SlATG8f enhances tomato thermotolerance and fruit quality via autophagy and HS pathways
Authors: Cheng, q., Xu, w., wen, c., He, Z., Song, L.
Date: 2025-09-25 · Version: 1
DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.23.678159 Category: Plant Biology
Model Organism: Solanum lycopersicum
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The researchers created tomato lines overexpressing the autophagy gene SlATG8f and evaluated their performance under high-temperature stress. qRT‑PCR and physiological measurements revealed that SlATG8f overexpression enhances expression of autophagy‑related and heat‑shock protein genes, accelerates fruit ripening, and improves fruit quality under heat stress.
SlATG8f autophagy high-temperature stress tomato fruit quality