Huizhen Hu

Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) serves as a model system for dissecting floral morphogenesis mechanisms. Petal malformation in A. majus impacts ornamental value, but its genetic basis remains poorly understood. We compared transcriptomes of the wild-t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,740 Views
20 Pages

7 January 2019

Rigid biological systems are increasingly becoming a source of inspiration for the fabrication of the advanced functional materials due to their diverse hierarchical structures and remarkable engineering properties. As a bionic biomaterial with a cle...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,321 Views
17 Pages

Exploring the Mechanisms Underlying Petal Pigmentation Differences in Two Cultivars of Physalis philadelphica Based on HPLC and NGS

  • Hongyu Qiao,
  • Wennan Zhao,
  • Song Tian,
  • Da Wang,
  • Haiyan Wu,
  • Chenyu Wang,
  • Jiaming Zhu,
  • Nan Li,
  • Xu Zhu and
  • Hongxia He
  • + 2 authors

Physalis philadelphica, a member of the Solanaceae family, commonly known as Physalis, is a one-year-old herbaceous plant with both medicinal and edible properties, as well as ornamental value. At present, only limited research is available on the fl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,150 Views
19 Pages

6 June 2022

The purpose of this article is to obtain the sharp estimates of the first four initial logarithmic coefficients for the class BTs of bounded turning functions associated with a petal-shaped domain. Further, we investigate the sharp estimate of Fekete...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,765 Views
22 Pages

Effect of the Quasi-Petal Heat Transfer Tube on the Melting Process of the Nano-Enhanced Phase Change Substance in a Thermal Energy Storage Unit

  • Mohammad Ghalambaz,
  • Seyed Abdollah Mansouri Mehryan,
  • Reza Kalantar Feeoj,
  • Ahmad Hajjar,
  • Obai Younis,
  • Pouyan Talebizadehsardari and
  • Wahiba Yaïci

7 March 2021

The melting heat transfer of nano-enhanced phase change materials was addressed in a thermal energy storage unit. A heated U-shape tube was placed in a cylindrical shell. The cross-section of the tube is a petal-shape, which can have different amplit...

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