Preadapted to adapt: underpinnings of adaptive plasticity revealed by the downy brome genome.

ABSTRACT: Bromus tectorum L. is arguably the most successful invasive weed in the world. It has fundamentally altered arid ecosystems of the western United States, where it now found on an excess of 20 million hectares. Invasion success is related to avoidance of abiotic stress and human management. Early flowering is a heritable trait utilized by B. tectorum, enabling the species to temporally monopolize limited resources and outcompete the native plant community. Thus, understanding the genetic underpinning of flowering time is critical for the design of integrated management strategies. To study flowering time traits in B. tectorum, we assembled a chromosome scale reference genome for B. tectorum. To assess the utility of the assembled genome, 121 diverse B. tectorum accessions are phenotyped and

SUBMITTER: Revolinski SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10042881 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature