Plant carotenoids: recent advances and future perspectives

T Sun, S Rao, X Zhou, L Li - Molecular Horticulture, 2022 - Springer
Carotenoids are isoprenoid metabolites synthesized de novo in all photosynthetic
organisms. Carotenoids are essential for plants with diverse functions in photosynthesis …

Development and utilization of corn processing by-products: a review

Y Jiao, HD Chen, H Han, Y Chang - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
As an important food crop, corn has an important impact on people's lives. The processing of
corn produces many by-products, such as corn gluten meal, corn husk, and corn steep …

An R‐R‐type MYB transcription factor promotes non‐climacteric pepper fruit carotenoid pigment biosynthesis

J Song, B Sun, C Chen, Z Ning, S Zhang… - The Plant …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Carotenoids are major accessory pigments in the chloroplast, and they also act as
phytohormones and volatile compound precursors to influence plant development and …

Genomics and marker-assisted improvement of vegetable crops

I Simko, M Jia, J Venkatesh, BC Kang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Vegetables are an integral part of the human diet worldwide. Traditional breeding
approaches have been used extensively to develop new cultivars of vegetables with …

Vegetable biology and breeding in the genomics era

H Li, X Yang, Y Shang, Z Zhang, S Huang - Science China Life Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Vegetable crops provide a rich source of essential nutrients for humanity and represent
critical economic values to global rural societies. However, genetic studies of vegetable …

Transcription factor CsTT8 promotes fruit coloration by positively regulating the methylerythritol 4-phosphate pathway and carotenoid biosynthesis pathway in citrus …

Q Sun, Z He, R Wei, Y Yin, J Ye, L Chai… - Horticulture …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Carotenoids directly influence citrus fruit color and nutritional value, which is critical to
consumer acceptance. Elucidating the potential molecular mechanism underlying …

Development of virus-induced genome editing methods in Solanaceous crops

SY Lee, B Kang, J Venkatesh, JH Lee… - Horticulture …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Genome editing (GE) using CRISPR/Cas systems has revolutionized plant mutagenesis.
However, conventional transgene-mediated GE methods have limitations due to the time …

Investigation of genetic factors regulating chlorophyll and carotenoid biosynthesis in red pepper fruit

S Jang, GW Kim, K Han, YM Kim, J Jo, SY Lee… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chlorophylls and carotenoids are synthesized in the chloroplast and chromoplast,
respectively. Even though the two pigments are generated from the same precursor, the …

Comprehensive metabolome and transcriptome analyses demonstrate divergent anthocyanin and carotenoid accumulation in fruits of wild and cultivated loquats

W Su, C Zhu, Z Fan, M Huang, H Lin, X Chen… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Eriobotrya is an evergreen fruit tree native to South-West China and adjacent countries.
There are more than 26 loquat species known in this genus, while E. japonica is the only …

Genetic Regulation, Environmental Cues, and Extraction Methods for Higher Yield of Secondary Metabolites in Capsicum

K Islam, A Rawoof, A Kumar, J Momo… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Capsicum (chili pepper) is a widely popular and highly consumed fruit crop with beneficial
secondary metabolites such as capsaicinoids, carotenoids, flavonoids, and polyphenols …