Phenylpropanoid metabolism is one of the most important metabolisms in plants, yielding
more than 8,000 metabolites contributing to plant development and plant–environment …

Fleshy fruit texture is a critically important quality characteristic of ripe fruit. Softening is an
irreversible process which operates in most fleshy fruits during ripening which, together with …

Fruit softening is a key component of the irreversible ripening program, contributing to the
palatability necessary for frugivore-mediated seed dispersal. The underlying textural …

Abstract The CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC (COP) 1LIKE is a regulatory protein
and repressor of photomorphogenesis; which control many processes of development in …

Crop breeding for mechanized harvesting has driven modern agriculture. In tomato,
machine harvesting for industrial processing varieties became the norm in the 1970s …

Highlights•Excessive fruit softening is a major cause of losses in the supply chain.•Reducing
depolymerisation of cell wall pectins reduces softening.•Reducing water loss by improving …

All-flesh tomato cultivars are devoid of locular gel and exhibit enhanced firmness and
improved postharvest storage. Here, we show that SlMBP3 is a master regulator of locular …

Lignin is the second most abundant biorenewable polymers only next to cellulose and is
ubiquitous in various plant foods. In food industry, lignin often presented as a major …

The locular gel, produced by the placenta, is important for fruit flavor and seed development
in tomato. However, the mechanism underlying locule and placenta development is not fully …

Microplastics (MPs) have emerged as a significant global environmental concern,
particularly within agricultural soil systems. The extensive use of plastic film mulching in …