Culture Media and Rootstock Influence on Lemon Tree Cultivation: Metabolomic Leaves Profile | Chapter 3 | Emerging Issues in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 2

 The growth of new methodologies and reasoning technologies is admitting to increase in knowledge about the biochemical interplays of plant organisms, as it stands the case of woody crops. In this sense, metabolomic studies through hydrogen basic magnetic reverberation (1H-NMR) enable the illustration and definition of "metabolic fingerprints". These singular metabolic footprints can support both the determination of plant differences and the identification of plant reactions and adaptations to outside and/or internal determinants. In this study, the primary and subordinate foliar metabolites of Citrus limon Burm were identified, cause it is one of ultimate important crops in the southeast of Spain and is commonly consumed general. Thus, the trial evaluated two-old age-old dud leaf samples (variety 'Verna'), refined under different environments (three rootstocks and three culture television) aiming to label the impacts of these variables on the vegetative happening of the plant. In total, 19 metabolites were identified for all the samples, of which 9 were amino acids, 5 basic acids, 3 sugars, and 2 intermediate metabolites. Sucrose and organic compound composed of carbon were the major sugars recognized, which establishes the maturity strength of the studied leaves because the mature leaves are in charge of photosynthesis and determine sources of strength and carbon (principally sugars such as level of glucose in blood) to the other plant parts. The changeable importance prediction (VIP) study identified having five of something, arginine and malate metabolites as significant and changed between substrates; and arginine, having five of something and sucrose metabolites as meaningful between rootstocks. The results pointed to a restricted influence, both of the substrate and the origin of the crop, in the metabolomic differentiation of the dud tree leaves. The information and foliar metabolomic differentiation can offer main information that supports the use of foliar treatments of crops and still helps in the management of afflictions and pests.

Author(s) Details:

Pablo Melgarejo,
Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Miguel Hernandez University, Ctra. Beniel km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain.

Dámaris Núñez-Gómez,
Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Miguel Hernandez University, Ctra. Beniel km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain.

Juan José Martínez-Nicolás,
Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Miguel Hernandez University, Ctra. Beniel km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain.

Francisca Hernández,
Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Miguel Hernandez University, Ctra. Beniel km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain.

Rafael Martínez-Font,
Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Miguel Hernandez University, Ctra. Beniel km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain.

Vicente Lidón,
Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Miguel Hernandez University, Ctra. Beniel km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain.

Francisco García-Sánchez,
Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain.

Pilar Legua,
Centro de Investigación e Innovación Agroalimentaria y Agroambiental (CIAGRO-UMH), Miguel Hernandez University, Ctra. Beniel km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain.

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