Transcriptome analysis of purple pigment formation in Colocasia esculenta

• Published in: Biocell Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 785 - 796
• Main Authors: He, Fanglian, Dong, Weiqing, Wei, Shaolong, Qiu, Zuyang, Huang, Jingli, Jiang, Huiping, Huang, Shiyu, Liu, Lili
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Mendoza Tech Science Press 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Anthocyanins; Colocasia esculenta; Coloration; Corms; Cultivars; Cytokinins; Developmental stages; Flavonoids; Gene expression; Gibberellins; Jasmonic acid; Pigmentation; Pigments; Transcription factors; Transcriptomes

Taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) is an important crop in Africa, Southeast Asia, and subtropics and is used as a food and medicine. The purple color pigmentation is an appealing character in taro. We sampled taro corms of the cultivar ‘Lipu Taro’ at four developmental stages, including LPYS1 (...