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Fruit Softening

Fruit Softening is a physiological process in postharvest fruit physiology characterized by the progressive degradation of cell wall components and middle lamella, leading to a reduction in fruit firmness and textural integrity during ripening and storage.

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Cell wall disassembly in ripening fruit

David A. Brummell · Functional Plant Biology · 2006 · 946 citations

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Cell wall metabolism in fruit softening and quality and its manipulation in transgenic plants

David A. Brummell, Mark H. Harpster · Plant Molecular Biology · 2001 · 944 citations

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Cell wall metabolism during maturation, ripening and senescence of peach fruit

David A. Brummell · Journal of Experimental Botany · 2004 · 504 citations · Full text

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Modification of Expansin Protein Abundance in Tomato Fruit Alters Softening and Cell Wall Polymer Metabolism during Ripening

David A. Brummell, Mark H. Harpster, Pedro M. Civello et al. · The Plant Cell · 1999 · 481 citations · Full text

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Expression of a chimeric polygalacturonase gene in transgenic rin (ripening inhibitor) tomato fruit results in polyuronide degradation but not fruit softening.

James J. Giovannoni, A. B. Bennett, Robert L. Fischer · The Plant Cell · 1989 · 424 citations · Full text

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    John M. Labavitch

    University of California, Davis, United States

    12 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. YK
    Yasutaka Kubo

    Okayama University, Japan

    12 publications · 722 citations

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  3. IC
    Ian C. Hallett

    Plant & Food Research, New Zealand

    11 publications · 816 citations

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  4. DA
    David A. Brummell

    Plant & Food Research, New Zealand

    11 publications · 2.8K citations

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  5. RN
    Ryohei Nakano

    Okayama University, Japan

    11 publications · 704 citations

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Institutions

668

  1. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    33 h-index

    131 publications

    18.3K citations

  2. Plant & Food Research

    Auckland, New Zealand

    24 h-index

    126 publications

    10.8K citations

  3. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    21 h-index

    61 publications

    10.2K citations

  4. Agricultural Research Organization

    Rishon LeZiyyon, Israel

    19 h-index

    68 publications

    3.1K citations

  5. Northwest A&F University

    Yangling, China

    18 h-index

    139 publications

    15.9K citations

  6. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    47 publications

    8.6K citations

  7. China Agricultural University

    Beijing, China

    16 h-index

    81 publications

    8.8K citations

  8. Zhejiang University

    Hangzhou, China

    16 h-index

    93 publications

    7.4K citations

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  1. Postharvest Biology and Technology

    79 publications · 4.8K citations

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  2. Journal of Experimental Botany

    JXB · 33 publications · 4.1K citations

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  4. Scientia Horticulturae

    36 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. HortScience

    43 publications · 1.5K citations

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