Ethylene plays important roles in the regulation of plant development and senescence, largely acting through families of transcription factors. Due to the regulatory effects of ethylene on fruit ripening and quality, ethylene signaling pathway was widely investigated in various fruit. In recent years, some APETALA2/ethylene responsive factor (AP2/ERF), downstream components of the ethylene signaling pathway, were reported to be involved in fruit quality regulation, which significantly advanced our knowledge on ethylene actions in fruit. Fruit Quality Biology Lab of Zhejiang University (FQB-ZJU) has been focusing on the roles of AP2/ERF for about ten years, and characterized some AP2/ERF genes that contributed to fruit softening/lignification, color, volatile and flavor. In recent years, FQB-ZJU also contributed the characterization of AP2/ERF based transcription factor complexes and transcriptional regulatory cascades. FQB-ZJU has published papers in leading journals in plant science or horticulture, including Plant Physiology, The Plant Journal, Plant, Cell&Environment, Plant Biotechnology Journal, Journal of Experimental Botany, Scientific Reports, Postharvest Biology and Technology.
In order to increase the visibility for roles AP2/ERF on fruit quality, FQB-ZJU published a review paper, entitled “Roles of APETALA2/ethylene responsive factors in regulation of fruit quality”, at Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. In this review, we summarized the latest progress of AP2/ERF on plant development and defense, emphasized the roles of AP2/ERF on fruit quality regulation, and raised some perspectives.
In order to increase the visibility for roles AP2/ERF on fruit quality, FQB-ZJU published a review paper, entitled “Roles of APETALA2/ethylene responsive factors in regulation of fruit quality”, at Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. In this review, we summarized the latest progress of AP2/ERF on plant development and defense, emphasized the roles of AP2/ERF on fruit quality regulation, and raised some perspectives.
