Distinct Carotenoid and Flavonoid Accumulation in a Spontaneous Mutant of Ponkan (Citrus reticulata Blanco) Results in Yellowish Fruit and Enhanced Postharvest Resistance

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• 作者：Tao Luo ; Kunyang Xu ; Yi Luo ; Jiajing Chen ; Ling Sheng ; Jinqiu Wang ; Jingwen Han ; Yunliu Zeng ; Juan Xu ; Jianmin Chen ; Qun Wu ; Yunjiang Cheng ; Xiuxin Deng
• 刊名：Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：September 30, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：63
• 期：38
• 页码：8601-8614
• 全文大小：892K
• ISSN：1520-5118

文摘

As the most important fresh fruit worldwide, citrus is often subjected to huge postharvest losses caused by abiotic and biotic stresses. As a promising strategy to reduce postharvest losses, enhancing natural defense by potential metabolism reprogramming in citrus mutants has rarely been reported. The yellowish spontaneous mutant of Ponkan (Citrus reticulata Blanco) (YP) was used to investigate the influence of metabolism reprogramming on postharvest performance. Our results show that reduced xanthophyll accumulation is the cause of yellowish coloring of YP and might be attributed to the reduced carotenoid sequestration capacity and upregulated expression of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase genes. Constantly higher levels of polymethoxylated flavones (PMFs) during the infection and the storage stage might make significant contribution to the more strongly induced resistance against Penicillium digitatum and lower rotting rate. The present study demonstrates the feasibility of applying bud mutants to improve the postharvest performance of citrus fruits.