Key message Several members of WOX and KNOX gene families and several plant growth regulators, basically cytokinins and auxins, play a key role during adventitious caulogenesis in the conifer Pinus pinea . Abstract Similar to Arabidopsis thaliana , Pinus pinea shoot organogenesis is a multistep process. However, there are key differences between both species, which may alter the underlying physiological and genetic programs. I...

Natural variation of the metabolome of Pinus pinaster was studied to improve understanding of its role in the adaptation process and phenotypic diversity. The metabolomes of needles and the apical and basal section of buds were analysed in ten provenances of P. pinaster , selected from France, Spain and Morocco, grown in a common garden for 5 years. The employment of complementary mass spectrometry techniques ( GC ‐ MS and LC...