Table 1 Relative abundance of VOC families across the six peach varieties after 36 h at 22 ˚C following 0 or 7 days of cold storage.

From: Fruit volatilome profiling through GC × GC-ToF-MS and gene expression analyses reveal differences amongst peach cultivars in their response to cold storage

VOC classes

DAY 0

S (P)a

BB (N)

C (N)

BT (N)

SR (P)

RS (P)

Acetate ester

5.81 ± 3.93

ab

3.02 ± 3.63

ab

0.00 ± 0.00*

a

0.00 ± 0.00

a

14.08 ± 5.72

b

9.91 ± 8.04

ab

Non-acetate ester

8.66 ± 3.93

ab

6.40 ± 3.63

ab

14.03 ± 0.00

ab

8.40 ± 0.00

ab

22.92 ± 5.72

b

2.70 ± 8.04

a

Alcohol

0.93 ± 0.87

ns

4.55 ± 3.24

ns

5.09 ± 6.03

ns

2.14 ± 1.98

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

Aldehyde

0.00 ± 0.00*

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.86 ± 0.74

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

2.51 ± 2.21

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

Alkane

29.38 ± 19.72

ab

9.66 ± 2.01

b

51.59 ± 9.21

a

24.30 ± 19.86

ab

11.19 ± 8.10

b

23.36 ± 5.64*

ab

Alkene

9.08 ± 12.26

ns

0.06 ± 0.06

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

1.66 ± 1.47

ns

Alkyne

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.80 ± 0.77*

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

Aromatic

2.48 ± 1.84

ns

0.00 ± 0.00*

ns

1.90 ± 2.29

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.92 ± 0.79

ns

0.83 ± 0.73

ns

Cycloalkane

1.28 ± 0.90

ns

2.63 ± 2.07

ns

7.89 ± 3.08

ns

27.06 ± 21.48

ns

1.39 ± 1.05

ns

1.97 ± 0.68

ns

Ketone

0.69 ± 0.65*

ab

0.01 ± 0.00

b

9.64 ± 2.95

a

2.32 ± 2.01

ab

4.51 ± 4.30

ab

7.00 ± 10.65

ab

Lactone

2.33 ± 1.22

ab

7.41 ± 12.51

ab

0.00 ± 0.00

b

0.00 ± 0.00

b

5.66 ± 3.45

ab

22.80 ± 10.55

a

Terpene

35.94 ± 18.47

bc

66.54 ± 8.42

a

9.06 ± 6.53

c

35.86 ± 6.61

bc

36.09 ± 4.89

b

29.83 ± 7.70

bc

VOC classes

DAY 7

S (P)

BB (N)

C (N)

BT (N)

SR (P)

RS (P)

Acetate ester

14.19 ± 1.36

ab

4.41 ± 4.22

ab

1.96 ± 0.43

ab

1.94 ± 2.05

a

24.37 ± 3.31

b

5.28 ± 5.28

ab

Non-acetate ester

47.35 ± 1.36

ns

15.89 ± 4.22

ns

13.96 ± 0.43

ns

19.76 ± 2.05

ns

23.95 ± 3.31

ns

27.43 ± 5.28

ns

Alcohol

3.22 ± 2.14

ns

6.86 ± 5.18

ns

0.70 ± 1.09

ns

1.95 ± 2.27

ns

0.01 ± 0.00

ns

21.78 ± 24.19

ns

Aldehyde

12.86 ± 4.88

a

0.00 ± 0.00

b

0.74 ± 0.70

ab

2.22 ± 1.92

ab

3.11 ± 1.59

ab

0.00 ± 0.00

b

Alkane

8.29 ± 1.28

ab

11.42 ± 4.96

ab

49.39 ± 6.36

b

11.25 ± 8.83

ab

9.55 ± 3.87

ab

0.37 ± 0.31

a

Alkene

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.15 ± 0.14

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

Alkyne

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

0.00 ± 0.00

ns

Aromatic

5.16 ± 3.58

a

0.59 ± 0.06

ab

0.26 ± 0.23

ab

2.21 ± 1.00

ab

0.00 ± 0.00

b

0.00 ± 0.00

b

Cycloalkane

1.11 ± 0.55

ns

3.12 ± 3.01

ns

1.67 ± 0.59

ns

2.00 ± 1.92

ns

4.24 ± 1.75

ns

4.19 ± 4.64

ns

Ketone

6.68 ± 1.08

ns

0.39 ± 0.43

ns

4.74 ± 4.16

ns

5.37 ± 6.58

ns

4.90 ± 1.18

ns

3.95 ± 5.28

ns

Lactone

1.75 ± 0.79

b

3.39 ± 1.99

b

14.96 ± 7.15

a

4.77 ± 2.31

b

11.58 ± 1.36

ab

10.92 ± 3.95

ab

Terpene

9.34 ± 5.11

c

52.46 ± 11.46

a

11.14 ± 4.89

c

48.62 ± 9.25

ab

32.82 ± 12.59

abc

24.28 ± 9.66

bc

  1. aS = Sagittaria, BB = Big Bang, C = Carene, BT = Big Top, SR = Summer Rich, RS = Rome Star, P = Peach, N = Nectarine, mean ± SE; different letters and * indicate statistically significant differences amongst cultivars and time of storage respectively (ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test or Kruskal Wallis followed by Dunns post hoc test P < 0.05, depending on Shapiro–Wilk test for normality and Fligner–Killeen test for homogeneity of variances, n = 3), ns indicates no significant difference across all cultivars.