Soheil S Mahmoud
Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Biol Syst Open Access
Several members of the genus Lavandula (Lavenders) are economically important crop plants that produce and store large quantities of essential oils (EO; a mixture of primarily monoterpenes) in glandular trichomes, or oil glands. Because glandular trichomes are specialized for EO production, they strongly express the related structural and regulatory genes. We have generated substantial genomic resources to probe essential oil metabolism in lavenders, and have cloned several key EO biosynthetic genes including lavandulyl diphosphate synthase, caryophyllene, borneol dehydrogenase, cineole synthase, and beta-phellandrene synthase from these plants. We have also developed a set of EST-SSR markers capable of delineating a number of lavender species effectively. In this presentation the author will present a summary of his recent findings.
