Henrique Noronha

Oct 31, 2024 | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Antonio L Teixeira |António Manuel Teixeira |Antônio Lucio Teixeira |Henrique Noronha |Sarah Frusciante |Gianfranco Diretto

AbstractDespite current knowledge showing that fruits like tomato and grape berries accumulate different components of the light reactions and Calvin cycle, the role of green tissues in fruits is not yet fully understood. In mature tomato fruits, chlorophylls are degraded and replaced by carotenoids through the conversion of chloroplasts in chromoplasts, while in red grape berries, chloroplasts persist at maturity and chlorophylls are masked by anthocyanins.