Tomato fruit development and metabolism

M Quinet, T Angosto, FJ Yuste-Lisbona… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Transcriptional control of fleshy fruit development and ripening

R Karlova, N Chapman, K David… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Fleshy fruits have evolved to be attractive to frugivores in order to enhance seed dispersal,
and have become an indispensable part of the human diet. Here we review the recent …

High-resolution spatiotemporal transcriptome map** of tomato fruit development and ripening

Y Shinozaki, P Nicolas, N Fernandez-Pozo… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is an established model for studying fruit biology; however,
most studies of tomato fruit growth and ripening are based on homogenized pericarp, and …

Identification and mode of inheritance of quantitative trait loci for secondary metabolite abundance in tomato

S Alseekh, T Tohge, R Wendenberg, F Scossa… - The Plant …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
A large-scale metabolic quantitative trait loci (mQTL) analysis was performed on the well-
characterized Solanum pennellii introgression lines to investigate the genomic regions …

RNA sequencing and functional analysis implicate the regulatory role of long non-coding RNAs in tomato fruit ripening

B Zhu, Y Yang, R Li, D Fu, L Wen… - … of experimental botany, 2015 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Recent advancements in the mechanism of nitric oxide signaling associated with hydrogen sulfide and melatonin crosstalk during ethylene-induced fruit ripening in …

S Mukherjee - Nitric Oxide, 2019 - Elsevier
The current review focuses on the significant role of nitric oxide (NO) in modulating ethylene-
induced fruit ripening responses in plants. In this context, hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) and …

Breeding has increased the diversity of cultivated tomato in the Netherlands

HJ Schouten, Y Tikunov, W Verkerke… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
It is generally believed that domestication and breeding of plants has led to genetic erosion,
including loss of nutritional value and resistances to diseases, especially in tomato. We …

Multifaceted roles of nitric oxide in tomato fruit ripening: NO-induced metabolic rewiring and consequences for fruit quality traits

R Zuccarelli, M Rodríguez-Ruiz… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated as part of the ripening regulatory network in fleshy
fruits. However, very little is known about the simultaneous action of NO on the network of …

Aroma volatiles in tomato fruits: The role of genetic, preharvest and postharvest factors

M Distefano, RP Mauro, D Page, F Giuffrida, N Bertin… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over the last few decades, the improvement of tomato aroma and flavour has gained
growing attention among breeders, agronomists and food technologists, as it is reputed as a …

The genetic basis of tomato aroma

M Martina, Y Tikunov, E Portis, AG Bovy - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) aroma is determined by the interaction of volatile
compounds (VOCs) released by the tomato fruits with receptors in the nose, leading to a …