Article
De novo transcriptome assembly for the tropical grass Panicum maximum Jacq.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Toledo-Silva Guilherme, Cardoso-Silva Claudio Benicio, Jank Liana, Souza Anete Pereira
Abstract excerpt
Guinea grass (Panicum maximum Jacq.) is a tropical African grass often used to feed beef cattle, which is an important economic activity in Brazil. Brazil is the leader in global meat exportation because of its exclusively pasture-raised bovine herds. Guinea grass also has potential uses in bioenergy production due to its elevated biomass generation through the C4 photosynthesis pathway. We generated...
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