Inheritance of berry volatile compounds in two half-sib grape (Vitis vinifera) populations

• Published in: Euphytica Vol. 189; no. 3; pp. 351 - 364
• Main Authors: Wu, B. H., Yang, C. X., Liang, Z. C., Liu, W., Wang, Y. J., Liu, C. Y., Li, S. H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2013; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acetic acid; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; alcohols; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Carbonyl compounds; carbonyls; Chemosensory perception; Cultivars; Esters; Ethyl acetate; Fruits; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics and breeding of economic plants; geranial; Geraniol; Grapes; Heredity; Life Sciences; Linalool; Monoterpenes; neral; oxides; Paternal effects; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Plant Pathology; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Progeny; Vitaceae; Vitis vinifera; VOCs; Volatile organic compounds; Volatiles; Wines; Paternal effect; Quantitative trait; Monoterpenes; Fruit quality; Qualitative trait; Principal component analysis; Volatile compound; Production quality; Fruit; Quantitative character; Berry; Genetic determinism; Vitis vinifera; Fruit crop; Vitidaceae; Half sib; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Genetic improvement; Monoterpene; Population; Spermatophyta
• ISSN: 0014-2336; 1573-5060
• DOI: 10.1007/s10681-012-0754-5

Inheritance of grape berry volatile compounds was studied in the half-sib populations of ‘Jingxiu’ × ‘Muscat of Alexandria’ and ‘Jingxiu’ × ‘Xiangfei’ during two successive years. Twenty-two volatile compounds were identified via GC–MS. Monoterpenes were detected in the paternal parents ‘Muscat of Alexandria’ and ‘Xiangfei’, which were Muscat grapes, but not in the non-Muscat maternal parent ‘Jingxiu’. Four C6 compounds, five carbonyls and one ester (ethyl acetate) were found in all the parents, 2-ethylhexanol (alcohol) in ‘Jingxiu’ and ‘Muscat of Alexandria’, and hexyl acetate (ester) in ‘Jingxiu’. The paternal effect varied with year, while the inheritance patterns of volatile compounds, except for ( Z )-linalool oxide, were stable between years and between populations. Four C6 compounds, five carbonyls, two esters and one alcohol were typical quantitative traits in both half-sib populations in 2 years. Most monoterpenes, including geraniol, α-terpineol and linalool, exhibited continuous variation in the half-sib progenies, but some other monoterpenes, such as ( Z )-rose oxide, nerol oxide, nerol, neral, geranial and geranic acid, appeared to segregate into presence or absence in the progenies (1:1). However, ( Z )-linalool oxide, behaved as a quantitative trait in the ‘Jingxiu’ × ‘Muscat of Alexandria’ population, but segregated into presence or absence (1:1) in the ‘Jingxiu’ × ‘Xiangfei’ population for both years.