Journal of Experimental BotanyBlossom-end rot causes black patches in fleshy fruits like #aubergine, tomato and #pepper 🍆 🍅 🫑
This paper looks at a #starch-deficient #tomato mutant which is particularly #resistant to this, with only minor effects on #fruit size and #ripening - wow!
https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad212
#TranscriptionalReprogramming #pyrophosphorylase #BlossomEndRot, #Carbohydrate #lipid #Solanum #fruit #development, #metabolism #stress
Starch deficiency in tomato causes transcriptional reprogramming that modulates fruit development, metabolism, and stress responses
Tomato fruit with disrupted starch biosynthesis undergo an important transcriptional and metabolic remodeling that affects central carbohydrate and lipid metabo