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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Main Authors: Giulio Testone, Giovanni Mele, Elisabetta Di Giacomo, Maria Gonnella, Massimiliano Renna, Gian Carlo Tenore, Chiara Nicolodi, Giovanna Frugis, Maria Adelaide Iannelli, Giuseppe Arnesi, Alessandro Schiappa, Donato Giannino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.01676/full