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) …

Pectin is a high value functional food ingredient widely used as a gelling agent and
stabilizer. It is also an abundant, ubiquitous and multifunctional component of the cell walls …

Insidious fungal infections by postharvest pathogens remain quiescent during fruit growth
until, at a particular phase during fruit ripening and senescence, the pathogens switch to the …

This review is concerned with the mechanisms controlling fruit softening. Master genetic
regulators switch on the ripening programme and the regulatory pathway branches …

Due to post-harvest losses more than 30% of harvested fruits will not reach the consumers'
plate. Fungal pathogens play a key role in those losses, as they cause most of the fruit rots …

Fruit ripening is characterized by processes that modify texture and flavor but also by a
dramatic increase in susceptibility to necrotrophic pathogens, such as Botrytis cinerea …

Expansins are unique plant cell wall proteins that are involved in cell wall modifications
underlying many plant developmental processes. In this work, we investigated the possible …

Texture changes in ripening fruits influence consumer preference, fruit storability,
transportability, shelf-life, and response to pathogen attack. Genetic regulatory factors as …

Tomatoes are grown for fresh consumption or for processing of the fruit. Some ripening-
associated processes of the fruit can either contribute to or degrade attributes associated …

Two decades of research have provided deep insights into the regulation of cell wall
disassembly in ripening fruit. These insights have been important in understanding ethylene …