Fruit ripening: the role of hormones, cell wall modifications, and their relationship with pathogens

S Forlani, S Masiero, C Mizzotti - Journal of experimental botany, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Fruits result from complex biological processes that begin soon after fertilization. Among
these processes are cell division and expansion, accumulation of secondary metabolites …

Chilling injury in peach and nectarine

S Lurie, CH Crisosto - Postharvest biology and technology, 2005‏ - Elsevier
Peaches and nectarines ripen and deteriorate quickly at ambient temperature. Cold storage
is used to slow these processes and decay development. However, low temperature …

Cell wall metabolism during maturation, ripening and senescence of peach fruit

DA Brummell, V Dal Cin, CH Crisosto… - Journal of …, 2004‏ - academic.oup.com
Cell wall changes were examined in fruit of a melting flesh peach (Prunus persica L.)
allowed to ripen on the tree. Three phases to softening were noted, the first of which began …

Prunus genetics and applications after de novo genome sequencing: achievements and prospects

MJ Aranzana, V Decroocq, E Dirlewanger… - Horticulture …, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Prior to the availability of whole-genome sequences, our understanding of the structural and
functional aspects of Prunus tree genomes was limited mostly to molecular genetic map** …

Polygalacturonases: many genes in search of a function

KA Hadfield, AB Bennett - Plant physiology, 1998‏ - academic.oup.com
Pectins are a major component of the plant cell wall and comprise one of the two major
coextensive networks in which cellulose microfibrils are embedded (Carpita and Gibeaut …

Cell wall metabolism during the development of chilling injury in cold-stored peach fruit: association of mealiness with arrested disassembly of cell wall pectins

DA Brummell, V Dal Cin, S Lurie… - Journal of …, 2004‏ - academic.oup.com
Partially tree-ripened ripe fruit of peach (Prunus persica L.) were stored for 1–4 weeks at 5°
C and then ripened at 20° C for 3 d to induce chilling injury. With increasing cold storage the …

QTL dynamics for fruit firmness and softening around an ethylene-dependent polygalacturonase gene in apple (Malus×domestica Borkh.)

F Costa, CP Peace, S Stella, S Serra… - Journal of …, 2010‏ - academic.oup.com
Apple fruit are well known for their storage life, although a wide range of flesh softening
occurs among cultivars. Loss of firmness is genetically coordinated by the action of several …

Molecular Bases of Fruit Quality in Prunus Species: An Integrated Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Metabolic Review with a Breeding Perspective

BE García-Gómez, JA Salazar… - International journal of …, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
In plants, fruit ripening is a coordinated developmental process that requires the change in
expression of hundreds to thousands of genes to modify many biochemical and …

Currants and gooseberries

RM Brennan - Temperate fruit crop breeding: Germplasm to genomics, 2008‏ - Springer
The cultivation of Ribes fruits (black-and redcurrants and gooseberries) is aimed at both
fresh and processing markets, with the blackcurrant R. nigrum particularly important in the …

A profusion of molecular scissors for pectins: classification, expression, and functions of plant polygalacturonases

Y Yang, Y Yu, Y Liang, CT Anderson… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
In plants, the construction, differentiation, maturation, and degradation of the cell wall are
essential for development. Pectins, which are major constituents of primary cell walls in …