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Biotechnological Approaches to Increase Essential Oil Yield and Quality in Aromatic Plants: The Lavandula latifolia (Spike Lavender) Example. Past and Recommendations for the Future

Isabel ArrillagaJuan SeguraJesús Muñoz-bertomeuIsabel Mendoza-poudereux

subject

Lavenderbusiness.industryMonoterpeneLavandula latifoliaAromatic plantsMonoterpene biosynthesisBiologybiology.organism_classificationlaw.inventionBiotechnologylawYield (wine)Plant breedingbusinessEssential oil

description

Increasing knowledge about isoprenoid biosynthesis pathways has provided new tools for aromatic plant breeding using biotechnological approaches. Notably, there are possibilities to modify essential oil profiles and enhance production of valuable monoterpenes. This attains a particular significance in Lavandula latifolia Medik. (spike lavender), one of the most important essential oil crops in Spain. This chapter summarizes work done to improve essential oil yield and quality by engineering: (1) the enzymes controlling regulatory steps of methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) and mevalonic acid (MVA) pathways to increase C5 units employed for monoterpene biosynthesis and (2) the monoterpene synthases to produce changes in the qualitative profile of particular monoterpenes.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16546-8_11