Journal
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 82, Issue 6, Pages 575-591Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-013-0050-3
Keywords
Fruit ripening; Tomato; Ethylene; Transcriptional control; Epigenomics
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- National Science Foundation
- US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service
- US Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- US-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund
- New Zealand Foundation for Research Science and Technology
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Fleshy fruit undergo a novel developmental program that ends in the irreversible process of ripening and eventual tissue senescence. During this maturation process, fruit undergo numerous physiological, biochemical and structural alterations, making them more attractive to seed dispersal organisms. In addition, advanced or over-ripening and senescence, especially through tissue softening and eventual decay, render fruit susceptible to invasion by opportunistic pathogens. While ripening and senescence are often used interchangeably, the specific metabolic activities of each would suggest that ripening is a distinct process of fleshy fruits that precedes and may predispose the fruit to subsequent senescence.
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