In recent years, consumers have become increasingly aware of the nutritional benefits
brought by the regular consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables, which reduces the risk of …

Pectin is a family of complex polysaccharides present in all plant primary cell walls. The
complicated structure of the pectic polysaccharides, and the retention by plants of the large …

The Science of Grapevines, Third Edition reflects the latest insights into cultivar
relationships, vascular transport, hormone action, and stress responses of grapevines …

Excessive softening is the main factor limiting fruit shelf life and storage. Transgenic plants
modified in the expression of cell wall modifying proteins have been used to investigate the …

Fruit softening during ripening involves a coordinated series of modifications to the
polysaccharide components of the primary cell wall and middle lamella, resulting in a …

Fruits constitute a commercially important and nutritionally indispensable food commodity.
Being a part of a balanced diet, fruits play a vital role in human nutrition by supplying the …

Background The mechanical properties of parenchyma cell walls and the strength and
extension of adhesion areas between adjacent cells, jointly with cell turgor, are main …

During the past few years, considerable progress has been made in understanding how
plants protect themselves against oxidative stress. Genes encoding plant antioxidant …

Textural changes that lead to softening of fruits are accompanied by loss of neutral sugars,
solubilisation and depolymerisation of the polysaccharides of the cell wall, and …

Cell wall changes were examined in fruit of a melting flesh peach (Prunus persica L.)
allowed to ripen on the tree. Three phases to softening were noted, the first of which began …