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Ultra-low gossypol cottonseed: generational stability of the seed-specific, RNAi-mediated phenotype and resumption of terpenoid profile following seed germination.
Plant biotechnology journal - 1 Feb 2012
Rathore Keerti S, Sundaram Sabarinath, Sunilkumar Ganesan, Campbell Leanne M, Puckhaber Lorraine, Marcel Sylvain, Palle Sreenath R, Stipanovic Robert D, Wedegaertner Thomas C
Abstract excerpt
Cottonseed, containing 22.5% protein, remains an under-utilized and under-valued resource because of the presence of toxic gossypol. RNAi-knockdown of δ-cadinene synthase gene(s) was used to engineer plants that produced ultra-low gossypol cottonseed (ULGCS). In the original study, we observed that RNAi plants, a month or older, maintain normal complement of gossypol and related terpenoids in the roots, foliage,...
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