Molecular and biochemical analysis of the castor caruncle reveals a set of unique genes involved in oil accumulation in non-seed tissues

Molecular and biochemical analysis of the castor caruncle reveals a set of unique genes involved in oil accumulation in non-seed tissues

Abstract Background With the increasing demand for vegetative oil and the approach of peak seed oil production, it is important to develop new oil production platforms from non-seed tissues. Castor bean (Ricinus communis) is one of the crops for vegetable oil for industrial applications with yield a...

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Main Authors: Xia Wan, Qing Liu, Bei Dong, Sapna Vibhakaran Pillai, Feng-Hong Huang, Surinder P. Singh, Xue-Rong Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Biotechnology for Biofuels
Subjects:
Castor bean
Caruncle
Non-seed oil accumulation
Transient expression
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13068-019-1496-6

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