De novo domestication: an alternative route toward new crops for the future

AR Fernie, J Yan - Molecular plant, 2019 - cell.com
Current global agricultural production must feed over 7 billion people. However, productivity
varies greatly across the globe and is under threat from both increased competitions for land …

From central to specialized metabolism: An overview of some secondary compounds derived from the primary metabolism for their role in conferring nutritional and …

DM Pott, S Osorio, JG Vallarino - Frontiers in plant science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Fruit flavor and nutritional characteristics are key quality traits and ones of the main factors
influencing consumer preference. Central carbon metabolism, also known as primary …

The tomato pan-genome uncovers new genes and a rare allele regulating fruit flavor

L Gao, I Gonda, H Sun, Q Ma, K Bao, DM Tieman… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Modern tomatoes have narrow genetic diversity limiting their improvement potential. We
present a tomato pan-genome constructed using genome sequences of 725 …

Integrative analyses of metabolome and genome‐wide transcriptome reveal the regulatory network governing flavor formation in kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis)

R Wang, P Shu, C Zhang, J Zhang, Y Chen… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soluble sugars, organic acids and volatiles are important components that determine unique
fruit flavor and consumer preferences. However, the metabolic dynamics and underlying …

Molecular and hormonal mechanisms regulating fleshy fruit ripening

S Li, K Chen, D Grierson - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
This article focuses on the molecular and hormonal mechanisms underlying the control of
fleshy fruit ripening and quality. Recent research on tomato shows that ethylene, acting …

Analysis of wild tomato introgression lines elucidates the genetic basis of transcriptome and metabolome variation underlying fruit traits and pathogen response

J Szymański, S Bocobza, S Panda, P Sonawane… - Nature Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Wild tomato species represent a rich gene pool for numerous desirable traits lost during
domestication. Here, we exploited an introgression population representing wild desert …

Molecular bases of strawberry fruit quality traits: Advances, challenges, and opportunities

Z Liu, T Liang, C Kang - Plant Physiology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The strawberry is one of the world's most popular fruits, providing humans with vitamins,
fibers, and antioxidants. Cultivated strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa) is an allo-octoploid and …

A comprehensive metabolic map reveals major quality regulations in red‐flesh kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis)

P Shu, Z Zhang, Y Wu, Y Chen, K Li, H Deng… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) is one of the popular fruits world‐wide, and its quality is mainly
determined by key metabolites (sugars, flavonoids, and vitamins). Previous works on …

Metabolomic selection for enhanced fruit flavor

V Colantonio, LFV Ferrão, DM Tieman… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Although they are staple foods in cuisines globally, many commercial fruit varieties have
become progressively less flavorful over time. Due to the cost and difficulty associated with …

Metabolomics and complementary techniques to investigate the plant phytochemical cosmos

H Tsugawa, A Rai, K Saito, R Nakabayashi - Natural Product Reports, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2021 Plants and their associated microbial communities are known to
produce millions of metabolites, a majority of which are still not characterized and are …