The breeding of tropical fruit trees for improving fruit traits is complicated, due to the long
juvenile phase, generation cycle, parthenocarpy, polyploidy, polyembryony, heterozygosity …

Galectin-3 is the only chimeric representative of the galectin family. Although galectin-3 has
ubiquitous regulatory and physiological effects, there is a great number of pathological …

We developed an approach that integrates different network-based methods to analyze the
correlation network arising from large-scale gene expression data. By studying grapevine …

Grapevine (Vitis vinifera) is a model for the investigation of physiological and biochemical
changes during the formation and ripening of nonclimacteric fleshy fruits. However, the order …

Papaya is an important tropical fruit with a rich source of carotenoids. The ripening of
papaya is a physiological and metabolic process with remarkable changes including …

Heat stress in summer causes softening disorder in papaya but the molecular mechanism is
not clear. In this study, papaya fruit stored at 35° C showed a softening disorder termed …

Papaya (Carica papaya) is the third most-produced tropical fruit. It is a climacteric fruit, which
is extremely perishable due to rapid physiological disintegration. The compound 1 …

As the auxin-ethylene interaction in climacteric fruit ripening has been highlighted, the
hormonal regulation of aroma changes in climacteric fruits requires clarification. The …

Cold storage is widely used to prolong the storability of kiwifruit by delaying ripening, which
would be very beneficial for its even distribution and market availability throughout the year …

The physiology of Prunus fruit ripening is a complex and not completely understood process.
To improve this knowledge, postharvest behavior during the shelf-life period at the …