Regulation of fruit ascorbic acid concentrations during ripening in high and low vitamin C tomato cultivars

[1] Davey MW(2000)Plant L-ascorbic acid: chemistry, function, metabolism, bioavailability and effects of processing J Sci Food Agric 80 825-860

[2] Van Montagu M(2001)Biosynthesis of ascorbic acid in plants: A renaissance Annual Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol 52 437-467

[3] Inze D(2003)Davey MW Nicolai BM: Ascorbic acid concentration in cv. conference pears during fruit development and postharvest storage. J Agric Food Chem 51 4757-4763

[4] Sanmartin M(2007)Relationship of apple vitamin C and antioxidant contents to harvest date and postharvest pathogen infection J Sci Food Agric 87 802-813

[5] Kanellis A(2012)Enhancing ascorbate in fruits and tubers through over-expression of the l-galactose pathway gene GDP-l-galactose phosphorylase Plant Biotech J 10 390-397

[6] Smirnoff N(1998)Functional food science and defence against reactive oxidative species Br J Nutr 80 77-112

[7] Benzie IJJ(1998)The biosynthetic pathway of vitamin C in higher plants Nature 393 365-369

[8] Strain JJ(2006)Arabidopsis thaliana VTC4 encodes L-galactose-1-P phosphatase, a plant ascorbic acid biosynthetic enzyme J Biol Chem 281 15662-15670

[9] Favell D(2009)Gene expression studies in kiwifruit and gene over-expression in Arabidopsis indicates that GDP-L-galactose guanyltransferase is a major control point of vitamin C biosynthesis J Exp Bot 60 765-778

[10] Fletcher J(2012)Allelic variation in paralogs of GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase is a major determinant of vitamin C concentrations in apple fruit Plant Physiol 160 1613-1629

[1] Davey MW(2000)Plant L-ascorbic acid: chemistry, function, metabolism, bioavailability and effects of processing J Sci Food Agric 80 825-860

[2] Van Montagu M(2001)Biosynthesis of ascorbic acid in plants: A renaissance Annual Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol 52 437-467

[3] Inze D(2003)Davey MW Nicolai BM: Ascorbic acid concentration in cv. conference pears during fruit development and postharvest storage. J Agric Food Chem 51 4757-4763

[4] Sanmartin M(2007)Relationship of apple vitamin C and antioxidant contents to harvest date and postharvest pathogen infection J Sci Food Agric 87 802-813

[5] Kanellis A(2012)Enhancing ascorbate in fruits and tubers through over-expression of the l-galactose pathway gene GDP-l-galactose phosphorylase Plant Biotech J 10 390-397

[6] Smirnoff N(1998)Functional food science and defence against reactive oxidative species Br J Nutr 80 77-112

[7] Benzie IJJ(1998)The biosynthetic pathway of vitamin C in higher plants Nature 393 365-369

[8] Strain JJ(2006)Arabidopsis thaliana VTC4 encodes L-galactose-1-P phosphatase, a plant ascorbic acid biosynthetic enzyme J Biol Chem 281 15662-15670

[9] Favell D(2009)Gene expression studies in kiwifruit and gene over-expression in Arabidopsis indicates that GDP-L-galactose guanyltransferase is a major control point of vitamin C biosynthesis J Exp Bot 60 765-778

[10] Fletcher J(2012)Allelic variation in paralogs of GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase is a major determinant of vitamin C concentrations in apple fruit Plant Physiol 160 1613-1629