A wide foodomics approach coupled with metagenomics elucidates the environmental signature of potatoes
Anastasia Boutsika,
Michail Michailidis,
Maria Ganopoulou,
Athanasios Dalakouras,
Christina Skodra,
Aliki Xanthopoulou,
George Stamatakis,
Martina Samiotaki,
Georgia Tanou,
Theodoros Moysiadis,
Lefteris Angelis,
Christos Bazakos,
Athanassios Molassiotis,
Irini Nianiou-Obeidat,
Ifigeneia Mellidou,
Ioannis Ganopoulos
Affiliations
Anastasia Boutsika
Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, ELGO-DIMITRA, 570001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, Greece; Laboratory of Genetics and Plant Breeding, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Michail Michailidis
Joint Laboratory of Horticulture, ELGO-DIMITRA, 57001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, 21 Greece
Maria Ganopoulou
School of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Athanasios Dalakouras
Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, ELGO-DIMITRA, 570001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, Greece
Christina Skodra
Laboratory of Pomology, Department of Horticulture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 57001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, Greece
Aliki Xanthopoulou
Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, ELGO-DIMITRA, 570001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, Greece; Joint Laboratory of Horticulture, ELGO-DIMITRA, 57001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, 21 Greece
George Stamatakis
Institute for Bioinnovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, 16672 Vari, Greece
Martina Samiotaki
Institute for Bioinnovation, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, 16672 Vari, Greece
Georgia Tanou
Joint Laboratory of Horticulture, ELGO-DIMITRA, 57001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, 21 Greece; Institute of Soil and Water Resources, ELGO-DIMITRA, 57001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, Greece
Theodoros Moysiadis
Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, ELGO-DIMITRA, 570001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, Greece; Department of Computer Science, School of Sciences and Engineering, University of Nicosia, 2417 Nicosia, Cyprus
Lefteris Angelis
School of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Christos Bazakos
Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, ELGO-DIMITRA, 570001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, Greece; Joint Laboratory of Horticulture, ELGO-DIMITRA, 57001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, 21 Greece; Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Department of Comparative Development and Genetics, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany
Athanassios Molassiotis
Laboratory of Pomology, Department of Horticulture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 57001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, Greece
Irini Nianiou-Obeidat
Laboratory of Genetics and Plant Breeding, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Ifigeneia Mellidou
Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, ELGO-DIMITRA, 570001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, Greece; Joint Laboratory of Horticulture, ELGO-DIMITRA, 57001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, 21 Greece; Corresponding author
Ioannis Ganopoulos
Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, ELGO-DIMITRA, 570001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, Greece; Joint Laboratory of Horticulture, ELGO-DIMITRA, 57001 Thessaloniki-Thermi, 21 Greece; Corresponding author
Summary: The term “terroir” has been widely employed to link differential geographic phenotypes with sensorial signatures of agricultural food products, influenced by agricultural practices, soil type, and climate. Nowadays, the geographical indications labeling has been developed to safeguard the quality of plant-derived food that is linked to a certain terroir and is generally considered as an indication of superior organoleptic properties. As the dynamics of agroecosystems are highly intricate, consisting of tangled networks of interactions between plants, microorganisms, and the surrounding environment, the recognition of the key molecular components of terroir fingerprinting remains a great challenge to protect both the origin and the safety of food commodities. Furthermore, the contribution of microbiome as a potential driver of the terroir signature has been underestimated. Herein, we present a first comprehensive view of the multi-omic landscape related to transcriptome, proteome, epigenome, and metagenome of the popular Protected Geographical Indication potatoes of Naxos.
