Metabolite variation in the lettuce gene pool: towards healthier crop varieties and food.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is generally not specifically acknowledged for its taste and nutritional value, while its cultivation suffers from limited resistance against several pests and diseases. Such key traits are known to be largely dependent on the ability of varieties to produce specific phytochemicals.

Objectives

We aimed to identify promising genetic resources for the improvement of phytochemical composition of lettuce varieties.

Methods

Phytochemical variation was investigated using 150 Lactuca genebank accessions, comprising a core set of the lettuce gene pool, and resulting data were related to available phenotypic information.

Results

A hierarchical cluster analysis of the variation in relative abundance of 2026 phytochemicals, reveale

SUBMITTER: van Treuren R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6208706 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature