Genome of the most noxious weed water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) provides insights into plant invasiveness and its translational potential
Manohar S. Bisht, Mitali Singh, Abhisek Chakraborty, Vineet K. Sharma
Abstract
that resulted in high intraspecific collinearity and significant expansion in gene families. Further, the orthologs gene clustering analysis and comparative evolutionary analysis with 14 other aquatic invasive and non-invasive angiosperm species revealed adaptive evolution in genes associated with plant-pathogen interaction, hormone signaling, abiotic stress tolerance, heavy metals sequestration, photosynthesis, and cell wall biosynthesis with highly expanded gene families, which contributes toward invasive characteristics of the water hyacinth. However, these characteristics also make water hyacinth an excellent candidate for biofuel production, phytoremediation, and other translational applications.