Postharvest Biology and Technology of Fruits, Vegetables, and Flowers

INDEX 481
Sugars, biosynthesis of, 446, 459–462
Sugar status
and cut flower senescence, 68–69
of fruit juices and health, 2
Sulfonic acid, 15
5-sulfosalicylic acid (5-SSA), 56
Sulfur moiety, 19
Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (Thiobacillus), 362
Superficial scald, 148–150, 250
Superoxide dismutase activity and fruit preservation,
351
Superoxide dismutase (SOD), 37, 342
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based instruments,
421, 434
Sweet cherry (Prunus avium), 11
Sweet potato (Ipomea batatas), 2, 17
Systemic acquired resistance (SAR), 102
Table grapes, 12
“Tag”-treated melons, 307
Talent TM , 408
Tangelo, 12
Tangerine, 12
Tangor, 12
Tannins, 47, 260, 264, 344
“Tarocco” blood oranges, 250
Tarocco blood oranges (Citrus sinensis Linn. Obsek),
308
Taro (Colocasia esculenta), 17
Tartaric acid, 25
TBG1 and TBG4 transcripts, 178
TBG6 mRNA, 173
TbzF transcripts, 101–102
Temperature management, 308
Tetrahydroxychalcone, 44
2-(4-Thiazolyl)benzimidazole, 436
Thiopropanal S-oxide, 15
Thiourea, 404
Thompson (green seedless), 12
Tillandsia albida, 107
Titratable acidity (TA), 143
Tomato ethylene receptors (LeETR1-6/SlETR1-6),
128
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), 3, 16, 21, 293
accumulation of lycopene in, 283–284
C6 aldehydes of, 48
carotenoid metabolism in, 326
cold response, 377
composition of pigments, 283–284
cultivars, 303
genome, 173
inoculated with B. subtilis, 369
inoculation effects of AMF or PGPR, 365
mutants hp genes, 290–291
never ripe, 61
phospholipid content, 196–197
phytochrome gene family in, 290
phytochromes and, 291
pink (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), 306
PLD activity, 208
antisense PLDα1 tomato plants, 222–224
in control and transgenic fruits, 224
LePLDα2 antisense suppression, 225–226
PLD alpha activity, 213–215
amino acid sequences of, 217
polyuronides, depolymerization of, 168
red pigmentation, 282
response to ethylene treatment, 62
response to 1-MCP, 147–148
ripening of, 283
role in polyamines, 326
role of polyamines, 325
shelf life, 366–367
treated with 1-MCP, 153
Tonoplast (vacuole), 24
Torenia fournieri, 74
Tracheary element (TE) differentiation, 101
Transferase biotin-dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL),
88, 92–94
Transgenic genetics, role in cell wall integrity,
178–180
Transgenic rice plants, 383
Transglutaminases, 322
Trans-isoprenyl pyrophosphate synthases, 287
Transphosphatidylation, 242
Triacylglycerols (oils), 21
Triazine, 438
2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T), 424, 437
Triglyceride-enriched regions, 38
Triple response, 125
Triterpene saponins, 282
Tropane alkaloids, 323
Tropical products, 1
effect of 1-MCP treatment, 148
fruit ripening, 374
genetic transformation, 374–375
metabolic processes related to quality
alternate oxidase, 384
cold tolerance, 376–378
color and pigment metabolism, 380–381
flavor and carbohydrate metabolism, 378–379
flower formation, 379–380
genetic stability, 384–385
lipid metabolism, 375–376
molecular farming, 383–384
nutritional value enhancement, 381–383
parthenocarpy, 381
plant architecture, 379
protein metabolism, 378
Tuber vegetables, 17
Tulips, 17, 131
Turnip (Brassica rapa), 15
Tylosin, 436
Type III phosphoinositide 3-phosphatases, 87