About this Research Topic
Berry fruits are commercially cultivated worldwide for their pleasant appearances, flavors, and nutrient contents. Both preharvest and postharvest factors affect a range of changes in the structure, texture, color, aroma, and serials of the component accumulations in berry fruits. Berry fruits with good flavor, appropriate firmness, high nutritional value, and long shelf life are preferred by consumers. Hence pre-and postharvest strategies are critical to improving the marketable quality of berry fruits.
The marketable quality of berry fruits is highly affected by the cultivation measurement and storage conditions. Changes in flavor, aroma metabolites, color, texture, and plant hormone are susceptible to various pathogens, mechanical damage, and physiology disorders, all of which will affect their yield and commercial value. Fruit development and ripening is a complex process and is accompanied by molecular regulations. These regulations include physiologically related genes and mediating factors such as transcription factors, enzymes, and proteins. Reveling molecular regulation mechanisms involved in fruit development and ripening will provide a basis for improving fruit quality and further instructions for selecting appropriate pre-harvest and post-harvest strategies.
This Research Topic mainly focuses on the influence of preharvest and postharvest factors on berry fruit quality, as well as the preharvest and postharvest strategies for improving berry fruit quality. We welcome relevant research papers related but not limited to the following topics:
• Physiological and biochemical responses of berry fruits during development, ripening, and senescence, as well as studies that reveal the metabolic mechanisms at the molecular level.
• Pre-and postharvest strategies on berry fruits to improve fruit quality, delay fruit senescence, and extend the shelf-life etc.
• Studies that focus on the fruit cuticle which is a major modulator of berry fruit quality, including regulating water loss, susceptibility to physical and biological stresses, and defining creased fruit firmness.
The marketable quality of berry fruits is highly affected by the cultivation measurement and storage conditions. Changes in flavor, aroma metabolites, color, texture, and plant hormone are susceptible to various pathogens, mechanical damage, and physiology disorders, all of which will affect their yield and commercial value. Fruit development and ripening is a complex process and is accompanied by molecular regulations. These regulations include physiologically related genes and mediating factors such as transcription factors, enzymes, and proteins. Reveling molecular regulation mechanisms involved in fruit development and ripening will provide a basis for improving fruit quality and further instructions for selecting appropriate pre-harvest and post-harvest strategies.
This Research Topic mainly focuses on the influence of preharvest and postharvest factors on berry fruit quality, as well as the preharvest and postharvest strategies for improving berry fruit quality. We welcome relevant research papers related but not limited to the following topics:
• Physiological and biochemical responses of berry fruits during development, ripening, and senescence, as well as studies that reveal the metabolic mechanisms at the molecular level.
• Pre-and postharvest strategies on berry fruits to improve fruit quality, delay fruit senescence, and extend the shelf-life etc.
• Studies that focus on the fruit cuticle which is a major modulator of berry fruit quality, including regulating water loss, susceptibility to physical and biological stresses, and defining creased fruit firmness.
Keywords: berry fruit, fruit quality, pre-and postharvest treatment, physiological metabolisms, molecular regulation, cuticle
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