Transcriptome analysis of rubber biosynthesis in guayule (Parthenium argentatum gray).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Natural rubber is currently produced nearly exclusively from latex of the Para rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis. The desire to reduce the environmental cost of rubber production, fears of pathogen susceptibility in clonal Hevea plantations, volatility in the price of natural rubber, and increasing labor costs have motivated efforts to diversify the supply of natural rubber by developing alternative rubber crops such as guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray). In Hevea, latex is produced as an exudate following wounding while in guayule, rubber is deposited within the cortical parenchyma and its production is strongly influenced by environmental conditions.

Results

To better understand the enzymology and regulation of guayule rubber biosynthesis and to identify genes w

SUBMITTER: Stonebloom SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6373111 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature