Antioxidant activity is an important feature for evaluating fruit quality and tolerance to biotic
or abiotic stresses. Moreover, antioxidant activity is involved in chilling injury (CI) response …

Ethylene is an important phytohormone that orchestrates a multitude of physiological and
biochemical processes regulating fruit ripening, from early maturation to post-harvest. This …

Blue honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea L.) is rich in phenolic compounds and has an
extremely high nutritional value. Fruit abscission in the ripe period significantly impacts …

Abscission refers to the natural separation of plant structures from their parent plants,
regulated by external environmental signals or internal factors such as stress and aging. It is …

Banana is a typical subtropical fruit, sensitive to chilling injuries and prone to softening
disorder. However, the underlying regulatory mechanisms of the softening disorder caused …

'Honeycrisp'(Malus domestica Borkh.), a premium applecultivar, is highly susceptible to bitter
pit and decline in quality during long-term storage. In order to enhance the quality, an …

Ethylene response factors (ERFs) are one of largest plant-specific transcription factor
families involved in fruit ripening. However, the regulatory mechanism by which ERFs …

The ornamental crabapple is a multipurpose landscaping tree that bears brilliant fruit
throughout the winter. However, whether or not its fruit persists after maturation is specifically …

Chilling stress causes banana fruit softening disorder and severely impairs fruit quality.
Various factors, such as transcription factors, regulate fruit softening. Herein, we identified a …

Papaya is a thin‐skinned fruit that ripens and softens over a very short time, usually in 3
days, predisposing the fruit to physical damage and phyto‐pathogen invasion even with …