Plant hormones have been extensively studied for their roles in the regulation of various
aspects of plant development. However, in the last decade important new insights have …

Seed dispersion and consequent plant propagation depend on the success of fruit ripening.
Thus, ripening is a highly regulated developmental process aiming to maximize fruit …

Interest in the postharvest behavior of fruits and vegetables has a history as long as
mankind's. Once we moved past mere survival, the goal of postharvest preservation …

Ripening of fleshy fruit is a differentiation process involving biochemical and biophysical
changes that lead to the accumulation of sugars and subsequent changes in tissue texture …

(1) Background: Raisins contain a wide range of hormones, minerals, vitamins, and
antioxidant enzymes that may contribute to the health benefits of consumers.(2) Methods …

The sugar content, species, and proportion play a vital role in determining the fruit flavor,
and their regulation is influenced by various factors, including transcription factors (TFs) …

Ripening affects the quality and nutritional contents of fleshy fruits. Mango, a climacteric fruit,
is very susceptible to post-harvest losses, due to fast softening. In the present paper we …

Ripening is the final stage of development of a fruit, which involves series of physiological
and biochemical events that make them both attractive and tasty to eat. Phytohormones play …

BACKGROUND: Postharvest application of fungicide prochloraz and hot‐water dip are
commercially practiced to control postharvest diseases in mangoes. Owing to the increasing …

Ripening of papaya fruit was found to be characterized with a decrease in peroxidase
activity and its transcript. This peroxidase was purified to homogeneity through successive …