The pivotal role of phytohormones during fruit development and ripening is considered
established knowledge in plant biology. Perhaps less well-known is the growing body of …

Fleshy fruit acidity is an important component of fruit organoleptic quality and is mainly due
to the presence of malic and citric acids, the main organic acids found in most ripe fruits. The …

Soil-derived nutrients by plant roots can be limited under increasing environmental stresses
such as higher incidence and duration of heat and drought, which affect agricultural …

Since the inception of Green Revolution there has been a race for increasing foodgrain
(mainly cereals) production using chemical fertilizers in India. However, cereal production in …

Organic acids are abundant constituents of ripe fruits and are responsible for their sourness.
In addition, they contribute to their flavour. In many fruits, the most abundant organic acids …

In rainy locations, sweet cherry is cultivated under plastic covers, which are useful to prevent
fruit cracking but decrease cherry quality such as firmness and acidity. Here we evaluate the …

Citric acid homeostasis patterns and its content are diversified among the fruits of citrus
cultivars, but the cause remained unclear. In this study we showed that changes of citric acid …

Bananas and plantains globally the fourth important food crop, recorded wide variation in
production and productivity in most of the banana growing regions. This is attributed mainly …

The phenotypic variations that follow polyploidization are expected to improve agricultural
productivity and efficiency [1]. However, the effect of polyploidization on plant metabolism …

Effects of different potassium (K) levels, which were K0 (no fertilizer), K1 (71.5 g KCl plant− 1
year− 1), K2 (286.7 g KCl plant− 1 year− 1), and K3 (434 g KCl plant− 1 year− 1), were …