Transcriptome analysis of the oil-rich seed of the bioenergy crop Jatropha curcas L.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To date, oil-rich plants are the main source of biodiesel products. Because concerns have been voiced about the impact of oil-crop cultivation on the price of food commodities, the interest in oil plants not used for food production and amenable to cultivation on non-agricultural land has soared. As a non-food, drought-resistant and oil-rich crop, Jatropha curcas L. fulfils many of the requirements for biofuel production.

Results

We have generated 13,249 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from developing and germinating Jatropha seeds. This strategy allowed us to detect most known genes related to lipid synthesis and degradation. We have also identified ESTs coding for proteins that may be involved in the toxicity of Jatropha seeds. Another unexpected finding is the h

SUBMITTER: Costa GG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3091658 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature