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Postharvest Biology and Technology of Fruits, Vegetables, and Flowers

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INDEX 477<br />

Pectin methylesterase (PME), 27, 168, 170, 171<br />

Pectins, 21, 22, 165–166, 170<br />

deesterification <strong>of</strong>, 27<br />

degradation, 26<br />

modifying <strong>and</strong> degrading enzymes in fruits,<br />

170–171<br />

in peaches, 183<br />

solubilization, 167–168, 175<br />

PeERS1 mRNA, 128–129<br />

PeERS2 mRNA, 129<br />

Pelargonidins, 44–47<br />

Penicillium digitatum, 150<br />

Penicillium expansum, 151, 184, 329<br />

Penicillium italicum, 150<br />

Pentose phosphate pathway (PPP), 35–38, 342–343,<br />

349, 351, 446<br />

Pepper fruit, 367<br />

Peppers (Capsicum annuum), 16<br />

Peronospora parasitica, 102<br />

Peroxidase (POX), 270, 274, 453<br />

Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana, D. kaki), 13<br />

Persimmon fruits (Diospyros kaki L.), 310<br />

PESTfind search, 216<br />

Petal senescence, 52–53, 88–90<br />

Petunia, 52, 64, 70<br />

flower senescence, 55<br />

Petunia, 75, 108, 381<br />

Petunia (fbp1), 75<br />

Petunia hybrida, 108<br />

Petunia (Petunia × hybrida), 134<br />

PGcDNA, 27<br />

PG mRNA, 27<br />

Phacidiopycnis piri, 152<br />

Phaseolus vulgaris, 95<br />

Phenolic acids, 47<br />

Phenolic metabolites, 345<br />

Phenolic phytochemicals, synthesis, functions <strong>and</strong><br />

health benefits, 342–346<br />

Phenolics, 260<br />

Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), 276, 446<br />

Phenyl ethyl acetate, 48<br />

Phenyl propyl acetate, 48<br />

Pheophorbide, 41<br />

PhEXP1 expression, 70<br />

Phosphate-mineral solubilizing bacteria (Bacillus,<br />

Pseudomonas), 362<br />

Phosphatidate phosphatase, 200<br />

Phosphatidic acid, 23, 39<br />

Phosphatidylcholine (PC), 23, 197<br />

Phosphatidylethanolamine, 23<br />

Phosphatidylglycerol, 23<br />

Phosphatidylinositol, 23, 24<br />

Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP 2 ),<br />

23, 209<br />

Phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate, 23<br />

Phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP), 31, 264<br />

Phosph<strong>of</strong>ructokinase (PFK), 32, 399–400<br />

Phospholipase D (PLD), 38–40, 444, 450<br />

antisense suppression <strong>of</strong> PLD alpha expression,<br />

221–231<br />

changes in PLDα1 mRNA during development,<br />

224–225<br />

characterictics <strong>of</strong>, 208–210<br />

cloning <strong>of</strong>, 210–221<br />

effect <strong>of</strong> primary alcohols <strong>and</strong> aldehydes on, 242<br />

in grape, 216<br />

hexanal, effect on, 242<br />

inhibition<br />

by aliphatic aldehydes <strong>and</strong> alcohols, 242–244<br />

by lysophosphatidylethanolamine, 241<br />

by N-acylethanolamines (NAE), 241–242<br />

LePLDα transcript antisense activity in fruits,<br />

226–231<br />

<strong>and</strong> membrane deterioration, 240–241<br />

role in membrane deterioration, 221<br />

in signal transduction, 231–235<br />

in strawberry, 203–211<br />

subcellular localization <strong>of</strong>, 208<br />

in tomato, 213–215<br />

amino acid sequences <strong>of</strong>, 217<br />

Phospholipids, 23<br />

Phosphorylation, 109–111<br />

Photomorphogenesis<br />

fruit-localized phytochromes, 291<br />

mechanism for phytochrome control <strong>of</strong><br />

carotenogenesis, 291–292<br />

phytochrome gene family in Arabidopsis <strong>and</strong><br />

tomato, 290<br />

tomato phytochrome mutants hp-1 <strong>and</strong> hp-2,<br />

290–291<br />

PHYA mRNA accumulation, in fruits, 291<br />

Physicochemical treatments, 309–310<br />

Phytoene desaturase (PDS), 289<br />

Phytoene synthase (PSY), 283, 286–288, 287–288<br />

Phytol chain, 41<br />

Pik Red, 326<br />

Pimpinella anisum, 345<br />

Pineapple (Ananas comosus), 14, 150<br />

treated with 1-MCP, 153–154<br />

Pisum sativum mesophyll cells, 89<br />

Plantains (Musa paradisiaca), 14<br />

Plant cysteine proteinases, 71<br />

Plant growth–promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR),<br />

361–363. See also Rhizosphere<br />

microorganisms <strong>and</strong> their effects<br />

Plant growth regulators (PGRs), 105<br />

Planting sites, 303<br />

Plant pigments, significance <strong>of</strong>, 260<br />

Plant sterols, 282<br />

Plant uncoupling mitochondrial protein (PUMP), 401<br />

Plant vacuoles, 94<br />

PLD gene family, 210<br />

Plum (Prunus sp.), 11, 21<br />

response to 1-MCP, 147

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