Fruit Morphology, Citrulline, and Arginine Levels in Diverse Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Germplasm Collections

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作者
Assefa, Awraris Derbie [1 ]
Hur, On-Sook [1 ]
Ro, Na-Young [1 ]
Lee, Jae-Eun [1 ]
Hwang, Ae-Jin [1 ]
Kim, Bich-Saem [1 ]
Rhee, Ju-Hee [1 ]
Yi, Jung-Yoon [1 ]
Kim, Ji-Hyun [1 ]
Lee, Ho-Sun [2 ]
Sung, Jung-Sook [3 ]
Kim, Myung-Kon [4 ]
Noh, Jae-Jong [5 ]
机构
[1] RDA, Natl Inst Agr Sci, Natl Agrobiodivers Ctr, Jeonju 54874, South Korea
[2] RDA, Int Technol Cooperat Ctr, Jeonju 54875, South Korea
[3] RDA, Dept Southern Area Crop Sci, Upland Crop Breeding Div, Natl Inst Crop Sci, Miryang 50424, South Korea
[4] Jeonbuk Natl Univ, Dept Food Sci & Technol, Jeonju 54896, South Korea
[5] Jeonbuk Agr Res & Extens Serv, Iksan 54591, South Korea
来源
PLANTS-BASEL | 2020年 / 9卷 / 09期
关键词
genetic resources; fruit morphological characterization; flesh color; principal component analysis; Citrulline Assay Kit; HPLC; FREE AMINO-ACIDS; SUPPLEMENTATION; ACCUMULATION; LYCOPENE; TURKEY;
D O I
10.3390/plants9091054
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is a non-seasonal, economically important, cucurbit cultivated throughout the world, with Asia as a continent contributing the most. As part of the effort to diversify watermelon genetic resources in the already cultivated group, this study was devoted to providing baseline data on morphological quality traits and health-beneficial phytonutrients of watermelon germplasm collections, thereby promoting watermelon research and cultivation programs. To this end, we reported morphological traits, citrulline, and arginine levels of watermelon genetic resources obtained from the gene bank of Agrobiodiversity Center, Republic of Korea, and discussed the relationships between each. Diverse characteristics were observed among many of the traits, but most of the genetic resources (>90%) were either red or pink-fleshed. Korean originated fruits contained intermediate levels of soluble solid content (SSC) while the USA, Russian, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Taiwan, and Uruguay originated fruits had generally the highest levels of soluble solids. The citrulline and arginine contents determined using the High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) method ranged from 6.9 to 52.1 mg/g (average, 27.3 mg/g) and 1.8 to 21.3 mg/g (average, 9.8 mg/g), respectively. The citrulline content determined using the Citrulline Assay Kit ranged from 6.5 to 42.8 mg/g (average, 27.0 mg/g). Resources with high citrulline and arginine levels contained low SSC, whereas red- and pink-colored flesh samples had less citrulline compared to yellow and orange.
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