Identification, characterization, and expression of lipoxygenase genes in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) cv. Regina and their relationship with the development of an herbaceous off-flavor during fruit ripening.

Flavor is an essential characteristic of fruit quality and is significant for consumers. Off-flavors have been reported in several fruits, including sweet cherry. This fruit has been reported to show an herbaceous/grassy-like flavor.

Gametophytic self-incompatibility in Andean capuli ( subsp. ): allelic diversity at the S-RNase locus influences normal pollen-tube formation during fertilization.

Capuli subsp. is a tree species that is widely distributed in the northern Andes. In , fruit set and productivity appears to be limited by gametophytic self-incompatibility (GSI) which is controlled by the S-Locus.

Arabidopsis ALF4 encodes a nuclear-localized protein required for lateral root formation.

Lateral root formation, the primary way plants increase their root mass, displays developmental plasticity in response to environmental changes. The aberrant lateral root formation (alf)4-1 mutation blocks the initiation of lateral roots, thus greatly altering root system architecture. We have positionally cloned the ALF4 gene and have further characterized its phenotype.