Background Fruits are vital food resources as they are loaded with bioactive compounds
varying with different stages of ripening. As the fruit ripens, a dynamic color change is …

Chloroplasts are best known for their role in photosynthesis, but they also allow nitrogen and
sulphur assimilation, amino acid, fatty acid, nucleotide and hormone synthesis. How …

Fruits and vegetables are generally considered as important contributors to a healthy diet
and their intake is extremely helpful to reduce the risk of specific diseases like cancers …

Photosynthesis is not only essential for plants, but it also sustains life on Earth.
Phytohormones play crucial roles in developmental processes, from organ initiation to …

Carotenoids are a diverse group of pigments widely distributed in nature. The vivid yellow,
orange, and red colors of many horticultural crops are attributed to the overaccumulation of …

Melon is an economically important fruit crop that has been cultivated for thousands of years;
however, the genetic basis and history of its domestication still remain largely unknown …

Chloroplasts are the organelles that define plants, and they are responsible for
photosynthesis as well as numerous other functions. They are the ancestral members of a …

Carotenoids serve diverse functions in vastly different organisms that both produce and
consume them. Enhanced carotenoid accumulation is of great importance in the visual and …

Fleshy fruits have evolved to be attractive to frugivores in order to enhance seed dispersal,
and have become an indispensable part of the human diet. Here we review the recent …

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit ripening is accompanied by the degradation of
chlorophylls and the accumulation of carotenoids and flavonoids. Tomato SlMYB72 belongs …