About this Research Topic
Fruit development is an evolutionary process that is critical for ripening, and understanding its detailed molecular nature further is critical for the improvement of yield and postharvest storage. Moreover, fruits during their entire lifetime, face developmental and stressful events, and they incorporate multiple internal and external signals through intricate regulatory developmental pathways. Given the multifaceted nature of the developmental process in fruits, integrative analyses which allow for an assessment of the dynamic changes that occur during fruit set, growth, ripening and senescence are required for a systematic understanding of its underlying mechanistic principles. Omics technologies, including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, ionomics, and redoxomics together with epiomics (epigenome, epitranscriptome, epiproteome) and interactomics empower highly accurate research to uncover the fruit development mechanisms which lead to on-tree and postharvest fruit quality in a systematic manner. In this Research Topic, key molecular pathways and network-based regulatory mechanisms are highlighted, as well as their implications for fruit quality and yield.
Fruits are major sources of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients, and are an important part of a healthy and balanced diet. Despite its biological importance, however, many molecular mechanisms underlying fruit development, ripening and senescence are still largely unknown due to their extreme complexity. Recent technological advancements in molecular biology and breeding, genomics, plant transformation, and genome editing have enabled tremendous progress in unravelling the molecular mechanisms underlying fruit development and ripening, their responses to environmental stresses, the incidence of physiological disorders and their storage potential during their pre and postharvest life. Multi-omics techniques are dynamic tools whose results can be used by the fruit industry to produce fruit of enhanced quality which meets consumer demands. Here, we address recent advances in understanding the developmental signalling network, as well as future directions for the application of multi-omics research to fruit pre- and post-harvest biology. We encourage the submission of multi-omics studies that advance the mechanistic understanding of the physiological traits linked to fruit quality and increasing crop yield.
The Research Topic welcomes submissions of Original Research, Review, Mini Review, and Opinion manuscripts that focus on the use of cutting-edge technologies and their result integration for studying climacteric and non-climacteric fruit physiology in terms of their:
• Nutrition;
• Developmental stages;
• Harvesting stages;
• Ripening;
• Quality improvement by pre- and/or postharvest treatments;
• Responses to biotic and abiotic stresses;
• Signalling pathways;
• Postharvest physiology;
• Physiological disorders.
Particularly, we welcome articles that combine omics techniques with functional approaches to examine the nutritional value, agronomic performance, and molecular mechanisms that regulate fruit development and provide insights to improve fruit yield and quality.
Descriptive studies presenting only a list of detected transcripts, proteins or metabolites (cataloging) in a given species, including a limited number of comparative sets as a result of different conditions or treatments, will not be considered for review. Studies must elaborate on a new pathway or biological process related to the treatment or to the species presented, or address difficult-to-obtain plant tissues or cells. Quantitative omics analyses must be performed on a minimum number of 3 biological replicates
Fruits are major sources of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients, and are an important part of a healthy and balanced diet. Despite its biological importance, however, many molecular mechanisms underlying fruit development, ripening and senescence are still largely unknown due to their extreme complexity. Recent technological advancements in molecular biology and breeding, genomics, plant transformation, and genome editing have enabled tremendous progress in unravelling the molecular mechanisms underlying fruit development and ripening, their responses to environmental stresses, the incidence of physiological disorders and their storage potential during their pre and postharvest life. Multi-omics techniques are dynamic tools whose results can be used by the fruit industry to produce fruit of enhanced quality which meets consumer demands. Here, we address recent advances in understanding the developmental signalling network, as well as future directions for the application of multi-omics research to fruit pre- and post-harvest biology. We encourage the submission of multi-omics studies that advance the mechanistic understanding of the physiological traits linked to fruit quality and increasing crop yield.
The Research Topic welcomes submissions of Original Research, Review, Mini Review, and Opinion manuscripts that focus on the use of cutting-edge technologies and their result integration for studying climacteric and non-climacteric fruit physiology in terms of their:
• Nutrition;
• Developmental stages;
• Harvesting stages;
• Ripening;
• Quality improvement by pre- and/or postharvest treatments;
• Responses to biotic and abiotic stresses;
• Signalling pathways;
• Postharvest physiology;
• Physiological disorders.
Particularly, we welcome articles that combine omics techniques with functional approaches to examine the nutritional value, agronomic performance, and molecular mechanisms that regulate fruit development and provide insights to improve fruit yield and quality.
Descriptive studies presenting only a list of detected transcripts, proteins or metabolites (cataloging) in a given species, including a limited number of comparative sets as a result of different conditions or treatments, will not be considered for review. Studies must elaborate on a new pathway or biological process related to the treatment or to the species presented, or address difficult-to-obtain plant tissues or cells. Quantitative omics analyses must be performed on a minimum number of 3 biological replicates
Keywords: fruit development, omics, fruit yield, fruit ripening, transcriptomics, proteomics, ThessInPPO2023, INPPO
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