Plant fruits are important from a biological, nutritional, and economic perspective. Fruits are primary sources of minerals, vitamins, sugars, organic acids, proteins, and pigments (among other nutrient compounds) for animals and humans, and there exist a vast variety of forms, sizes, and flavors produced by plants. Since fruit biological function is determined through the expression of specific genes, it is important to identify and characterize those genes involved in each developmental and ripening stage, which can be achieved using transcriptomic approaches.
Fruits are formed from single flowers, which, after pollination, undergo complex processes involving the expression of hundreds or even thousands of genes under a fine, harmonic, and sequentially regulated program. This leads to the formation of incipient fruits, which grow, expand, ripen, and finally senesce. Fruit initiation, growth, development, and ripening are influenced by genetic, epigenetic, hormonal, and environmental factors. Transcriptomics refers to the study of the sets of genes expressed at a specific time and site, and should be an effective approach for investigating and identifying those specific genes involved in each developmental stage of fruit development and ripening.
This Research Topic focuses on transcriptomic research revealing key regulatory gene networks involved in fruit growth, development, and ripening. Original Research or Review manuscripts using transcriptomics to study the regulation of growth, development, and ripening in fruit are welcomed. We encourage articles covering:
• Hormonal regulation;
• Environmental regulation;
• Genetic regulation;
• Epigenetic regulation.
Transcriptome data should be robust in terms of the number of replicates (3 as per journal requirements), and we would like to see the biological relevance of the findings from such data
Plant fruits are important from a biological, nutritional, and economic perspective. Fruits are primary sources of minerals, vitamins, sugars, organic acids, proteins, and pigments (among other nutrient compounds) for animals and humans, and there exist a vast variety of forms, sizes, and flavors produced by plants. Since fruit biological function is determined through the expression of specific genes, it is important to identify and characterize those genes involved in each developmental and ripening stage, which can be achieved using transcriptomic approaches.
Fruits are formed from single flowers, which, after pollination, undergo complex processes involving the expression of hundreds or even thousands of genes under a fine, harmonic, and sequentially regulated program. This leads to the formation of incipient fruits, which grow, expand, ripen, and finally senesce. Fruit initiation, growth, development, and ripening are influenced by genetic, epigenetic, hormonal, and environmental factors. Transcriptomics refers to the study of the sets of genes expressed at a specific time and site, and should be an effective approach for investigating and identifying those specific genes involved in each developmental stage of fruit development and ripening.
This Research Topic focuses on transcriptomic research revealing key regulatory gene networks involved in fruit growth, development, and ripening. Original Research or Review manuscripts using transcriptomics to study the regulation of growth, development, and ripening in fruit are welcomed. We encourage articles covering:
• Hormonal regulation;
• Environmental regulation;
• Genetic regulation;
• Epigenetic regulation.
Transcriptome data should be robust in terms of the number of replicates (3 as per journal requirements), and we would like to see the biological relevance of the findings from such data
