Review: Bringing purple tomatoes to market
Plant Science Research WeeklyThis interesting article by Cathie Martin and Eugenio Butelli describes the process through which purple, anthocyanin-accumulating tomatoes were brought to the US market, from idea to business plan to regulatory status review and finally direct-to-consumer sales. Although these tomatoes have demonstrated…
Variegated grape berries enlighten us about plant radiation responses
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhang et al. identify a regulatory hub in grapevine controlling divergent specialized metabolic pathways as part of the light/UV radiation response.
Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad228
By José Tomás Matus and Chen Zhang
Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio),…
Ethylene Inhibits Pear Anthocyanin Synthesis
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellNi et al. explore the relationship between ethylene, the ERF9 and RAP2.4 transcription factors, and anthocyanin biosynthesis in pear.
Plant Cell
By J. Ni1,3,4, S. Bai1,3,4 and Y. Teng1,2,3,4
1 Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
2 Hainan Institute…