Exploring the chemotypes underlying important agronomic and consumer traits in cassava
A broad diversity of phenotypes are available within the cassava germplasm collections. The phenotypes include improved nutritional, starch or culinary
2020
Cooking dependent loss of metabolites in potato breeding lines and their wild and landrace relatives
Elucidating and improving the nutritional value of staple crops is an important focus in breeding programs. Hence, wild and cultivated
Assessment of metabolic variability and diversity present in leaf, peel and pulp tissue of diploid and triploid Musa spp.
Banana (Musa spp.) plants produce many health promoting compounds in leaf, peel and pulp. For a robust metabolic analysis of
A transcriptomic, metabolomic and cellular approach to the physiological
High temperatures can negatively influence plant growth and development. Besides yield, the effects of heat stress on fruit quality traits
Rocket science The effect of Spaceflight on germination physiology againg and transcriptome of eruca sativa seeds
In the ‘Rocket Science’ project, storage of Eruca sativa (salad rocket) seeds for six months on board the International Space
Inactivation of rice starch branching enzyme IIb triggers braod unexpected changes
Starch properties can be modified by mutating genes responsible for the synthesis of amylose and amylopectin in the endosperm. How-ever,
Inactivation of rice starch branching enzyme IIb triggers broad and unexpected changes in metabolism by transcriptional reprogramming
Starch properties can be modified by mutating genes responsible for the synthesis of amylose and amylopectin in the endosperm. How-
Extending our tools and resources in the non-conventional industrial yeast through the application of metanbolite profiling methodologies
High temperatures can negatively influence plant growth and development. Besides yield, the effects of heat stress on fruit quality traits