Primary metabolism in avocado fruit

R Pedreschi, V Uarrota, C Fuentealba… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Avocado (Persea americana Mill) is rich in a variety of essential nutrients and
phytochemicals; thus, consumption has drastically increased in the last 10 years. Avocado …

Facing climate change: biotechnology of iconic Mediterranean woody crops

C De Ollas, R Morillón, V Fotopoulos… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Mediterranean basin is especially sensitive to the adverse outcomes of climate change
and especially to variations in rainfall patterns and the incidence of extremely high …

Iso-Seq allows genome-independent transcriptome profiling of grape berry development

A Minio, M Massonnet… - G3: Genes …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Transcriptomics has been widely applied to study grape berry development. With few
exceptions, transcriptomic studies in grape are performed using the available genome …

Evolution over the growing season of volatile organic compounds in Viognier (Vitis vinifera L.) grapes under three irrigation regimes

J Wang, T Abbey, B Kozak, LL Madilao… - Food Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent studies revealed that terpenes present in grapes determine the 'stone fruit'aroma of
Viognier wines. This study analysed the evolution of free and glycosylated terpenes along …

Swift metabolite changes and leaf shedding are milestones in the acclimation process of grapevine under prolonged water stress

A Degu, U Hochberg, DCJ Wong, G Alberti… - BMC plant biology, 2019 - Springer
Background Grape leaves provide the biochemical substrates for berry development. Thus,
understanding the regulation of grapevine leaf metabolism can aid in discerning processes …

Transcriptomics of the grape berry shrivel ripening disorder

S Savoi, JC Herrera, A Forneck, M Griesser - Plant Molecular Biology, 2019 - Springer
Key message The lower expression at veraison of several ripening master regulators “switch
genes” can play a central role in the induction of the berry shrivel ripening physiological …

Grape and wine flavonoid composition in transgenic grapevines with altered expression of flavonoid hydroxylase genes

SP Robinson, M Pezhmanmehr, J Speirs… - Australian journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Grape flavonoids impart colour and mouthfeel to wines. This
work aimed to understand how genetic manipulation of the hydroxylation of flavonoids …

Gene expression and metabolite profiling analyses of developing pomegranate fruit peel reveal interactions between anthocyanin and punicalagin production

R Harel-Beja, L Tian, S Freilich, R Habashi… - Tree Genetics & …, 2019 - Springer
The fruit peel of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) contains high concentrations of
polyphenols, which play a critical role in determining the color and nutritional value of fruits …

The genomics of grape berry ripening

R Falchi, DCJ Wong, Y Yan, S Savoi, GA Gambetta… - The grape genome, 2019 - Springer
Because of their economic and cultural importance, grapes are arguably the most studied
fruit crop and are considered a model system for research on non-climacteric fruits. The …

Status and prospects of systems biology in grapevine research

JT Matus, V Ruggieri, FJ Romero, M Moretto… - The Grape …, 2019 - Springer
The cultivated grapevine, Vitis vinifera L., has gathered a vast amount of omics data
throughout the last two decades, driving the imperative use of computational resources for …