Transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses of Lycium ruthenicum and Lycium barbarum fruits during ripening.

ABSTRACT: Red wolfberry (or goji berry, Lycium barbarum; LB) is an important agricultural product with a high content of pharmacologically important secondary metabolites such as phenylpropanoids. A close relative, black wolfberry (L. ruthenicum; LR), endemic to the salinized deserts of northwestern China, is used only locally. The two fruits exhibit many morphological and phytochemical differences, but genetic mechanisms underlying them remain poorly explored. In order to identify the genes of interest for further studies, we studied transcriptomic (Illumina HiSeq) and metabolomic (LC-MS) profiles of the two fruits during five developmental stages (young to ripe). As expected, we identified much higher numbers of significantly differentially regulated genes (DEGs) than metabolites. The highest numb

SUBMITTER: Zhao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7062791 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature