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 rubbe...

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Main Authors: Solomon H. Stonebloom, Henrik Vibe Scheller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-019-1669-2