Glucosinolate biochemical diversity and innovation in the Brassicales

AbstractWoody plant species represent an invaluable reserve of biochemical diversity to which metabolic engineering can be applied to satisfy the need for commodity and specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and renewable energy. Woody plants are particularly promising for this application due to their low input needs, high biomass, and immeasurable ecosystem services. However, existing challenges have hindered their widespread adoption in metabolic engineering efforts, such as long generation times, large and highly heterozygous genomes, and difficulties in transformation and regeneration. Recent advances in omics approaches, systems biology modeling, and plant transformation and regeneration methods provide effective approaches in overcoming these outstanding challenges. Promises brought by developments in this space are steadily opening the door to widespread metabolic engineering of woody plants to meet the global need for a wide range of sustainably sourced chemicals and materials.

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N biochemical diversity as a factor of soil diversity

Soil Biology and Biochemistry ◽

10.1016/0038-0717(94)00159-x ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 205-210 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

S.J. González-Prieto ◽

T. Carballas

Keyword(s):

Soil Diversity ◽

Biochemical Diversity

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Assessment of genetic and biochemical diversity of ecologically variant ectomycorrhizal Russula sp. from India

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY ◽

10.5897/ajb10.1770 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 9 (12) ◽

pp. 1758-1763

Author(s):

K Upadhyay M ◽

Jain Devendra ◽

Singh Abhijeet ◽

K P A ◽

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Keyword(s):

Biochemical Diversity

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Genetic and Biochemical Diversity amongValeriana jatamansiPopulations from Himachal Pradesh

The Scientific World JOURNAL ◽

10.1155/2015/863913 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sunil Kumar Singh ◽

Rajan Katoch ◽

Rakesh Kumar Kapila

Keyword(s):

Chemical Constituents ◽

Natural Populations ◽

Himachal Pradesh ◽

Chemical Diversity ◽

Patchouli Alcohol ◽

Valeriana Jatamansi ◽

Collection Selection ◽

Diverse Groups ◽

Biochemical Diversity

Valeriana jatamansiJones is an important medicinal plant that grows wild in Himachal Pradesh, India. Molecular and biochemical diversity among 13 natural populations from Himachal Pradesh was assessed using RAPD and GC-MS to know the extent of existing variation. A total of seven genetically diverse groups have been identified based on RAPD analysis which corroborated well with the analysis based on chemical constituents. The essential oil yield ranged from 0.6% to 1.66% (v/w). A negative correlation between patchouli alcohol and viridiflorol, the two major valued constituents, limits the scope of their simultaneous improvement. However, other few populations like Chamba-II and Kandi-I were found promising for viridiflorol and patchouli alcohol, respectively. The analysis of chemical constitution of oil of the populations from a specific region revealed predominance of specific constituents indicating possibility of their collection/selection for specific end uses like phytomedicines. The prevalence of genetically diverse groups along with sufficient chemical diversity in a defined region clearly indicates the role of ecology in the maintenance of evolution of this species. Sufficient molecular and biochemical diversity detected among natural populations of this species will form basis for the future improvement.

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