supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2011CB100600);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30771482, 30921002)
Citrus fruits are rich in carotenoids.In the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway,lycopene β-cyclase(LCYb,EC:1.14.-.-) is a key regulatory enzyme in the catalysis of lycopene to β-carotene,an important dietary precurs...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program,2011CB100601);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30830078,30921002)
The red-flesh mutant Hong Anliu sweet orange is of high nutritional value due to its lycopene accumulation.Our previous studies on this mutant fruits suggested that photosynthesis and oxidative stress could promote th...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30771506,30972061and 30921002);a grant from the Youth Chenguang Project of Science and Technology of Wuhan City of China(2002750731281)
Low temperature storage is widely applied to maintain citrus postharvest fruit quality. In this study, the transcriptional and metabolic changes in the pulp tissue of Citrus reticulata Blanco cv. "Ponkan" were studi...