[HTML][HTML] From central to specialized metabolism: An overview of some secondary compounds derived from the primary metabolism for their role in conferring nutritional …

DM Pott, S Osorio, JG Vallarino - Frontiers in plant science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Fruit flavor and nutritional characteristics are key quality traits and ones of the main factors
influencing consumer preference. Central carbon metabolism, also known as primary …

Jasmonates: biosynthesis, metabolism, and signaling by proteins activating and repressing transcription

C Wasternack, S Song - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The lipid-derived phytohormone jasmonate (JA) regulates plant growth, development,
secondary metabolism, defense against insect attack and pathogen infection, and tolerance …

The tomato pan-genome uncovers new genes and a rare allele regulating fruit flavor

L Gao, I Gonda, H Sun, Q Ma, K Bao, DM Tieman… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Modern tomatoes have narrow genetic diversity limiting their improvement potential. We
present a tomato pan-genome constructed using genome sequences of 725 …

[HTML][HTML] High-resolution spatiotemporal transcriptome mapping of tomato fruit development and ripening

Y Shinozaki, P Nicolas, N Fernandez-Pozo… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is an established model for studying fruit biology; however,
most studies of tomato fruit growth and ripening are based on homogenized pericarp, and …

SlMYB75, an MYB-type transcription factor, promotes anthocyanin accumulation and enhances volatile aroma production in tomato fruits

W Jian, H Cao, S Yuan, Y Liu, J Lu, W Lu… - Horticulture …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Genetic manipulation of genes to upregulate specific branches of metabolic pathways is a
method that is commonly used to improve fruit quality. However, the use of a single gene to …

Plant lipoxygenases and their role in plant physiology

KK Viswanath, P Varakumar, RR Pamuru… - Journal of Plant …, 2020 - Springer
Several enzymes play a key role in plant growth and development. Among these,
lipoxygenases family of enzymes are important. Lipoxygenases are a ubiquitous family of …

[HTML][HTML] Jasmonates: news on occurrence, biosynthesis, metabolism and action of an ancient group of signaling compounds

C Wasternack, M Strnad - International journal of molecular sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Jasmonic acid (JA) and its related derivatives are ubiquitously occurring compounds of land
plants acting in numerous stress responses and development. Recent studies on evolution …

Metabolomic selection for enhanced fruit flavor

V Colantonio, LFV Ferrão, DM Tieman… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Although they are staple foods in cuisines globally, many commercial fruit varieties have
become progressively less flavorful over time. Due to the cost and difficulty associated with …

Chilling-induced tomato flavor loss is associated with altered volatile synthesis and transient changes in DNA methylation

B Zhang, DM Tieman, C Jiao, Y Xu… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies provides insights into genetic control of tomato flavor

J Zhao, C Sauvage, J Zhao, F Bitton, G Bauchet… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Tomato flavor has changed over the course of long-term domestication and intensive
breeding. To understand the genetic control of flavor, we report the meta-analysis of genome …