Carotenoids are a group of widely distributed natural pigments. They give many horticultural
plants the bright red, orange, and yellow colors, as well as the aroma and flavor …

Carotenoids are essential pigments to plants and important natural products to humans.
Carotenoids as both primary and specialized metabolites fulfill multifaceted functions in …

Chili pepper is a prominent cultivated horticultural crop that is traditionally used for food
seasoning and is applied for the treatment and prevention of multiple diseases. Its beneficial …

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

Plant species are precursors of a wide variety of secondary metabolites that, besides being
useful for themselves, can also be used by humans for their consumption and economic …

Pepper (Capsicum annuum) is an important vegetable crop that has been subjected to
intensive breeding, resulting in limited genetic diversity, especially for sweet peppers …

Abstract Phytoene synthase 1 (PSY1) and capsanthin-capsorubin synthase (CCS) are two
major genes responsible for fruit color variation in pepper (Capsicum spp.). However, the …

Carotenoids are major pigments contributing to fruit coloration. We previously reported that
the apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) mutant fruits of 'Beni Shogun'and 'Yanfu 3'show a …

Pepper, as a vegetable crop with a wide cultivation area worldwide, besides being a
significant condiment and food, also has a momentous use for chemistry, medicine, and …

The diverse fruit colors of peppers (Capsicum spp.) are due to variations in carotenoid
composition and content. Mature fruit color in peppers is regulated by three independent …