
Frontiers in Plant Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 15
Опубликована: Авг. 5, 2024
Postharvest chilling injury (PCI) is a physiological disorder that often impairs tomato fruit ripening; this reduces quality and shelf-life, even accelerates spoilage at low temperatures. The CBF gene family confers cold tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana , constitutive overexpression of increases vegetative tolerance, part by retarding growth, but, whether PCI unknown. We hypothesized CBF1 (OE) would be induced the increase resistance to PCI. high levels undergoing postharvest cloning it from S. lycopersicum habrochaites using stress-inducible RD29A promoter. Harvested were cold-stored (2.5°C) for up three weeks, then rewarmed 20°C days. Transgene upregulation was triggered during storage 8.6- 28.6-fold SlCBF1 -OE, between 3.1- 8.3-fold ShCBF1 -OE fruit, but developmental abnormalities absence induction visible. Remarkably, transgenic displayed worsening symptoms, i.e., failure ripen after rewarming, comparatively higher susceptibility decay relative wild-type (WT) lower total soluble solids, accumulation volatile compounds responsible off-odors. These symptoms correlated with levels. Transcriptomic analysis revealed ripening biotic abiotic stress responses altered fruit. Seedlings grown ‘chilled’ ‘non-chilled’ WT addition also exposed 0°C test their photosynthetic response injury. Chilled seedlings adjusted rates reduce oxidative damage; did not. Photosynthetic parameters similar 0°C, showed more severe photoinhibition than mirroring phenotypic observations. results suggest 1) accelerated deterioration storage, 2) Chilling acclimation fructus can seedling progeny tomato.
Язык: Английский