We especially thank Dr Binghua Wu(Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University,China)for kindly providing the yeast mutant strain EBY.VW4000 and Prof.Zhong-Nan Yang(Shanghai Normal University,China)for sharing Atsweet8 seeds.This work was supported by the Science and Technology Major Project of Guangxi(Gui Ke AA22068096);the Science and Technology Innovation Project of Pingtan Science and Technology Research Institute(PT2021007,PT2021003);the General Project of Fujian Natural Science Foundation(2020 J01594);the Project of Guangxi Featured Fruit Innovation Team on Pineapple Breeding and Cultivation Post under the National Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System(nycytxgxcxtd-17-05);the Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences Basic Research Project(Gui Nong Ke 2021YT046).The funding bodies played no role in the design of the study and collection,analysis and interpretation of the data,and writing the manuscript.
SWEET transporters are a unique class of sugar transporters that play vital roles in various developmental and physiological processes in plants.While the functions of SWEETs have been well established in model plants...
This research was supported by the Guangdong Province Science and Technology Plan Project(2016A020210077);the National Key R&D Program of China(2020YFD1000600)。
Internal browning(IB),a major physiological disorder of pineapples,usually happens in postharvest processes,but the underlying mechanism remains elusive.The bHLH transcription factors are involved in regulating variou...
This work was supported by the Science and Technology Program of Fujian Province(2019N5008);the Science and Technology Major Project of Guangxi(Gui Ke 2018-266-Z01);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970333,U1605212);a Guangxi Distinguished Experts Fellowship awarded to Y.Q;a Science and Technology Major Project of Guangxi-Research and application of ecological and highly efficient cultivation techniques for dominant and characteristic fruits(AA17204097-6)awarded to X.W.
Understanding germline specification in plants could be advantageous for agricultural applications.In recent decades,substantial efforts have been made to understand germline speci fication in several plant species,in...
The authors would like to thank Irene Lavagi for editing the language.The study was supported by grants from the 863 program(2013AA102604),NSFC(31201260);Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Fujian Province and Science and Technology Major Project of Fujian Province(2016NZ0001).
Pineapple occupies an important phylogenetic position as its reference genome is a model for studying the evolution the Bromeliaceae family and the crassulacean acid metabolism(CAM)photosynthesis.Here,we developed a p...
This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30800884,31370688).
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