Brachypodium sylvaticum, a model for perennial grasses: transformation and inbred line development.

ABSTRACT: Perennial species offer significant advantages as crops including reduced soil erosion, lower energy inputs after the first year, deeper root systems that access more soil moisture, and decreased fertilizer inputs due to the remobilization of nutrients at the end of the growing season. These advantages are particularly relevant for emerging biomass crops and it is projected that perennial grasses will be among the most important dedicated biomass crops. The advantages offered by perennial crops could also prove favorable for incorporation into annual grain crops like wheat, rice, sorghum and barley, especially under the dryer and more variable climate conditions projected for many grain-producing regions. Thus, it would be useful to have a perennial model system to test biotechnological ap

SUBMITTER: Steinwand MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3779173 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature