Overexpression of a Transcription Factor Increases Lipid Content in a Woody Perennial Jatropha curcas

Vegetable oil is an important renewable resource for dietary consumption for human and livestock, and more recently for biodiesel production. Lipid traits in crops are controlled by multiple quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and each of them has a small effect on lipid traits. So far, there is limited...

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Main Authors: Jian Ye, Chunming Wang, Yanwei Sun, Jing Qu, Huizhu Mao, Nam-Hai Chua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
QTL
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.01479/full