Carotenoids are indispensable to plants and critical in human diets. Plastids are the
organelles for carotenoid biosynthesis and storage in plant cells. They exist in various types …

In photosynthetic plant cells, chloroplasts act as factories of metabolic intermediates that
support plant growth. Chloroplast performance is highly influenced by environmental cues …

Carotenoids and apocarotenoids act as phytohormones and volatile precursors that
influence plant development and confer aesthetic and nutritional value critical to consumer …

Carotenoids and apocarotenoids are diverse classes of compounds found in nature and are
important natural pigments, nutraceuticals and flavour/aroma molecules. Improving the …

Over the last few decades, the improvement of tomato aroma and flavour has gained
growing attention among breeders, agronomists and food technologists, as it is reputed as a …

Intracellular lipid droplets are utilized for lipid storage and metabolism in organisms as
evolutionarily diverse as animals, fungi, plants, bacteria, and archaea. These lipid droplets …

The quali-quantitative evaluation and the improvement of the levels of plant bioactive
secondary metabolites are increasingly gaining consideration by growers, breeders and …

Plastids are pivotal subcellular organelles that have evolved to perform specialized
functions in plant cells, including photosynthesis and the production and storage of …

Leaves are primary plant organs harbouring chloroplasts that enable the sensing of
changes in environmental conditions and contribute to maintaining cellular homeostasis …

Chloroplast degradation during natural or stress-induced senescence requires the
participation of both plastidic and extraplastidic degradative pathways. As part of the …