Aroma volatiles are important components of the sensory quality of fruit. In recent decades, the long shelf-life character has been introduced into commercial varieties of fruit such as tomatoes or melons through the use, in breeding programmes, of mutants impaired for ethylene perception. Extension of shelf life has resulted in a strong reduction of aroma volatiles production indicating a negative correlation between aroma production and ethylene perception or synthesis.
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Lucchetta, L., Manríquez, D., El-Sharkawy, I., Flores, F.B., Latché, A., Pech, J.C. (2007). The role of ethylene in the expression of genes involved in the biosynthesis of aroma volatiles in melon. In: Ramina, A., Chang, C., Giovannoni, J., Klee, H., Perata, P., Woltering, E. (eds) Advances in Plant Ethylene Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6014-4_41
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