A full-length enriched cDNA library and expressed sequence tag analysis of the parasitic weed, Striga hermonthica.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The obligate parasitic plant witchweed (Striga hermonthica) infects major cereal crops such as sorghum, maize, and millet, and is the most devastating weed pest in Africa. An understanding of the nature of its parasitism would contribute to the development of more sophisticated management methods. However, the molecular and genomic resources currently available for the study of S. hermonthica are limited.

Results

We constructed a full-length enriched cDNA library of S. hermonthica, sequenced 37,710 clones from the library, and obtained 67,814 expressed sequence tag (EST) sequences. The ESTs were assembled into 17,317 unigenes that included 10,319 contigs and 6,818 singletons. The S. hermonthica unigene dataset was subjected to a comparative analysis with other pla

SUBMITTER: Yoshida S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2923529 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature