Excessive softening during fleshy fruit ripening leads to physical damage and infection that
reduce quality and cause massive supply chain losses. Changes in cell wall (CW) …

Fruit ripening is a complex and highly regulated process where tomato and strawberry have
been the model species classically used for studying climacteric and non-climacteric fleshy …

Fruit ripening is accompanied by dramatic changes in color, texture, and flavor and is
regulated by transcription factors (TFs) and epigenetic factors. However, the detailed …

WRKY transcription factors play a nonnegligible role in plant growth and development, but
little is known about the involvement of WRKY transcription factors in the regulation of fruit …

Fruit ripening is a highly regulated and complex process involving a series of physiological
and biochemical changes aiming to maximize fruit organoleptic traits to attract herbivores …

The NAC transcription factor ripening inducing factor (RIF) was previously reported to be
necessary for the ripening of octoploid strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa) fruit, but the …

Auxin can inhibit or promote fruit ripening, depending on the species. Melting flesh (MF)
peach fruit (Prunus persica L. Batsch) cultivars produce high levels of ethylene caused by …

Fleshy fruits are generally hard and unpalatable when unripe; however, as they mature, their
quality is transformed by the complex and dynamic genetic and biochemical process of …

Fruits are derived from flowers and play an important role in human food, nutrition, and
health. In general, flowers determine the crop yield, and ripening affects the fruit quality …

The regulation of detached ripening is significant for prolonging fruit shelf life. Although light
quality and sucrose affecting strawberry fruit ripening have been widely reported, little …