The volatile plant hormone ethylene regulates many plant developmental processes and
stress responses. It is therefore crucial that plants can precisely control their ethylene …

The plant hormone ethylene plays a key role in climacteric fruit ripening. Studies on
components of ethylene signaling have revealed a linear transduction pathway leading to …

Hot pepper (Capsicum annuum), one of the oldest domesticated crops in the Americas, is
the most widely grown spice crop in the world. We report whole-genome sequencing and …

Tomato ripening is a highly coordinated developmental process that coincides with seed
maturation. Regulated expression of thousands of genes controls fruit softening as well as …

Salinity is one of the most challenging problems that adversely affects growth and
development of plants. Plants adopt various strategies to overcome the adverse effects of …

Fruit development and ripening are unique to plants and represent an important component
of human and animal diets. Recent discoveries have shed light on the molecular basis of …

Commercial tomatoes are widely perceived by consumers as lacking flavor. A major part of
that problem is a postharvest handling system that chills fruit. Low-temperature storage is …

Elucidating the mechanisms involved in ripening of climacteric fruit and the role that
ethylene plays in the process are key to understanding fruit production and quality. In this …

Ethylene regulates many aspects of the plant life cycle, including seed germination, root
initiation, flower development, fruit ripening, senescence, and responses to biotic and abiotic …

The latest advances in our understanding of the relationship between ethylene and fruit
ripening are reviewed. Considerable progress has been made in the characterisation of …