Transcriptomic and evolutionary analysis of the mechanisms by which P. argentatum, a rubber producing perennial, responds to drought

Transcriptomic and evolutionary analysis of the mechanisms by which P. argentatum, a rubber producing perennial, responds to drought

Abstract Background Guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) is a drought tolerant, rubber producing perennial shrub native to northern Mexico and the US Southwest. Hevea brasiliensis, currently the world’s only source of natural rubber, is grown as a monoculture, leaving it vulnerable to both biotic an...

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Main Authors: Andrew D. L. Nelson, Grisel Ponciano, Colleen McMahan, Daniel C. Ilut, N. Ace Pugh, Diaa Eldin Elshikha, Douglas J. Hunsaker, Duke Pauli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Subjects:
Guayule
Transcriptome
Drought stress
Rubber biosynthesis
lncRNAs
Comparative genomic
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-019-2106-2

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