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ReviewFood science and biotechnology2025

Role of biotechnology for shelf-life extension and quality improvement of perishable fruits and vegetables: a comprehensive review.

Rajneesh Sharma, Ashok Yadav, Charu Lata, Aman Verma, Devendra Singh, Laxman Singh Rajput, Ridhi Joshi, Mahesh Kumar Samota, Sandeep Kumar, Kuldeep Kumar and 3 more

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Review in Food science and biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Rajneesh SharmaICAR-Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana, Punjab India.
Ashok YadavICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh India.ORCID 0000-0001-6787-3883
Charu LataICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Regional Station, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh India.
Aman VermaICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan India.
Devendra SinghICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan India.
Laxman Singh RajputICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan India.
Ridhi JoshiICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh India.
Mahesh Kumar SamotaICAR-Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana, Punjab India.
Sandeep KumarICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute,, New Delhi, India.
Kuldeep KumarICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh India.
Asha RamICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh India.
Naresh KumarICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh India.
Ayyanadar ArunachalamICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several practices including the use of chemical, physical, and antimicrobial agents have been performed in the last century to extend shelf life and development of pathogen resistance in several vegetables and fruits but in recent decades, biotechnological approaches viz-antisense RNA technology, genetic engineering, genome editing are also proved to be useful. Ripening in fruits is delayed by inhibiting ethylene production and regulating ethylene-ethylene receptor binding and signaling pathway. Several other postharvest attributes had been improved by genetic engineering including improvement in taste through producing seedless fruits through down-regulating genes involved in auxin signaling, RNA interference in Aucsia genes expression, and ovule-specific expression of iaaM gene, and the problem of the bitterness of Kinnow mandarin juice was solved by recombinational expression of α-l-rhamnosidase in citrus fruits. All these efforts help fulfill the desires and expectations of consumers and producers.

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ACCAntisense RNAFruitsRipeningSeedlessShelf life

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PMID41113262
PMCPMC12528554

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