There is increasing evidence that pathogens do not only elicit direct defense responses,but also cause pronounced changes in primary carbohydrate metabolism.Cel
Hexoses accumulate to high concentrations(~200 mM)in storage parenchyma cells of tomato fruit.Hexoses are sourced from the fruit apoplasm as hydrolysis products
Heterosis,or hybrid vigor,is one of the most important tools in plant breeding and has previously been demonstrated for plant freezing tolerance.Freezing tolera
Recent reports suggest that exposure to stress is capable of influencing the frequency and patte of inherited changes in various parts of the genome.In this rev
Cytosine methylation is a fundamental epigenetic mechanism for gene-expression regulation and development in plants.Here,we report for the first time the identi