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Sprout Suppressive Molecules Effective on Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Tubers during Storage: a Review

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Potatoes are at the heart of the world’s diet, being cultivated in more than 100 countries. Being the fourth largest crop after maize, wheat and rice, the potato production is of utmost interest for food industry, supporting a wide range of research projects. This is particularly the case of storage, an essential step for the potato industry, which is regularly studied. Indeed, sprouting of potatoes during storage is very problematic, resulting in a net loss for industries and increased food waste. Therefore, there has been a lot of research on sprout suppressive molecules since the beginning of the twentieth century. However, to date, there is no publication gathering all the studied molecules. This review presents an overview of the current knowledge on sprout suppressive molecules, natural and synthetic, along with a comparison of their effectiveness.

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Las papas están en el corazón de la dieta del mundo, cultivándose en más de 100 países. Siendo el cuarto mayor cultivo después del maíz, trigo y arroz, la producción de papa es de máximo interés para la industria alimentaria, respaldando una gran amplitud de proyectos de investigación. Esto es particularmente el caso de almacenamiento, un paso esencial en la industria de la papa que se estudia regularmente. De hecho, la brotación de las papas durante el almacenamiento es muy problemático, lo que resulta en pérdidas netas para la industria y en un aumento de desperdicio de comida. De aquí que ha habido mucha investigación en moléculas inhibidoras de la brotación desde principios del siglo 20. No obstante, a la fecha no hay una publicación que reúna a todas las moléculas estudiadas. Esta revisión presenta una vista general del conocimiento actual de moléculas supresoras de la brotación, naturales y sintéticas, junto con una comparación de su efectividad.

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Olivier Rezazgui for his helpful comments and for the revision of the manuscript. The authors gratefully acknowledge Mitacs and the Fonds de recherche du Québec Nature et technologies (FRQNT) for scholarship to M.B. Also, the Consortium de Recherche et Innovations en Bioprocédés Industriels au Québec (CRIBIQ), project number 2017-042-C30, is acknowledged for its financial support to N.B, S.B. and I.D-P. This review was also funded by the Canada Research Chair on plant specialized metabolism Award No 950-232164 to I.D-P. Thanks are extended to the Canadian taxpayers and to the Canadian government for supporting the Canada Research Chairs Program.

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  1. Département de chimie, biochimie et physique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

    Michelle Boivin, Simon Barnabé & Isabel Desgagné-Penix

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  3. Groupe de recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

    Nathalie Bourdeau, Simon Barnabé & Isabel Desgagné-Penix

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Boivin, M., Bourdeau, N., Barnabé, S. et al. Sprout Suppressive Molecules Effective on Potato (Solanum tuberosum) Tubers during Storage: a Review. Am. J. Potato Res. 97, 451–463 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-020-09794-0

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