Diagram illustrating the targeted metabolomic profile of rubber tree latex. The first panel shows latex harvested from a tree and its chemical profile with terpenoids being the largest category. The next panel shows a heatmap of metabolite abundance in different wild and cultivated germplasm. The last two panels show a characterization of a terpene synthase.
Findings from a targeted #metabolomic profiling of rubber #tree laticifers by Deng et al. support the potential of developing laticifers as #bioreactors for the production of valuable metabolites in Hevea.
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