Table 4 Contribution of different class of metabolites in morphological trait variation. Number in parenthesis indicates number of tissues (five tissues each from hybrid and inbred) in which it showed VIP score >1, for each metabolite class

From: Heterotic patterns of primary and secondary metabolites in the oilseed crop Brassica juncea

Morphological trait

Contributing metabolites

Amino acids

Phytohormones

Sugars

Glucosinolates

Flavonoids and phenolic esters

PH

Ser(7), Pro(5), Asp(6), Gln(5)

NA

Glucose(6), Sucrose(6)

3-butenyl GSL(6)

ISGG(3), SG(6), ISGR(2), KMHFSG(4), KMSTG(3), KMGG(3), KMSSG(4), KMFSG(3), SHFGB(3)

LL

Pro(6), Val(5)

JA-Ile1(5), cis-OPDA(6)

Fructose(5)

 

ISG(5), SFGB(9), HFG(3), KMSSG(4)

PL

Ser(6), Pro(5), Phe(6)

NA

Glucose(6), Sucrose(7)

3-butenyl GSL (6)

SG(5), ISGR(2), SFGB(6), SHFGB(5), HFG(3), KMHFSG(4), KMSTG(3), KMGG(4), KMSSG(6), KMFSG(4)

LW

Ser(7), Pro(7), Leu(5), Asp(6), Gln(6)

JA(5), JA-Ile1(5)

Glucose(5)

3-butenyl GSL (6)

ISGG(3), SG(6), SFGB(5), KMHFSG(4), KMGG(3), KMSSG(5), KMFSG(4)

NN

Pro(7), Glu(6), Asn(5)

ABA(6)

Sucrose(5)

3-butenyl GSL (5)

ISGG(3), SG(5), ISGR(2), ISG(6), HFG(3), KMHFSG(3), KMGG(5), KMSSG(6)

LML

Ser(7), Pro(8), Thr(5), Glu(5), Trp(5)

ABA(5)

Sucrose(6)

NA

ISGG(2), SG(5), ISGR(2), ISG(6), SFGB(6), KMHFSG(4), KMSTG(3), KMGG(4), KMSSG(4), KMFSG(3)

PB

NA

NA

Sucrose(5)

NA

ISGG(2), SG(6), ISG(5), SHFGB(6), SFGB(7), KMHFSG(3), KMSSG(5)

SB

Ser(5), Pro(7), Thr(6), Asp(5), Asn(6), Gln(5)

JA-Ile1(5)

NA

NA

ISGG(3), SG(6), SFGB(8), HFG(4), KMHFSG(5), KMSTG(4), KMGG(4), KMSSG(6), KMFSG(4)

MSL

Ser(6), Pro(6), Tyr(5), Gln(5)

ABA(6)

Sucrose(6)

Allyl GSL (5), 3-butenyl GSL(6)

ISGG(2), SG(5), ISG(5), SFGB(6), HFG(3), KMHFSG(5), KMSTG(3), KMGG(3), KMSSG(4)

NSMS

Pro(7), Ile(6), Leu(6), Asp(5), Glu(6), Phe(5), Trp(5), Asn(5), Gln(5)

JA(5)

Glucose(5), Sucrose(5)

3-butenyl GSL(5)

SG(5), ISG(5), KMHFSG(4), KMSTG(3), KMSSG(3)

SLMS

Pro(5), Val(5), Leu(6), Glu(5), Tyr(5)

NA

Glucose(5), Sucrose(6)

Allyl GSL(6), 3-butenyl GSL(8)

ISGG(4), SG(6), ISG(7), SFGB(7), KMHFSG(5), KMSTG(4), KMGG(5), KMSSG(4), KMFSG(3)

SD

Ser(5), Leu(5), Asp(6), Gln(5)

NA

Glucose(5), Sucrose(7)

3-butenyl GSL(6)

ISGG(2), SG(8), ISG(5), SFGB(6), KMHFSG(4), KMSTG(4), KMGG(3), KMSSG(3)

  1. PH plant height, LL leaf length, PL petiole length, LW leaf width, NN number of nodes, LML lamina length, PB primary branches, SB secondary branches, MSL main shoot length, NSMS no. of siliques on main shoot, SLMS silique length on main shoot, SD silique density/unit length of main shoot, NA no metabolites associated