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Postharvest Biology and Quality Preservation of Vasconcellea pubescens: Challenges and Opportunities for Reducing Fruit Losses

Horticulturae
Vasconcellea pubescens (mountain papaya) is an underutilized Andean fruit with distinctive nutritional and functional properties, yet its rapid softening and short shelf-life result in significant postharvest losses.
Tamara Méndez, Valentina Jara-Villacura, Carolina Parra-Palma, Luis Morales-Quintana   +3 more
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FcMAPK4‐phosphorylated FcNOR activates FcERF5 to promote fig fruit softening through activation of FcPG12 expression

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.
In Ficus carica fruit, the MAP kinase FcMAPK4 phosphorylates the NAC transcription factor FcNOR, which cooperates with ethylene response factor FcERF5 to activate the pectin degradation gene FcPG12, thereby promoting rapid softening of fig fruit. ABSTRACT Rapid softening of fig (Ficus carica L.) fruit during ripening leads to extremely short shelf life;
Yuan Wang, Zhiyi Fan, Yining Wang, Alexander Vainstein, Yuexuan Qiu, Yinan Sun, Huiqin Ma   +6 more
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Jasmonate Modulates Strawberry Susceptibility to Anthracnose by Activating SnRK2.1 to Regulate the WRKY50‐JAZ5 Module

Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 24, Issue 4, Page 2350-2371, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Colletotrichum spp., hemibiotrophic fungal pathogens, threaten global strawberry production. Jasmonate (JA) regulates plant‐Colletotrichum interactions, but its mechanisms remain unclear. Here we demonstrate that both exogenous methyl jasmonate (MeJA) treatment and elevated endogenous MeJA levels increase strawberry susceptibility to ...
Chuang Liu, Zhen Liu, Xia Li, Yating Chen, Ronghui Sun, Peijie Li, Qianqian Feng, Yuanhua Wang, Jie Ren, Qian Li, Bingbing Li   +10 more
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Degradation and Restoration of Anthrosols in the Amazonia Under Contrasting Agricultural Practices: Evidence From the Assessment of Soil Physical Quality and Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to assess the impact of different agricultural practices on the physical quality and the carbon and nitrogen stocks of anthropogenic soils used by smallholder farmers in Central Amazonia, Brazil. Undisturbed and disturbed soil samples were collected at three depths (0–0.10 m, 0.10–0.20 m, and 0.20–0.30 m), with five ...
Heitor Marcel da Silva Ribeiro, Reginaldo Barboza da Silva, Francisca Alcivania de Melo Silva, Newton Paulo de Souza Falcão, Zigomar Menezes de Souza, Guilherme Souza Florencio, Rodrigo Batista Pinto, Rafael Duarte L'Abbate, Tiago Osório Ferreira, Diogenes L. Antille   +9 more
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Calmodulin‐Like Protein MfCML50 Interacts With Carveol Dehydrogenase in Medicago falcata to Regulate Cold Tolerance Through Mediating ROS Homeostasis

Plant Biotechnology Journal, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 1152-1165, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Low temperature triggers Ca2+ signalling and reprogramming of gene expression and metabolism in plants. However, how the Ca2+ signal is transduced to the downstream metabolic pathways remains unknown. The involvement of a cold‐induced calmodulin‐like protein, MfCML50, from Medicago falcata in regulation of cold tolerance was examined in the ...
Bohao Geng, Shuhan Yu, Qiguo Sun, Lei Yang, Qian Yang, Hailong Yang, Zhenfei Guo   +6 more
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Characterisation of two alcohol acyltransferases from kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) reveals distinct substrate preferences. [PDF]

, 2011
Volatile esters are key compounds of kiwifruit flavour and are formed by alcohol acyltransferases that belong to the BAHD acyltransferase superfamily.
Souleyre, Edwige J. F., Newcomb, Richard, Chervin, Christian, Marsh, Ken, Christian Chervin, Richard D. Newcomb, Edwige J.F. Souleyre, Marsh, Ken B., Catrin S. Günther, Günther, Catrin S., Newcomb, Richard D., Souleyre, Edwige J.F., Günther, Catrin, Ken B. Marsh   +13 more
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Do Adverse Events Influence Time Preferences? Evidence From Smallholder African Farmers

Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 130-155, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Time preferences play a critical role in the agri‐food value chains of low‐income countries, impacting the choices of local operators, including innovation uptake. This paper assesses the association between smallholder farmers' individual characteristics, their exposure to diverse adverse events, and their intertemporal choices using in‐the ...
Valentino Marini Govigli, Evans Chimoita, Gianluca Di Fiore, Faten Khamassi, Josephine Kisakye, Noureddine Mokhtari, Renalda Nanziga Munubi, Emmanuel Lubango Ndetto, Simone Piras, Marco Setti   +9 more
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Nutritional profile of papaya peels, pulp, and seeds (Carica papaya L.)

, 2021
Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is native to tropical America and is one of the most widely cultivated fruit plant in the world, especially in tropical areas where the average annual temperature is 25 °C. Due to its sensory characteristics, nutritional value,
Oliveira, Izamara, Heleno, Sandrina A., Barros, Lillian, Santos-Buelga, Celestino, Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R., Carocho, Márcio   +5 more
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Regulation of seed germination in the close Arabidopsis relative Lepidium sativum : a global tissue-specific transcript analysis [PDF]

, 2011
The completion of germination in Lepidium sativum and other endospermic seeds (e.g. Arabidopsis [Arabidopsis thaliana]) is regulated by two opposing forces, the growth potential of the radicle (RAD) and the resistance to this growth from the micropylar ...
Kerstin Müller, Krystyna Oracz, Müller, Kerstin, Linkies, A., James R. Lynn, Morris, K., Ada Linkies, Finch-Savage, William E., Leubner-Metzger, Gerhard, William E. Finch-Savage, Finch-Savage, W. E., Lynn, J. R., Linkies, Ada, Oracz, K., Oracz, Krystyn, Xiaofeng Wang, Wang, Xiaofen, Karl Morris, Gerhard Leubner-Metzger, Morris, Karl, Wang, X., Leubner-Metzger, G., Müller, K., Lynn, James R.   +23 more
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Mountain Papaya Seeds Causing Fecal Impaction in Children

The Annals of African Surgery, 2017
Stool retention more commonly affects children. It is a clinical finding in which a child resists bowel movements resulting in infrequent defecation, which then becomes larger and more painful. If left unaddressed, it may result in fecal loading or fecal
Julie Ituku, Mathenge Nduhiu
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