• openAccess   Facing Climate Change: Biotechnology of Iconic Mediterranean Woody Crops 

      de Ollas, Carlos; Morillon, Raphael; Fotopoulos, Vasileios; Puértolas, Jaime; Ollitrault, Patrick; Gomez-Cadenas, Aurelio; Arbona, Vicent Frontiers Media (2019-04-16)
      The Mediterranean basin is especially sensitive to the adverse outcomes of climate change and especially to variations in rainfall patterns and the incidence of extremely high temperatures. These two concurring adverse ...
    • openAccess   Inactivation of UDP-Glucose Sterol Glucosyltransferases Enhances Arabidopsis Resistance to Botrytis cinerea 

      Castillo Vazquez, Nidia; Pastor, Victoria; Chávez, Ángel; Arró Robert, Montserrat; Boronat, Albert; Flors, Victor; Ferrer, Albert; ALTABELLA, TERESA Frontiers Media (2019-09-27)
      Free and glycosylated sterols are both structural components of the plasma membrane that regulate their biophysical properties and consequently different plasma membraneassociated processes such as plant adaptation to ...
    • openAccess   Light Regulation of Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Peel of Mandarin and Sweet Orange Fruits 

      Lado, Joanna; Alós, Enriqueta; Manzi Fraga, Matías Jesús; Cronje, Paul; Gomez-Cadenas, Aurelio; Rodrigo, María Jesús; Zacarías, Lorenzo Frontiers Media (2019-10-15)
      Carotenoids are the pigments responsible for the coloration of the peel and pulp of Citrus fruits. Light is one of the major environmental factors influencing coloration and carotenoid content and composition of fleshy ...
    • openAccess   Pinus Susceptibility to Pitch Canker Triggers Specific Physiological Responses in Symptomatic Plants: An Integrated Approach 

      Amaral, Joana; Correia, Barbara; António, Carla; Rodrigues Rebelo, Ana Margarida; Gomez-Cadenas, Aurelio; Valledor, Luis; Hancock, Robert D.; Alves, Artur; Pinto, Glória Frontiers Media (2019-04-24)
      Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pine pitch canker (PPC), is an emergent and still understudied risk that threatens Pinus forests worldwide, with potential production and sustainability losses. In order to explore ...