Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42278223›Full record

ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2026

Temperature Dominates Light in Regulating Lycopene During a Critical Period in Postharvest Tomato Fruit.

Jinyan Chen, Chenyang He, Qu Luo, Yujuan Zhong, Yingchao Xu, Jiayu Luo, Huaiyuan Li, Xuelian Zhang

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jinyan ChenCollege of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Chenyang HeCollege of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Qu LuoCollege of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Yujuan ZhongGuangdong Key Laboratory for New Technology Research of Vegetables, Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Yingchao XuGuangdong Key Laboratory for New Technology Research of Vegetables, Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Jiayu LuoCollege of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Huaiyuan LiNational Demonstration Center for Experimental Essentials of Plant Biology Education (SCAU)/Basic Experiment and Practice Training Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
Xuelian ZhangCollege of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China 2025A1515012326
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fruit coloration is a key determinant of tomato quality, yet how light and temperature interact to regulate pigmentation during ripening remains unclear. Using a semi-in-fruit experimental system, we demonstrate that while high light accelerates chlorophyll degradation and lycopene accumulation at 25 °C, supra-optimal temperature (40 °C) completely abolishes lycopene biosynthesis irrespective of light conditions, primarily through transcriptional suppression of

Indexed as

FruitLightLycopeneSolanum lycopersicumTemperatureAntioxidantsAscorbic AcidCarotenoidsChlorophyllGene Expression Regulation, PlantPlant ProteinsAntioxidantsAscorbic AcidCarotenoidsChlorophyllLycopenePlant Proteinschlorophyllhigh lightlycopenetemperaturetomato fruit

Identifiers

PMID42278223
PMCPMC13256695

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.