Boron (B) is an essential micronutrient in higher plants, although it is toxic in excess. In soils,
the concentration range between B deficiency and toxicity is generally narrow and differs …

We elucidate grapevine evolution and domestication histories with 3525 cultivated and wild
accessions worldwide. In the Pleistocene, harsh climate drove the separation of wild grape …

… b miRNAs showing preferential expression patterns between XY male (M) and XX female
(F) asparagus spears from three genotypes (8A, 8B, and 10) included in this study. The …

… symbols) or fertilized with an organic fertilized with low C:N ratio (F, green symbols). Soil
was left with the NAT (circles); … F. Labbruzzo for invaluable help during the field experiment. …

Eggplant plantings are constantly attacked by a number of serious pests (eg the fruit and shoot
borer, the Colorado potato beetle, soil-borne fungi). In spite of the heavy losses they may …

… Effects of root region (R), time of exposure (T) and their interaction are presented as F
values and level of significance (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001; ns , not significant) as …

Sex chromosomes have evolved independently in phylogenetically diverse flowering plant
lineages. The genes governing sex determination in dioecious species remain unknown, but …

Nitrogen (N) supply usually limits crop production and optimizing N-use efficiency (NUE) to
minimize fertilizer loss is important. NUE is a complex trait that can be dissected into crop N …

A modified gene of Bacillus thuringiensis var. Tolworthi (Bt), encoding a coleopteran insect-specific
CryIIIB toxin, was transferred via Agrobacterium tumefaciens to the female parent of …

In the last decades, many studies were addressed to focus the interplay between plant and
microbial community into the soil and especially in the small soil zone in contact to plant root, …