The effect of light conditions on interpreting oil composition engineering in Arabidopsis seeds.

ABSTRACT: Arabidopsis thaliana is the most developed and utilized model plant. In particular, it is an excellent model for proof-of-concept seed oil engineering studies because it accumulates approximately 37% seed oil by weight, and it is closely related to important Brassicaceae oilseed crops. Arabidopsis can be grown under a wide variety of conditions including continuous light; however, the amount of light is strongly correlated with total seed oil accumulation. In addition, many attempts to engineer novel seed oil fatty acid compositions in Arabidopsis have reported significant reductions in oil accumulation; however, the relative reduction from the nontransgenic controls varies greatly within the literature. A set of experiments were conducted to systematically analyze the effect of light cond

SUBMITTER: Karki N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6508571 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature