Fruit Development, Ripening and Postharvest Physiology
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Development and Morphogenesis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 5035
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pomology; postharvest physiology; fruit metabolism and ripening; apple, peach, sweet cherry physiology
Interests: genetic resources; omics; breeding yield; tree breeding; novel methods in breeding
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development, ripening, and postharvest physiology of fruits have been a major focus of plant biology and horticulture science. Fruit maturity and ripening are complex processes which involve various physiological changes, such as sensory traits (color, texture, aroma, etc.) and molecular functions, including primary and secondary metabolism (organic acids, anthocyanin biosynthesis, etc.). These changes may occur while fruits are still attached to the plant or after harvest. Notably, there are many examples of fruits (banana, kiwifruit, tomato, etc.) which could be at a mature but unripe stage of development during harvest. In contrast, there are many species which need to ‘stay on the tree’ until a fully ripe stage (sweet cherry, strawberry, grape, etc.). It has been widely acknowledged that ethylene regulates fruit development and ripening. Nonetheless, current studies also focus on other biosynthetic processes and/or molecules which might have a key role on pre- and post-harvest fruit physiology. At present, numerous physiological, molecular, and genetic tools are used for exploiting fruit development and ripening; however, the exact mechanisms underlying these processes are still scarcely investigated. This Special Issue of Plants will shed light on various factors (agricultural practices, environmental factors, postharvest handling, etc.) which are potentially impacting the fruits’ development, ripening, and postharvest physiology.
Dr. Evangelos Karagiannis
Dr. Ioannis Ganopoulos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fruit maturity and ripening
- fruit growth and development
- fruit primary and secondary metabolism
- pre- and post-harvest handlings
- postharvest physiology
- environmental factors
- transcriptomics
- proteomics
- metabolomics