supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31801856 to X.S.,2016YFD0101001 to X.W.);the Hebei Province Higher Education Youth Talents Program(BJ2018016 to X.S.);the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei(C2017209103 to X.S.).
Cold stress profoundly affects plant growth and development and is a key factor affecting the geographic distribution and evolution of plants.Plants have evolved adaptive mechanisms to cope with cold stress.Here,throu...
This work was financially supported by the“948”Project of the Ministry of Agriculture(2016-X18),the Jiangsu 333 talent project(BRA2017382);the Seed Industry Development Project of Shanghai[(2016)1–14];the Fund for Independent Innovation of Agricultural Sciences in Jiangsu Province[CX(16)1025];the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(KYZ201606,KYRC201601).
Allopolyploid formation involves two major events:interspecific hybridization and polyploidization.A number of species in the Asteraceae family are polyploids because of frequent hybridization.The effects of hybridiza...