Kenneth C. Gross
Agricultural Research Service
68 Papers
956 Citations
Kenneth C. Gross is an academic researcher from Agricultural Research Service. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ripening & Pectin. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 68 publications. Previous affiliations of Kenneth C. Gross include University of Maryland, College Park & United States Department of Agriculture.
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Papers
Jasmonate and salicylate induce the expression of pathogenesis-related-protein genes and increase resistance to chilling injury in tomato fruit
TL;DR: The results suggest that the pre-treatment of tomato fruit with MeSA or MeJA induces the synthesis of some stress proteins, such as PR proteins, which leads to increased chilling tolerance and resistance to pathogens, thereby decreasing the incidence of decay.
Down-Regulation of Tomato β-Galactosidase 4 Results in Decreased Fruit Softening
TL;DR: Fruit from this antisense line had the lowest TBG4 mRNA and exo-galactanase levels and the highest wall galactosyl content during the early stages of ripening, implicating an involvement of this gene product in cell wall modification leading to fruit softening.
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Changes in cell wall neutral sugar composition during fruit ripening: a species survey
Kenneth C. Gross,Carl E. Sams +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, non-cellulosic neutral sugar composition of cell walls from seventeen fruit types were analyzed during ripening, and the major sugar was arabinose, galactose, and xylose.
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Reduction of chilling injury and transcript accumulation of heat shock proteins in tomato fruit by methyl jasmonate and methyl salicylate
TL;DR: The results demonstrated that MeJA and MeSA induced the accumulation of sHSP transcripts in tomato, and the increased transcript abundance of HSPs, especially class II sH SPs, was correlated with protection against CI.
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Degradation and solubilization of pectin by β‐galactosidases purified from avocado mesocarp
TL;DR: In this paper, three β-galactosidase (EC 3.23) isozymes were purified from the mesocarp of ripe fruit of Persea americana mill.