C. J. Silva

Synchronization and interaction of proline, ascorbate and oxidative stress pathways under abiotic stress combination in tomato plants

This study investigates how salinity and heat stress combine to reprogram tomato plant metabolism, revealing synchronized proline and ascorbate pathways and key transcription factors involved in stress response.

Tomato fruit susceptibility to fungal disease can be uncoupled from ripening by suppressing susceptibility factors

This study identifies pectate lyase (PL) as a susceptibility factor in tomato fruit ripening, showing that suppressing PL reduces fungal disease susceptibility without affecting defense responses.