Transcriptional control of tomato fruit development and ripening

Tomato is one of the most consumed vegetable crops worldwide as its tasty fruits provide nutrition and vitamins. Scientifically, it is the model crop for fleshy fruit development and ripening studies, with a well-annotated genome and ample resources. Fruit development and ripening are complex processes regulated at different organizational levels, where plant hormones (ethylene, auxin, gibberellin, and abscisic acid), (post-) transcriptional and epigenetic regulation form regulatory cascades or networks to function coordinately. In this work, we review recent progress and address remaining questions in the transcriptional regulation of tomato fruit development by transcription factors, while highlighting the links with the other regulatory components.