Down-regulation of POLYGALACTURONASE1 alters firmness, tensile strength and water loss in apple (Malus x domestica) fruit

Comprehensive QTL mapping survey dissects the complex fruit texture physiology in apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.).

(2011) Sara Longhi et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

A comparative study of melting and non-melting flesh peach cultivars reveals that during fruit ripening endo-polygalacturonase (endo-PG) is mainly involved in pericarp textural changes, not in firmness reduction

(2011) A. Ghiani et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

QTL dynamics for fruit firmness and softening around an ethylene-dependent polygalacturonase gene in apple (Malusxdomestica Borkh.)

(2010) F. Costa et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The Role of Ethylene and Cold Temperature in the Regulation of the Apple POLYGALACTURONASE1 Gene and Fruit Softening

(2010) E. Tacken et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The structure, function, and biosynthesis of plant cell wall pectic polysaccharides

(2009) Kerry Hosmer Caffall et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Co-ordination of early and late ripening events in apples is regulated through differential sensitivities to ethylene

(2009) Jason W. Johnston et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Antisense Down-Regulation of the FaPG1 Gene Reveals an Unexpected Central Role for Polygalacturonase in Strawberry Fruit Softening

(2009) M. A. Quesada et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Antisense inhibition of a pectate lyase gene supports a role for pectin depolymerization in strawberry fruit softening

(2008) N. Santiago-Domenech et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Down-regulation of an Auxin Response Factor in the tomato induces modification of fine pectin structure and tissue architecture

(2008) F. Guillon et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Fruit ripening in Vitis vinifera: apoplastic solute accumulation accounts for pre-veraison turgor loss in berries

(2008) Hiroshi Wada et al.   PLANTA

Mesocarp cell turgor in Vitis vinifera L. berries throughout development and its relation to firmness, growth, and the onset of ripening

(2008) Tyler R. Thomas et al.   PLANTA