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  "abstract": "Unlike intact fruits and vegetables, fresh-cut produce undergoes minimal processing operations that render it highly susceptible to quality deterioration. Among the adverse quality issues, surface browning represents a primary obstacle curtailing the post-processing shelf life and marketability of minimally processed commodities. While classical paradigms regarding fresh-cut browning predominantly center on downstream, polyphenol oxidase-mediated enzymatic reactions, this mini-review highlights the critical importance of early signaling events. These include wounding signal perception, ROS burst, Ca ²⁺ signal transduction, rapid phytohormone response, and their subsequent crosstalk during the imitation of browning. Shifting the research paradigm toward a comprehensive upstream regulatory network will pave the way for engineering next-generation postharvest browning interventions.",
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    "College of Biology and Agriculture, Shaoguan University",
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  "published": "2026-10-07",
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  "title": "Early signaling events as vital regulators of enzymatic browning in fresh-cut fruits and vegetables: a mini-review",
  "title_text": "Early signaling events as vital regulators of enzymatic browning in fresh-cut fruits and vegetables: a mini-review",
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