His lab investigates the regulation of ripening using tomato as a model system.
In the present investigation, delayed ripening tomatoes were generated by silencing three homologs of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase (ACS) gene during the course of ripening using RNAi technology.
Then, a good sensory prediction model for "rich flavor," which was defined as "thick and rich, including umami taste and soy sauce-like flavor," was constructed based on the metabolic profile during ripening using partial least squares regression analysis.
In this study we have investigated the expression of ACO, ACS and ETR isoforms during capsicum (Capsicum annuum cv. Aries) ripening using quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) at six different ripening stages (Green, G; Breaker, B; Breaker Red 1, BR1; Breaker Red 2, BR2; Light Red, LR; Deep Red, DR).
Nishitani et al. (2010) have studied the importance of phenylpropanoid metabolism in pear fruit ripening using oligoarray analysis [ 75].
As-received nanosilver colloids with diameters of 20 30 nm were agglomerated into isolated nanosilver islands on a wafer-scale silicon substrate in the range of 50 80 nm via a combined mechanism of solvent dewetting and Ostwald ripening using spin coating and substrate heating.
If cervical ripening using a prostaglandin is required, a pre-labour overnight hospitalisation and separation from family and support companions is necessary.
The levels of transcription of these nine selected flavonoid biosynthetic genes were determined, in both peel and flesh of 'Stark Red Gold' nectarines, during fruit development and ripening using quantitative PCR (qPCR, Figures 3 and 4).
We identified unigenes that are differentially expressed during fruit development and ripening using a similar approach to that described above (RPKM values derived from mapped reads and a threshold of R ≥15 to select differentially expressed genes; see Methods).
Even though the tomatoes will ripen using any of the above methods, the flavor and texture will never be as sweet and/or meaty as that of a tomato that's allowed to ripen on a live plant.[5].
