Excessive softening during fleshy fruit ripening leads to physical damage and infection that
reduce quality and cause massive supply chain losses. Changes in cell wall (CW) …

Plants produce a wide range of secondary metabolites that play vital roles for their primary
functions such as growth, defence, adaptations or reproduction. Some of the plant …

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

Fruit color is a genetic trait and a key factor for consumer acceptability and is therefore
receiving increasing importance in several breeding programs. Plant pigments offer plants …

Powdery mildew (PM) is one of the most widespread and prevalent diseases that affects a
wide range of crops. In cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), previous forward genetic studies …

HIGHLIGHTS Generation of a transgenic Cas9-expressing line of tomato cv. Micro-Tom Use
of PVX for sgRNA delivery into Cas9-expressing Micro-Tom plants Heritable proof-of …

The degradation of chlorophyll during fruit development is essential to reveal a more
'ripe'color that signals readiness to wild dispersers of seeds and the human consumer. Here …

Plant species have evolved diverse metabolic pathways to effectively respond to internal
and external signals throughout their life cycle, allowing adaptation to their sessile and …

Plant metabolism and development are a reflection of the orderly expression of genetic
information intertwined with the environment interactions. Genome editing is the cornerstone …

Classically fruit ripening and development was studied using genetic approaches, with
understanding of metabolic changes that occurred in concert largely focused on a handful of …