Fruit development in Vaccinium species | Vaccinium sugu augļu attīstība
2009
Jaakola, L., University of Oulu (Finland). Dept. of Biology
Fruit development and ripening represent one of the most complex developmental processes in plants. Functionally, the role of fruits is to cover the developing seeds and promote the dispersal of mature seeds through the production of attractive colour, flavour and aroma compounds. After fertilisation, the first phases of fruit development include the division and the expansion of the cells. The ripening phase is initiated after the completed seed maturation. Tissue softening and accumulation of flavour compounds, aromatic volatiles and pigments occurs during the ripening phase. The quality of fruits is determined by the different developmental steps via the signalling cascade that is responsible for the metabolic and structural changes during the ripening phenomenon. Genus Vaccinium is widespread over the world and it includes many economically important cultivated and wild berry species. Fruits of the Vaccinium species are non-climacteric and anatomically they belong to false berries, many-seeded fleshy fruits in which the inferior ovary along with floral tube ripens into an edible pericarp. Vaccinium berries are especially rich with phenolic compounds that are known to possess antioxidative properties. This review focuses on characteristics of fruit development in both cultivated and the wild Vaccinium species.
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