Claim · model-written summary
Knockout preserved pericarp integrity.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- knockoute0
- Outcome
- pericarp integritye0
- Direction
- preservese0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“in tomato”
e0“It's knockout delays softening, enhances shelf-life, and preserves pericarp integrity”
Title
Sushmita; Alka Srivastava; Gourav Jain; et al. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 2026. doi:10.1016/j.plaphy.2026.111017
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation α-Mannosidase is expressed during ripening.
- Intervention effect α-Mannosidase knockout increased fruit firmness.
- Intervention effect Knockout extended fruit shelf life.
- Intervention effect Knockout improved fruit moisture retention.
- Intervention effect Knockout downregulated SlRIN expression.
- Intervention effect Knockout downregulated downstream genes involved in cell wall degradation, ethylene biosynthesis and signaling.
- Intervention effect Knockout fruits accumulated more abscisic acid late in storage than controls.
- Intervention effect Knockout fruits accumulated less reactive oxygen species late in storage than controls.
- Intervention effect Knockout fruits had better antioxidant capacity late in storage than controls.