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44
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3026
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Best Publications

  • A global perspective on carotenoids: Metabolism, biotechnology, and benefits for nutrition and health

    Manuel Rodriguez-Concepcion;Javier Avalos;M. Luisa Bonet;Albert Boronat

  • Cloning and characterization of two 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase genes, differentially regulated during fruit maturation and under stress conditions, from orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck)

    María-Jesús Rodrigo;Berta Alquezar;Lorenzo Zacarías

  • Biochemical and molecular analysis of carotenoid biosynthesis in flavedo of orange (Citrus sinensis L.) during fruit development and maturation.

    María-Jesús Rodrigo;Jose F Marcos;Lorenzo Zacarías

  • Effect of postharvest ethylene treatment on carotenoid accumulation and the expression of carotenoid biosynthetic genes in the flavedo of orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) fruit

    Maria J. Rodrigo;Lorenzo Zacarias

  • A novel carotenoid cleavage activity involved in the biosynthesis of Citrus fruit-specific apocarotenoid pigments

    María J. Rodrigo;Berta Alquézar;Enriqueta Alós;Víctor Medina

  • Regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis during fruit maturation in the red-fleshed orange mutant Cara Cara.

    Berta Alquezar;Maria J. Rodrigo;Lorenzo Zacarías

  • Molecular and functional characterization of a novel chromoplast-specific lycopene β-cyclase from Citrus and its relation to lycopene accumulation

    Berta Alquézar;Lorenzo Zacarías;María J. Rodrigo

  • Biochemical bases and molecular regulation of pigmentation in the peel of Citrus fruit

    María J. Rodrigo;Berta Alquézar;Enriqueta Alós;Joanna Lado

  • Carotenoid Cleavage Oxygenases from Microbes and Photosynthetic Organisms: Features and Functions

    Oussama Ahrazem;Lourdes Gómez-Gómez;María J. Rodrigo;Javier Avalos

  • Regulation of color break in citrus fruits. Changes in pigment profiling and gene expression induced by gibberellins and nitrate, two ripening retardants.

    Enriqueta Alós;Manuel Cercós;María-Jesús Rodrigo;Lorenzo Zacarías

  • Terpene Down-Regulation in Orange Reveals the Role of Fruit Aromas in Mediating Interactions with Insect Herbivores and Pathogens

    Ana Rodríguez;Victoria San Andrés;Magdalena Cervera;Ana Redondo

  • Root ABA Accumulation in Long-Term Water-Stressed Plants is Sustained by Hormone Transport from Aerial Organs

    Matías Manzi;Joanna Lado;María Jesús Rodrigo;Lorenzo Zacarías

  • Dehydrin from Citrus, Which Confers in Vitro Dehydration and Freezing Protection Activity, Is Constitutive and Highly Expressed in the Flavedo of Fruit but Responsive to Cold and Water Stress in Leaves

    † Maria Teresa Sanchez-Ballesta;Maria Jesus Rodrigo;Maria Teresa Lafuente;and Antonio Granell

  • Maturity indicators and citrus fruit quality.

    J. Lado;M. J. Rodrigo;L. Zacarías

  • Stimulation of coloration and carotenoid biosynthesis during postharvest storage of 'Navelina' orange fruit at 12 ◦ C

    Lourdes Carmona;Lorenzo Zacarías;María J. Rodrigo

  • Metabolic engineering of β‐carotene in orange fruit increases its in vivo antioxidant properties

    Elsa Pons;Berta Alquézar;Ana Rodríguez;Patricia Martorell

  • Differential transcriptional regulation of l-ascorbic acid content in peel and pulp of citrus fruits during development and maturation

    Enriqueta Alós;María J. Rodrigo;Lorenzo Zacarías

  • The Citrus ABA signalosome: identification and transcriptional regulation during sweet orange fruit ripening and leaf dehydration

    Paco Romero;María T Lafuente;María J. Rodrigo

  • Isolation and expression analysis of two stress-responsive sucrose-synthase genes from the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum (Hochst.).

    Michael Kleines;Ralph-Cyrus Elster;Maria-Jesus Rodrigo;Anne-Sophie Blervacq

  • Carotenoid bioaccessibility in pulp and fresh juice from carotenoid-rich sweet oranges and mandarins

    María Jesús Rodrigo;Antonio Cilla;Reyes Barberá;Lorenzo Zacarías

  • The role of gibberellins A 1 and A 3 in fruit growth of Pisum sativum L. and the identification of gibberellins A 4 and A 7 in young seeds

    Maria J. Rodrigo;José L. García-Martínez;Cristina M. Santes;Paul Gaskin

  • Exploring the diversity in Citrus fruit colouration to decipher the relationship between plastid ultrastructure and carotenoid composition

    Joanna Lado;Lorenzo Zacarías;Aranzazu Gurrea;Anton Page

  • Fruit shading enhances peel color, carotenes accumulation and chromoplast differentiation in red grapefruit

    Joanna Lado;Paul Cronje;Berta Alquézar;Anton Page

  • Transcriptomic analysis of genes involved in the biosynthesis, recycling and degradation of L-ascorbic acid in pepper fruits (Capsicum annuum L.).

    Enriqueta Alós;María J. Rodrigo;Lorenzo Zacarías

  • Effect of high-pressure processing applied as pretreatment on carotenoids, flavonoids and vitamin C in juice of the sweet oranges 'Navel' and the red-fleshed 'Cara Cara'.

    Begoña de Ancos;María Jesús Rodrigo;Concepción Sánchez-Moreno;M. Pilar Cano

  • Terpene Down-Regulation Triggers Defense Responses in Transgenic Orange Leading to Resistance against

    Aurelio Gómez-Cadenas;María Jesús Rodrigo;Lorenzo Zacarías;Leandro Peña

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorenzo Zacarías
Lorenzo Zacarías Spanish National Research Council
Aurelio Gómez-Cadenas
Aurelio Gómez-Cadenas Jaume I University
María T. Lafuente
María T. Lafuente Spanish National Research Council
Leandro Peña
Leandro Peña Universitat Politècnica de València
Takehiko Shimada
Takehiko Shimada National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Manuel Agustí
Manuel Agustí Universitat Politècnica de València
Reinhold Carle
Reinhold Carle University of Hohenheim
Lluís Palou
Lluís Palou Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias
Dorothea Bartels
Dorothea Bartels University of Bonn
Vicent Arbona
Vicent Arbona Jaume I University

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