ArticleMetabolites2020
Modulation of the Tomato Fruit Metabolome by LED Light.
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- Transcriptomic and Targeted Metabolomics Analysis of DetachedMetabolites · 2023Article
- Additive effects of light and branching on fruit size and chemical fruit quality of greenhouse tomatoes.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Effect of Light Quality on Metabolomic, Ionomic, and Transcriptomic Profiles in Tomato Fruit.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Metabolomics-Driven Mining of Metabolite Resources: Applications and Prospects for Improving Vegetable Crops.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
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- UV and Visible Spectrum LED Lighting as Abiotic Elicitors of Bioactive Compounds in Sprouts, Microgreens, and Baby Leaves-A Comprehensive Review including Their Mode of Action.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Response of Tomato Fruit Quality Depends on Period of LED Supplementary Light.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Changes in Greenhouse Grown Tomatoes Metabolite Content Depending on Supplemental Light Quality.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Metabolomics of Chlorophylls and Carotenoids: Analytical Methods and Metabolome-Based Studies.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Combined Effects of Nutrients × Water × Light on Metabolite Composition in Tomato Fruits (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Increase of Yield, Lycopene, and Lutein Content in Tomatoes Grown Under Continuous PAR Spectrum LED Lighting.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Article
- Challenges and Opportunities of Light-Emitting Diode (LED) as Key to Modulate Antioxidant Compounds in Plants. A Review.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
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Abstract
Metabolic profiles of tomatoes change during ripening and light can modulate the activity of relevant biochemical pathways. We investigated the effects of light directly supplied to the fruits on the metabolome of the fruit pericarp during ripening. Mature green tomatoes were exposed to well-controlled conditions with light as the only varying factor; control fruits were kept in darkness. In experiment 1 the fruits were exposed to either white light or darkness for 15 days. In experiment 2, fruits were exposed to different light spectra (blue, green, red, far-red, white) added to white background light for seven days. Changes in the global metabolome of the fruit pericarp were monitored using LCMS and GCMS (554 compounds in total). Health-beneficial compounds (carotenoids, flavonoids, tocopherols and phenolic acids) accumulated faster under white light compared to darkness, while alkaloids and chlorophylls decreased faster. Light also changed the levels of taste-related metabolites including glutamate and malate. The light spectrum treatments indicated that the addition of blue light was the most effective treatment in altering the fruit metabolome. We conclude that light during ripening of tomatoes can have various effects on the metabolome and may help with shaping the levels of key compounds involved in various fruit quality characteristics.
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