Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Echinochloa crus-galli genome analysis provides insight into its adaptation and invasiveness as a weed

  • Longbiao Guo,
  • Jie Qiu,
  • Chuyu Ye,
  • Gulei Jin,
  • Lingfeng Mao,
  • Haiqiang Zhang,
  • Xuefang Yang,
  • Qiong Peng,
  • Yingying Wang,
  • Lei Jia,
  • Zhangxiang Lin,
  • Gengmi Li,
  • Fei Fu,
  • Chen Liu,
  • Li Chen,
  • Enhui Shen,
  • Weidi Wang,
  • Qinjie Chu,
  • Dongya Wu,
  • Sanling Wu,
  • Chenyang Xia,
  • Yongfei Zhang,
  • Xiaomao Zhou,
  • Lifeng Wang,
  • Lamei Wu,
  • Weijie Song,
  • Yunfei Wang,
  • Qingyao Shu,
  • Daisuke Aoki,
  • Emi Yumoto,
  • Takao Yokota,
  • Koji Miyamoto,
  • Kazunori Okada,
  • Do-Soon Kim,
  • Daguang Cai,
  • Chulong Zhang,
  • Yonggen Lou,
  • Qian Qian,
  • Hirofumi Yamaguchi,
  • Hisakazu Yamane,
  • Chui-Hua Kong,
  • Michael P. Timko,
  • Lianyang Bai,
  • Longjiang Fan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01067-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Barnyardgrass is a problematic agricultural weed. Here, via genomic analysis, Guo et al. identify genes potentially underlying its success, including a gene cluster activated in response to co-cultivation with rice that leads to synthesis of the allelochemical DIMBOA.