Transcriptomics of improved fruit retention by hexanal in 'Honeycrisp' reveals hormonal crosstalk and reduced cell-wall remodelling in the fruit-abscission zone
Karthika Sriskantharajah, Walid El Kayal, Davoud Torkamaneh, Murali‐Mohan Ayyanath, Praveen Kumar Saxena, Alan J. Sullivan, Gopinadhan Paliyath, Jayasankar Subramanian
This study identifies 726 differentially expressed genes in apple abscission zones treated with hexanal, showing reduced ethylene and ABA biosynthesis and cell-wall remodelling, leading to improved fruit retention.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences · Aug 17, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics