supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31972389);the earmarked fund for the China Agriculture Research System(CARS-27);the Key S&T Special Projects of Shaanxi Province(2020zdzx03-01-02);Tang Scholar.The authors are grateful to Dr.Zhihong Zhang of Shenyang Agricultural University for donating the‘Gala'apple(M.domestica cv.Gala)plants.
Melatonin is involved in plant responses to various environmental stresses.Although many studies have demonstrated that the tolerance of plants to stress is improved by exogenous melatonin,the role of endogenous melat...
supported by project CGL2015-68188-P from MINECO.MB,JMCA,and LE enjoyed PhD fellowships BES-2009-026077,BES-2012-052837 and BES-2014-068039,respectively from the Spanish MICINN and MINECO.ER was supported by grant BB/H018093/1 from the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council(BBSRC).
Aphids display life cycles largely determined by the photoperiod.During the warm long-day seasons.most aphid species reproduce by viviparous parthenogenesis.The shortening of the photoperiod in autumn induces a switch...