Claim · model-written summary
ALA raised lycopene and β-carotene accumulation.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- exogenous ALAe1
- Outcome
- lycopene, β-carotene, and other carotenoidse0
- Direction
- highere0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“higher levels of lycopene, β-carotene, and other carotenoids accumulated in tomato fruits”
e1“exogenous ALA”
Title
Exogenous ALA promotes tomato fruit quality and pigment metabolism: physiological mechanisms
Jiaqi Chen; Ruirui Li; Junwen Wang; et al. Frontiers in Nutrition 2026. doi:10.3389/fnut.2025.1729358
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect ALA increased expression of chlorophyll degradation genes.
- Intervention effect ALA increased expression of carotenoid synthesis genes.
- Intervention effect ALA increased PDS, PSY and LCYB enzyme activities.
- Intervention effect ALA improved fruit color.
- Intervention effect ALA increased fruit glucose and fructose.
- Intervention effect ALA reduced fruit malic and citric acid.
- Intervention effect ALA enhanced the fruit sugar-acid ratio.