R. Schroder, R. Atkinson, N. Sharma, A. Seal, R. Harker, A. White, P. Sutherland and I. Hallett
Program and Abstract. Australasian Postharvest Horticulture Conference. Royal Lakeside Novote., Rotorua, New Zealand. 27-30 September 2005. July 5-10, 2005. Page 22
2005
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Peelability in Kiwifruit (Actinidia eriantha)
Fruit that have peelable skins are perceived as being convenient and easy-to-eat. Commercially available green and gold kiwifruit varieties are not peelable. Fruit of a kiwifruit species, Actinidia eriantha, have a peelable skin. This trait is genetically heritable. The factors underlying the peelability trait are being investigated at the morphological, genetic, biochemical and molecular level. Semi-quantitative PCR and microarray analysis are being used to identify “candidate peelability”genes from HortResearch’s proprietary kiwifruit EST database that differ in expression between clean and messy-peeling varieties. Genes of interest are being tested in transgenic plants (Arabidopsis and A. eriantha) and in biomechanical assays (using enzymes over-expressed in E. coli).