Insights Into The Sesquiterpenoid Pathway By Metabolic Profiling And De Novo Transcriptome Assembly Of Stem-Chicory (Cichorium intybus Cultigroup 'Catalogna').
Stem-chicory of the 'Catalogna' group is a vegetable consumed for bitter-flavored stems. Type and levels of bitter sesquiterpene lactones (STLs) participate in conferring bitterness in vegetables. The content of lactucin- and lactucopocrin-like STLs was higher in 'Molfettese' tha...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Plant Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.01676/full |