De novo transcriptome assembly analysis of weed Apera spica-venti from seven tissues and growth stages.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Loose silky bentgrass (Apera spica-venti) is an important weed in Europe with a recent increase in herbicide resistance cases. The lack of genetic information about this noxious weed limits its biological understanding such as growth, reproduction, genetic variation, molecular ecology and metabolic herbicide resistance. This study produced a reference transcriptome for A. spica-venti from different tissues (leaf, root, stem) and various growth stages (seed at phenological stages 05, 07, 08, 09). The de novo assembly was performed on individual and combined dataset followed by functional annotations. Individual transcripts and gene families involved in metabolic based herbicide resistance were identified.

Results

Eight separate transcriptome assemblies were perform

SUBMITTER: Babineau M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5294808 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature