The road to resistance in forest trees
In recent years, forests have been exposed to an unprecedented rise in pests and
pathogens. This, coupled with the added challenge of climate change, renders forest …
pathogens. This, coupled with the added challenge of climate change, renders forest …
Genome-wide association studies to improve wood properties: challenges and prospects
Q Du, W Lu, M Quan, L Xiao, F Song, P Li… - Frontiers in plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Wood formation is an excellent model system for quantitative trait analysis due to the strong
associations between the transcriptional and metabolic traits that contribute to this complex …
associations between the transcriptional and metabolic traits that contribute to this complex …
Reprogramming of Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) Root Transcriptome in Response to Phytophthora cactorum
A Toljamo, D Blande, S Kärenlampi, H Kokko - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum) causes significant economic losses in strawberry
production. The best control strategy would be to use resistant cultivars, but polygenically …
production. The best control strategy would be to use resistant cultivars, but polygenically …
Range of cell-wall alterations enhance saccharification in Brachypodium distachyon mutants
PE Marriott, R Sibout, C Lapierre… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Lignocellulosic plant biomass is an attractive feedstock for the production of sustainable
biofuels, but the commercialization of such products is hampered by the high costs of …
biofuels, but the commercialization of such products is hampered by the high costs of …
Crystallographic insight into the evolutionary origins of xyloglucan endotransglycosylases and endohydrolases
The xyloglucan endotransglycosylase/hydrolase (XTH) gene family encodes enzymes of
central importance to plant cell wall remodeling. The evolutionary history of plant XTH gene …
central importance to plant cell wall remodeling. The evolutionary history of plant XTH gene …
Systems genetics of wood formation
E Mizrachi, AA Myburg - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Trees are ideal model systems for understanding lignocellulosic biomass
deposition.•Wood development is closely linked to core metabolism in a bowtie …
deposition.•Wood development is closely linked to core metabolism in a bowtie …
BIIDXI, the At4g32460 DUF642 gene, is involved in pectin methyl esterase regulation during Arabidopsis thalianaseed germination and plant development
E Zúñiga-Sánchez, D Soriano, E Martínez-Barajas… - BMC Plant …, 2014 - Springer
Background DUF642 proteins constitute a highly conserved family of proteins that are
associated with the cell wall and are specific to spermatophytes. Transcriptome studies have …
associated with the cell wall and are specific to spermatophytes. Transcriptome studies have …
AhDGR2, an amaranth abiotic stress-induced DUF642 protein gene, modifies cell wall structure and composition and causes salt and ABA hyper-sensibility in …
PA Palmeros-Suárez, JA Massange-Sánchez… - Planta, 2017 - Springer
Main conclusion An amaranth DGR gene, induced under abiotic stress, modifies cell wall
structure and causes hypersensitivity to ABA and salt when overexpressed in Arabidopsis …
structure and causes hypersensitivity to ABA and salt when overexpressed in Arabidopsis …
Towards integration of population and comparative genomics in forest trees
The past decade saw the initiation of an ongoing revolution in sequencing technologies that
is transforming all fields of biology. This has been driven by the advent and widespread …
is transforming all fields of biology. This has been driven by the advent and widespread …
Loss of wood formation genes in monocot genomes
Woodiness (secondary xylem derived from vascular cambium) has been gained and lost
multiple times in the angiosperms, but has been lost ancestrally in all monocots. Here, we …
multiple times in the angiosperms, but has been lost ancestrally in all monocots. Here, we …