Genome-wide identification of the PIF gene family in blueberry reveals VcPIF7 as a far red light-induced repressor of fruit ripening.
Phytochrome-interacting factors (PIFs) are a family of basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors that serve as central integrators of light signaling and developmental programs. Although PIFs have been well characterized in model species, their genome-wide landscape in blueberry (Vaccinium duclouxii) and the...