Status - Plant Rhizome
Resource Status  
Home | Hypothesis | Known Rhizome Genes | Resource status | Personnel | References

Species Genomic Resources Transformed? Links
Bermudagrass 4560 ESTs, none from rhizomes yes, by several labs  
Johnsongrass 1965 ESTs, all from rhizomes no, but close relative has  
Quack grass none no, but close relative has  
Giant Salvinia none no  
Horsetail "scouring rush" none no  
Ginger > 38,000 ESTs, 12,763 from rhizomes yes Assembled ESTs
Turmeric > 12,500 ESTs, 6382 from rhizomes yes Assembled ESTs
Calamus chloroplast genome no  
Black cohosh none no  
Common monkey-flower genome sequenced, >14,500 ESTs being developed at UC Davis  
Sacred lotus genome sequenced, >2200 ESTs no  
Broad-leaf birdsfoot trefoil genome sequenced, >150,000 ESTs yes, very easy to do  
Common Reed none, genome sequencing in progress no  
Giant Miscanthus none protocol being developed at U of Illinois  
Peppermint glandular trichome ESTs (1,316) yes, by several labs  
Aloe none one report (2007)  
Spatterdock Chloroplast genome, >20,000 ESTs (floral genome project, ancestral angiosperm genome project) no http://ancangio.uga.edu/ancangiolibs.html#assemblies
Dutchman's Pipe >16,000 ESTs, not from rhizome (floral genome project, ancestral angiosperm genome project) no http://ancangio.uga.edu/ancangiolibs.html#assemblies
Red Rice none, genome of O. sativa sequenced no, but cultivated relative has  

Go to top
Last updated: 29 July 2009