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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

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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.

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The Spanish Government (project AGL2002–00977) and the Valencia Regional Government (projects GV2001–020, Grupos 03/102, PROMETEO/2009/075, and PROMETEOII/2014/052) have funded this work. Predoctoral fellowship (FPU) to JMB and IMP are also acknowledged.

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    Juan Segura, Isabel Mendoza-Poudereux & Isabel Arrillaga

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Segura, J., Muñoz-Bertomeu, J., Mendoza-Poudereux, I., Arrillaga, I. (2019). Biotechnological Approaches to Increase Essential Oil Yield and Quality in Aromatic Plants: The Lavandula latifolia (Spike Lavender) Example. Past and Recommendations for the Future. In: Malik, S. (eds) Essential Oil Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16546-8_11

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