Abstract:

Softening is significant factor affecting postharvest life of fruit, and is the result of sequence action of a series of enzymes for cell wall metabolism. Different enzymes showed various characteristics during ripening or softening of different fruits. Focusing on various enzymes for cell wall metabolism, with regard to enzymes activity and their genes expression during ripening or softening of different fruits, the latest research advancement was reviewed, and mechanism of fruit softening was speculated in this paper.