IMPROVEMENT OF FRUIT QUALITY BY INHIBITING PRODUCTION OF LIPOXYGENASE IN FRUITS

摘要

The present invention relates generally to a transgenic fruit-bearing plant having a foreign nucleotide sequence inserted therein which is substantially similar to a portion of the plant's fruit ripening specific lipoxygenase cDNA. Transgenic plants according to the present invention produce fruits having modified and surprinsingly superior ripening characteristics, including improved quality and texture, greater firmness, longer shelf life, better packaging and storage characteristics and improved processing characteristics. Also provided are transgenic fruits; transgenic plant cells; methods for making inventive transgenic plants, fruits and plant cells; methods for inhibiting lipoxygenase production in plants; isolated nucleotide sequences; and vectors comprising these isolated nucleotide sequences.