Comparative transcriptomics between high and low rubber producing Taraxacum kok-saghyz R. plants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Taraxacum kok-saghyz R. (Tks) is a promising alternative species to Hevea brasiliensis for production of high quality natural rubber (NR). A comparative transcriptome analysis of plants with differential production of NR will contribute to elucidate which genes are involved in the synthesis, regulation and accumulation of this natural polymer and could help to develop Tks into a rubber crop.

Results

We measured rubber content in the latex of 90 individual Tks plants from 9 accessions, observing a high degree of variability. We carried out de novo root transcriptome sequencing, assembly, annotation and comparison of gene expression of plants with the lower (LR plants) and the higher rubber content (HR plants). The transcriptome analysis also included one plant that

SUBMITTER: Panara F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6280347 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature