Recent Advances in Hormonal Regulation and Cross-Talk during Non-Climacteric Fruit Development and Ripening
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Centro Regional de Estudios en Alimentos Saludables (CREAS), CONICYT-Regional GORE Valparaíso Proyecto R17A10001, Avenida Universidad 330, Placilla, Curauma, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile
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Institute of Biological Sciences, Campus Talca, Universidad de Talca, Talca 3465548, Chile
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Escuela de Agronomía, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas y de los Alimentos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Calle San Francisco s/n, Quillota 2260000, Casilla 4-D, Chile
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Horticulturae 2019, 5(2), 45; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae5020045
Received: 4 March 2019 / Revised: 4 May 2019 / Accepted: 13 May 2019 / Published: 3 June 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Growth Regulators for Improving the Yield and Quality of Horticultural Crops)
Fleshy fruits are characterized by having a developmentally and genetically controlled, highly intricate ripening process, leading to dramatic modifications in fruit size, texture, color, flavor, and aroma. Climacteric fruits such as tomato, pear, banana, and melon show a ripening-associated increase in respiration and ethylene production and these processes are well-documented. In contrast, the hormonal mechanism of fruit development and ripening in non-climacteric fruit, such as strawberry, grape, raspberry, and citrus, is not well characterized. However, recent studies have shown that non-climacteric fruit development and ripening, involves the coordinated action of different hormones, such as abscisic acid (ABA), auxin, gibberellins, ethylene, and others. In this review, we discuss and evaluate the recent research findings concerning the hormonal regulation of non-climacteric fruit development and ripening and their cross-talk by taking grape, strawberry, and raspberry as reference fruit species.
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Keywords:
fruit quality parameters; phytohormones; ethylene; auxin; abscisic acid (ABA); brassinosteroids; jasmonic acid; grape; strawberry; raspberry
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Fuentes, L.; Figueroa, C.R.; Valdenegro, M. Recent Advances in Hormonal Regulation and Cross-Talk during Non-Climacteric Fruit Development and Ripening. Horticulturae 2019, 5, 45.
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