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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2014

Metabolic effects of elevated temperature on organic acid degradation in ripening Vitis vinifera fruit.

C Sweetman, V O Sadras, R D Hancock, K L Soole, C M Ford

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Article in Journal of experimental botany, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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65citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
17.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 252 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

C SweetmanSchool of Agriculture, Food & Wine, The University of Adelaide, Australia.
V O SadrasSchool of Agriculture, Food & Wine, The University of Adelaide, Australia South Australian Research and Development Institute, Australia.
R D HancockCell and Molecular Sciences, James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK.
K L SooleSchool of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, South Australia.
C M FordSchool of Agriculture, Food & Wine, The University of Adelaide, Australia christopher.ford@adelaide.edu.au.
The University of Adelaide · AUFlinders University · AUJames Hutton Institute · GBWine Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Berries of the cultivated grapevine Vitis vinifera are notably responsive to temperature, which can influence fruit quality and hence the future compatibility of varieties with their current growing regions. Organic acids represent a key component of fruit organoleptic quality and their content is significantly influenced by temperature. The objectives of this study were to (i) manipulate thermal regimes to realistically capture warming-driven reduction of malate content in Shiraz berries, and (ii) investigate the mechanisms behind temperature-sensitive malate loss and the potential downstream effects on berry metabolism. In the field we compared untreated controls at ambient temperature with longer and milder warming (2-4 °C differential for three weeks; Experiment 1) or shorter and more severe warming (4-6 °C differential for 11 days; Experiment 2). We complemented field trials with control (25/15 °C) and elevated (35/20 °C) day/night temperature controlled-environment trials using potted vines (Experiment 3). Elevating maximum temperatures (4-10 °C above controls) during pre-véraison stages led to higher malate content, particularly with warmer nights. Heating at véraison and ripening stages reduced malate content, consistent with effects typically seen in warm vintages. However, when minimum temperatures were also raised by 4-6 °C, malate content was not reduced, suggesting that the regulation of malate metabolism differs during the day and night. Increased NAD-dependent malic enzyme activity and decreased phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and pyruvate kinase activities, as well as the accumulation of various amino acids and γ-aminobutyric acid, suggest enhanced anaplerotic capacity of the TCA cycle and a need for coping with decreased cytosolic pH in heated fruit.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, PlantCarboxylic AcidsFruitgamma-Aminobutyric AcidGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHot TemperatureMalatesMetabolomeTemperatureVitisCarboxylic Acidsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidMalatesmalic acidEnzyme activityfruitgene expressionmalatemetabolismripeningtemperatureVitis vinifera.

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PMID25180109
PMCPMC4203137
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