View article
Tomato Fruit Development and Metabolism Open
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) belongs to the Solanaceae family and is the second most important fruit or vegetable crop next to potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). It is cultivated for fresh fruit and processed products. Tomatoes contain man…
View article
Ethylene control of fruit ripening: revisiting the complex network of transcriptional regulation Open
The plant hormone ethylene plays a key role in climacteric fruit ripening. Studies on components of ethylene signaling have revealed a linear transduction pathway leading to the activation of ethylene response factors. However, the means b…
View article
Critical roles of DNA demethylation in the activation of ripening-induced genes and inhibition of ripening-repressed genes in tomato fruit Open
Significance DNA methylation is generally considered an epigenetic mark for transcriptional gene silencing. In this work, we generated loss-of-function mutant alleles of SlDML2 . We characterized the mutant fruits that failed to ripen and …
View article
Chemical Composition of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Fruit: Nutritional and Phytochemical Compounds Open
Mango fruit has a high nutritional value and health benefits due to important components. The present manuscript is a comprehensive update on the composition of mango fruit, including nutritional and phytochemical compounds, and the change…
View article
Fruit Calcium: Transport and Physiology Open
Calcium has well-documented roles in plant signaling, water relations and cell wall interactions. Significant research into how calcium impacts these individual processes in various tissues has been carried out; however, the influence of c…
View article
A DEMETER-like DNA demethylase governs tomato fruit ripening Open
Significance This work shows that active DNA demethylation governs ripening, an important plant developmental process. Our work defines a molecular mechanism, which has until now been missing, to explain the correlation between genomic DNA…
View article
Antioxidant properties of Milk and dairy products: a comprehensive review of the current knowledge Open
Milk and dairy products are integral part of human nutrition and they are considered as the carriers of higher biological value proteins, calcium, essential fatty acids, amino acids, fat, water soluble vitamins and several bioactive compou…
View article
Chilling-induced tomato flavor loss is associated with altered volatile synthesis and transient changes in DNA methylation Open
Significance Cold storage is widely used to extend shelf-life of agriculture products. For tomato, this handling results in reduced flavor quality. Our work provides major insights into the effects of chilling on consumer liking, the flavo…
View article
The primary, secondary, and structures of higher levels of pectin polysaccharides Open
Pectin is a heteropolysaccharide abundant in the cell wall of plants and is obtained mainly from fruit (citrus and apple), thus its properties are particularly prone to changes occurring during ripening process. Properties of pectin depend…
View article
The Jasmonate-Activated Transcription Factor MdMYC2 Regulates <i>ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR</i> and Ethylene Biosynthetic Genes to Promote Ethylene Biosynthesis during Apple Fruit Ripening Open
The plant hormone ethylene is critical for ripening in climacteric fruits, including apple (Malus domestica). Jasmonate (JA) promotes ethylene biosynthesis in apple fruit, but the underlying molecular mechanism is unclear. Here, we found t…
View article
The biochemistry and molecular biology of chlorophyll breakdown Open
Chlorophyll breakdown is one of the most obvious signs of leaf senescence and fruit ripening. The resulting yellowing of leaves can be observed every autumn, and the color change of fruits indicates their ripening state. During these proce…
View article
Modifications in Organic Acid Profiles During Fruit Development and Ripening: Correlation or Causation? Open
The pivotal role of phytohormones during fruit development and ripening is considered established knowledge in plant biology. Perhaps less well-known is the growing body of evidence suggesting that organic acids play a key function in plan…
View article
Apple (<i>Malus domestica</i>) Md<span>ERF</span>2 negatively affects ethylene biosynthesis during fruit ripening by suppressing <i>Md<span>ACS</span>1</i> transcription Open
Summary Ripening in climacteric fruit requires the gaseous phytohormone ethylene. Although ethylene signaling has been well studied, knowledge of the transcriptional regulation of ethylene biosynthesis is still limited. Here we show that a…
View article
SlMYB75, an MYB-type transcription factor, promotes anthocyanin accumulation and enhances volatile aroma production in tomato fruits Open
Genetic manipulation of genes to upregulate specific branches of metabolic pathways is a method that is commonly used to improve fruit quality. However, the use of a single gene to impact several metabolic pathways is difficult. Here, we s…
View article
Global increase in DNA methylation during orange fruit development and ripening Open
DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mark involved in many biological processes. The genome of the climacteric tomato fruit undergoes a global loss of DNA methylation due to active DNA demethylation during the ripening process. It is…
View article
Electronic-Nose Applications for Fruit Identification, Ripeness and Quality Grading Open
Fruits produce a wide range of volatile organic compounds that impart their characteristically distinct aromas and contribute to unique flavor characteristics. Fruit aroma and flavor characteristics are of key importance in determining con…
View article
A NAC transcription factor, NOR-like1, is a new positive regulator of tomato fruit ripening Open
Ripening of the model fruit tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is controlled by a transcription factor network including NAC (NAM, ATAF1/2, and CUC2) domain proteins such as No-ripening (NOR), SlNAC1, and SlNAC4, but very little is known about …
View article
EIN3-LIKE1, MYB1, and ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR3 Act in a Regulatory Loop That Synergistically Modulates Ethylene Biosynthesis and Anthocyanin Accumulation Open
Ethylene regulates climacteric fruit ripening, and EIN3-LIKE1 (EIL1) plays an important role in this process. In apple (Malus domestica), fruit coloration is accompanied by ethylene release during fruit ripening, but the molecular mechanis…
View article
Banana Transcription Factor MaERF11 Recruits Histone Deacetylase MaHDA1 and Represses the Expression of MaACO1 and Expansins during Fruit Ripening Open
Phytohormone ethylene controls diverse developmental and physiological processes such as fruit ripening via modulation of ethylene signaling pathway. Our previous study identified that ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR11 (MaERF11), a transcription …
View article
CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated mutagenesis of <i>lncRNA1459</i> alters tomato fruit ripening Open
SUMMARY With the development of high‐throughput sequencing, many long non‐coding RNA s (lnc RNA s) have been found to play important roles in diverse biological processes. However, the biological functions of most plant lnc RNA s are still…
View article
Abscisic acid and sucrose regulate tomato and strawberry fruit ripening through the abscisic acid‐stress‐ripening transcription factor Open
Summary Although great progress has been made towards understanding the role of abscisic acid ( ABA ) and sucrose in fruit ripening, the mechanisms underlying the ABA and sucrose signalling pathways remain elusive. In this study, transcrip…
View article
Role of Starter Cultures on the Safety of Fermented Meat Products Open
Starters are microbial cultures used to promote and conduct the fermentation of meat products. Bacteria, particularly lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS), as well as yeasts and molds, may be used as starte…
View article
The draft genome of tropical fruit durian (Durio zibethinus) Open
Durian (Durio zibethinus) is a Southeast Asian tropical plant known for its hefty, spine-covered fruit and sulfury and onion-like odor. Here we present a draft genome assembly of D. zibethinus, representing the third plant genus in the Mal…
View article
Primary Metabolism in Fresh Fruits During Storage Open
The extension of commercial life and the reduction of postharvest losses of perishable fruits is mainly based on storage at low temperatures alone or in combination with modified atmospheres (MAs) and controlled atmospheres (CAs), directed…
View article
A nanostructural view of the cell wall disassembly process during fruit ripening and postharvest storage by atomic force microscopy Open
[Background] The mechanical properties of parenchyma cell walls and the strength and extension of adhesion areas between adjacent cells, jointly with cell turgor, are main determinants of firmness of fleshy fruits. These traits are modifie…
View article
Tomato fruit carotenoid biosynthesis is adjusted to actual ripening progression by a light‐dependent mechanism Open
Summary Carotenoids are isoprenoid compounds that are essential for plants to protect the photosynthetic apparatus against excess light. They also function as health‐promoting natural pigments that provide colors to ripe fruit, promoting s…
View article
Viedma ripening: a reliable crystallisation method to reach single chirality Open
This tutorial review covers the basic principles behind asymmetric crystallisation processes, with an emphasis on Viedma ripening, and shows that to date many organic molecules can be obtained this way in enantiopure solid form.
View article
Interlinked regulatory loops of ABA catabolism and biosynthesis coordinate fruit growth and ripening in woodland strawberry Open
Significance Using strawberry fruit as a model system, we uncover the mechanistic interactions between auxin, gibberellic acid (GA), and abscisic acid (ABA) that regulate the entire process of fruit development. Interlinked regulatory loop…
View article
Sugar Signaling During Fruit Ripening Open
Sugars play a key role in fruit quality, as they directly influence taste, and thus consumer acceptance. Carbohydrates are the main resources needed by the plant for carbon and energy supply and have been suggested to be involved in all th…
View article
RNA sequencing and functional analysis implicate the regulatory role of long non-coding RNAs in tomato fruit ripening Open
Recently, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to play critical regulatory roles in model plants, such as Arabidopsis, rice, and maize. However, the presence of lncRNAs and how they function in fleshy fruit ripening are still lar…