Analysis of the first Taraxacum kok-saghyz transcriptome reveals potential rubber yield related SNPs.

ABSTRACT: Taraxacum kok-saghyz (TK) is a potential alternative crop for natural rubber (NR) production, due to its high molecular weight rubber, short breeding cycle, and diverse environmental adaptation. However, improvements in rubber yield and agronomically relevant traits are still required before it can become a commercially-viable crop. An RNA-Seq based transcriptome was developed from a pool of roots from genotypes with high and low rubber yield. A total of 55,532 transcripts with lengths over 200 bp were de novo assembled. As many as 472 transcripts were significantly homologous to 49 out of 50 known plant putative rubber biosynthesis related genes. 158 transcripts were significantly differentially expressed between high rubber and low rubber genotypes. 21,036 SNPs were different in high and

SUBMITTER: Luo Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5577190 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature