Yanling Wang, Qi Wang, Fanhang Zhang, Chenyang Han, Wen Li, Mei Ren, Yueyang Wang, Kaijie Qi, Zhihua Xie, Shaoling Zhang, Shutian Tao
The stone cells in pear fruits cause rough flesh and low juice, seriously affecting the taste. Lignin has been demonstrated as the main component of stone cells. Auxin, one of the most important plant hormone, regulates most physiological processes in plants including lignification. However, the concentration effect and regulators of auxin on pear fruits stone cell formation remains unclear. Here, endogenous indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and stone cells were found to be co-localized in lignified cells by immunofluorescence localization analysis...
April 22, 2024: Plant Science: An International Journal of Experimental Plant Biology