Contents
Chapter 1Ligninassociated Genes Expression Pattern in
Pear Fruit
I Introduction
II Materials and Methods
III Results
IV Discussion
Chapter 2The Expression Pattern of Seven PcEXPA
Genes of ‘Chili’ and ‘Whangkeumbae’
Pear during Fruit Postharvest Storage
I Introduction
II Materials and Methods
III Results
IV Discussion
Chapter 3Effects of Preharvest Calcium Treatment on the
Storage Characters of Hard End Whangkeumbae
Pear and the Expression Analysis of PpEXPA2
I Introduction
II Materials and Methods
III Results and Analysis
IV Discussion
Chapter 4Altering PpCAD2 and PpEXP2 Gene Expression
Impacts Lignification in Transgenic
Tobacco Plants
I Introduction
II Materials and Methods
III Results
IV Discussion
V Conclusions
Chapter 5The Heterologous Expression of PpCAD2 in
Tomato ‘MicroTom’ Verified Its Function in
Affecting Lignin Content
I Introduction
II Materials and Methods
III Results and Discussion
IV Conclusions
Chapter 6PpNAC187 Was Involved in the Lignin
Synthesis in ‘Whangkeumbae’ Pear
(Pyrus pyrifolia)Fruit
I Introduction
II Materials and Methods
III Results
IV Discussion
Chapter 7Effect of Preharvest Bagging on Fruit Storage
Characteristics of ‘Chili’ Pear Fruit
I Introduction
II Materials and Methods
III Results and Discussion
IV Conclusions
Chapter 8The Gene Cloning and Analysis of Expression Pattern
of Endoβ1,4glucanase Gene during ‘Chili’ Pear
Fruit Development and Maturation
I Introduction
II Results and Analysis
III Discussion
IV Conclusions
Chapter 9Expression of Two Endo1,4βglucanase Genes
during Fruit Ripening and Softening of
Two Pear Varieties
I Introduction
II Materials and Methods
III Results
IV Discussion
References