Excessive softening is the main factor limiting fruit shelf life and storage. Transgenic plants
modified in the expression of cell wall modifying proteins have been used to investigate the …

The polysaccharide xyloglucan is thought to play an important structural role in the primary
cell wall of dicotyledons. Accordingly, there is considerable interest in understanding the …

Completely revised and expanded to reflect the latest advancements in the field,
Polysaccharides: Structural Diversity and Functional Versatility, Second Edition outlines …

Textural changes that lead to softening of fruits are accompanied by loss of neutral sugars,
solubilisation and depolymerisation of the polysaccharides of the cell wall, and …

Numerous examples have been presented of enzyme activities, assayed in vitro, that appear
relevant to the synthesis of structural polysaccharides, and to their assembly and …

Modification of the plant primary cell wall is required for both cell expansion and for
developmental events, such as fruit softening, where cell size remains static but where wall …

Kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) is a climacteric fruit with high sensitivity to ethylene, influenced by
multiple ethylene‐responsive structural genes and transcription factors. However, the roles …

Cellulosic biomass includes agricultural (eg, corn stover and sugarcane bagasse) and
forestry (eg, sawdust, thinnings, and mill wastes) residues, portions of municipal solid waste …

Kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) is a climacteric fruit sensitive to low concentrations of ethylene.
To investigate the transcriptional mechanisms underlying kiwifruit ethylene response …

Background While there is now a significant body of research correlating apple (Malus x
domestica) fruit softening with the cell wall hydrolase ENDO-POLYGALACTURONASE1 …