Unraveling candidate genes underlying biomass digestibility in elephant grass (Cenchrus purpureus).
João Romero do Amaral Santos de Carvalho RochaTiago de Souza MarçalFelipe Vicentino SalvadorAdriel Carlos da SilvaPedro Crescencio Souza CarneiroMarcos Deon Vilela de ResendeJailton da Costa CarneiroAna Luisa Sousa AzevedoJorge Fernando PereiraJuarez Campolina MachadoPublished in: BMC plant biology (2019)
The markers and candidate genes identified here are useful for breeding programs aimed at changing biomass digestibility in elephant grass. These markers can be used in marker-assisted selection to grow elephant grass cultivars for different uses, e.g., bioenergy production, bio-based products, co-products, bioactive compounds, and animal feed.