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Genotype-Dependent Variation of Nutritional Quality-Related Traits in Quinoa Seeds

Sara Granado-Rodríguez
,
Susana Vilariño-Rodríguez
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Isaac Maestro-Gaintán
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Javier Matías
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María José Rodríguez
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Patricia Calvo
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Verónica Cruz
,
Luis Bolaños
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María Reguera
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Version 1 : Received: 17 August 2021 / Approved: 18 August 2021 / Online: 18 August 2021 (14:00:54 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 7 September 2021 / Approved: 8 September 2021 / Online: 8 September 2021 (12:37:08 CEST)

How to cite: Granado-Rodríguez, S.; Vilariño-Rodríguez, S.; Maestro-Gaintán, I.; Matías, J.; Rodríguez, M.J.; Calvo, P.; Cruz, V.; Bolaños, L.; Reguera, M. Genotype-Dependent Variation of Nutritional Quality-Related Traits in Quinoa Seeds. Preprints 2021, 2021080381. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202108.0381.v1 Granado-Rodríguez, S.; Vilariño-Rodríguez, S.; Maestro-Gaintán, I.; Matías, J.; Rodríguez, M.J.; Calvo, P.; Cruz, V.; Bolaños, L.; Reguera, M. Genotype-Dependent Variation of Nutritional Quality-Related Traits in Quinoa Seeds. Preprints 2021, 2021080381. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202108.0381.v1

Abstract

Exploiting the relationship between the nutritional properties of seeds and the environment (E), genotype (G) and the GXE interaction, constitutes an essential analysis which contributes to broaden our knowledge regarding the control of the nutritional quality of seeds or of any other edible plant structure. This constitutes an important aspect when aiming at improving the nutri-tional characteristics properties of plant species, including those of Chenopodium quinoa Willd (quinoa) which is intended to be one of the main nutrient sources ensuring food security worldwide. This crop has gained popularity in the last decade achieving a fast-global expansion due to its excellent nutritional and agronomical properties together with the excellent adaptation shown to a wide diversity of agroclimatic conditions. Changes in the nutritional properties of quinoa seeds due to the influence exerted by the environment, the genotype, or their interaction, have been already described in previous works, but there is an important limitation in the anal-yses carried out, including the outcomes that can be translated into agronomical practices by which quality can be improved selecting the most adequate genotype. In here, several seed nu-tritional-related parameters from fifteen quinoa cultivars grown in a particular environmental context were analysed aiming at targeting compounds that can be determinants of seed quality varying with the genetic background. Important nutritional and agronomical differences were found among quinoa varieties highlighting the importance of choosing a proper genotype when cultivating quinoa.

Keywords

quinoa; genotype; nutritional traits; seed quality

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Plant Sciences

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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