In plants, fruit ripening is a coordinated developmental process that requires the change in
expression of hundreds to thousands of genes to modify many biochemical and …

Breeding fruit species is time-consuming and expensive. With few exceptions, trees are
likely the worst species to work with in terms of genetics and breeding. Most are …

Background Plant metabolites reshaped by nature and human beings are crucial for both
their lives and human health. However, which metabolites respond most strongly to …

Background The increasing evidences on the relation between diet and human health are
driving the consumers toward the choice of foods with high amount of nutrients, considered …

Abstract The genus Vaccinium L.(Ericaceae) contains premium berryfruit crops, including
blueberry, cranberry, bilberry, and lingonberry. Consumption of Vaccinium berries is strongly …

Fruit crops cultivated in almost all countries and regions around the world serve as important
agricultural commodities of significant economic value because they contribute to overall …

Peach is one of the most important fruit crops in the world, with the global annual production
about 24.6 million tons. The United States is the fourth-largest producer after China, Spain …

Abundant phytochemical content in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) has health-promoting
properties and contributes to fruit quality traits. To identify QTLs associated with sweet cherry …

Graft incompatibility (GI) between the most popular Prunus rootstocks and apricot cultivars is
one of the major problems for rootstock usage and improvement. Failure in producing long …

Consumption of fresh fruit is known to protect against non-communicable diseases due to
the fruit's content in compounds with an antioxidant capacity, among them is polyphenols …