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9780813820392

The Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Fruit Ripening

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813820392

  • ISBN10:

    0813820391

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2013-06-04
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Summary

A comprehensive and mechanistic perspective on fruit ripening, emphasizing commonalities and differences between fruit groups and ripening processes.

Fruits are an essential part of the human diet and contain important phytochemicals that provide protection against heart disease and cancers. Fruit ripening is of importance for human health and for industry-based strategies to harness natural variation, or genetic modification, for crop improvement.

This book covers recent advances in the field of plant genomics and how these discoveries can be exploited to understand evolutionary processes and the complex network of hormonal and genetic control of ripening. The book explains the physiochemical and molecular changes in fruit that impact its quality, and recent developments in understanding of the genetic, molecular and biochemical basis for colour, flavour and texture. It is a valuable resource for plant and crop researchers and professionals, agricultural engineers, horticulturists, and food scientists.

Summary:

  • Reviews the physiochemical and molecular changes in fruit which impact flavour, texture, and colour
  • Covers recent advances in genomics on the genetic, molecular, and biochemical basis of fruit quality
  • Integrates information on both hormonal and genetic control of ripening
  • Relevant for basic researchers and applied scientists

Author Biography

Graham B. Seymour is Professor of Plant Biotechnology and Head of the Plant and Crop Science Division at The University of Nottingham, UK.

Mervin Poole is Section Manager at Campden BRI - the UK's largest independent membership-based organization carrying out research and development for the food and drinks industry worldwide.

James J. Giovannoni is a Research Molecular Biologist for the United States Department of Agriculture,  Professor at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research and Adjunct Professor of Plant Biology at Cornell University, USA.

Gregory A. Tucker is Professor of Plant Biochemistry and Associate Dean (Science) at The University of Nottingham, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Chapter 1 Biochemistry of Fruit Ripening

Sonia Osorio and Alisdair R. Fernie

Introduction

Central Carbon Metabolism

Ethylene in Ripening

Polyamines

Volatiles

Cell Wall Metabolism

Concluding Remarks

References

Chapter 2 Fruit—An Angiosperm Innovation

Sandra Knapp and Amy Litt

Introduction

Fruit in the Fossil Record

Fruit Variation and Angiosperm Phylogeny

Fruit Development

Fruit as a Driver of Angiosperm Diversity

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 3 Ethylene and the Control of Fruit Ripening

Don Grierson

Introduction

Ethylene and Climacteric and Nonclimacteric Fruits

A Molecular Explanation for System-1 and System-2 Ethylene

Ethylene and Ripening Gene Networks in Flower and Fruit Development

Ethylene Perception and Signaling

Ethylene Response Factors

Ethylene and Ripening Gene Expression

Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 4 Carotenoid Biosynthesis and Chlorophyll Degradation

Peter M. Bramley

Introduction

Distribution of Carotenoids and Chlorophylls in Fruit

Chlorophyll Degradation and Recycling

Carotenoids and Carotenoid Metabolites

Future Perspectives

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Chapter 5 Phenylpropanoid Metabolism and Biosynthesis of Anthocyanins

Laura Jaakola

Introduction

Cinnamic Acids

Monolignols, Lignans, and Lignin

Coumarins

Stilbenoids

Flavonoids

Engineering Elevated Levels of Flavonoids and Other Phenylpropanoids

Conclusion

References

Chapter 6 Biosynthesis of Volatile Compounds

A. Granell and Jose Luis Rambla

Introduction

Metabolic Pathways

Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci for Volatiles

Metabolic Engineering of the Fruit Volatile Pathway

Future Perspectives

References

Chapter 7 Cell Wall Architecture and Metabolism in Ripening Fruit and the Complex Relationship with Softening

Eliel Ruiz-May and Jocelyn K.C. Rose

Introduction

Building Blocks of Fruit Cell Walls

The Architecture of Fruit Cell Walls

Cell Wall Dynamics in Ripening Fruit

The Cuticular Cell Wall and Fruit Softening

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 8 Regulatory Networks Controlling Ripening

Betsy Ampopho, Natalie Chapman, Graham B. Seymour, and James J. Giovannoni

Hormonal Control

Genetic Networks

Epigenetic Regulation

References

Index

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