Ozone treatment of postharvest apricot fruit reveals a pathway to enhanced black spot disease resistance mediated by DNA methylation.
Postharvest apricot fruits are highly susceptible to Alternaria alternata infection, which induces black spot disease and causes considerable economic losses. This study investigated the effect of ozone (O₃) on the resistance of 'Chuanzhihong' apricots to A. alternata using integrated metabolomic, transcriptomic, and w...