Influence of rootstock on yield, morphological, biochemical and sensory characteristics of 'Afourer' variety mandarins

Maciá-Vázquez, Alejandro A.; Martínez-Nicolás, Juan José; Núñez-Gómez, Dámaris; Melgarejo, Pablo; Legua, Pilar

doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2023.112644

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“…Although few studies have been conducted on these varieties, they have also focused on showing the high quality and remarkable nutritional benefits of the mandarin fruit [7][8][9]. However, studies focused on other plant tissues, such as mandarin leaves, are much more limited.…”

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Mandarin Variety Significantly Affects the Metabolites Present in the Leaves

Maciá-Vázquez,

Núñez-Gómez,

Martínez-Nicolás

et al. 2024

Horticulturae

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Late-season varieties of mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) have a high economic value, so their study, characterization, and comparison among different commercial varieties is of great interest for agriculture. Detailed metabolomic analysis of mandarin leaves can provide valuable information on agronomic characteristics, vegetative development, and tree response to abiotic and biotic stresses. In this study, an analysis of the main metabolites presents in the leaves of three late-season mandarin orange varieties (‘Afourer’, ‘Orri’ and ‘Tango’), cultivated under homogeneous conditions, was carried out using nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) and multivariate statistical analysis techniques. The results show that organic acids and sugars are the metabolites with the highest presence in mandarin leaves, especially malate and sucrose. Ten amino acids and other metabolites such as choline and trigonelline were also detected. Metabolites such as asparagine and isoleucine were widely implicated in the metabolic pathways of the detected compounds. The ‘Orri’ variety showed significantly more differences in metabolite concentrations compared to the other two varieties studied. Malate and sucrose were shown to be the metabolites with the greatest significant differences between the varieties compared. From an agronomic point of view, the ‘Orri’ variety differs from the other two varieties because it has concentrations of metabolites that provide good resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses and fruits of higher quality and sweetness.

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