Abstract
Terpenes are important mediators of plant-environment interactions as well as often being economically important. Terpenes are biosynthesized via two spatially separate pathways: the MEP pathway in the plastid, the site of monoterpene biosynthesis and the MVA pathway in the cytosol, the site of sesquiterpene biosynthesis (McGarvey and Croteau 1995; Eisenreich et al. 1998; Rohmer 1999). Studies using transgenic plants have demonstrated that when the MEP genes dxs and dxr and MVA pathway gene hmgr are up-regulated plants exhibit an increase in foliar terpene concentrations (Chappell et al. 1995; Wildung and Croteau 2005; Carretero-Paulet et al. 2006). However, as yet, the importance of the expression of these genes has not been demonstrated for naturally occurring quantitative variation in foliar terpene concentrations.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference 2011: From Genomes to Integration and Delivery |
Editors | Dario Grattapaglia |
Place of Publication | Unknown |
Publisher | BMC Proceedings |
Pages | 1-3pp |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Event | IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference - Brazil, Brazil Duration: 1 Jan 2011 → … |
Conference
Conference | IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference |
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Country/Territory | Brazil |
Period | 1/01/11 → … |
Other | 26 June - 2 July 2011 |