Geneticists and breeders are positioned to breed plants with root traits that improve productivity
under drought. However, a better understanding of root functional traits and how traits …

The advantages of using molecular markers in modern genebanks are well documented.
They are commonly used to understand the distribution of genetic diversity in populations and …

Breeding a new domestic crop, such as guayule, is not appreciably different from enhancement
and breeding of conventional crops. In both instances, plant breeders take the available …

Lesquerella fendleri (Gray) Wats. is a promising new crop for cultivation in the western
United States. Its oil-bearing seed contains high amounts of the hydroxy fatty acid (HFA), …

Understanding guayule’s response to environmental factors, such as location, soil type,
drought stress, and seasonal growth variation is critical for irrigation management to maximize …

There is little information available regarding the response of Lesquerella fendleri to planting
density. The effects of plant density on growth, yield, and yield components of L. fendleri …

The seed oil of Lesquerella and the closely related genus Physaria (Brassicaceae) is rich in
hydroxy fatty acids (HFAs). HFAs and their derivatives are used to produce a variety of …

Guayule (Parthenium argentatum) is under development in the southwestern United States
as a source of domestic natural rubber; increased rubber yield was found for greenhouse-…

The volume on Industrial Crop Breeding will be part of the series, Handbook of Plant Breeding.
This volume will focus on the emerging area of plant breeding for sustainable production …

We report functional genomics studies of a CYP74 rubber particle protein from Parthenium
argentatum, commonly called guayule. Previously identified as an allene oxide synthase (…