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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Pujol, Marta author Garcia-Mas, Jordi author 2023-07-03 Fruit ripening is a complex and highly regulated process where tomato and strawberry have been the model species classically used for studying climacteric and non-climacteric fleshy fruit ripening types, respectively. Melon has emerged as an alternative ripening model because climacteric and non-climacteric cultivars exist, which makes it possible to dissect the regulation of ripening using a genetic approach. Several quantitative trait loci that regulate climacteric fruit ripening have been identified to date, and their combination in both climacteric and non-climacteric genetic backgrounds resulted in lines with different ripening behaviors, demonstrating that the climacteric intensity can be genetically modulated. This review discusses our current knowledge of the physiological changes observed during melon climacteric fruit ripening such as ethylene production, fruit abscission, chlorophyll degradation, firmness, and aroma, as well as their complex genetic control. From pioneer experiments in which ethylene biosynthesis was silenced, to the recent genetic edition of ripening regulators, current data suggest that the climacteric response is determined by the interaction of several loci under quantitative inheritance. The exploitation of the rich genetic diversity of melon will enable the discovery of additional genes involved in the regulation of the climacteric response,ultimately leading to breeding aromatic melon fruits with extended shelf life. Pujol, Marta, and Jordi Garcia-Mas. 2023. "Regulation Of Climacteric Fruit Ripening In Melon: Recent Advances And Future Challenges". Journal Of Experimental Botany. doi:10.1093/jxb/erad256. 0022-0957 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/2364 https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad256 Regulation of climacteric fruit ripening in melon: recent advances and future challenges