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The Jatropha Genome

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Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.) is a promising biofuel producer for supporting the fight against global warming and has thus attracted the attention in recent years. However, as yet, we do not have a deep and comprehensive understanding of this species. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have been used to improve our understanding of various plant species. Therefore, it has been suggested that a GWAS on jatropha may help to identify several quantitative trait loci or candidate genes. Such a study would require the correct selection of material, specific simple sequence repeat markers, and a single nucleotide polymorphism array designed from the published whole jatropha genome and transcriptome sequences, as well as trait data collection and statistical model selection. It would provide a comprehensive reference and a scientific basis for jatropha breeding, particularly those with the high and stable oil yield and improved stress tolerance.

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Plant Bioengineering for Bioenergy Laboratory was supported by Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Foundation of the Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI), Ltd. This work was conducted and funded in part under the Joint Research Program of the Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Japan.

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    Haiyan Li & Kiichi Fukui

  2. Plant Bioengineering for Bioenergy Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Suguru Tsuchimoto & Kyuya Harada

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Li, H., Tsuchimoto, S., Harada, K., Fukui, K. (2017). The Genome-Wide Association Study. In: Tsuchimoto, S. (eds) The Jatropha Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49653-5_10

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