ArticleBMC plant biology2014
Multiscale investigation of mealiness in apple: an atypical role for a pectin methylesterase during fruit maturation.
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- Mealiness and Aroma Drive a Non-Linear Preference Curve for 'Annurca' PGI Apples in Long-Term Storage.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Causal factors concerning the texture of French fries manufactured at industrial scale.Current research in food science · 2024Review
- Integrated Characterization of Cassava (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The evolving views of the simplest pectic polysaccharides: homogalacturonan.Plant cell reports · 2022Review
- Role of MdERF3 and MdERF118 natural variations in apple flesh firmness/crispness retainability and development of QTL-based genomics-assisted prediction.Plant biotechnology journal · 2021Article
- Transcriptome Responses of Ripe Cherry Tomato Fruit Exposed to Chilling and Rewarming Identify Reversible and Irreversible Gene Expression Changes.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Article
- Genome wide identification and functional characterization of strawberry pectin methylesterases related to fruit softening.BMC plant biology · 2020Article
- Systems-Based Approaches to Unravel Networks and Individual Elements Involved in Apple Superficial Scald.Frontiers in plant science · 2020Article
- Apple whole genome sequences: recent advances and new prospects.Horticulture research · 2019Review
- Deciphering the genetic control of fruit texture in apple by multiple family-based analysis and genome-wide association.Journal of experimental botany · 2017Article
- Different Preclimacteric Events in Apple Cultivars with Modified Ripening Physiology.Frontiers in plant science · 2017Article
- Mapping the sensory perception of apple using descriptive sensory evaluation in a genome wide association study.PloS one · 2017Article
- Cell wall dynamics during apple development and storage involves hemicellulose modifications and related expressed genes.BMC plant biology · 2016Article
- Proteomic analysis reveals dynamic regulation of fruit development and sugar and acid accumulation in apple.Journal of experimental botany · 2016Article
- Genomic dissection of a 'Fuji' apple cultivar: re-sequencing, SNP marker development, definition of haplotypes, and QTL detection.Breeding science · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundApple fruit mealiness is one of the most important textural problems that results from an undesirable ripening process during storage. This phenotype is characterized by textural deterioration described as soft, grainy and dry fruit. Despite several studies, little is known about mealiness development and the associated molecular events. In this study, we integrated phenotypic, microscopic, transcriptomic and biochemical analyses to gain insights into the molecular basis of mealiness development.
resultsInstrumental texture characterization allowed the refinement of the definition of apple mealiness. In parallel, a new and simple quantitative test to assess this phenotype was developed.
conclusionsThese data support the role of PME in cell wall remodelling during apple fruit development and ripening and suggest a local action of these enzymes. Mealiness may partially result from qualitative and spatial variations of pectin microarchitecture rather than quantitative pectin differences, and these changes may occur early in fruit development. The specific MdPME2 gene highlighted in this study could be a good early marker of texture unfavourable trait in apple.
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