title: Transcriptome analysis of peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) during the late stage of fruit ripening.
abstract: Fruit ripening is a complex developmental process, the details of which remain largely unknown in fleshy fruits. In this paper, the fruit flesh of two peach varieties, "Zhongyou9" (a nectarine; Prunus persica L. Batsch) and its mutant "Hongyu", was analyzed by RNA-seq technology during two stages of ripening at 20-day intervals. One hundred and eighty significant upregulated and two hundred and thirty-five downregulated genes were identified in the experiment. Many of these genes were related to plant hormones, chlorophyll breakdown, accumulation of aroma and flavor volatiles, and stress. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first transcriptome analysis of peach ripening, and our data will be useful for further studies of the molecular basis of fruit ripening.
authors.affiliation: Horticulture Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Science, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Horticulture Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Science, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.affiliation: Horticulture Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Science, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Horticulture Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Science, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Horticulture Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Science, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.affiliation: Horticulture Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Science, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: X K
authors.initials: XK
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: Horticulture Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Science, Hefei, Anhui, China.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: Horticulture Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Science, Hefei, Anhui, China zjy660@126.com.
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D005638:Fruit / Q000235:genetics*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D009154:Mutation; D000068239:Prunus persica / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D059467:Transcriptome