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T1 Strategies to produce grapefruit-like citrus varieties with a low furanocoumarin content and distinctive flavonoid profiles
A1 García-Lor, Andrés
A1 Bermejo, Almudena
A1 Morales, Julia
A1 Hernández, María
A1 Medina, Alejandro
A1 Cuenca, José
A1 Navarro, Luis
A1 Aleza, Pablo
K1 6,7-dihydroxybergamottin
K1 Triploids
K1 F30  Plant genetics and breeding
K1 F60  Plant physiology and biochemistry
K1 Q04  Food composition
K1 Mandarins
K1 Pummelos
K1 Citrus
K1 Antioxidants
K1 Naringin
K1 Breeding
AB Pummelos and hybrids, such as grapefruits, have high furanocoumarin and low flavonoid contents. Furanocoumarins interact negatively with certain drugs, while flavonoids are antioxidant compounds with health benefits. To obtain new grapefruit-like varieties with low furanocoumarin and high flavonoid contents, diploid and triploid hybrid populations from crosses between diploid and tetraploid “Clemenules” clementine and diploid “Pink” pummelo were recovered and analyzed. With regard to furanocoumarins, triploids produce less bergapten, bergamottin and 6,7-DHB than diploids. Regarding flavonoids, triploids yielded more eriocitrin, narirutin, hesperidin and neohesperidin than diploids, whereas no differences were observed in neoeriocitrin and naringin. These results indicate that, the strategy to recover triploid hybrids by 4x × 2x crosses is more appropriate than the recovery of diploid hybrids by 2x × 2x crosses for obtaining grapefruit-like varieties of citrus with lower furanocoumarin and higher flavonoid contents.
PB Frontiers Media
SN 1664-462X
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7130
UL http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7130
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NO Garcia-Lor A, Bermejo A, Morales J, Hernández M, Medina A, Cuenca J, Navarro L and Aleza P (2021) Strategies to Produce Grapefruit-Like Citrus Varieties With a Low Furanocoumarin Content and Distinctive Flavonoid Profiles. Front. Plant Sci. 12:640512.
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RD Feb 8, 2023