Transcriptome and metabolome analyses provide insights into the fruit softening disorder of papaya fruit under postharvest heat stress.

Heat stress in summer causes softening disorder in papaya but the molecular mechanism is not clear. In this study, papaya fruit stored at 35 °C showed a softening disorder termed rubbery texture. Analysis of the transcriptome and metabolome identified numerous differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and differentially accumulated metabolites (DAMs) between the fruit stored at 25 °C and 35 °C.

Calcium Signaling and the Response to Heat Shock in Crop Plants.

Climate change and the increasing frequency of high temperature (HT) events are significant threats to global crop yields. To address this, a comprehensive understanding of how plants respond to heat shock (HS) is essential. Signaling pathways involving calcium (Ca), a versatile second messenger in plants, encode information through temporal and spatial variations in ion concentration.

Comparative transcriptomic analysis provides key genetic resources in clove basil () under cadmium stress.

Planting aromatic plant might be a promising strategy for safely utilizing heavy metal (HM)-contaminated soils, as HMs in essential oil could be completely excluded using some special technologies with ease. Clove basil ( L.) is an important aromatic plant used in essential oil production.