Imported from the Andean region to Europe in the 16th century, today tomato is widespread
throughout the world and represents the most economically important vegetable crop …

The cultivated tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum, is the second most consumed vegetable
worldwide and a well‐studied crop species in terms of genetics, genomics, and breeding. It …

Fruit ripening in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a complicated development process
affected by both endogenous hormonal and genetic regulators and external signals …

Background MADS-box transcription factors, besides being involved in floral organ
specification, have also been implicated in several aspects of plant growth and …

Cantaloupe melons have a typical climacteric behaviour with ethylene playing a major role
in the regulation of the ripening process and affecting the ripening rate. Crossing of …

Background The incidence of blossom-end rot (BER) is generally associated with a calcium
(Ca) deficiency in the distal portion of tomato fruits. The visible symptom is a necrotic lesion …

Virus‐induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a powerful tool for the study of gene function in
plants. Here we report that either by syringe‐infiltrating the tobacco rattle virus (TRV)‐vector …

Background Fruit maturation and ripening are genetically regulated processes that involve a
complex interplay of plant hormones, growth regulators and multiple biological and …

Chalcone synthase (CHS) catalyzes the first committed step in the flavonoid biosynthetic
pathway. In this study, the cDNA (FhCHS1) encoding CHS from Freesia hybrida was …

Vegetables are an integral part of the human diet worldwide. Traditional breeding
approaches have been used extensively to develop new cultivars of vegetables with …