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dc.contributor.authorEspley, Richard V.
dc.contributor.authorJaakola, Laura
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-18T09:14:15Z
dc.date.available2023-09-18T09:14:15Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-09
dc.description.abstractFor many fruit crops, the colour of the fruit outwardly defines its eating quality. Fruit pigments provide reproductive advantage for the plant as well as providing protection against unfavourable environmental conditions and pathogens. For consumers these colours are considered attractive and provide many of the dietary benefits derived from fruits. In the majority of species, the main pigments are either carotenoids and/or anthocyanins. They are produced in the fruit as part of the ripening process, orchestrated by phytohormones and an ensuing transcriptional cascade, culminating in pigment biosynthesis. Whilst this is a controlled developmental process, the production of pigments is also attuned to environmental conditions such as light quantity and quality, availability of water and ambient temperature. If these factors intensify to stress levels, fruit tissues respond by increasing (or ceasing) pigment production. In many cases, if the stress is not severe, this can have a positive outcome for fruit quality. Here, we focus on the principal environmental factors (light, temperature and water) that can influence fruit colour.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEspley, Jaakola. The role of environmental stress in fruit pigmentation. Plant, Cell and Environment. 2023en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2174726
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/pce.14684
dc.identifier.issn0140-7791
dc.identifier.issn1365-3040
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/31052
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.journalPlant, Cell and Environment
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleThe role of environmental stress in fruit pigmentationen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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