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Annual Plant Reviews (2011) 43, 109–155 doi: 10.1002/9781444339956.ch5 Chapter 5 METABOLOMICS OF A MODEL FRUIT: TOMATO Ric C.H. de Vos1,2,3, Robert D. Hall1,2,3 and Annick Moing4,5 1Plant Research International, Wageningen University and Research Centre (Wageningen-UR), PO Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands 2 Centre for BioSystems Genomics, PO Box 98, 6700 AB Wageningen, The Netherlands 3 Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands 4 INRA, UMR619 Fruit Biology, BP 81, F-33140, Villenave d’Ornon, France 5 Metabolome-Fluxome Facility of Bordeaux Functional Genomics Center, IBVM, Centre INRA de Bordeaux, BP 81, F-33140 Villenave d’Ornon, France Abstract: Tomato has quickly become a favoured species for metabolomics re- search. Tomato fills a niche that cannot be occupied by Arabidopsis, particularly regarding studies on fleshy fruit. Variations in genotype and phenotype have been broadly exploited using metabolomics approaches in order to gain a better un- derstanding of fundamental aspects of plant physiology, fruit growth and fruit development. The commercial importance of tomato as one of the world’s most important and widely grown and consumed vegetables is a significant driving force behind this fruit research. Therefore, many metabolomics studies have specifically been focused on traits of importance to the food and agro-industries. Fruit quality, nutritional value as well as the influence on these traits of fruit storage, trans- port and processing into pasteurized and cooked products have also been subjects for extensive metabolomics analyses. These studies have already considerably ex- panded our knowledge, and continue to do so, concerning many aspects of the tomato fruit phenotype, both visible and chemical. Furthermore, increased knowl- edge of the genetics of tomato, the recently available draf