Abstract:
The fruits are exposed to many infections and diseases on farms or during storage due to pathogens in the plant such as fungi. Many of these infections cause the fruit to lose many properties and impair its quality. In most cases, when infection occurs, the fruits begin to change their skin and continue until their complete death. Some studies showed that genes play a major role in resisting many pathogens in fruits, and depend on those genes in choosing good fruits, which helped to study genetic diversity among fruit types. Also, many previous studies have shown that there are some varieties that have a great genetic ability to resist the most common pathogens, which made the fruits grow and ripen properly. There are a group of hormones associated with ripening in fruits and play an important role in regulating the ripening process according to climatic conditions, the nature of the environment, and the genetic diversity of fruit varieties. Some studies have indicated that epigenetic control of gene expression (without changing the original DNA sequence) controls fruit ripening as morphological differences can occur without changing the DNA sequence. This scientific review focuses on the associations between plant hormones, transcription factors, and epigenetic modifications that control fruit ripening by discussing the latest findings of comparative genomics and system biology.
Page(s):
117-128
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Bioscience Research, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Year: 2023
Keywords:
ethylene
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DNA methylation
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Epigenetic
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phytohormone
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Fruit ripening
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gene resistance