Metabolic Alterations in Male-Sterile Potato as Compared to Male-Fertile.

ABSTRACT: The common potato, Solanum tuberosum L., is the fourth most important agricultural crop worldwide. Until recently, vegetative propagation by tubers has been the main method of potato cultivation. A shift of interest to sexual potato reproduction by true botanical seeds is due to the appearance of a new hybrid seed breeding strategy whose successful application for many crop species has been supported by male sterility. This investigation was focused on the study of differences in the metabolite profiles of anthers at the mature pollen stage from male-fertile and male-sterile genotypes of S. tuberosum. Application of gas chromatography coupled with a mass spectrometry method allowed detection of metabolic profiles for 192 compounds. Further data analysis with several libraries

SUBMITTER: Shishova M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6409681 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature