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Biochemistry of Fruit Ripening

Abstract

On a worldwide scale, the tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) continues to increase in importance for consumption as a fresh crop, for inclusion as a major constituent in many prepared foods, and also for research into the fundamental principles of growth and development in plants. Members of the genus Lycopersicon are tolerant of a wide range of both environmental and nutritional conditions. A few of the species have been crossed to provide a large number of varieties directed towards either the production of a single-harvest field crop, or, particularly under protection, a succession of fruit for the fresh market over quite a long time-span. Field tomatoes are amenable to mechanical harvesting through the combined efforts of plant breeders and agricultural engineers, thus allowing vast tonnages to be grown and processed economically. The products are incorporated into a wide range of canned, frozen, preserved or dried foods. In view of their economic importance, and because they are amenable to the techniques of molecular biology and genetic engineering, tomato fruit have been selected for intense study at the molecular level over the last decade.

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    Graham B. Seymour

  2. Department of Physiology and Environmental Science, University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, UK

    Jane E. Taylor

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    Gregory A. Tucker

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Hobson, G., Grierson, D. (1993). Tomato. In: Seymour, G.B., Taylor, J.E., Tucker, G.A. (eds) Biochemistry of Fruit Ripening. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1584-1_14

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