This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872152);the Open Fundation of the Key Laboratory of Horticulture for Southern Mountainous Regions,Ministry of Education,Southwest University,the China Agriculture Research System(CARS-23);the Postdoctoral Research Funding Scheme of Jiangsu Province(2019 K071).
The yellowing of leaves caused by the decomposition of chlorophyll(Chl)is a characteristic event during senescence,which can be induced by various environmental stresses.However,the molecular mechanisms of high temper...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32272695 and 31972398 to X.S.);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2019YFD1000300);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31960591 to N.S.);the Max-Planck Society and European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme,project PlantaSYST(SGA-CSA No.664621 and No.739582 under FPA No.664620);the China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(CARS-23);the 111 Project of Ministry of Education of P.R.C.(B17043).
Central metabolism produces carbohydrates and amino acids that are tightly correlated to plant growth and thereby crop productivity.Malate is reported to link mitochondrial respiratory metabolism with cytosolic biosyn...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31972480 and 32260800);the Earmarked fund for Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System in China(CARS-25-C-01);the Science and Technology Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAASASTIPIVFCAAS);the Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Germplasm Innovation,Ministry of Agriculture,China;the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province(20212BAB215004).
BASIC PENTACYSTEINE(BPC)transcription factors are essential regulators of plant growth and development.However,BPC functions and the related molecular mechanisms during cucumber(Cucumis sativus L.)responses to abiotic...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31772327 and 32025033);the Key R&D Program of Hebei Province(21326309D);the Scientific Research Foundation of Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology(2019YB015 and 2020JK004);the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(C2020407015).
Fruit shape and size are important appearance and yield traits in cucumber,but the underlying genes and their regulatory mechanisms remain poorly understood.Here we identified a mutant with spherical fruits from an Et...
This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32272718);Jiangsu Key Research and Development Program(BE2022339);Jiangsu Agricultural Science and Technology Independent Innovation Fund Project(CX(20)3165);the Key Project For Jiangsu Agricultural New Variety Innovation(PZCZ201720);the Jiangsu Provincial Entrepreneurship and Innovation Doctor Program,the Yangzhou City’s Green and Golden Phoenix Program,Modern Agriculture Foundation of Yangzhou(YZ2020036);the Promoting Project for Open Competition Mechanism to Select the Best Candidates of Jiangsu Seed Industry(JBGS[2021]018).
Cucumber glossiness is an important visual quality trait that affects consumer choice.Accumulating evidence suggests that glossy trait is associated with cuticular wax accumulation.However,the molecular genetic mechan...
This work is supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32025033 and 31930097);the National Key Research and Development Program(2018YFD1000800).
Cucumber(Cucumis sativus L.)is an important vegetable crop species with great economic value.Shoot architecture determines the visual appearance of plants and has a strong impact on crop management and yield.Unlike mo...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31772363);the Science and Technology Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS-ASTIP-IVFCAAS);the“Taishan Scholar”Foundation of the People’s Government of Shandong Province,the Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Germplasm Innovation,the Ministry of Agriculture,China;the Earmarked fund for Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System(CARS-25-C-01).
The use of heterografts is widely applied for the production of several important commercial crops,but the molecular mechanism of graft union formation remains poorly understood.Here,cucumber grafted onto pumpkin was ...
the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2018YFD0100701);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31471156);the Shanghai Agriculture Applied Technology Development Program of China(G2015060402);Shanghai Jiao Tong University“Life Science”Interdisciplinary Research of China(20ZD-02).
Trichomes that cover the epidermis of aerial plant organs play multiple roles in plant protection.Compared with a unicellular trichome in model plants,the development mechanism of the multicellular trichome is largely...
the National Key Research and Development Program of China(#2018YFD1000804);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Key Program,#31430075);the Belt and Road innovation cooperation project(#BZ2019012);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(#2016YFD0100204-25);the Jiangsu Agricultural Innovation of New Cultivars(#PZCZ201719);by a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.
Cucumis hystrix Chakr.(2n=2x=24)is a wild species that can hybridize with cultivated cucumber(C.sativus L.,2n=2x=14),a globally important vegetable crop.However,cucumber breeding is hindered by its narrow genetic base...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK20170724);the Natural Science Foundation of China(31902107);the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest-Integrated Management Technology of Crop Wilt Disease(No.201503110);the Innovative Research Team Development Plan of the Ministry of Education of China(Grant No.IRT_17R56);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant Nos.KYT201802,KYXK2020010,and KJQN202017).
Resistant cultivars have played important roles in controlling Fusarium wilt disease,but the roles of rhizosphere interactions among different levels of resistant cultivars are still unknown.Here,two phenotypes of cuc...