Breeding for Fruit Quality in<i>Prunus</i>

Infante, Rodrigo; Martínez‐Gómez, Pedro; Predieri, S.

doi:10.1002/9780470959350.ch9

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“…One of the main objectives of all Prunus breeding programs has traditionally been to obtain new genotypes with improved fruit quality according to consumer demand production costs and processes and distribution logistics. Fruit quality involves an important group of traits that determine the success of a new cultivar, such as aroma, solid soluble content (SSC), titratable acidity, health attributes, and both skin and flesh color, among other characteristics (Infante et al, 2011 ). The study of the implications of the different TF families in the processes related to fruit quality in the different Prunus species provides new opportunities for the marker-assisted breeding of genotypes with more extensive maturity date and the potential to preserve fruit quality after harvesting.…”

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Prunus transcription factors: breeding perspectives

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Many plant processes depend on differential gene expression, which is generally controlled by complex proteins called transcription factors (TFs). In peach, 1533 TFs have been identified, accounting for about 5.5% of the 27,852 protein-coding genes. These TFs are the reference for the rest of the Prunus species. TF studies in Prunus have been performed on the gene expression analysis of different agronomic traits, including control of the flowering process, fruit quality, and biotic and abiotic stress resistance. These studies, using quantitative RT-PCR, have mainly been performed in peach, and to a lesser extent in other species, including almond, apricot, black cherry, Fuji cherry, Japanese apricot, plum, and sour and sweet cherry. Other tools have also been used in TF studies, including cDNA-AFLP, LC-ESI-MS, RNA, and DNA blotting or mapping. More recently, new tools assayed include microarray and high-throughput DNA sequencing (DNA-Seq) and RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq). New functional genomics opportunities include genome resequencing and the well-known synteny among Prunus genomes and transcriptomes. These new functional studies should be applied in breeding programs in the development of molecular markers. With the genome sequences available, some strategies that have been used in model systems (such as SNP genotyping assays and genotyping-by-sequencing) may be applicable in the functional analysis of Prunus TFs as well. In addition, the knowledge of the gene functions and position in the peach reference genome of the TFs represents an additional advantage. These facts could greatly facilitate the isolation of genes via QTL (quantitative trait loci) map-based cloning in the different Prunus species, following the association of these TFs with the identified QTLs using the peach reference genome.

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Section: Fruit and Seed Developmentmentioning

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Prunus transcription factors: breeding perspectives

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“…However, sensory analysis of FFF plays a relevant role in breeding programs intended to produce complex fruit traits that are essential for reaching the highest fruit quality (Infante et al, 2008(Infante et al, , 2011b. Therefore, to understand the texture of a FFF, and then to transform this data into practical information, it is necessary to measure the phenotype deeply.…”

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Texture phenotyping in fresh fleshy fruit

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Shinya

Infante

2015

Scientia Horticulturae

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“…One of the most promising approaches is the realization of varieties naturally resistant to insect attacks. It is important to note that up to now, selective breedings (such as Fairtime, Redhaven, and Maria Bianca varieties) have been realized to improve peach taste and flavor , and are often linked to a decrease of the natural defenses of the plant. On the other hand, through the cross-breeding of varieties resistant to attacks with ones possessing good agronomic qualities, it might be possible to achieve a balance between those properties.…”

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Peach Fruit: Metabolic Comparative Analysis of Two Varieties with Different Resistances to Insect Attacks by NMR Spectroscopy

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Sobolev

Tomassini

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J. Agric. Food Chem.

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The metabolite profile of aqueous extracts of two peach varieties, Percoca Romagnola 7 and Flaminia, with different susceptibilities to Ceratitis capitata attack was investigated by means of 1D and 2D high-field NMR spectroscopy. Water-soluble metabolites belonging to different classes such as organic acids (citric, fumaric, malic, quinic, shikimic, and succinic acids), sugars (fucose, fructose, fructose-6-phosphate, glucose, glucose-6-phosphate, rhamnose, sucrose, and xylose), amino acids (alanine, asparagine, isoleucine, threonine, and valine) and other metabolites such as myo-inositol, choline, trigonelline, catechin, chlorogenic and neochlorogenic acids, orthophosphate, and α-l-glycerophosphorylcholine were identified. The metabolite profile together with a suitable statistical analysis was used to make a comparison between the two varieties. The levels of glucose, xylose, myo-inositol, choline, isoleucine, and valine were found to be higher in Flaminia than in Percoca Romagnola 7 samples, whereas the levels of fumaric acid, alanine, quinic acid, sucrose, fucose, and chlorogenic and neochlorogenic acid were found to be higher in Percoca Romagnola 7 than in Flaminia samples.

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Breeding for Fruit Quality inPrunus

Cited by 15 publications

References 144 publications

Prunus transcription factors: breeding perspectives

Prunus transcription factors: breeding perspectives

Texture phenotyping in fresh fleshy fruit

Peach Fruit: Metabolic Comparative Analysis of Two Varieties with Different Resistances to Insect Attacks by NMR Spectroscopy

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