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

      Lado, Joanna; Cronje, Paul; Alquézar, Berta; Page, Anton; Manzi Fraga, Matías Jesús; Gomez-Cadenas, Aurelio; Stead, Anthony D.; Zacarías, Lorenzo; Rodrigo, María Jesús Wiley (2015)
      The distinctive color of red grapefruits is due to lycopene, an unusual carotene in citrus. It has been observed that red Star Ruby' (SR) grapefruits grown inside the tree canopy develop a more intense red coloration than ...
    • openAccess   Light Regulation of Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Peel of Mandarin and Sweet Orange Fruits 

      Lado, Joanna; Alós, Enriqueta; Manzi Fraga, Matías Jesús; Cronje, Paul; Gomez-Cadenas, Aurelio; Rodrigo, María Jesús; Zacarías, Lorenzo Frontiers Media (2019-10-15)
      Carotenoids are the pigments responsible for the coloration of the peel and pulp of Citrus fruits. Light is one of the major environmental factors influencing coloration and carotenoid content and composition of fleshy ...