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Postharvest softening is an important physiological process that influences pear fruit quality. ‘Starkrimson’ pears soften rapidly, resulting in fruits with a low tolerance for storage and transportation. To better characterize the mechanism regulating the rapid softening of pears, cell wall-related changes were compared among three soft-fleshed and rapid-softening cultivars (‘Starkrimson’, ‘Bartlett’,...