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Linkage mapping in the oilseed crop Jatropha curcas L. reveals a locus controlling the biosynthesis of phorbol esters which cause seed toxicity.
Plant biotechnology journal - 1 Oct 2013
King Andrew J, Montes Luis R, Clarke Jasper G, Affleck Julie, Li Yi, Witsenboer Hanneke, van der Vossen Edwin, van der Linde Piet, Tripathi Yogendra, Tavares Evanilda, Shukla Parul, Rajasekaran Thirunavukkarasu, van Loo Eibertus N, Graham Ian A
Abstract excerpt
Current efforts to grow the tropical oilseed crop Jatropha curcas L. economically are hampered by the lack of cultivars and the presence of toxic phorbol esters (PE) within the seeds of most provenances. These PE restrict the conversion of seed cake into animal feed, although naturally occurring 'nontoxic' provenances exist which produce seed lacking PE. As an important step towards the development of genetically...
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