Anthocyanins are natural water-soluble pigments that are important in plants because they
endow a variety of colors to vegetative tissues and reproductive plant organs, mainly …

The fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea causes grey mould, a commercially damaging disease
of strawberry. This pathogen affects fruit in the field, storage, transport and market. The …

Rose (Rosa hybrida) is one of most famous ornamental plants in the world, and its
commodity value largely depends on its flower color. However, the regulatory mechanism …

Anthocyanins represent the major red, purple, and blue pigments in many flowers, fruits,
vegetables, and cereals. They are also recognized as important health-promoting …

Post-genomics era has witnessed the development of cutting-edge technologies that have
offered cost-efficient and high-throughput ways for molecular characterization of the function …

The fruits of diploid and octoploid strawberry (Fragaria spp) show substantial natural
variation in color due to distinct anthocyanin accumulation and distribution patterns …

Anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin (PA) accumulation is regulated by both myeloblastosis
(MYB) activators and repressors, but little information is available on hierarchical …

Choices of blue food colourants are extremely limited, with only two options in the USA,
synthetic blue no. 1 and no. 2, and a third available in Europe, patent blue V. The food …

The strawberry is one of the world's most popular fruits, providing humans with vitamins,
fibers, and antioxidants. Cultivated strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa) is an allo-octoploid and …

Anthocyanins are naturally occurring flavonoids derived from the phenylpropanoid pathway.
There is increasing evidence of the preventative and protective roles of anthocyanins …