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Agronomy
Mirelle Nayana de Sousa Santos, Nicolas Oliveira de Araujo, Fernanda Ferreira de Araujo, Mariana Aparecida da Silva, Samuel Lessa Barbosa, Maria Goreti de Almeida Oliveira, Olinto Liparini Pereira, Munevver Dogramaci, Fernando Luiz Finger
Summary: Postharvest losses related to dry rot can reach 60%. Inducing resistance through elicitors may be a promising way to manage this disease. The study evaluated the ability of 1,4-dimethylnaphthalene (1,4DMN) and methyl jasmonate (MeJa) to induce resistance to dry rot.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
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Vanda Villanyi, Orsolya Kinga Gondor, Zsofia Banfalvi
Summary: This study investigates the influence of canopy on the quality of potato tubers by analyzing the metabolite profile. The results demonstrate significant differences in metabolite composition between different potato lines and grafted plants. However, many compounds in rootstock tubers of hetero-grafted plants are found at similar concentrations to scion tubers.
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Agronomy
Anita Ierna, Bruno Parisi, Maria Grazia Melilli
Summary: Understanding the quality advantages of organically-grown early crop potatoes over conventionally-grown ones is important for meeting the increasing demand for environmentally friendly agricultural products. A field trial was conducted in Sicily to investigate the effects of cultivation systems on the physicochemical, nutritional, and sensorial traits of early potatoes. The results showed that organic cultivation had positive effects on the quality of potatoes.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Li Ma, Yongxiang Liu, Ye Han, Huiwen Deng, Hong Jiang, Yingyue Ren, Yang Bi, Yi Wang, Dov Prusky
Summary: In this study, it was found that mechanical wounding of potato tubers significantly upregulated the expression levels of starch enzyme-related genes, decreased starch content, and increased the contents of sucrose, glucose, and fructose. Wounding also led to changes in the proportion and size distribution of starch granules in potato tubers.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Sanjeev Gautam, Rohini Morey, Nina Rau, Douglas C. Scheuring, Dmitry Kurouski, M. Isabel Vales
Summary: Potato is the most widely consumed vegetable globally, and the chemical composition of potato tubers can be influenced by factors such as cultivar and growing location. High temperatures during the growing period can negatively affect tuber yield and quality, but the impact on tuber chemical composition is not well understood. This study used Raman spectroscopy to investigate the heat-induced changes in the chemical composition of potato tubers, and found significant differences compared to tubers grown under normal conditions.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Kathlyn N. Woolfson, Vladimir Zhurov, Tian Wu, Karina M. Kaberi, Stephanie Wu, Mark A. Bernards
Summary: Suberin deposition involves both phenolic and aliphatic polymer biosynthesis and deposition in the same tissue. Knowledge of both phenolic and aliphatic component biosynthesis and their coordinated, temporal deposition is essential for exploiting suberin for crop enhancement. The study investigates the transcriptome changes during the early stages of wound-healing in a potato tuber system and reveals the temporal patterns of primary metabolic pathways, phenolic production pathways, and aliphatic suberin production pathways.
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Food Science & Technology
Yuhui Liu, Yuanming Li, Zhen Liu, Lei Wang, Zhenzhen Bi, Chao Sun, Panfeng Yao, Junlian Zhang, Jiangping Bai, Yuting Zeng
Summary: Potato is a widely grown crop that can adapt to various geographies and climates. Pigmented potato tubers contain large amounts of flavonoids, which have functional roles and act as antioxidants in the human diet. The effect of altitude on the biosynthesis and accumulation of flavonoids in potato tubers is poorly understood.
FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
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Agronomy
Jose M. Barrera-Gavira, Simon D. A. Pont, Jenny A. Morris, Pete E. Hedley, Derek Stewart, Mark A. Taylor, Robert D. Hancock
Summary: Senescent sweetening in potato tubers leads to the accumulation of reducing sugars during long-term storage, causing issues in processing. Contrary to previous studies, our analysis found no correlation between oxidative stress and reducing sugar accumulation. Transcriptional profiling revealed changes in carbohydrate metabolism at the onset of sweetening, potentially linked to reduced capacity of plastids to import glucose-6-phosphate.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Bailin Liu, Lingshuang Kong, Yu Zhang, Yuncheng Liao
Summary: Potatoes are highly susceptible to elevated temperatures, which can lead to reduced photosynthetic capacity and membrane stability. Short and prolonged heat stress resulted in significant changes in gene expression and metabolite levels related to photosynthesis, heat response, and amino acid biosynthesis, suggesting their potential role in heat tolerance of potatoes. Additionally, heat-induced gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana and potato leaves overlapped, and certain heat-induced genes in Nicotiana benthamiana increased heat tolerance. This study provides new insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying the potato's response to heat stress.
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Plant Sciences
Ana Rita F. Coelho, Jose Cochicho Ramalho, Fernando Cebola Lidon, Ana Coelho Marques, Diana Daccak, Claudia Campos Pessoa, Ines Carmo Luis, Mauro Guerra, Roberta G. Leitao, Jose Manuel N. Semedo, Maria Manuela Silva, Isabel P. Pais, Nuno Leal, Carlos Galhano, Ana Paula Rodrigues, Paulo Legoinha, Maria Jose Silva, Maria Simoes, Paula Scotti Campos, Maria Fernanda Pessoa, Fernando Henrique Reboredo
Summary: Calcium is essential for plants, and this study investigates the accumulation and deposition of calcium in tuber tissues, as well as its interaction with other essential nutrients. The results show that foliar sprayings of calcium chloride and calcium nitrate fertilizers can increase calcium accumulation in tubers, without significant impact on photosynthetic functions or tuber size. Furthermore, the accumulation patterns of other nutrients in tubers show distinct differences compared to calcium.
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Environmental Sciences
Ahmed S. Elrys, Mohamed F. Abo El-Maati, Enas Mohamed Wagdy Abdel-Hamed, Safaa M. A. I. Arnaout, Khaled A. El-Tarabily, El-Sayed M. Desoky
Summary: The study showed that incorporating DCD, MSO, and ZE with urea can improve nitrogen use efficiency and yield in potato cultivation while reducing nitrate accumulation. It also demonstrated positive effects on soil nitrogen availability and gaseous emissions.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2021)
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Food Science & Technology
Maria Luciana Lanteri, Maria Ximena Silveyra, Monica Mariela Moran, Stephanie Boutet, Deyvis-Dante Solis-Gozar, Francois Perreau, Adriana Balbina Andreu
Summary: Andean potatoes are a good source of dietary antioxidant polyphenols, with skin extracts being more cytotoxic than flesh extracts. We investigated the composition and cytotoxic activity of total extracts and fractions from the skin and flesh tubers of three Andean potato cultivars. Results showed that the aqueous fractions were more cytotoxic than the total extracts, and a combination of both fractions showed a similar cytotoxic response to the corresponding extract.
FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
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Agronomy
Joana Figueiredo, Paulo Vieira, Isabel Abrantes, Ivania Esteves
Summary: This study evaluated tuber symptomatology due to P. penetrans infection in 10 potato cultivars and provided an accurate molecular methodology for nematode detection from tuber peels.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ying-Yue Ren, Hong Jiang, Li Ma, Jiang-Wei Yang, Huai-Jun Si, Jiang-Ping Bai, Dov Prusky, Yang Bi
Summary: The interference expression of StMSD can result in less suberin polyphenolic and lignin deposition in potato tubers by inhibiting the disproportionation of O-2(center dot)- to H2O2 and restraining phenylpropanoid metabolism.
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Plant Sciences
Irene Merino, Alexandra Olarte Guasca, Ales Krmela, Usman Arif, Ashfaq Ali, Erik Westerberg, Siddhi Kashinanth Jalmi, Jana Hajslova, Vera Schulzova, Folke Sitbon
Summary: Potato tubers often contain high levels of toxic steroidal glycoalkaloids (SGAs), which is a known food quality issue. The levels of SGAs can vary between potato varieties and increase after post-harvest stresses, such as wounding and light exposure. This study investigated the SGA levels in 'Magnum Bonum' and five other potato cultivars after these stresses for a period of two years. The results showed that 'Magnum Bonum' had a strong SGA response to light exposure but not to wounding, while 'Bintje' showed the opposite regulation. Metabolic and transcriptomic analyses identified key genes associated with SGA differences between cultivars, and overexpression of these genes increased SGA levels in transgenic low-SGA potato cultivars.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)