Assessment of Capsaicinoid and Capsinoid Accumulation Patterns during Fruit Development in Three Chili Pepper Genotypes (Capsicum spp.) Carrying Pun1 and pAMT Alleles Related to Pungency

Abstract

Quantification, using an accurate analytical approach, of capsinoids and capsaicinoids was performed on three chili pepper (Capsicum spp.) genotypes: Chiltepin, Tampiquerio 74, and Bhut Jolokia at various stages of fruit development. The accumulation of capsinoids, in all these peppers started between 10 to 20 days post-anthesis (dpa), increased and reached the highest capsinoid amount at 40 dpa, and then decreased until 60 dpa. Conversely, capsaicinoids could already be determined at 10 dpa in Bhut Jolokia and their accumulation pattern was different from that of the capsinoids in this genotype. The capsiate/dihydrocapsiate ratio presented a higher variation between genotypes and developmental stages than the capsaicin/dihydrocapsaicin ratio. Capsinoid ratios (4-24%) and Pun1/pAMT genotyping were determined. These results provide information on the progress of the accumulation of capsinoids in the aforementioned pungent and superhot cultivars and could support future breeding studies toward the understanding of the factors affecting their accumulation.

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Fayos, O., Ochoa-Alejo, N., de la Vega, O. M., Savirón, M., Orduna, J., Mallor, C., Barbero, G. F., & Garcés-Claver, A. (2019). Assessment of Capsaicinoid and Capsinoid Accumulation Patterns during Fruit Development in Three Chili Pepper Genotypes (Capsicum spp.) Carrying Pun1 and pAMT Alleles Related to Pungency. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 67(44), 12219-12227. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.9b05332
AGROVOC subjects
Capsicum
Genotipo
Mejoramiento genético

Other field subjects
ACCUMULATION PATTERN
Alleles
Amino Acid Sequence
Analogs
ANNUUM
Biosynthesis
CAPSAICIN
Capsiate
Capsicum
Capsicum spp
CH-19 SWEET
Dihydrocapsiate
Evolution
Flavoring Agents
Fruit
Fruit development
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Genotype
HPLC-ESI-MS(QTOF)
Identification
L.
Plant Proteins
pungency genes
PUTATIVE-AMINOTRANSFERASE
Sequence Alignment
SUBSTANCES

Sponsorship

Este trabajo forma parte del proyecto RTA2015-00042-C02-01, financiado por el Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA, España) y cofinanciado por el Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER, España). También contó con el apoyo de los proyectos A11-17R y OT2017/032 (Universidad de Cádiz, España).