Genome-Wide Identification of the TIFY Family in Longan and Their Potential Functional Analysis in Anthocyanin Synthesis.

TIFY is one of the plant-specific transcription factors, which is extensively involved in regulating plant development, stress response, and biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. In this study, we identified 19 genes from the longan genome data. All of them contained the conserved TIFY domain, and these 19 were distributed on 9 out of the 15 chromosomes of longan.

The SOC1 gene plays an important role in regulating litchi flowering time.

Litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) is a valuable subtropical fruit tree with high-quality fruit. However, its economic benefits and sustainable development are restrained by a number of challenges.