Background Fruits are vital food resources as they are loaded with bioactive compounds
varying with different stages of ripening. As the fruit ripens, a dynamic color change is …

The strawberry is one of the world's most popular fruits, providing humans with vitamins,
fibers, and antioxidants. Cultivated strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa) is an allo-octoploid and …

Anthocyanins are ubiquitous plant pigments used in a variety of technological applications.
Yet, after over a century of research, the penultimate biosynthetic step to anthocyanidins …

Proanthocyanidins (PAs) are natural flavan-3-ol polymers that contribute protection to plants
under biotic and abiotic stress, benefits to human health, and bitterness and astringency to …

The fruits of diploid and octoploid strawberry (Fragaria spp) show substantial natural
variation in color due to distinct anthocyanin accumulation and distribution patterns …

Red pear is favored because of its bright appearance and abundant anthocyanins.
Anthocyanin biosynthesis is controlled by transcription factors (TFs) forming regulatory …

The pericarp of longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) is rich in secondary metabolites and
typically yellow-brown or gray-yellow in appearance. Here, we obtained a specific longan …

Anthocyanins have crucial biological functions and affect quality of horticultural produce.
Anthocyanins accumulate in ripe peach fruit; differential accumulation is observed in deep …

Fruits of Fragaria species usually have an appealing bright red color due to the
accumulation of anthocyanins, water-soluble flavonoid pigments. Octoploid cultivated …

The molecular mechanisms underlying anthocyanin-based flower coloration remain
unknown in Brassica napus. To identify the key genes and metabolites associated with …