Natural rubber is a kind of indispensable biopolymers with great use and strategic
importance in human society. However, its production relies almost exclusively on rubber …

There is a need to explore renewable alternatives (eg, biofuels) that can produce energy
sources to help reduce the reliance on fossil oils. In addition, the consumption of fossil oils …

Construction of linkage maps is crucial for genetic studies and marker-assisted breeding
programs. Recent advances in next generation sequencing technologies allow for the …

Many questions in biology benefit greatly from the use of a variety of model systems. High-
throughput sequencing methods have been a triumph in the democratization of diverse …

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important industrial and staple crop due to its high
starch content, low input requirement, and resilience which makes it an ideal crop for …

Taraxacum kok-saghyz (TK) is a potential alternative crop for natural rubber (NR)
production, due to its high molecular weight rubber, short breeding cycle, and diverse …

Key message Large-scale faba bean transcriptome data are available, and the first
genotyping platform based on liquid-phase probe targeted capture technology was …

Hevea brasiliensis (rubber tree) is a large tree species of the Euphorbiaceae family with
inestimable economic importance. Rubber tree breeding programs currently aim to improve …

Eucommia ulmoides is a model representative of the dioecious plants with sex differentiation
at initiation. Nevertheless, the genetic mechanisms of sexual dimorphism and sex …

Аннотация В обзоре освещается история знакомства европейцев с латексом
некоторых деревьев Нового света, а также вопросы зарождения и развития …