Identification of flowering-time genes in mast flowering plants using De Novo transcriptomic analysis.

ABSTRACT: Mast flowering is synchronised highly variable flowering by a population of perennial plants over a wide geographical area. High seeding years are seen as a threat to native and endangered species due to high predator density caused by the abundance of seed. An understanding of the molecular pathways that influence masting behaviour in plants could provide better prediction of a forthcoming masting season and enable conservation strategies to be deployed. The goal of this study was to identify candidate flowering genes that might be involved in regulating mast flowering. To achieve this, high-throughput large-scale RNA-sequencing was performed on two masting plant species, Celmisia lyallii (Asteraceae), and Chionochloa pallens (Poaceae) to develop a reference transcriptome for functional a

SUBMITTER: Samarth 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6693765 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature