Metabolomics as a route to fruit flavour and functionality: blackcurrant as a model study

The selection of new varieties in breeding programmes depends upon multiple targeted analyses for complex traits such as flavour. Due to their complexity, maintaining or enhancing flavour and aroma are the greatest challenge for geneticists when trying to introduce desirable agronomic traits. In this respect, metabolomic analysis has become an alternative for variety selection by simultaneously characterizing multiple key traits in commercial varieties.