Abstract:

Tomato fruit ripening and senescence is an ordered, complicated and also a highly harmonious genetic regulation process, which are influenced by various factors, including all kinds of plant hormones, related enzymes and many exogenous materials. This paper discussed the effects of related plant hormones and its analogues (ethylene, abscisic acid, salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, polyamines), related enzymes(lipoxygenase, protective enzymes, softening related enzymes), and exogenous materials (1-methylcyclopropene, nitric oxide, calcium) on the ripening and senescence of tomato fruit and the influence mechanisms of various factors.

Key words: tomato fruit')">tomato fruit, ripening and senescence, related factors, influence mechanism