Formation, Regulation and Affecting Factors of Fruit Quality, 2nd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2025) | Viewed by 2098
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fruit ripening; fruit quality formation; signal transduction; environmental signals; hormonal signals; strawberry
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Dear Colleagues,
Fruits constitute an important part of the human diet, and fruit quality is a major concern for consumers. The formation of fruit quality is tightly coupled with fruit ripening, during which dramatic changes occur in a series of physiological and biochemical metabolisms, such as those related to color, sugar, acid, aroma, cell wall, etc. These metabolic events are essential and are determined by key enzymes, which are transcriptionally or post-transcriptionally regulated by cellular signaling systems. Phytohormones and environmental factors act as internal and external cues, triggering cellular signaling systems and controlling fruit quality formation.
In this Special Issue of IJMS, we will focus on the molecular identification and characterization of the key enzymes implicated in fruit-quality-associated metabolisms, the transcription factors transcriptionally controlling the key enzymes, and, particularly, the signaling systems determining fruit quality formation. Research papers, up-to-date reviews, and perspective articles are all welcome.
Prof. Dr. Wensuo Jia
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fruit ripening
- fruit quality formation
- signal transduction
- hormones
- environmental signals
- transcription factors
- key enzymes
- metabolism
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