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Publication Type: Book / Chapter Publication Acceptance Date: 8/17/2006 Publication Date: 2/15/2007 Citation: Giovannoni, J.J. 2007. Fruit ripening and its manipulation. In: Gan, S., editor. Senescence Process of Plants. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. p.278-295. Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: A number of model systems and many additional crop systems have been exploited toward enhanced understanding of fruit ripening in species representing both climacteric and non-climacteric maturation physiologies. Exciting molecular discoveries have recently provided evidence for common transcriptional control among these distinct ripening types. Extrapolation of rapid molecular advances in ethylene and light signaling in Arabidopsis has led to important insights pertaining to how these signaling pathways impact maturing fruit and have recently been proposed as molecular tools for modifying ripening and nutrient quality in genetically enhanced varieties. Here we review recent molecular advances in our collective understanding of fruit development and maturation with emphasis on model systems and summarize advances with realized or potential utilization in fruit crop improvement. |
