Unravelling the Molecular Regulation Mechanisms of Slow Ripening Trait in .

Fruit development is a complex process that involves the interplay of cell division, expansion, and differentiation. As a model to study fruit development, nectarines incapable of ripening were described as slow ripening. Slow ripening fruits remained firm and exhibited no rise in CO or ethylene production rates for one month or more at 20 °C.