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The essential role that ethylene plays during climacteric fruit ripening has made it the focus of intense research. The cloning of an ACC synthase cDNA by Sato and Theologis [3] and subsequent production of transgenic tomatoes with reduced levels of ethylene and delayed ripening [2] opened the door to the use of molecular biology approaches to control of ripening in other climacteric fruit crops. Nevertheless, nonclimacteric fruit ripening is still poorly understood and the role of ethylene remains unclear. The molecular events involved in the ripening of non-climacteric fruits have not been characterized in detail; the elucidation of these events could provide valuable insights into the difference between climacteric and non-climacteric fruits.
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Cazzonelli, C.I., Cavallaro, A.S., Botella, J.R. (1999). Searching for the Role of Ethylene in Non-Climacteric Fruits. In: Kanellis, A.K., Chang, C., Klee, H., Bleecker, A.B., Pech, J.C., Grierson, D. (eds) Biology and Biotechnology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene II. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4453-7_5
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