The genome sequence of Hirschfeldia incana, a new Brassicaceae model to improve photosynthetic light-use efficiency.

ABSTRACT: Photosynthesis is a key process in sustaining plant and human life. Improving the photosynthetic capacity of agricultural crops is an attractive means to increase their yields. While the core mechanisms of photosynthesis are highly conserved in C₃ plants, these mechanisms are very flexible, allowing considerable diversity in photosynthetic properties. Among this diversity is the maintenance of high photosynthetic light-use efficiency at high irradiance as identified in a small number of exceptional C₃ species. Hirschfeldia incana, a member of the Brassicaceae family, is such an exceptional species, and because it is easy to grow, it is an excellent model for studying the genetic and physiological basis of this trait. Here, we present a reference genome of H. incana an

SUBMITTER: Garassino F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10100226 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature