Regulation of climacteric fruit ripening in melon : recent advances and future challenges

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of experimental botany. - 1985. - 74(2023), 20 vom: 31. Okt., Seite 6224-6236
1. Verfasser: Pujol, Marta (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Garcia-Mas, Jordi
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2023
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of experimental botany
Schlagworte:Review Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't CRISPR QTL VOCs cucurbits ethylene fruit ripening genetic regulation mehr... melon Ethylenes
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Zusammenfassung:© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissionsoup.com.
Fruit ripening is a complex and highly regulated process where tomato and strawberry have been the model species classically used for studying climacteric and non-climacteric fleshy fruit ripening types, respectively. Melon has emerged as an alternative ripening model because climacteric and non-climacteric cultivars exist, which makes it possible to dissect the regulation of ripening using a genetic approach. Several quantitative trait loci that regulate climacteric fruit ripening have been identified to date, and their combination in both climacteric and non-climacteric genetic backgrounds resulted in lines with different ripening behaviors, demonstrating that the climacteric intensity can be genetically modulated. This review discusses our current knowledge of the physiological changes observed during melon climacteric fruit ripening such as ethylene production, fruit abscission, chlorophyll degradation, firmness, and aroma, as well as their complex genetic control. From pioneer experiments in which ethylene biosynthesis was silenced, to the recent genetic edition of ripening regulators, current data suggest that the climacteric response is determined by the interaction of several loci under quantitative inheritance. The exploitation of the rich genetic diversity of melon will enable the discovery of additional genes involved in the regulation of the climacteric response, ultimately leading to breeding aromatic melon fruits with extended shelf life
Beschreibung:Date Completed 07.11.2023
Date Revised 10.11.2023
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1460-2431
DOI:10.1093/jxb/erad256