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Diurnal temperature range is a key factor to determine the quality difference between overwinter growing and spring growing tomatoes.
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry · · Journal Article · Open access
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Diurnal temperature range (DTR) is identified as a key environmental factor that modulates tomato fruit quality by affecting gene regulation and metabolic fluxes.
- Why it matters: Understanding environmental influences on crop quality is crucial for optimizing agricultural practices and ensuring consistent produce standards across different growing conditions.
- What they did: The study compared two tomato cultivars grown under spring and overwinter regimes, and used controlled DTR gradient experiments to analyze metabolic and transcriptional changes in MicroTom tomatoes.
- The result: Findings show that DTR influences carotenoid and flavonoid levels, gene expression, and metabolic pathways, providing strategies for targeted tomato quality improvement in fluctuating environments.
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