15 photos of individual tomato fruits (with different genotypes) showing different levels of coloration (from green to red)

Fried Green Tomatoes...🍅

Zhang et al show how #NitricOxide might delay #tomato fruit coloration by downregulating genes related to #chlorophyll degradation & #carotenoid biosynthesis in a manner dependent on the transcription factor, SlSPL6c

doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#FruitRipening
#PlantScience

🍓🥭🍇These findings provide the first direct evidence that RGL, previously known from gene expression and in-vitro studies, actively contributes to fruit softening by cleaving pectin in the cell walls of ripe fruits. (7/7)

👉 botany.fyi/aS8CnE

#FruitRipening #Enzymes