Carotenoids are mostly C 40 terpenoids, a class of hydrocarbons that participate in various
biological processes in plants, such as photosynthesis, photomorphogenesis …

Chloroplasts are the organelles that define plants, and they are responsible for
photosynthesis as well as numerous other functions. They are the ancestral members of a …

Wood is a major pool of organic carbon that is highly resistant to decay, owing largely to the
presence of lignin. The only organisms capable of substantial lignin decay are white rot …

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 …

We discuss on the relative significance of different functional roles potentially served by
flavonoids in photoprotection, with special emphasis to their ability to scavenge reactive …

Fruiting structures in the angiosperms range from completely dry to highly fleshy organs and
provide many of our major crop products, including grains. In the model plant Arabidopsis …

Plant carotenoids are a family of pigments that participate in light harvesting and are
essential for photoprotection against excess light. Furthermore, they act as precursors for the …

Modern tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) varieties are bred for uniform ripening (u) light
green fruit phenotypes to facilitate harvests of evenly ripened fruit. U encodes a Golden 2 …

Covering: up to mid-2010 This review focuses on plant carotenoids, but it also includes
progress made on microbial and animal carotenoid metabolism to better understand the …

Carotenoids play important roles in many biological processes, such as light harvesting,
photoprotection and visual attraction in plants. However, the regulation of carotenoid …