Tomato ripening

PECKER I, GUBBAY R, CUNNINGHAM F X Jr and HIRSCHBERG Y (1996) Cloning and characterisation of the cDNA for lycopene P-cyclase from tomato reveals a decrease in its expression during tomato ripening , Plant Mol Biol, 30, 806-19. 

Previous publications reported that ethanol treatment retarded ripening of several fruits, including whole tomatoes and tomato slices (Saltveit and Mencarelli 1988). Also, ethanol can slow down tomato ripening by inhibiting synthesis and action of ethylene,... 

Effects of reduced ethylene synthesis on tomato ripening... 

Grierson, D., Maunders, M.J., Slater, A., Ray, J., Bird, C.R., Schuch, W., Holdsworth, M.J., Tucker, G.A. Knapp, J.E. (1986a). Gene expression during tomato ripening. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B 314, 399-410. 

Grierson, D., Purton, M.E., Knapp, J.E. Bathgate, B. (1987). Tomato ripening mutants. In Developmental Mutants in Higher Plants, ed. H. Thomas D. Grierson, pp. 72-94. Cambridge Cambridge University Press. 

Peroxidase Horse radish, apple, bean, grape, barley, potato, cucumber, pea, peanut, tomato Ripening of foods, several functions in plants, colour formation (off-) flavour formation. 

Vrebalov, J. et al. (2002) A MADS-box gene necessary for fruit ripening at the tomato ripening-inhibitor (rin) locus. Science 296, 343-346... 

Lycopene content increases during tomato ripening and the final content is in the range of 30-200 mg/kg (about 95% represents the all-trTomato products are mostly prepared by... 

Artificial ripening—Most cxjmmercially grown tomatoes are picked before full maturity in order to avoid exc essive softness and over susceptibility to damage and spoilage. However, one study showed that tomatoes ripened on the vine contained up to one-third more eiscorbic acid than those allowed to ripen after picking. ... 

Plants and microorganisms synthesize their own carotenoids, while animals appear to obtain theirs from primary producers. In the development of many fruits (e.g., citrus fruits, apricots, tomatoes) ripening is associated with the accumulation of carotenoids and the... 

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