Forestali e Alimentari

Aug 22, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Forestali e Alimentari

The distribution of chlorophylls in eggplant (Solanum melongena) peel exhibits either a uniform pattern or an irregular green netting. The latter, manifested as a gradient of dark green netting intensified in the proximal part of the fruit on a pale green background, is common in wild relatives and some eggplant landraces. Despite the selection of uniform chlorophylls during domestication, the netting pattern contributes to a greater diversity of fruit colours.

Aug 28, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Alexander H. J |Keygene N.V |Rui Peng |Forestali e Alimentari

1 IntroductionCherries include several species of the genus Prunus, which belong to the sub-family Spiraeoideae in the plant family Rosaceae (Potter et al., 2007). The two economically most important cherry species worldwide are the sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) and the sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.). Both species are thought to have originated in the Caspian Sea and Black Sea region (Quero-García et al., 2019).