The gaseous plant hormone ethylene is produced by a fairly simple two‐step biosynthesis
route. Despite this pathway's simplicity, recent molecular and genetic studies have revealed …

Abiotic stress poses major problems to agriculture and increasing efforts are being made to
understand plant stress response and tolerance mechanisms and to develop new tools that …

Both Met (methionine) and SAM (S-adenosylmethionine), the activated form of Met,
participate in a number of essential metabolic pathways in plants. The subcellular …

Polyamine (PA) catabolic processes are performed by copper-containing amine oxidases
(CuAOs) and flavin-containing PA oxidases (PAOs). So far, several CuAOs and PAOs have …

Polyamines (PAs) participate in many plant growth and developmental processes, including
fruit ripening. However, it is not clear whether PAs play a role in the ripening of strawberry …

Background In recent years, formaldehyde is reported to be widely used as a food
preservative to increase the shelf life of fruits and fishes in tropical countries. Formaldehyde …

Fruit–pathogen interactions are a valuable biological system to study the role of plant
development in the transition from resistance to susceptibility. In general, unripe fruit are …

The tomato is well-known for its anti-oxidative and anti-cancer properties, and with a wide
range of health benefits is an important cash crop for human well-being. However …

Environmental inputs such as stress can modulate plant cell metabolism, but the detailed
mechanism remains unclear. We report here that FERONIA (FER), a plasma membrane …

Tomato serves as the model plant for studying fruit ripening and quality formation including
pigment, texture, flavor, aroma and nutrition. The ripening of tomato fruit results from the …