An efficient high throughput metabotyping platform for screening of biomass willows

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Corol, D. I., Harflett, C., Beale, M. H. and Ward, J. L. 2014. An efficient high throughput metabotyping platform for screening of biomass willows. Metabolites. 4 (4), pp. 946-976. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo4040946

AuthorsCorol, D. I., Harflett, C., Beale, M. H. and Ward, J. L.
Abstract

Future improvement of woody biomass crops such as willow and poplar relies on our ability to select for metabolic traits that sequester more atmospheric carbon into biomass, or into useful products to replace petrochemical streams. We describe the development of metabotyping screens for willow, using combined 1D 1H-NMR-MS. A protocol was developed to overcome 1D 1H-NMR spectral alignment problems caused by variable pH and peak broadening arising from high organic acid levels and metal cations. The outcome was a robust method to allow direct statistical comparison of profiles arising from source (leaf) and sink (stem) tissues allowing data to be normalised to a constant weight of the soluble metabolome. We also describe the analysis of two willow biomass varieties, demonstrating how fingerprints from 1D 1H-NMR-MS vary from the top to the bottom of the plant. Automated extraction of quantitative data of 56 primary and secondary metabolites from 1D 1H-NMR spectra was realised by the construction and application of a Salix metabolite spectral library using the Chenomx software suite. The optimised metabotyping screen in conjunction with automated quantitation will enable high-throughput screening of genetic collections. It also provides genotype and tissue specific data for future modelling of carbon flow in metabolic networks

Keywordswillow; Salix; metabolomics; metabotyping; metabolite-QTL; NMR
Year of Publication2014
JournalMetabolites
Journal citation4 (4), pp. 946-976
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo4040946
Open accessPublished as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Funder project or codeCropping Carbon (CC) [ISPG]
Maximising carbon harvest from perennial crops
PBSC Metabolomics and Metabolite Facilities
Project: 6063
Publisher's version
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online28 Oct 2014
Publication process dates
Accepted22 Oct 2014
PublisherMDPI
MDPI
Copyright licenseCC BY
ISSN2218-1989

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