Diversity among mandarin varieties and natural sub-groups in aroma volatiles…

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Mandarins constitute a large, diverse and important group within the Citrus family. Here, we analysed the aromavolatiles compositions of 13 mandarin varieties belonging to seven genetically different natural sub-groups that included commonmandarin (C. reticulata Blanco), clementine (C. clementina Hort. ex. Tan), satsuma (C. unshiuMarcovitch), Mediterranean mandarin (C. de…